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registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason she has declined to disclose the number of recipients of On-The-Run comfort letters who have fled the jurisdiction of the UK since her statement following the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I am not aware of the whereabouts of any individual who received a letter under the ‘on the runs’ administrative scheme and who may have left the UK since the publication of the Hallett Report. I am not therefore in a position to disclose the potential number of individuals concerned.</p><p>Decisions about investigation and prosecution in specific cases, including seeking an individual’s extradition where necessary, will be taken by the independent police and prosecuting authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 12/09/2014 10:26:11 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90874

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Donal Donnelly
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in relation to Mr Donal Donnelly in 1985 was published in the Belfast and London Gazettes; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	208398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no statutory requirements relating to the publication of pardons granted under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy and I am not aware of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in relation to Mr Donal Donnelly being published in the Belfast or London gazettes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 12/09/2014 10:23:33 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

90875

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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 Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the budget provision for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	208393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Like all UK Government Departments, the Northern Ireland Office faces a significant reduction in its budget in the 2015-16 financial year. That is why my department requested an impact statement of all of its Arms-Length Bodies on the measures that might be taken by them to meet a proportionate share of the necessary reduction. No final decisions have been made in respect of the Commission’s budget, but we are currently working with it in light of its impact statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 10/09/2014 15:28:10 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90876

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 462-3W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits she has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 10/09/2014 15:26:20 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90877

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by her Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is shown below:</p><p>(a) 2012-13 session: 87% of named day questions were answered on the nominated day;</p><p>(b) 2013-14 session: 83% of named day questions were answered on the nominated day;</p><p>(c) 2014-15 to date: 88% of named day questions have been answered on the nominated day.</p><p>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 12/09/2014 10:21:30 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90755

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the terms of reference adopted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to review on-the-run cases under Operation Red Field; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Policing in Northern Ireland is devolved and independent of Government. In that context, the terms of reference for policing operations are a matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:50:37 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90756

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to establish a procedure for recording on a central register the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy as recommended in the Hallett Report published on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My officials are working with officials from the Ministry of Justice to “consider establishing a procedure for recording on a central register – where this is appropriate – the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy” as recommended by Lady Justice Hallett in her Report into the ‘on the runs’ administrative scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:39:25 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90757

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) her Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	208289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Office follows the Ministry of Justice terms and conditions, including pay scales for bands A-F. There are different pay scales for London and Belfast; the lowest pay bands for each region are shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Pay for the Senior Civil Service across all departments is determined centrally by the Cabinet Office based on annual recommendations from the Review Body on Senior Salaries (SSRB) which is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by Cabinet Office. Details of the recommendations for 2014/15 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-salaries-review-body-36th-report-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-salaries-review-body-36th-report-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The NIO’s Annual Reports giving details of the SCS salaries for the years 2010-2015, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=nio+annual+report+and+accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search?q=nio+annual+report+and+accounts</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Highest (Band A) - London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Highest (Band A) - Belfast</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Lowest (Band F) - London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Lowest (Band F) - Belfast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>67, 969</p></td><td><p>60,649</p></td><td><p>16, 737</p></td><td><p>14, 320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>67, 969</p></td><td><p>60,649</p></td><td><p>16, 737</p></td><td><p>14, 320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>67, 969</p></td><td><p>60,649</p></td><td><p>16, 737</p></td><td><p>14, 320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p></td><td><p>67, 969</p></td><td><p>60,649</p></td><td><p>17,391</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>67, 969</p></td><td><p>60,649</p></td><td><p>17,800</p></td><td><p>15, 230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>My Department has two non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As such bodies are independent of Government, my hon Friend may wish to write to the Commissions direct on these matters – contact details are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parades Commission Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Executive NDPB</p></td><td><p>Info@paradescommission.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p>Executive NDPB</p></td><td><p>information@nihrc.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>Advisory NDPB</p></td><td><p>bcni@belfast.org.uk</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 10:51:04 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90758

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to reduce energy costs in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	208346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department currently operates from two locations; 1 Horse Guards Road, London; and Stormont House, Belfast.</p><p>The relocation of the London office in February 2013 enabled a considerable reduction of the footprint from 3,098sqm to 462sqm. The move reduced energy costs through maximising open plan working and sharing resources with other departments within the building. The office space was recently reduced by 30sqm, further reducing energy costs for heating and lighting.</p><p>In our Belfast office there is a strong emphasis on encouraging staff to be energy aware and to maximise the sharing of IT equipment, turning off all appliances (computers, printers and lights) when not in use. The ‘Turn it Off’ campaign is promoted throughout the Department which also includes the use of energy efficient appliances and light bulbs.</p><p>A number of working practices have been streamlined or ceased in recent months as part of an efficiency and reform package, which has reduced energy usage in Stormont House. For example, the canteen facility has been closed and overnight accommodation is no longer used, resulting in reduced use of appliances, lighting, heating etc.</p><p>Work has recently commenced to review the use of the accommodation in Belfast which will seek to maximise efficiency within the existing footprint, and to identify potential options to reduce the NIO footprint if possible, with a view to reducing overheads and energy costs. Part of the office is a Grade II listed building so this will be taken into consideration as part of the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:49:01 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90759

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for the full implementation of the Hallett Report's recommendations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>I made an oral statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday 9 September which dealt with some aspects of the implementation of the recommendations of the Hallett Report. My statement clarified that:</p><p>- This scheme has ended;</p><p>- Letters issued in whatever form do not represent any commitment that the recipient will not be investigated or prosecuted, if that is now considered appropriate by the responsible authorities;</p><p>- Those who received individual or composite letters indicating that they were ‘not wanted’ and who derived comfort from that, should cease to derive any such comfort;</p><p>- Recipients should cease to place any reliance on their letters;</p><p>- Decisions about investigation and prosecution in specific cases, now or in the future, will be taken on the basis of intelligence and/or evidence relating to whether or not the person concerned committed offences; and</p><p>- These decisions will be based on the views of those who now have responsibility for these matters. Their views may be the same as those that led to the letters being sent in the past, or they may be different.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Northern Ireland Office has set up an ‘On the Runs’ Policy Oversight Board to oversee the implementation of the recommendations. In association with others, we will ensure that the Hallett Report recommendations are implemented with due care and in a timely manner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:53:34 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon