Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to visit (a) schools with an integrated ethos and (b) other schools in North Down constituency in 2018; and if he will make a statement.

The Northern Ireland Office Ministerial team engaged with groups and individuals across a wide range of sectors, including integrated education, during 2017. I look forward to this engagement continuing in 2018. My Ministerial colleagues and I have also enjoyed a number of visits to the honourable Lady’s constituency of North Down.

Our immediate focus, however, continues to be on working with the Northern Ireland political parties, and the Irish Government, to secure the restoration of inclusive, stable, devolved government in Northern Ireland.