Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership in promoting partnership between her Department and the devolved Administrations.
In full consultation with relevant partners in Northern Ireland, the Home Office has formally ended the funded relationship with Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership (SMP) which was communicated to NI SMP and other relevant partners in April of this year. The Home Office will form a new agreement with the Government Department in Northern Ireland for which funding has been agreed.