Dr Steve Aiken OBE

Title: Dr
Official Last Name: Aiken
Official First Name: Stephen
Usual First Name: Steve
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: South Antrim

Biography

Name History

Official Last Name	Official First Name	Usual First Name	Date Name Changed
Aiken	Stephen	Steve	17/08/2021
Aiken	Stephen	Steve	17/08/2021

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Ulster Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	South Antrim	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2017	South Antrim	Unionist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	South Antrim	Unionist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
08/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Deputy Chair	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
19/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
14/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Chair	Committee for Finance
25/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for the Economy

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
08/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
29/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
22/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Climate Action
26/01/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Arts
03/03/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
05/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Climate Action
25/09/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
09/05/2017 - 25/09/2019	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
09/05/2017 - 13/10/2021	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on International Development
19/04/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Disability
22/11/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Cancer
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Students
20/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

41 Questions, Page 1 of 5

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AQW 4138/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he has had discussions with the Utility Regulator in relation to the use of wayleaves to progress the construction of the North South Interconnector where disputes between SONI and landowners have not been resolved.

05/10/2022

To be answered by 20/10/2022

AQW 4137/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of the use of wayleaves to progress the construction of the North South Interconnector, where disputes between SONI and landowners have not been resolved.

05/10/2022

To be answered by 20/10/2022

AQW 4136/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of recent reports that Northern Ireland has a secure and diverse energy supply, whether he will publish representations that have been made by SONI on the continuing rationale of the North-South Interconnector project.

05/10/2022

To be answered by 20/10/2022

AQW 4003/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to Ofgem’s letter to the BSC Panel Chair, dated 30 September 2022, stating that there is a significant risk of gas shortages during winter 2022-23, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator and electricity suppliers to ensure there will be no disruption to Northern Ireland’s electricity supply. [Priority Written]

03/10/2022

To be answered by 11/10/2022

AQW 3126/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy, following the publication of the Utility Regulator’s SONI TSO Governance report, published on 30 August 2022, whether he has considered a referral to the Competition and Markets Authority in relation to grid connections.

08/09/2022

To be answered by 26/09/2022

AQW 3124/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy what engagement his Department has had with the new Energy Supply Taskforce and by what mechanisms the Department and Utility Regulator will interact with the I-SEM to discuss pricing, security and supply. [Priority Written]

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08/09/2022

Answered on 16/09/2022

AQW 3123/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy what discussions he has had with the Utility Regulator in relation to the Energy Price Guarantee and how this will be rolled out in Northern Ireland to ensure that NI prices will not exceed those in the rest of the UK.

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08/09/2022

Answered on 21/09/2022

AQW 3106/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Education to outline the reasons for the delays in providing nursery school provision in Ballyclare.

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08/09/2022

Answered on 23/09/2022

AQW 3105/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Education whether the Education Authority has taken the decision to halt minor works programmes in primary schools in the South Antrim constituency.

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08/09/2022

Answered on 23/09/2022

AQW 2798/22-27

Dr Steve Aiken OBE
(UUP - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy what processes he has put in place to ensure the continuity and security of Electricity Supply in Northern Ireland, following the recent publication of the Utility Regulator’s Decision Paper.

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05/09/2022

Answered on 13/09/2022

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