Tag: Gregory Campbell

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects (a) the public responses and (b) the Government’s response to the Government consultation on the BBC Charter Review to be published.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Government’s BBC Charter Review Consultation closed in October having received over 190,000 responses – the second largest response to any Government consultation.

These responses are currently being read and analysed and, once this process is completed, findings from the consultation will be published. The Government response to the consultation will be set out in a White Paper in the Spring.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations steps to ensure that programmes such as Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies can be implemented across the UK.

Alistair Burt

We have no specific plans at present for a Ministerial meeting on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, but Departmental officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the Devolved Administrations on cross-cutting issues.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases funding has been provided for the first single session of family mediation where one of the participants qualifies for legal aid in the last 12 months.

Mr Shailesh Vara

This Government wants people to resolve disputes away from court wherever possible, including through mediation which can be less stressful and more efficient. Between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015, public funding was provided for the first single session of family mediation where only one of the participants was eligible for legal aid in 6,022 cases. This is the latest 12-month period for which figures are available. Public funding became available on this basis during this period, on 3 November 2014. Figures are only available for cases that have completed and for which the bill has been submitted to the Legal Aid Agency by the mediation provider.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on working with the EU Commission on extending the Public Lending Right to e-lending in local libraries.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Department and the Libraries Taskforce are working with representatives of authors, publishers, public libraries, the PLR office and others, to ensure library service users have access to remote e-book lending, without charge, and to consider options to appropriately remunerate authors and other rights holders.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-02-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations she expects the UK’s share to be at the end of the 2016 to 2020 funding period.

Mr Nick Hurd

Based on pledges made at Gavi’s replenishment conference in January 2015, the UK share of the total budget for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, from 2016 to 2020 will be 26%. However, I expect that this level may vary according to other donor pledges.

Since 2000, Gavi has vaccinated half a billion children and saved 7 million lives. The UK pledge of £1 billion for the 2016 to 2020 period, by itself, is likely to vaccinate an additional 76 million children and save 1.4 million lives.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in obtaining a visa to enter the UK from the Republic of Ireland in the last 12 months.

James Brokenshire

The Home Office does not hold this information in the format requested. To obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Algerian counterpart threats of legal proceedings being instituted against a church in the North Eastern province of that country for conducting religious services.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

We are aware of the Algerian investigation of two Protestant house churches in the north eastern area of Algeria, known as the Kabylie, in January 2016. We understand that the issue has been resolved and that the churches continue to conduct their business.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-06-07.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure people are not assigned incorrect tax codes.

Mr David Gauke

Each year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carry out rigorous assurance testing of the annual issue of tax codes to ensure a high level of accuracy. For 2016-17 the accuracy of annual PAYE coding notices, (based on information that HMRC receives during the year), is around 99 per cent.

HMRC have developed the new online Personal Tax Account which gives customers the ability to review their own personal tax status and encourages them to keep HMRC updated on changes in their personal circumstances to ensure even more customers are paying the correct tax at the right time.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-09-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2015 to Question 227862 and pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45109, on Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron, what assessment he has made of the full 24 student places to be filled.

Mark Lancaster

The Northern Ireland University Air Squadron provision of 24 student places reflects the current flying opportunities and staffing levels. The precise number recruited this academic year may not be known immediately, as students can express their interest and join the Squadron throughout the year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29379, whether she has had discussions with sporting bodies in the last six months on reducing instances of corruption in sport.

Tracey Crouch

The Government hosted an international anti-corruption summit in May this year where tackling corruption in sport was a central feature. In the lead-up to, and at the Summit, the Government was, and continues to be, in discussion with a range of sporting bodies, such as the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency on this matter.

The communique published following the Summit can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-corruption-summit-communique.

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