Mr Keith Buchanan

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Buchanan
Official First Name: Keith
Usual First Name: Keith
Party: Democratic Unionist Party
Constituency: Mid Ulster

Biography

Party History

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

MLA History

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

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
06/11/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee for the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Committee for Infrastructure
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
06/02/2024 - 21/03/2024	Committee Deputy Chair	Audit Committee
11/10/2021 - 20/10/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Education and the Committee for the Economy
21/06/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
14/06/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Finance
14/06/2021 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Executive Office, Committee for Finance and Committee for the Economy
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
27/01/2020 - 16/06/2021	Committee Member	Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
20/01/2020 - 21/06/2021	Committee Member	Committee for Infrastructure
20/01/2020 - 07/06/2021	Committee Member	Business Committee

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
22/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Construction
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on ADHD
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Animal Welfare
27/06/2022 - 22/06/2023	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on Construction
13/01/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Funerals and Bereavement
30/04/2018 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on ADHD
25/07/2017 - 30/04/2018	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All-Party Group on ADHD
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Construction
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All-Party Group on ADHD

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

52 Questions, Page 1 of 6

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 2218/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the number of cases where an individual found guilty of an offence relating to child sexual assault does not receive a custodial sentence.

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12/06/2025

Answered on 24/06/2025

AQO 2276/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any support available for the installation of solar panels within domestic settings.

19/06/2025

To be answered on 01/07/2025

AQO 2253/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any steps he is taking to deal with the current delay in the Northern Ireland Environment Agency responding to planning application consultations.

19/06/2025

To be answered on 30/06/2025

AQO 2228/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Assembly Commission whether it is undertaking a review of security arrangements for guests and visitors to Parliament Buildings.

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12/06/2025

Answered on 24/06/2025

AQW 28513/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline what correspondence they have had with (i) other Executive Departments and (ii) local councils, regarding funding for victims and survivors groups.

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10/06/2025

Answered on 24/06/2025

AQW 28512/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline what funding sources are available to victims and survivors groups from their office.

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10/06/2025

Answered on 24/06/2025

AQW 28511/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the amount of funding that has been allocated to Mid Ulster Victims Empowerment, in the last five financial years.

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10/06/2025

Answered on 24/06/2025

AQW 28510/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the amount of funding that has been allocated to each victims and survivors group in Mid Ulster, in each of the last five financial years.

10/06/2025

To be answered by 25/06/2025

AQO 2089/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any plans in place to provide financial support to community facilities in rural communities.

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22/05/2025

Answered on 04/06/2025

AQO 2056/22-27

Mr Keith Buchanan
(DUP - Mid Ulster)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline any support available to provide speed indicator devices at school locations.

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22/05/2025

Answered on 02/06/2025

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