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Scheduled Event - 24 Apr 2024, 11:30 a.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Northern Ireland
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Scheduled Event - 23 Apr 2024, 9 a.m.
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Commons - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - Oral evidence - Select & Joint Committees
Operation Kenova
Scheduled Event - 23 Apr 2024, 9 a.m.
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Commons - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - Oral evidence - Select & Joint Committees
Operation Kenova
Written Statements
Fourth Update on New Decade, New Approach - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Northern Ireland Office
Written Question
Public Appointments: Northern Ireland Office
Monday 15th April 2024

Asked by: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the (a) gender, (b) disability status, (c) sexual orientation, (d) marital status and (e) ethnicity of public appointments that it has made in each of the last five years.

Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)

My Department collects diversity information in line with its equality duties and the requirements of the Governance Code on Public Appointments for all public appointments set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council.

Information collected on appointments and reappointments is published annually by the Cabinet Office in the Public Appointments Data Report and can be found on GOV.UK. The Commissioner for Public Appointments also includes data in his annual report which is published at:

https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/publications/annual-reports/

Written Question
Civil Partnerships and Marriage: Northern Ireland
Monday 15th April 2024

Asked by: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) same and (b) opposite sex couples in Northern Ireland have converted their (i) marriage to civil partnership and (ii) civil partnership to marriage.

Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)

The General Register Office within the Northern Ireland Department of Finance is responsible for the administration of marriage and civil partnership law in Northern Ireland. They should be contacted for further information regarding this matter.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Northern Ireland Office

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Secretary Of State announces new appointment to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
Document: Secretary Of State announces new appointment to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (webpage)
Secondary Legislation

Laid - 11 Apr 2024 In Force 1 May 2024

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (Holding and Handling of Information) Regulations 2024
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (“the ICRIR”) was established by section 2 of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (c. 41) (“the Act”). Section 34 of the Act allows the Secretary of State to make provision in regulations about the holding and handling of …

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Northern Ireland Office

Apr. 10 2024

Source Page: NIO: GPC Spending over £500, December 2023
Document: NIO: GPC Spending over £500, December 2023 (webpage)
Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Northern Ireland Office

Apr. 10 2024

Source Page: NIO: Spending over £25,000, December 2023
Document: (webpage)