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157089

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will allow the Northern Ireland Executive to use financial resources, allocated to it for Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit purposes, as financial allocations for Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit purposes in either financial years 2014–15 or 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL3034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Switching provision from Capital budgets to Resource budgets requires the approval of Treasury Ministers, as set out in the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In reaching agreement on a draft budget for 2015-16, the Northern Ireland Finance Minister requested that the Treasury consider flexibilities in relation to specific Capital to Resource switches within the Northern Ireland Executive’s allocations. This request will be considered as the Northern Ireland Executive moves towards setting final 2015-16 budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3036 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:42:57 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

157090

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive have been permitted to convert financial resources allocated to them for Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit to Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL3035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Switching provision from Capital budgets to Resource budgets requires the approval of Treasury Ministers, as set out in the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the course of this Parliament, no switches from Capital to Resource budgets have yet been made within devolved administration allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 02/12/2014 16:45:25 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

157091

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received a request from or had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the reclassification of Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit as Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL3036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Switching provision from Capital budgets to Resource budgets requires the approval of Treasury Ministers, as set out in the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In reaching agreement on a draft budget for 2015-16, the Northern Ireland Finance Minister requested that the Treasury consider flexibilities in relation to specific Capital to Resource switches within the Northern Ireland Executive’s allocations. This request will be considered as the Northern Ireland Executive moves towards setting final 2015-16 budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3034 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:42:57 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

156489

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to ring-fence defence spending in future budget settlements.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has set departmental budgets for the remainder of this Parliament, however no departmental budgets are set beyond 2015-16. The Government is committed to ensuring we have properly funded Armed Forces. The UK continues to be the second biggest contributor to NATO, and is committed to growing the Defence equipment programme at 1 percent above inflation each year until 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 02/12/2014 16:41:34 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

156490

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tornado Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the reasons for their decision to extend the operational life of some GR4 Tornado aircraft.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The RAF maintains the flexibility to adapt to a changing world and we have decided that the Tornado GR4 force should sustain three, rather than two, frontline squadrons based out of RAF Marham, for another year beyond 31 March 2015. This is a pragmatic measure to provide resilience during the transition from Tornado to Typhoon. The planned out of service date for the Tornado GR4 fleet remains 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 24/11/2014 17:21:17 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

156491

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will agree the final financial allocations to the Northern Ireland Executive for 2015–16; and when access will be granted to the Departmental Expenditure Limit reserve of up to £100 million.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury has already set out Northern Ireland Executive allocations for 2015-16, as determined at Spending Round 2013 and amended at subsequent Budgets and Autumn Statements. Final revisions to Northern Ireland Executive allocations for 2015-16 will be set out at the Supplementary Estimates round in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive has been granted exceptional access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100m in 2014-15. In granting this access, the Chancellor of the Exchequer specified that an equivalent amount would be deducted from the Executive’s 2015-16 allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL2934 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:40:43 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

156492

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the final financial allocations to the Northern Ireland Executive for 2015–16 for both Resource and Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit in circumstances where access is given for up to £100 million of loans to the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury has already set out Northern Ireland Executive allocations for 2015-16, as determined at Spending Round 2013 and amended at subsequent Budgets and Autumn Statements. Final revisions to Northern Ireland Executive allocations for 2015-16 will be set out at the Supplementary Estimates round in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive has been granted exceptional access to the DEL Reserve of up to £100m in 2014-15. In granting this access, the Chancellor of the Exchequer specified that an equivalent amount would be deducted from the Executive’s 2015-16 allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL2933 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:40:43 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

155385

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: 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 Baroness Randerson on 11 November (HL2678), whether they intend to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Welfare reform is a devolved matter, and it is for the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive to find a resolution on these issues. The UK Government continues to strongly encourage the parties to implement welfare reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/11/2014 13:39:01 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

114498

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland, in the light of the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to agree new welfare reform proposals.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Discussions on welfare reform are continuing to be held at the multi-party talks which are taking place in Belfast. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is pressing hard for an agreed resolution of the issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 11/11/2014 12:02:55 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

106155

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the budgets of the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive of equalisation of public expenditure per head of population throughout the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government has not made such an assessment. The leaders of the three main UK political parties have indicated that the Barnett formula will continue to operate. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 12:44:24 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey