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759815

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left his Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Details of the number, type, compensation levels and cost of exits from Northern Ireland Office are routinely published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 19/09/2017 09:04:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759423

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>My Department has not received any services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/09/2017 10:20:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759003

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>My Department has not made any payments to the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/09/2017 11:39:51 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758576

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the current Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met with and consulted each of the Belfast Agreement participants, (1) Lord Alderdice, (2) Lord Empey, (3) Lord Kilclooney, (4) Lord Maginnis of Drumglass, and (5) Lord Trimble, (a) as a group, or (b) individually; and what are the details of those meetings.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL1447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has regular meetings with Parliamentarians, including regular events for members of the House of Lords with an interest in Northern Ireland affairs, to which these five members are invited.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/09/2017 14:33:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

758577

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July (HL3), what discussions, if any, they have had with (1) the Police Service for Northern Ireland, and (2) the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, regarding evidence of abuse of the proxy voting system in Northern Ireland during the last General Election; and what are the details of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL1448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The administration of proxy votes, including any related engagement with the PSNI, is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer has regular discussions with Government Ministers and officials on a range of issues relating to elections and electoral registration, including absent voting procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer is currently carrying out an administrative review of all operational procedures in respect of absent voting in Northern Ireland and the Government will consider carefully any recommendations that result from this review.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 15/09/2017 10:09:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

758822

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Tourism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress he and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are making to attract more visitors to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	9341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Tourism is a devolved policy area, meaning that the Northern Ireland Executive has responsibility for the promotion and delivery of the tourism offer within Northern Ireland. Tourism Ireland is responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain and Tourism Northern Ireland recently signed a partnership agreement where they will work together on specific projects to market Northern Ireland to visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last decade, Northern Ireland has become a 'must-see' tourist destination, and we will continue to encourage visitors to come to experience the many wonderful sights and attractions it has to offer.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/09/2017 10:09:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

758823

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to promote whistleblowing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office's whistleblowing policy is made available to all staff on the Department’s intranet and regularly promoted through blogs and annual awareness days; the next planned awareness day is 21 September 2017. In addition, the Department's Management Board is committed to the highest standards of openness, honesty and accountability and has designated the lead non-executive and an executive board member with responsibility for the promotion of whistleblowing across the wider Northern Ireland Office family.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/09/2017 11:41:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757302

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Languages: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Belfast Agreement ensures equality between the Irish and Ulster Scots languages.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL1287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Belfast Agreement recognised the importance of respect, understanding and tolerance in relation to linguistic diversity, including the Irish language and Ulster Scots.</p><p>The Government is fully committed to the Belfast Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 15/09/2017 10:02:26 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

757362

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have been released under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998; and of that number, how many prisoners were designated as (1) loyalist, and (2) republican.
tabling member printed	Lord Trimble
uin	HL1347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office officials are currently undertaking a consolidation exercise, in conjunction with the Sentence Review Commissioners to confirm the answers to your questions. I will write to the Noble Lord once this exercise has been completed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL1348 HL1349 HL1350 HL1351 question first answered 15/09/2017 10:09:35 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	658 label Biography information for Lord Trimble

757363

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many republican prisoners sentenced for a scheduled offence have been refused release under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 and have not yet been released.
tabling member printed	Lord Trimble
uin	HL1348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office officials are currently undertaking a consolidation exercise, in conjunction with the Sentence Review Commissioners to confirm the answers to your questions. I will write to the Noble Lord once this exercise has been completed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL1347 HL1349 HL1350 HL1351 question first answered 15/09/2017 10:09:35 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	658 label Biography information for Lord Trimble