Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership will operate in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive.

We have continued to work in close partnership with Northern Ireland government departments in the absence of an Executive. There is no longer a Strategic Migration Partnership in Northern Ireland. Instead the Home Office have agreements with a number of Northern Ireland government departments. This approach was made in full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, taking into consideration governmental structures in Northern Ireland and with an aim to ensure the best possible outcomes for service users.