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93682

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government for how long the information technology system used by the Department for Work and Pensions to calculate welfare benefits will be able to process claims from residents in Northern Ireland if different criteria continue to be used in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Northern Ireland is responsible for its own social security, pensions and child support systems. The Northern Ireland and Great Britain systems have traditionally operated in tandem in what is effectively a United Kingdom wide system.</p><p> </p><p>Should Northern Ireland decide not to mirror the welfare reform measures in Great Britain, it would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine and fund the IT systems needed as a result of their decision.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL2112 question first answered 22/10/2014 14:50:54 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

93683

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what costs they estimate will be incurred by the Northern Ireland Executive were the Department for Work and Pensions information technology system to be unable to process claims from Northern Ireland residents.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Northern Ireland is responsible for its own social security, pensions and child support systems. The Northern Ireland and Great Britain systems have traditionally operated in tandem in what is effectively a United Kingdom wide system.</p><p> </p><p>Should Northern Ireland decide not to mirror the welfare reform measures in Great Britain, it would be a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine and fund the IT systems needed as a result of their decision.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL2111 question first answered 22/10/2014 14:50:55 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

92802

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the conditions that apply to the access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100 million by the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The NI Executive is expected to manage emerging pressures by identifying savings and reallocating resources within its overall allocations set by the Treasury. The First Minister has made it clear that he believes this is no longer achievable in 2014/15. The Treasury has therefore agreed that exceptional access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100 million will be permitted in-year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An amount equivalent to the access to the DEL Reserve taken up by the Northern Ireland Executive will be reflected in the relevant control total at Supplementary Estimates and will subsequently be deducted from the Northern Ireland Executive’s 2015/16 control total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internal Northern Ireland departmental allocations remain a matter for the Executive itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL2039 HL2040 HL2041 question first answered 27/10/2014 15:11:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

92803

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the consequences for the Northern Ireland Executive if it does not agree with the Treasury, before the end of October, a plan for a balanced 2015/16 budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The NI Executive is expected to manage emerging pressures by identifying savings and reallocating resources within its overall allocations set by the Treasury. The First Minister has made it clear that he believes this is no longer achievable in 2014/15. The Treasury has therefore agreed that exceptional access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100 million will be permitted in-year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An amount equivalent to the access to the DEL Reserve taken up by the Northern Ireland Executive will be reflected in the relevant control total at Supplementary Estimates and will subsequently be deducted from the Northern Ireland Executive’s 2015/16 control total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internal Northern Ireland departmental allocations remain a matter for the Executive itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL2038 HL2040 HL2041 question first answered 27/10/2014 15:11:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

92804

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will have to approve Northern Ireland Departmental financial allocations for the remainder of 2014/15 if access to the DEL Reserve is available to the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The NI Executive is expected to manage emerging pressures by identifying savings and reallocating resources within its overall allocations set by the Treasury. The First Minister has made it clear that he believes this is no longer achievable in 2014/15. The Treasury has therefore agreed that exceptional access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100 million will be permitted in-year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An amount equivalent to the access to the DEL Reserve taken up by the Northern Ireland Executive will be reflected in the relevant control total at Supplementary Estimates and will subsequently be deducted from the Northern Ireland Executive’s 2015/16 control total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internal Northern Ireland departmental allocations remain a matter for the Executive itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL2038 HL2039 HL2041 question first answered 27/10/2014 15:11:16 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

92805

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Northern Ireland Assembly will be permitted to amend Departmental Allocations for 2014/15 and 2015/16 following the agreement between the Treasury and the Northern Ireland Executive on access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100 million.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The NI Executive is expected to manage emerging pressures by identifying savings and reallocating resources within its overall allocations set by the Treasury. The First Minister has made it clear that he believes this is no longer achievable in 2014/15. The Treasury has therefore agreed that exceptional access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100 million will be permitted in-year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An amount equivalent to the access to the DEL Reserve taken up by the Northern Ireland Executive will be reflected in the relevant control total at Supplementary Estimates and will subsequently be deducted from the Northern Ireland Executive’s 2015/16 control total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internal Northern Ireland departmental allocations remain a matter for the Executive itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL2038 HL2039 HL2040 question first answered 27/10/2014 15:11:16 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey