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  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the proportion of Government funding which is allocated to health and social care.

    Norman Lamb

    My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has frequent discussions about the proportion of Government funding allocated to health and social care, both internal and external, and receives a large amount of correspondence on the issue.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many projects have received funds from the Regional Growth Fund in (a) Thirsk and Malton constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) the North of England in each of the last five years.

    Michael Fallon

    No Regional Growth Fund (RGF) awards have been made in the constituency of Thirsk and Malton.

    The following table shows the number of projects and programmes in the region that have been awarded RGF grants in Rounds 1-4 and the years in which the selected bidders for each round were announced.

    RGF Round

    Year selected bidders were announced

    The North

    (North East, North West,

    Yorkshire & Humberside)

    North Yorkshire

    1

    2011

    27

    0

    2

    2011

    90

    1

    3

    2012

    50

    0

    4

    2013

    30

    0

    Selected bidders for Round 5 were announced in April 2014 and Round 5 contracting is under way.

    Businesses in the North of England can apply to regional and national RGF programmes for support.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-24.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is giving to small and medium-sized businesses in North Yorkshire.

    Matthew Hancock

    We continue to work hard to provide the right support to make life easier for small and medium sized businesses everywhere.

    www.gov.uk is the home for Government services and information online. One of the tools available is the ‘Finance and Support Finder;’ a searchable database of publicly-backed sources of finance and business support. The website www.greatbusiness.gov.uk also provides support and advice for anyone trying to start or grow a business.

    In addition to on-line support, the Business Support Helpline is available to provide a quick response on queries about starting a business, or a personalised and in-depth advice service for more complex needs.

    North Yorkshire has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Start-Up Loan Scheme has provided business advice and 629 loans with a value of £3.3 million to people starting a business. Since May 2010, 165 companies have benefitted from the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme with a drawn down value of over £22 million.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2015-01-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts about reforming the European Union.

    Mr David Lidington

    The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and I regularly speak to our European counterparts on a range of issues, including EU reform. In addition, since July 2014, the Foreign Secretary has been undertaking a series of visits to EU Member States’ capitals to discuss EU reform. During the course of these visits, he has met with the Foreign Ministers of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. He has raised, with these Foreign Ministers the Government’s position that EU reform is necessary for the EU to become more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2015-01-14.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Greek counterpart on elections in that country in January 2015; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr David Lidington

    Neither the Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) nor I have discussed the Greek elections with our counterparts in Greece. It is for the Greek people to decide on their government. We look forward to working with the Government of Greece after the elections and maintaining the excellent relations that we enjoy between our two countries, including in the context of our cooperation as members of NATO and the EU.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.

    Anna Soubry

    The Armed Forces Covenant annual report, laid before the house on 16 December 2014, sets out the tremendous progress that was made during 2014. For a summary of the key points I refer the hon. Member to the written statement provided by my right hon Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Fallon) on 16 December 2014, (Official Report, columns 82-83WS).

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-04-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of rural crime; and if she will make a statement.

    Norman Baker

    Across the country, crime has fallen by more than ten per cent since June
    2010.The latest published data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
    shows that the proportion of adults who were victims of crime was substantially
    lower in rural than urban areas, and has been falling since 2009/10. According
    to the 2012/13 Crime Survey for England and Wales, 13.4 per cent of people in
    rural areas were victims of crime, compared with 20.1 per cent in urban areas.

    However, the latest findings from the Commercial Victimisation Survey of crimes
    against businesses, which looked at crime affecting the agriculture, forestry and
    fishing industry, showed that there were 130,000 incidents of crime against the
    agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in 2013, affecting just under a third
    (30 per cent) of premises. Of the six business sectors surveyed in 2012 and
    2013, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector experienced the lowest rate
    of overall crime (1,475 incidents per 1,000 premises).

    The Government recognises that rural communities are vulnerable to
    certain crimes. The election of Police and Crime Commissioners has given
    communities, including rural communities, a stronger voice in determining how
    police resources are allocated to tackle the crimes that matter most to them.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the levels of rural crime; and if she will make a statement.

    Norman Baker

    Between January and April 2014, the Home Office received five written
    Parliamentary questions on issues relating to crime in rural areas, not
    including this question. We also received one letter from a member of the
    public and a letter from the Member for Thirsk and Malton.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set targets for the reduction of rural crime.

    Norman Baker

    The Coalition Government has abolished all central policing targets and
    mandatory indicators to enable the police to discourage perverse incentives
    and to allow them to focus on their clear objective, to cut crime. This applies equally
    to crime in rural areas as it does to crime in our towns and cities and we have
    no plans to create new central targets for reducing crime in rural areas. It is now the responsibility of directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to ensure the police deal with the issues that really matter to the communities they serve, and the public will
    hold them to account for this.

  • Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Miss Anne McIntosh – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Miss Anne McIntosh on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have applied to be assessed for a GCSE grade on the basis of coursework under the 50 per cent rule in each of the last five years.

    Elizabeth Truss

    The Secretary of State for Education recently received a letter from the hon Member for Thirsk and Malton on this issue, raising the case of a student in her constituency, to which he has responded. From time to time Ministers receive representations from members of the public, and from hon Members on their behalf, on the same matter.

    Neither the Department nor the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation holds information on the number of pupils who have applied to be assessed for a GCSE grade on the basis of coursework. This information may be held by individual awarding bodies.

    The rules governing the circumstances in which a GCSE grade may be awarded to a student who has not completed all the elements of the assessment are a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey to write directly to the hon Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.