Mr Brian Kingston

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Kingston
Official First Name: Brian
Usual First Name: Brian
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: North Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Democratic Unionist Party	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/05/2022	North Belfast	Unionist, First Elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
08/04/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee on Standards and Privileges
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for The Executive Office

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
01/07/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
30/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Arts
25/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Disability
17/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
03/06/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Homelessness
20/02/2025 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
25/06/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Football
21/05/2024 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation
27/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Mental Health
23/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on Voluntary and Community Sector
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
11/06/2024 - 17/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
28/05/2024 - 03/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Homelessness
20/05/2024 - 25/06/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability
10/10/2023 - 20/02/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
01/07/2022 - 11/09/2024	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Fairtrade
28/06/2022 - 01/07/2025	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
16/06/2022 - 24/05/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
06/06/2022 - 15/05/2023	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Disability

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

34 Questions, Page 1 of 4

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AQO 2227/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the length of time it takes for additional police officers, requested under mutual aid arrangements from elsewhere in the United Kingdom, to provide support on the ground.

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12/06/2025

Answered on 24/07/2025

AQO 1479/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Justice what action her Department is taking to curb the recent interface clashes between youths at Carlisle Circus, Townsend Street, North Howard Street and Northumberland Street, Belfast.

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23/01/2025

Answered on 24/07/2025

AQW 29956/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on his departmental funding allocated to the Glencairn Community Hub in North Belfast, which is also part-funded by Belfast City Council. [Priority Written]

04/07/2025

To be answered by 16/07/2025

AQW 29955/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the dates on which the Urban Development Grant has been open for applications during the last five years; and (ii) the criteria and conditions that existed on each occasion.

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04/07/2025

Answered on 05/08/2025

AQW 29182/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount of funding her Department has provided to NI Water, in each of the last 10 years.

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24/06/2025

Answered on 04/07/2025

AQW 29116/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has given any consideration to reducing the height of the Ardoyne roundabout, North Belfast, in the interest of traffic safety. [Priority Written]

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23/06/2025

Answered on 08/07/2025

AQW 29115/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when was the last assessment of the Ardoyne roundabout, North Belfast, undertaken.

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23/06/2025

Answered on 03/07/2025

AQO 2259/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the progress of the Intermediate Rent scheme to increase supply of affordable private rented housing.

View Official Report for AQO 2259/22-27

19/06/2025

Answered on 30/06/2025

AQO 2158/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on his discussions with HM Treasury on the opportunity to bid for a share of fraud and error savings in social security benefits.

View Official Report for AQO 2158/22-27

05/06/2025

Answered on 16/06/2025

AQW 27247/22-27

Mr Brian Kingston
(DUP - North Belfast)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the schedule for spraying weeds on streets in the North Belfast constituency in 2025; and (ii) when the first spray is scheduled to (a) begin; and (b) end. [Priority Written]

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16/05/2025

Answered on 28/05/2025

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