AQW 32351/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 30/09/2025
Answered On Date: 05/11/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has had conversations with the UK Government about integrating Northern Ireland into the Tell Us Once service.

Answer:

Early in this mandate, I engaged with the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland and the Department for Work and Pensions to begin preliminary scoping work with regards to extending bereavement services in Northern Ireland.

I am supportive of this service and welcome its introduction to Northern Ireland. It would be for the Finance Minister to bring forward the legislation required.