| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status | Index Terms |
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AQW 50521/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, pursuant to AQW 50079/11-16, whether, within the Code Governing the Appointment of Special Advisers, a financial termination package has been paid to a Special Adviser in consequence of the ministerial resignations in his Department since September 2015.
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| 06/11/2015 |
Answered on 19/11/2015
| Redundancy; Payments; Special advisers; Ministers; Resignations; Government departments; Codes of practice |
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AQW 50297/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the annual salaries of departmental Special Advisers and Ministers are a charge on the Department's budget and accounts.
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| 03/11/2015 |
Answered on 10/12/2015
| Pay; Ministers; Special advisers; Budgets; Public expenditure; Government departments |
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AQW 50258/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the recently appointed Junior Minister will be required to repay the severance package she received or is due to receive following the termination of her role as a special adviser, given her appointment as a Junior Minister within the same Department.
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| 02/11/2015 |
Answered on 11/12/2015
| Special advisers; Redundancy; Junior ministers; Government departments; Payments |
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AQW 50257/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel, given a civil servant receiving a severance package under the Voluntary Exit Scheme forfeits the severance package if they return to employment within the Department, whether a special adviser that returns within a month as a Junior Minister in the same Department will forfeit all or a proportionate amount of the severance package.
[Priority Written]
| 02/11/2015 |
Question Withdrawn
| Redundancy; Employment; Government departments; Special advisers; Junior ministers |
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AQW 50081/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to detail the severance package to the previous special adviser in her Department, John McDermott, following his departure in September 2015.
[Priority Written]
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| 22/10/2015 |
Answered on 27/10/2015
| Redundancy; Special advisers; Government departments; Payments |
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AQW 50079/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment whether any financial termination packages have been paid, or will be paid, to any Special Advisers in consequence of ministerial resignations in his Department since September 2015.
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| 22/10/2015 |
Answered on 05/11/2015
| Redundancy; Payments; Special advisers; Ministers; Resignations; Government departments; Codes of practice |
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AQW 50078/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Social Development whether any financial termination packages have been paid, or will be paid, to any Special Advisers in consequence of ministerial resignations in his Department since September 2015.
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| 22/10/2015 |
Answered on 05/11/2015
| Redundancy; Payments; Special advisers; Ministers; Resignations; Government departments |
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AQW 50077/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety whether any financial termination packages have been paid, or will be paid, to any Special Advisers in consequence of ministerial resignations in his Department since September 2015.
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| 22/10/2015 |
Answered on 02/02/2016
| Redundancy; Payments; Special advisers; Ministers; Resignations; Government departments; Websites; Publications; Codes of practice |
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AQW 49930/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel whether Special Advisers, in post since before 30 July 2007, are eligible for a final salary pension scheme.
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| 19/10/2015 |
Answered on 03/11/2015
| Special advisers; Occupational pensions |
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AQW 49722/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the current pay bands for special advisers.
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| 13/10/2015 |
Answered on 28/10/2015
| Pay; Special advisers |
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AQW 49721/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the current percentage of salary of both employee and employer pension contributions in respect of special advisers.
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| 13/10/2015 |
Answered on 28/10/2015
| Pay; Occupational pensions; Special advisers |
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AQW 49484/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel, pursuant to AQW 48924/11-16, to address the question asked, which was not as to the applicable criteria but whether any financial termination packages have been paid or will be paid to any Special Advisers in consequence of ministerial resignations in various Departments since September 2015.
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| 06/10/2015 |
Answered on 21/10/2015
| Ministers; Resignations; Special advisers; Payments; Unemployment; Codes of practice |
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AQW 49371/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail whether any financial termination package is payable to Mrs Emma Pengelly MLA following her resignation as a Special Adviser.
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| 01/10/2015 |
Answered on 16/10/2015
| Members; Special advisers; Resignations; Personnel management; Codes of practice |
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AQW 48924/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail whether any financial termination packages are payable to any Special Advisers in consequence of ministerial resignations in various Departments in September 2015.
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| 18/09/2015 |
Answered on 05/10/2015
| Ministers; Resignations; Special advisers; Payments; Unemployment; Codes of practice |
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AQW 48923/11-16
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail (i) how many notifications of appointees as Special Advisers has Corporate HR received, in this calendar year; and (ii) when was each notification given and from which Departments.
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| 18/09/2015 |
Answered on 25/09/2015
| Personnel management; Recruitment; Special advisers; Government departments; S |
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AQW 47917/11-15
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel when will she issue and lay the 2014/15 report on special advisers as required by section 6 of the Civil Service (Special Advisers) Act (NI) 2013.
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| 29/06/2015 |
Answered on 16/07/2015
| Disclosure of information; Ministers; Special advisers; Civil service; Legislation; Publications; Websites |
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AQW 47068/11-15
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel, pursuant to AQW 46193/11-15, to detail why her Department does not have the financial reporting systems in place to provide transparency on this aspect of the expenditure of public money.
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| 11/06/2015 |
Answered on 26/06/2015
| Travel; Business expenses; Visits abroad; Ministers; Special advisers; Civil service; Expenditure; Disclosure of information |
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AQW 46699/11-15
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel, in pursuant to AQW 45852/11-15, on what basis is it asserted that where Special Advisers are reappointed within one week of their previous NI Civil Service employment being terminated, they are considered to be in continuous employment, given that there first contract terminated and a new contract is required.
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| 04/06/2015 |
Answered on 15/06/2015
| Special advisers; Pay; Ministers; Contracts; Civil service; Employment |
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AQW 46357/11-15
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Social Development how much his Department has spent on Special Advisers in each year since 2011, broken down by (i) salary; (ii) pension contributions; (iii) expenses; (iv) office costs; and (v) other costs.
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| 28/05/2015 |
Answered on 10/06/2015
| Government departments; Expenditure; Special advisers; Pay; Occupational pensions; Offices; Business expenses; S |
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AQW 46356/11-15
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Regional Development how much his Department has spent on Special Advisers in each year since 2011, broken down by (i) salary; (ii) pension contributions; (iii) expenses; (iv) office costs; and (v) other costs.
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| 28/05/2015 |
Answered on 25/06/2015
| Government departments; Expenditure; Special advisers; Pay; Occupational pensions; Business expenses; Offices; S |
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