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1603009

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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 Protocol: Legal Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the litigation in (1) James Hugh Allister and Clifford Peeples v the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and others, and (2) the earlier decisions of the Court of Appeal and High Court in Northern Ireland in the same case, how much they spent in total in defending their position on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has spent £196,567 on fees associated with the legal challenges of Clifford Peeples and Jim Allister and others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 21/03/2023 11:51:52 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1602550

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Community Transport: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure to avoid the closure of Rural Community Transport Providers in Northern Ireland at the end of April 2023; what alternatives they intend to make available to users of these services; and how the steps they are taking will ensure that passengers are able to attend health appointments.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>In the absence of functioning devolved institutions, Northern Ireland Office officials are working with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive Department of Finance on the budget allocations for the next 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 department, in this case the Department for Infrastructure, to manage its funding, including provision for rural community transport.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/03/2023 14:47:08 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1600592

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Cancer: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland concerning long waiting lists for cancer treatment and operations.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL6048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is acutely aware of the pressures facing the health service in Northern Ireland, including on cancer treatment.</p><p> </p><p>A fully functioning devolved government is the best way to deliver the necessary reforms to transform healthcare and cut waiting lists. That is why the Government is doing all it can to restore the Executive as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has introduced appropriate measures to protect the delivery of all public services and my officials continue to engage regularly with the Northern Ireland Department of Health.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 07/03/2023 12:37:11 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1587394

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether legacy practitioners applying on behalf of a family member of a victim to the proposed Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery requesting a review of a Troubles death or serious injury will be eligible for legal aid; what annual estimate they have made of the likely cost of such legal aid; and which Northern Ireland department will fund it.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL5669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which is continuing its passage through Parliament, places a duty on the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) to carry out reviews of Troubles-related deaths and cases of specified serious injury when requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill clearly defines which individuals will be able to request a review into a death or serious injury.</p><p> </p><p>Requesting a review will not involve entering into a legal process. Legal Aid - which is devolved and delivered by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland - will therefore not be required when requesting a review.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 27/02/2023 14:52:57 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1587395

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much legal aid has been paid in respect of legacy claims in Northern Ireland in the last five years; and what proportion this represents of the total spending on legal aid in Northern Ireland during that period.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL5670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold this information as Justice and legal aid is devolved in Northern Ireland. The Legal Services Agency, an executive agency sponsored by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, administers the provision of legal aid in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Information on legal aid expenditure can be found on the Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland website.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 27/02/2023 14:52:11 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1587396

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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: Parliamentary Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, given the absence of a sitting Assembly in Northern Ireland, they will answer parliamentary questions on the governance of matters in Northern Ireland for which they are ultimately responsible.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL5671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government will answer any questions of governance in Northern Ireland that are not devolved. For matters of devolved governance in the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act provides Northern Ireland civil servants with the clarity they require to take the limited but necessary decisions to maintain delivery of public services and operate in the public interest. Any questions relating to devolved matters should therefore be directed to Northern Ireland departments.</p><p>This Government recognises that this is not an ideal situation and will keep the current governance arrangements, and the accountability measures within these, under review. Ultimately, the best way for Northern Ireland to be governed is by the Northern Ireland devolved institutions. It remains this Government’s priority to work towards restoring these institutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 27/02/2023 15:28:09 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1585547

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to regulate the use of electric scooters in Northern Ireland in the absence of a Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL5566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>In the absence of Northern Ireland Executive ministers, the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act provides Northern Ireland civil servants with the clarity they require to take the limited but necessary decisions to maintain delivery of public services and operate in the public interest. The Act does not however give the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland direction powers on specific policies, other than in relation to pressing public appointments and the requirement to set the regional rate.</p><p>The swiftest way for legislation on Northern Ireland affairs such as this is for the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive to be restored. It remains the Government’s priority to work towards the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 21/02/2023 11:47:18 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1583476

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which (1) organisations, and (2) individuals, they consulted prior to making their departmental funding allocations as outlined in the Northern Ireland Budget Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL5385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office ministers and officials have engaged with a variety of stakeholders, in UK Government Departments and Northern Ireland Executive Departments, and externally including the independent Northern Ireland Fiscal Council on the 2022-23 Northern Ireland Budget.</p><p>Ministers have also met with political representatives to hear their views, and taken on board the many representations received in correspondence, meetings, and visits across Northern Ireland from the business community, the education and health sectors, third sector voluntary and community groups.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 07/02/2023 17:04:40 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1582592

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Castlereagh Foundation: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 25 of Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Deal, published in January 2020, how much funding they provided to establish the Castlereagh Foundation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL5244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The amount of funding requested to establish the Castlereagh Foundation will be a matter for the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 06/02/2023 17:33:34 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee

1582593

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 17 of Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Deal, published in January 2020, how much additional resources they have allocated to the Police Service of Northern Ireland since the Deal was agreed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL5245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland block grant.</p><p>The recent Budget that the Secretary of State set for Northern Ireland provides the Northern Ireland Department of Justice with a 3.1% uplift on its 2021-2022 budget with a total allocation of £1.18 billion.</p><p>Since 2010, the UK Government has also provided the PSNI with the additional security funding it needs to ensure that it has the resources to tackle the threat from Northern Ireland-related terrorism. This additional security funding ensures PSNI’s ability to tackle the terrorist threat while ensuring day-to-day policing is not compromised. The contribution for the financial year 2022/23 is £32 million. This is the same that has been provided each year since 2015/16. This continued level of Additional Security Funding for the PSNI from the UKG has been confirmed through to 2024/25.</p><p>In addition to the direct support to the PSNI through Additional Security Funding, the Government has also committed circa £8 million per year (through the spending review 2021 and New Decade New Approach funding) to the Tackling Paramilitarism Programme to match NI Executive funding until the end of the second phase of the Programme in March 2024. The Programme supports the Paramilitary Crime Task Force, which includes PSNI, the National Crime Agency and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 08/02/2023 17:04:52 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee