Tag: Gregory Campbell

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in extending the Public Lending Right scheme to e-lending (a) in local libraries and (b) at home.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Public Lending Right legislation was revised to extend the PLR scheme to include on-site lending of audio and e-books on 1 July 2014. My Department and the Libraries Taskforce are working closely with the Public Lending Right office and representative groups for libraries, publishers and authors to improve the availability of remote e-lending and to consider options to appropriately remunerate authors and other rights holders. These have been productive discussions and I look forward to progress continuing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-05-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the change in sea bass stocks available to the UK fishing industry since the Council of European Fisheries Ministers meeting in 2014.

George Eustice

Updated scientific advice is expected from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea at the end of June this year, which will provide the latest assessment. However, the overall estimated reductions of the EU bass measures for the main gear groups in the commercial sector are set out in the Table below (calculated for the UK fleet). These are estimates which take into account the effects of the initial six-month moratorium, related derogations and the subsequent monthly vessel catch limits.

Those parts of the industry that use hook-and-line and fixed gillnets benefit from derogations in the form of higher monthly catch limits and a moratorium of two, rather than six, months.

More in-depth analysis, also taking into account additional factors such as the effects of the 2015 increase in the minimum conservation reference size for bass, and reduced availability, will be undertaken.

Gear type	Previous average tonnage, 2011-13	Estimated tonnage catch potential for 2016	Estimated reduction from 2011-13 average (%)
Bottom Trawl	131	37	72
Nets	378	224	41
Hook and line	171	167	2
Purse seine	56	21	63
pelagic trawl	77	11	86
Totals	813	460	43

Table. Estimated reductions in catch potential for UK bass stocks (%).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-05-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings of the British-Irish Council Ministers of his Department took part in since May 2013.

Joseph Johnson

Information on Ministerial attendances can be found on the British-Irish Council website:

https://www.britishirishcouncil.org/communique/ministerial-meetings

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the amount of student loans outstanding was as of 31 March in each of the last three years.

Joseph Johnson

The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK Government Administrations. Statistics on student loan debt and repayment in England are published annually by the SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Loans in England’. Information on the amount of student loan outstanding as of 31 of March in each of the last three years is available in Table 1. The information can be accessed at the following link:

http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what Government assistance has been offered to businesses to take advantage of the lower pound in exporting products.

Greg Hands

The Department for International Trade offers a wide range of business support. The Department provides International Trade Advisors across the UK, who give advice to companies wishing to start exporting or grow their exports. We also provide access to the wealth of information held by our overseas post network in over 100 locations in over 50 countries. Furthermore, the Department also offers a range of Digital Services including the Exporting is GREAT website, which I would encourage all British Businesses to visit.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2015-10-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Indonesian counterpart on the recent persecution and violence against Christians in Aceh Province.

Mr Hugo Swire

The British Government takes freedom of religion or belief extremely seriously and regularly urges governments to protect the right of all individuals to practise their religion or belief free from persecution or discrimination. Staff from our Embassy in Jakarta visit Indonesia’s provinces regularly, discussing our concerns with government officials, civil society leaders and religious communities. We welcome the comments made by Indonesian President Joko Widodo following the violence in Aceh, in which he said that any violence of any kind – especially violence around religion and belief – will destroy diversity.

We also note action taken by Indonesia on protection of religious beliefs, including a Bill on protections for religious and faith communities, on which we have offered UK assistance and expertise.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2015-12-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in prostate cancer detection rates since publication of the Report of the Prostate Cancer Audit in November 2014.

Jane Ellison

The information requested is not held, as the most recent registration data available are for 2013.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of passport applications waiting for more than two months to be processed between 1 July 2013 and 2015.

James Brokenshire

Due to the way that data on passport applications is captured, it is not possible to show the proportion of applications taking over two months to process. However, the numbers and proportions of straightforward properly completed passport applications taking over 20 days are represented in the table below.

Period	Total Processed	More than & equal to 20 days	% more than & equal 20 days
August 2013- July 2014	3,896,735	197,110	5%
August 2014-July 2015	4,448,436	91,101	2%
Overall	8,345,171	288,211	3%
Days are working days and exclude bank holidays Straightforward cases are those that do not involve a complex nationality decision and where the customer has provided a complete application with all required documentary evidence Non-straightforward applications are not included in the figures above.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-06.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change has been in the numbers of people who missed the 31 January deadline for making their tax return between 2010 and 2015.

Mr David Gauke

Information on the number of taxpayers who missed the 31st January deadline for making their tax return between 2010 and 2015 is available in the following table:

Filing Deadline	31 Jan 2010	31 Jan 2011	31 Jan 2012	31 Jan 2013	31 Jan 2014	31 Jan 2015
Tax Return Year Counted	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
Issued	9.7m	10m	10.5m	10.34m (3)	10.74m (2)	11.13m
Filed on-time by 31 Jan	8.57m	8.64m	9.45m	9.61m (3)	10.03m (2)	10.24m (1)
% Filed on-time	88%	86%	90.4%	92.9% (3)	93.4% (2)	92.0%
% Outstanding at 31 Jan	12%	14%	9.6%	7.1% (3)	6.6% (2)	8%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-13.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total household debt in the UK in the final quarter of 2015.

Harriett Baldwin

The latest figures available for household debt are for Q3 2015. In Q3 2015 household debt fell to 142 per cent of household income, down from its peak of 168 per cent in Q1 2008.