Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Karen Bradley
My Department is currently carrying out a prioritisation exercise as part of its contingency planning. At the time of answering, no projects have been put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK to leave the EU without a deal.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in her Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
Answered by Karen Bradley
Staff across the Department are engaged in various aspects of work for planning to leave the EU without a deal. The number of staff in the central EU Exit team is 16. Additional staff were recruited to fill these roles and no staff were moved from other projects to work in these roles.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer given by my hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, on 29 February 2016.
Asked by: Virendra Sharma (Labour - Ealing, Southall)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her Department's wellness strategy is.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
The Northern Ireland Office’s wellness strategy is to promote and sustain a healthy, safe and supportive working environment for all our people. We do this by:
As a small department the Northern Ireland Office has also secured access to the Ministry of Justice’s networks and services for our staff to use.