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Driver and Vehicle Agency: Northern Ireland

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 204852, tabled on 9 July 2014

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
East Londonderry
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for the Home Department the posibility of redeploying staff at the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in Northern Ireland who are currently facing redundancy to carry out urgent work on processing passport applications across the UK.

Answer

Stephen Hammond
Conservative
Wimbledon
Commons

Answered on

14 July 2014

The Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) is an agency of the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment. Its employees are part of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, falling within the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive.

Department for Transport officials are continuing to work with those in Northern Ireland to ensure appropriate support is given to DVA staff affected by the changes to vehicle services in Northern Ireland.

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