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Mr Robin Newton

Title:	Mr
Official Last Name:	Newton
Official First Name:	Robin
Usual First Name:	Robin
Date Of Birth:	21/12/1945
Party:	Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency:	East Belfast

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Northern Ireland Assembly Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2011 - Present
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	07/03/2007 - 25/03/2011
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	26/11/2003 - 30/01/2007

Northern Ireland Assembly MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
26/11/2003	East Belfast	Unionist, First Elected
13/03/2007	East Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected
12/05/2011	East Belfast	Unionist, Re-elected

Northern Ireland Assembly Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
16/09/2013 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Education
11/10/2012 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for Committee for Enterprise Trade and Investment and Committee for Finance and Personnel
21/05/2012 - 16/09/2013	Committee Member	Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
23/05/2011 - 27/02/2012	Committee Member	Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
04/07/2009 - 04/05/2011	junior Minister	Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
04/07/2009 - 04/05/2011	junior Ministers	Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
10/06/2008 - 03/07/2009	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Employment and Learning
21/04/2008 - 25/03/2011	Committee Chair	Ad-Hoc Committee on Local Postal Services
09/05/2007 - 03/07/2009	Committee Chair	Audit Committee
09/05/2007 - 13/09/2009	Committee Member	Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Northern Ireland Assembly All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
23/04/2013 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Postal Issues
04/10/2010 - 24/03/2011	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Communities
30/04/2008 - 30/06/2009	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Ethnic Minority Communities

Parliamentary Contact Details

Room:	Room 312	E-Mail:
Address:	Parliament Buildings
Townland:	Ballymiscaw
Ward:	Stormont
Town:	Belfast
Post Code:	BT4 3XX

Constituency Contact Details

Address 1:	59 CASTLEREAGH ROAD	Telephone No:	028 9045 9500
Address 2:		Fax No:	028 9045 9400
Address 3:		E-Mail:
Townland:	BALLYMACARRET
Town:	BELFAST
Post Code:	BT5 5FB
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Directorships

None.

Remunerated Employment, Office, Profession, etc

None.

Elected/Public Office

Councillor, Belfast City Council. Gross annual remuneration: Basic £9,738, Group Leader £4,857.84, Average hours worked per week: 20.

Electoral Support and Political Donations

None.

Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

None.

Overseas visits

None.

Overseas benefits and gifts

None.

Land and Property

Commercial property, Cregagh Road, Belfast from which rental income is received.

Shareholdings

None.

Miscellaneous Interests

None.

Unremunerated Interests

Member, East Belfast Partnership Board.

Trustee, Clara Park Tenants and Residents Association.

Trustee, Wandsworth Community Association.

Director, Northern Ireland Assembly and Business Trust.

Voluntary Director, AVEC.

Voluntary Director, Landmark East.

Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

I employ my son as a researcher/constituency worker.

I employ my wife as a secretary/office manager.

Session:

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Ref No

Question

Tabled Date

Answered

AQW 31643/11-15

To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to (i) detail any plans to implement the Household Flood Protection Grant; and (ii) clarify that consultation with Councils will take place.

04/03/2014

Awaiting Answer

AQW 31490/11-15

To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to confirm the nature and purpose of the experiments carried out on dogs, cats and horses at Queens University, Belfast and University of Ulster and the expected outcomes of the experiments.

27/02/2014

Awaiting Answer

AQW 31489/11-15

To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to confirm the number of dogs, cats and horses that Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Ulster have experimented on over the past 3 years including a breakdown of the number of experiments carried out on each animal.

27/02/2014

Awaiting Answer

AQW 31324/11-15

To ask the Minister of Justice what progress has been made to ensure that the PSNI is able to play a full part and avail of full participation within the National Crime Agency.

24/02/2014

Awaiting Answer

AQO 5689/11-15

To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment if she has had contact with Credit Unions to assess any further potential to develop their services.

20/02/2014

To be answered on 04/03/2014

AQO 5591/11-15

To ask the Minister for Regional Development what plans his Department has to upgrade the cycle network in East Belfast.

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06/02/2014

Answered

AQW 31065/11-15

To ask the Minister of Education what support he has agreed to provide to Dundonald High School to address academic underachievement and to upgrade the school facilities.

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17/02/2014

Answered

AQO 5495/11-15

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the progress of the Active Ageing Strategy.

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30/01/2014

Answered

AQO 5465/11-15

To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure what steps her Department is taking to upgrade library facilities in East Belfast.

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23/01/2014