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1109846

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date	04/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what role Ofgem is currently playing in monitoring the renewable heat incentive scheme in Northern Ireland; and if she will make an assessment of the level of Ofgem's presence in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	240971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Ofgem is primarily responsible for administering the RHI Scheme on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Department for the Economy.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem’s involvement is in accordance with the Energy Act 2011.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/04/2019 09:52:57 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1109847

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what events her Department is organising to mark the 21 anniversary of the signing of the Belfast Agreement on 10 April 1998; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	240972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is not organising any official events to mark the 21<sup>st</sup> anniversary of the Belfast Agreement. The hon Lady will recall that a number of events were held last year for the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Agreement in which the UK Government participated or hosted. This Government remains fully committed to the 1998 Agreement and its successors. It is the bedrock of the huge progress that has been made in Northern Ireland over the past 21 years and we will continue to work for its full implementation, including restoration of the devolved and other institutions at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/04/2019 16:20:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1109849

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Assembly Members: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to initiate a further review of the salaries being paid to Members of the Legislative Assembly.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	240973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>A second reduction to MLA salaries took effect in January 2019, bringing the total reduction to 27.5%. While the Assembly is not sitting, I recognise that MLAs continue to be active in constituency work. The reduction that has been implemented reflects the work MLAs have been doing in the current period and is in line with the recommendations of former Assembly clerk and chief executive Trevor Reaney. In the event of continued delay in the formation of an Executive I will consider the case for further reductions to MLA pay.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/04/2019 10:16:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1109850

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Citizenship: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland are able to continue to exercise their EU rights after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of those steps with the identity rights guaranteed to Irish citizens by the Belfast Agreement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	240974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Upholding the Belfast Agreement and its successors in all their parts, including the Agreement's citizenship and identity provisions, has been central to the Government’s approach to the Exit negotiations. The Withdrawal Agreement with the EU recognises that the people of Northern Ireland who are Irish – and thus EU – citizens will continue to have access to rights, opportunities and benefits that come with EU citizenship. We are committed to working with our EU partners to put in place arrangements that will allow Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland to enjoy the EU rights available to them.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 16:11:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1109851

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to protect the rights of frontier workers who are citizens of EU countries but who are not Irish or UK citizens, who live in Ireland but travel to work in Northern Ireland each day; and if he will publish guidance on their rights in the event the UK leaves the EU (a) with a deal and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	240975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Whether the UK leaves the EU with or without a deal, the UK has committed to protect the position of EEA citizens (including Swiss citizens) who, at the specified date, work in the UK but live in another country (‘frontier workers’). This includes EEA citizens who live in Ireland and work in Northern Ireland.</p><p><br>The draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU protects the rights of those who are frontier workers at the end of the implementation period, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers in the host state. After the end of the implementation period, they will be subject to a requirement to obtain a document to evidence their right to enter and work in the UK as a frontier worker, in line with Article 26 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p><br>If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, we will protect the position of those who are frontier workers at exit date. Until free movement is ended by the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, they will be able to enter the UK as now. Once free movement ends, they will be able to obtain a separate UK immigration status which will allow them to continue frontier working in the UK after exit.</p><p><br>Further information about how frontier workers can apply for a frontier worker document in a deal scenario, or for frontier worker status in a no-deal scenario, will be published in due course.</p><p><br>In either a deal or no-deal scenario, frontier workers may be resident in the UK for sufficient periods during their work here to be eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme if they wish to do so. However, they are not required to do so, as they will be able to apply for a frontier worker document or status if they wish to continue working in the UK but living in another country</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/04/2019 16:10:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1079346

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Assembly Members: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of 13 February 2019, Official Report, column 911, how much has been paid in salaries to Members of the Legislative Assembly since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly in January 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	227055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Since January 2017, £9,689,201 has been paid in salaries to Members of the Legislative Assembly. The total cost including salaries, social security, and other pension costs for the same period is £12,367,952.</p><p>These figures have been provided by the Assembly Commission which holds the budget for the payment of salaries to MLAs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/03/2019 17:35:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1079347

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office of 27 February 2019, Official Report column 367, what preparations the Government is making to mark the 21st anniversary of the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	227056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not have any current plans to mark the day with any official commemorations. I shall, however, be using the occasion to remind people of the huge progress that has been made in Northern Ireland over the past 21 years as a result of the Belfast Agreement and its successors, and to stress the need for the earliest possible restoration of devolved government.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/03/2019 15:07:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1064461

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) EU and (b) Irish citizens that have worked in the UK will continue to have their pensions uprated in line with UK pensioners in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	223986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As the Government set out in its Policy Paper ‘Citizens’ Rights – EU citizens in the UK and UK Nationals in the EU’ we wish to secure continued reciprocal arrangements covering the up-rating of State Pensions even in the event of a no deal exit. UK State Pensions will be uprated, as they are currently, for those recipients living in EU countries including Ireland for 2019/2020.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/02/2019 13:55:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1064467

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Settlement Scheme on cross-border workers that live in Ireland but work in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	223992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>Under the draft EU Withdrawal Agreement and equivalent agreements with the EFTA states, EEA and Swiss citizen frontier workers, including those who live in Ireland and work in Northern Ireland, will be able to continue to come to the UK on the same basis as now until the end of the implementation period. After that date, they can continue to come to the UK for work for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.</p><p>In the event of no deal and once free movement is ended, although the underlying legal framework will change, EEA and Swiss citizens coming for short visits for work will be able to enter the UK without a visa and stay for up to three months from each entry. This is set out in the Home Office’s policy paper which was published on 28 January and can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-immigration-after-free-movement-ends-if-theres-no-deal" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-immigration-after-free-movement-ends-if-theres-no-deal</a>. Further information about frontier workers after 31 December 2020 will be published in due course.</p><p>As part of the reciprocal Common Travel Area (CTA) rights between the UK and Ireland, Irish citizens have the right to move freely between the UK and Ireland, the right to reside, the right to study, the right to access social welfare and housing and the right to vote in certain elections. The CTA rights are maintained in all outcomes of EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/03/2019 12:55:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1064474

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) organisations and (b) other Departments his Department shares personal data with that has been captured during the settled status application process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	224026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office takes its data protection and data security obligations very seriously. All our data activity must be compliant with data protection legislation.</p><p>Within the EU Settlement Scheme, in addition to an identity check, applicants’ personal data is used in three main ways:</p><p>• Criminality and security checks;<br>• If a National Insurance number has been provided, real time checks with the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs to consider evidence of residency in the UK (for example tax or benefit records); and<br>• On a case by case basis, sharing information with other organisations to verify evidence you have provided within your application to protect against fraud and the use of counterfeit documents (for example verifying with a university that the university certificate you have provided is genuine).</p><p>This data sharing is designed to help applicants evidence their status in a quick and straightforward way by using data already held by other Government departments.</p><p>The Home Office may also process the information provided in other ways in order to fulfil its legal and official functions. This could include, for example:</p><p>• If we find evidence a significant crime has been committed;<br>• We discover an immigration offence (like a sham marriage) is being committed;<br>• If, in the future, you apply for UK citizenship; or<br>• To allow the Home Office to carry out its safeguarding duties.</p><p>This is set out in more detail in the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System privacy information notice: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship/borders-immigration-and-citizenship-privacy-information-" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship/borders-immigration-and-citizenship-privacy-information-</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/03/2019 11:16:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon