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1692108

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date	27/02/2024
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: Apprentices
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 (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	15918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has contributed £83,000 in apprenticeship Levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.</p><p>During the same period, the department has had no spend from the apprenticeship Levy fund. All NIO apprenticeships during this period were covered through the Civil Service-wide apprenticeship schemes, therefore the NIO specifically has not spent any levy funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/03/2024 14:11:38 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1606044

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>All Government Departments publish payment performance quarterly showing the percentage of invoices paid in 5 days, the percentage of invoices paid in 30 days, and net debt interest liability. This is available on GOV.UK. The Northern Ireland Office’s payment performance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?parent=northern-ireland-office&amp;keywords=prompt%20payment&amp;organisations%5B%5D=northern-ireland-office&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">NIO Prompt Payment Data Link</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, in accordance with regulation 113 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, Contracting Authorities are required to publish annually the percentage of invoices paid in 30 days online. This is available as part of the annual report for 21/22:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-northern-ireland-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts 21/22</a></p><p> </p><p>The Procurement Bill, currently passing through Parliament, will create a simpler and more transparent procurement regime that will further open up public procurement to SMEs. The Bill includes a new duty on contracting authorities to have regard to the particular barriers facing SMEs. Specifically, the Procurement Bill will imply 30 day payment terms into every sub-contract that is substantially for the purpose of performing a public contract. This will ensure SMEs at every tier of the public supply chain can benefit from faster payments, even if 30 day terms aren't explicitly written into the contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 28/03/2023 10:37:17 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1177787

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged (a) 16 and under and (b) over 16 years old undertook work experience in his Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>During the last three years there has been no formal work experience undertaken in the Northern Ireland Office by anyone over 16 years old.</p><p>Informal work experience for people below the age of 16 was undertaken on seven occasions over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/02/2020 11:31:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1167820

registered interest
date	01/11/2019
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: Honours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	8605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity</p><p>Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Northern Ireland Office are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 05/11/2019 16:39:41 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140428

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm there are no BAME staff employed at Grade 3 within the Northern Ireland Office. Fewer than five staff have declared as BAME at both Grades 7 and 5 and in order to comply with Data Protection Act requirements, I am unable to disclose this number as a full answer would risk the identification of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/07/2019 12:45:10 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra