Tag: Mark Hendrick

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Government funding is given to the UK film industry; what contribution the UK film industry makes to the UK economy; and what steps the Government is taking to attract overseas film production and investment to the UK.

Mr Edward Vaizey

In 2012-13 the Government provided around £80m in grant in aid and lottery funding to the British Film Institute (BFI) to support film in the UK, and paid out £205million in Film Tax Relief. The UK film industry makes a significant contribution to the UK economy, directly generating 43,900 jobs and contributing £1.6billion to national GDP (Oxford Economics Report 2012). The UK has one of the world’s most generous film tax reliefs which attracted over £1billion in inward investment in 2013. Recent changes to the Film Tax Relief announced at Budget 2014 will also encourage further film production to the UK.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds from the defence budget are allocated for mental healthcare for veterans returning from Afghanistan.

Anna Soubry

Mental healthcare and support is provided for all serving Armed Forces personnel, both regulars and reserve, and resources are not specifically designated for a particular operation. Because of the many ways in which mental healthcare is provided and funded, it is not possible to provide a cost figure that covers all the numerous care streams, which may include treatment by GPs in primary care facilities, out-patient treatment in military Departments of Community Mental Health, and in-patient care in specialist NHS units.

Responsibility for the delivery of healthcare to ex-Service personnel rests with the NHS and Devolved Administrations. As part of the Government’s 2011 mental health strategy, No Health Without Mental Health, over £7million in additional funding has been made available over four years to help ensure that ex-Service personnel with mental health problems also get the very best care.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK is deploying any military assets to assist the NATO patrol over Ukraine.

Mr Mark Francois

NATO is not patrolling Ukranian airspace. Therefore, nor is the UK. However, the UK is contributing an E3-D aircraft to the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force flying in NATO airspace and it will be deploying four Typhoon aircraft to enhance the Polish rotation of NATO’s peacetime Baltic Air Policing mission, which polices NATO airspace.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration reconsideration cases have been outsourced to Capita Business Services; what payment Capita Business Services receives to process these cases; which country these cases are processed in; and what targets she has set Capita Business Services for that work.

James Brokenshire

Capita has been contracted to deliver contact management and casework services
for the Home Office. The initial target is for 50,000 casework outcomes to be
delivered, which includes responding to requests for reconsideration.

Disclosure of payment information would result in commercially sensitive
information being placed in the public domain and could jeopardise the
effective use of public money by undermining further contractual negotiations.

Capita process all of work under this contract in the United Kingdom.

Capita are currently delivering a phased mobilisation of casework services in a
model office environment, to build up capacity and refine processes. The
contract requires Capita to deliver the first 50,000 casework outcomes within
nine months of completing model office and moving into full delivery under the
contract.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently auto-enrolled in the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST); and what the mean monthly contribution paid in by members of NEST is.

Steve Webb

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) announced on 1 April 2014 that they have over a million members.

The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information about the level or amount of member contributions to NEST.