The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, columns 549-50W, on Nigeria, whether her Department collects this data on a state-by-state basis.
Lynne Featherstone
The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey is conducted by the National Population Commission. The data requested is collected on a national basis rather than state by state.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alison McGovern on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on the use of his Department’s resources to help efforts to locate abducted girls in northern Nigeria.
Mr Mark Francois
The Ministry of Defence is contributing to the international effort to find the missing school girls through the deployment of a Sentinel surveillance aircraft to help improve the intelligence picture, complementing other international intelligence and surveillance assets. UK military personnel have also been deployed to a multi-national intelligence fusion team based in Nigeria, whose role is to assist the Nigerians in their efforts to locate the girls.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Leech on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who had their benefits sanctioned and received 80 per cent of their jobseeker’s allowance personal entitlement allowance (a) appealed and (b) did not appeal against the decision.
Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Leech on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who received a benefits sanction are eligible for the 80 per cent hardship payment of their jobseeker’s allowance personal entitlement allowance.
Esther McVey
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Lewis on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries in receipt of her Department’s funds in each of the last two financial years women are known to have been murdered (a) for apostasy and (b) in honour killings with impunity; and if she will make a statement.
Lynne Featherstone
Given that globally 1 in 3 women will experience violence in her lifetime, preventing violence against girls and women in all its forms is a priority for DFID. While DFID does not collect or hold the information in the form requested, the UK has prioritised addressing violence against women and girls around the world. We are also committed to help 10 million women access justice through the courts, police, and legal assistance by 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Lewis on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if it remains Government policy that barn conversions to dwellings without the need for planning permission will not be permitted in national parks; and if he will make a statement.
Nick Boles
As I outlined in my Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2014, Official Report, Column 51WS, the permitted development right for the change of use from an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse does not apply in national parks. There are no plans to change this. However, we have been clear that we expect national parks and other local planning authorities to take a positive and proactive approach to sustainable development, balancing the protection of the landscape with the social and economic well-being of the area.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish his correspondence with the Secretary of State for the Home Department relating to extremism in schools.
Mr Edward Timpson
In line with long-standing precedent, the government does not normally publish internal correspondence between departments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he was first informed about concerns relating to extremism in schools.
Mr Edward Timpson
My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, established a dedicated Due Diligence and Counter Extremism Division within the Department for Education in October 2010 in order to tackle the threat of extremism in schools. The Government’s revised Prevent strategy, published in June 2011, set out a general assessment of the threat. The Government has always been very clear that there is no place for extremist views in any school.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates he has met the Secretary of State for the Home Department to discuss extremism in schools since May 2010.
Mr Edward Timpson
My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues and others on a wide range of subjects.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Durkan on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 279W, on developing countries: family planning, how much of her Department’s budget has been allocated to achieving outcomes in her Department’s policy paper Safe and Unsafe Abortion in each of the last two years.
Lynne Featherstone
DFID adheres to Development Co-Operation Directorate (OACD-DAC) expenditure coding requirements to allow comparison across donor spending towards attainment of the Millennium Development Goal targets. This measures against coding titles as have been internationally agreed. Only coding titles as have been internationally agreed can be individually disaggregated by DFID systems.