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847727

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	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: Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of employees in her Department worked in (a) departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) in any other location in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In my Department all employees work within departmental accommodation and have done so in each of the last 5 years. Employees are free to work occasionally from home or remotely; my Department does not retain records relating this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2018 11:23:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847096

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Fairtrade Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office is fully committed to ethical procurement; however, we are unable to quantify what proportion of our annual spend relates to fair trade products over the requested period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/03/2018 10:27:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847114

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to which organisations his Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Northern Ireland Office has used two centres of procurement excellence. The Central Procurement <a href="https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/central-procurement-directorate" target="_blank">Division</a> and Crown Commercial <a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/suppliers" target="_blank">Services</a>, provide procurement oversight for the full range of outsourced services for the department.</p><p> </p><p>Both organisations publish relevant details on their websites for which the links have been provided. This includes any collaborative contracts which the department may use for additional outsourced functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/03/2018 10:28:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847134

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of workers employed directly by her Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2013/14, 31 members of my department belonged to a trade union.</p><p>In 2014/15, 29 members of my department belonged to a trade union.</p><p>At September 2015, 29 members of my department belonged to a trade union.</p><p> </p><p>No data is available for subsequent years as from September 2015 trade union deductions were made directly from employees’ bank accounts and not collected through my department’s payroll.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2018 11:22:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847175

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) any other staff were employed directly by her Department on zero-hours contracts in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	129349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>None of my Department’s staff have been employed on zero-hours contracts in the last eight years.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth adding that it is a Conservative Government that has taken action to reform zero-hours contracts, unlike the previous Labour Government supported by the hon Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/02/2018 11:23:27 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809725

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office have answered 2 written parliamentary questions explaining that the requested information was not available on the grounds of it not being collected or held centrally. This is out of a total of 184 parliamentary questions that have been answered (as at 20 December).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/12/2017 11:15:53 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809840

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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: Social Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department has taken to improve social mobility in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Many of the policy areas linked to social mobility in Northern Ireland are devolved matters. But tackling social mobility is one of the UK Government’s key priorities. We want all young people, regardless of their background or where they grow up, to get the best start in life and have every chance to go as far as their talents and ambition will take them.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is helping the people of Northern Ireland by keeping taxes low, freezing fuel duty for the eight successive year and increasing the National Living Wage again from April 2018, delivering a £600 annual pay-rise to full-time workers in Northern Ireland. Moreover, we have increased again the personal allowance for income tax and higher rate threshold which will benefit over 745,000 people in Northern Ireland who will have gained by an average of £182, compared to 2015-16. Furthermore, there are 41,000 more people in work in Northern Ireland than in 2010 and unemployment is at 3.9%, down from 7.1% in 2010. And this Government will continue to deliver on its commitments to continue to support economic growth in Northern Ireland, including starting negotiations for a Belfast City Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/01/2018 13:01:58 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795246

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of voter registration in Northern Ireland in the period for which data is most recently available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	115667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Voter registration in Northern Ireland is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer and details of annual registration activity for Northern Ireland are contained in the annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland. The report for 2016/17 was laid before Parliament on 19 October 2017 and can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-for-northern-ireland-2016-17" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-for-northern-ireland-2016-17</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/12/2017 12:56:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane