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1623528

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to clarify the constitutional position of Northern Ireland within the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL7395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The constitutional position of Northern Ireland within the UK is clearly set out in the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which declares, consistent with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, that Northern Ireland in its entirety remains part of the United Kingdom and shall not cease to be so without the consent of a majority of its people.</p><p> </p><p>This Government’s steadfast commitment to the Union, and Northern Ireland’s position within it, has been stated many times. In our view, Northern Ireland’s place in the Union is strong and protected by the Windsor Framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 10/05/2023 11:03:11 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1623545

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and (2) permanent secretaries of the Northern Ireland Executive, regarding budgetary allocations to each of the departments in the Executive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and Northern Ireland Office officials engaged intensively with the Northern Ireland Civil Service to set the Northern Ireland Budget for the 2023-24 financial year, which he set on 27 April in his statement to Parliament. The Secretary of State also met political representatives in Northern Ireland to hear their views.</p><p>It remains the UK Government’s firm view that the right people to make these decisions and set a budget are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly. In the absence of these, it will be for each Northern Ireland department to manage its funding within its budget allocation.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 09/05/2023 10:31:22 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1623546

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the process of future budgetary allocations to departments of the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>In the absence of functioning devolved institutions, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has intervened to set a Northern Ireland budget for the 2023-24 financial year, which he did on 27 April in his statement to Parliament. It will be for the relevant Northern Ireland Executive departments to manage their funding within their budget allocations. The UK Government has introduced the Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill to ensure ongoing governance, should Northern Ireland remain without Executive Ministers beyond 5 June<em>.</em></p><p>It remains the UK Government’s firm view that the right people to make these decisions and set a budget are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 09/05/2023 10:38:56 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1611149

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland on voter ID.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Electoral policy for Northern Ireland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.</p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials meet regularly with the Electoral Commission to discuss a range of issues, including the Northern Ireland voter ID system, which has been in place, with minor amendments, since 2002.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 09:01:33 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1610126

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health
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 help the Department of Education in Northern Ireland to maintain the (a) Engage and (b) Healthy Happy Minds programme.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	180259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Department of Education has the responsibility for matters relating to the provision of the Engage and Healthy Happy Minds programmes in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>In the absence of functioning devolved institutions, Northern Ireland Office officials are working with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Department of Finance to set the Northern Ireland budget for the 2023-24 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The right people to make these decisions are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly. In the absence of these, it will be for the relevant Northern Ireland department, in this case the Department of Education, to manage its funding, including provision for the Engage and Health Happy Minds programmes.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 08:36:12 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1610127

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Health Services: Northern Ireland
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 help bring about a resolution to the healthcare workers pay dispute in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	180260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is acutely aware of the pressures facing the health service in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State met with representatives of the Health Unions in Northern Ireland on 5 April to offer clarity on the Government’s pay offer to healthcare workers in England. As this is a devolved matter, the Secretary of State does not have the authority to negotiate on pay.</p><p> </p><p>A fully functioning devolved government is the best way to deliver the necessary reforms to transform healthcare. That is why the Government is doing all it can to restore the Executive as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 09:02:57 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1610132

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support the Government is providing to the Electoral Office in Northern Ireland to raise awareness of the local elections.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	180265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Raising awareness of elections is the responsibility of the Electoral Commission which runs a variety of media and social media campaigns, as well as providing resources to interested groups to inform the public about elections and encourage engagement. The Northern Ireland Office highlighted the date change of the local elections in Northern Ireland through social media channels and the UK Government continues to use social media to support the work of the Electoral Commission to raise awareness of elections in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/04/2023 08:53:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1609336

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to clarify the funding that will be allocated through NIO direction to Northern Irish Departments for (a) NHS waiting lists in Quarter 1 2023/24 (b) air connectivity to Derry/Londonderry (c) Easter school holiday lunches and (d) rural community transport.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	177940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>In the absence of functioning devolved institutions, Northern Ireland Office officials continue to work with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive Department of Finance on the budget allocations for the 2023-24 financial year. Based on the Northern Ireland budget position for the 2022-23 financial year, the expectation is that balancing the 2023-24 budget will be extremely challenging.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government recognises that there will be impacts on people and businesses in Northern Ireland as a result of the difficult decisions needed in order for Northern Ireland Executive departments to live within their budgets. It remains the UK Government’s firm view that the right people to make these decisions are locally elected politicians in a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive and local Assembly. In the absence of these, it will be for the relevant Northern Ireland Executive departments to manage their funding, in accordance with powers provided under the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2022.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/04/2023 10:05:32 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1609371

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	177872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>As of January 2023, of the 74.2% of staff working in the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) who have completed their disability declaration information, 9.2% shared they had a disability. 4.9% of those who have declared their information have reported they ‘prefer not to say’. This data is completed anonymously by employees via our online HR system (SOP).</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022 maintains our focus on mainstreaming the delivery of inclusion and achieving our key priorities as outlined in the Declaration on Government Reform. We will continue to build a more inclusive Civil Service going further than the current Equality Act provisions by building on and expanding a previous focus on Protected Characteristics to deliver for all of our people. Incorporating a broader definition of diversity (such as socioeconomic, work experience and geographic backgrounds) and embedding activity in our strategic priorities will enable the successful delivery of our corporate objectives. Disability remains a focus of this work and we continue to identify and remove barriers affecting disabled colleagues.</p><p> </p><p>Representation of disabled staff is increasing at all grades, whilst this trend is positive, we remain committed to improving the representation of disabled colleagues across our workforce and in particular at our most senior grades.</p><p> </p><p>All main Government departments have Disability Confident Leader (level 3) status on the Government’s Disability Confident Scheme, the highest level of accreditation. The scheme gives employers the tools to recruit, retain and develop disabled people, and acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Workplace Adjustment Service is well established, offering specialist advice and access to a review route for disabled employees experiencing difficulties in securing the adjustments they need. The service includes a Workplace Adjustment Passport to facilitate the seamless retention of adjustments on a change of line manager, job role or move between business areas or departments.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to target action where gaps persist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/04/2023 13:52:13 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1608557

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Roads: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland's road haulage industry on the Windsor Framework since 27 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	176604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland meets regularly with Northern Ireland stakeholders, including representatives of the road haulage industry to discuss a range of relevant issues, including following the announcement of the Windsor Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Windsor Framework restores the free flow of trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland with a first-of-its-kind green lane that will enable goods destined for NI to move easily without burdensome customs bureaucracy.</p><p> </p><p>Customs paperwork will be scrapped and replaced with data sharing of ordinary, existing commercial information. This information will be provided from sales invoices and transport contracts – information that businesses will already hold and use for the movement of goods.</p><p> </p><p>In other words, the only data traders will need to move from Birmingham to Belfast is the same as if they were going to the Isle of Wight.</p><p> </p><p>We have also secured complete unfettered access for NI goods on the UK market, with no export processes required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 176605 question first answered 17/04/2023 13:54:33 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones