Asked by: Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of funding Northern Ireland has received from (a) grants from the EU and (b) loans from the European Investment Bank since 1998.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has not made any estimates of the amount of funding Northern Ireland has received from European Union grants, or loans from the European Investment Bank since 1998.
The information requested is not held by the NIO and gathering the information could not be provided without incurring disproportionate costs. However in regard to loans received from the European Investment Bank (EIB), whilst a local figure for Northern Ireland is not recorded, the EIB does report loans provided across the United Kingdom. This information can be obtained directly from the EIB website.
Asked by: Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's policy is on equal marriage in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Same-sex marriage is a devolved matter.
The Government's priority therefore remains the re-establishment of a fully-functioning devolved government in Northern Ireland, so that decisions on same-sex marriage can be taken by locally elected and locally accountable politicians.
Asked by: Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which external recruitment agencies are used by her Department's non-departmental public bodies.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
My Department has four non-departmental public bodies – the Independent Reporting Commission; the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies operate independently of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:
ALB | Status | Contact Details |
Independent Reporting Commission | Executive NDPB | enquiries@IRCommission.org |
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission | Executive NDPB | information@nihrc.org |
Parades Commission for Northern Ireland | Executive NDPB | info@paradescommission.org |
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland | Advisory NDPB | bcni@belfast.org.uk |