Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
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.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 724-5W, on official visits, what domestic visits each of the Ministers of her Department has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Details of all Ministerial overseas travel is published on a quarterly basis.
I should add that on coming to office in May 2010, my predecessor ended the chartering of a private jet for routine travel between London and Belfast which had been the practice of previous Secretaries of State, including those in the last Labour Government. This has saved the taxpayer considerable sums of money.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what visits each of the Ministers in her Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
Details of Ministers' visits overseas are published quarterly and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=northern-ireland-office.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
Because of the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, my Department does not hold details for the periods prior to 2010; attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost. The contracts awarded by my Department since April 2010 are as follows:
Name of Contract | Award Date | Estimated Total Value |
Finance Platform – System Support Agreement | 1 April 2013 | £18k |
Finance Platform – Managed Service | 2 July 2013 | £6k |
Preventative Maintenance for Hillsborough Castle | 4 September 2013 | £9.5k |
Hillsborough Castle Gardening | 1 December 2013 | £50k |
Name of Contract | Award Date | Estimated Annual Value |
File and Document Storage | January 2013 | £40k |
The majority of contracts used by my Department are awarded by the Department of Finance and Personnel Central Procurement Directorate or the Central Government Procurement Service. These are generally awarded for a range of Northern Ireland Civil Service or Whitehall Departments which enable NIO to draw services from them.
Should you wish to establish details of these contracts you should contact these organisations directly at the following addresses:
DFP Central Procurement Directorate - www.dfpni.gov.uk/cpd
Central Government Procurement Service - www.civilservice.gov.uk/networks/gps