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date	17/01/2024
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 Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	10262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>My Department has obligations in relation to equality considerations under both Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Under Section 75, the Northern Ireland Office as a designated public body has a statutory duty to screen all new, proposed or revised policies in relation to functions delivered in Northern Ireland for potential equality impacts and consider a full equality impact assessment (EQIA) for any policies screened in.</p><p> </p><p>In the last five years, the Northern Ireland Office has published over 29 screenings and one EQIA in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Northern Ireland Office’s Equality Scheme and its published equality assessments can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/01/2024 11:06:17 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1329314

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abingdon Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which companies and organisations competed for the contract that was awarded in October 2020 to Abingdon Health to provide 1 million rapid covid-19 tests; and which criteria Abingdon Health fulfilled in order to be awarded that contract.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>No contract was awarded to Abingdon Health Limited in October 2020.</p><p>The Department continues to use the appropriate procurement procedures within the Public Contract Regulations to award contracts to suppliers. All suppliers pass through a rigorous regulatory and validation process to ensure that they meet the same high quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 10263 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:02:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759775

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of entry clearance applications were processed within (a) 12 and (b) 24 weeks in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	10262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on visa processing times, including the percentage of visas processed within published service standards, is published online at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a> (then listed by publication date under ‘UK Visas &amp; Immigration’).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/09/2017 13:30:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

418960

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to control the sale of legal highs on the internet.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill before the House on 21 July 2015. This legislation, which makes the sale, import,distribution or manufacture of Psychoactive substances a criminal offence, will apply to both online and offline markets.</p><p>The National Crime Agency and the police routinely monitor the unlawful sales of psychoactive substances and take robust action to close UK-based websites where they are found to be committing offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Considerable illegal activity also takes place on the internet outside of UK jurisdiction and we will continue to work with international partners to develop an effective response to the supply of controlled drugs and to react swiftly to emerging threats.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/09/2015 10:01:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon