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  • Harriet Harman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Harriet Harman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harriet Harman on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on UK creative industries.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    A majority of EU Member States opposed including the audiovisual sector, including the creative industries, in TTIP, and is it not currently included in the EU negotiating mandate. However, overall TTIP has the potential to be the largest bilateral trade agreement in the world so it is clear it would bring significant economic benefits to the UK in terms of jobs and growth, as independent analysis has suggested.

  • David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Regular Forces were stationed in Northern Ireland in 2014.

    Mr Mark Francois

    The number of UK Regular Forces stationed in Northern Ireland in 2014 can be found in the Ministry of Defence Quarterly Location Statistics on the Gov.UK website at the following link:

    www.gov.uk/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index

    The information is reproduced below.

    UK Regular Forces stationed in Northern Ireland in 2014 (as at October 2014)

    Officers

    210

    Other ranks

    2,130

    Total

    2,340

    Due to the rounding methods used, figures may not always equal the sum of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

    UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded

  • David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women are employed full-time in the Royal Navy.

    Anna Soubry

    As at 1 January 2015, there were 3,060 women employed in the Naval Service.

    This figure represents trained and untrained Regular personnel and those on Full Time Reserve Service, and has been rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy.

  • Hywel Williams – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Hywel Williams – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hywel Williams on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of each of the golf courses owned by his Department.

    Anna Soubry

    The value of the golf courses would depend on market conditions at the time of any sale, therefore this information is not held by the Ministry of Defence.

  • David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    David Simpson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Simpson on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the effects of compulsory school starting ages in Sweden and the UK.

    Mr Nick Gibb

    The Department for Education has not made any comparative assessment of the effects of compulsory school starting ages in Sweden and the UK.

  • Ian Lavery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Ian Lavery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc has been seconded to his Department in the last five years.

    Amber Rudd

    No employees of Rio Tinto plc have been seconded to the Department of Energy & Climate Change in the last five years.

  • Ian Lavery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Ian Lavery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any former officials of his Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

    Amber Rudd

    Our Business Appointments register shows that no former civil servant has taken employment with Rio Tinto plc immediately after leaving the Department of Energy & Climate Change.

  • Stephen Lloyd – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Stephen Lloyd – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Lloyd on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many electricity customers switched to an independent supplier in each month of 2014.

    Matthew Hancock

    Ahead of the Government’s ‘Power to Switch’ campaign to encourage people to switch supplier and save money the most recent industry switching data produced by Energy UK and Electralink shows the number of electricity customers switching to in an independent supplier in each month of 2014 to be:

    Jan-14

    86,253

    Feb-14

    90,056

    Mar-14

    101,002

    Apr-14

    119,022

    May-14

    108,904

    Jun-14

    99,199

    Jul-14

    82,690

    Aug-14

    84,107

    Sep-14

    113,883

    Oct-14

    114,275

    Nov-14

    85,741

    Dec-14

    70,364
  • Tim Farron – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Tim Farron – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had on the inclusion of proposals to introduce direct elections to National Park authorities through the draft Governance of National Parks (England) and the Broads Bill; and with which people or organisations those discussions have taken place.

    Dan Rogerson

    The Secretary of State regularly meets with a wide range of people and organisations to discuss a wide number of issues.

  • Tim Farron – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Tim Farron – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2015-02-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the draft Governance of National Parks (England) and the Broads Bill will be published.

    Dan Rogerson

    The draft Bill on governance in English national parks and the Broads, announced in the Queen’s Speech, will be published when it is ready and is the next step in the Government’s review of their governance and local accountability.