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  • Paul Flynn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Paul Flynn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2016-01-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote Welsh literature in the UK.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    Arts Council England funds organisations nationwide including National Portfolio Organisations offering high quality creative and professional training to writers, particularly aimed at emerging talent and funds and supports individual writers/literature via the Grants for the Arts funding scheme.

    Literature Wales is the national company for the promotion and development of literature in Wales, and works with the support of the Arts Council of Wales and Welsh Government. Literature Wales receives an annual revenue grant from the Arts Council of Wales as well as a subsidy from the Arts Council’s Lottery Funds

  • Lord Alton of Liverpool – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Lord Alton of Liverpool – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 2016-02-22.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings have been held between the new UK Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and that country’s government, and what access the UK non-resident defence attaché to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has had within that country since their appointment.

    Baroness Anelay of St Johns

    On 24 December 2015 our Ambassador in Pyongyang met Kim Yong Nam, the President of the Supreme People Assembly, to present his credentials. Since then our Ambassador has called on senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government departments. The non-resident Defence Attaché meets officials from the Korean People’s Army during his visits to Pyongyang and most recently attended events held in October 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers Party of Korea.

  • Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-03-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a criminal conviction have been deported in each year since 2010.

    James Brokenshire

    The Home Office routinely publishes figures on the total number of foreign national offenders that have been deported. The figures can be found on the following link:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015-data-tables

  • David Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Morris – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Morris on 2016-04-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the crime rate in Morecambe and Lunesdale in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2014-15; and if she will make a statement.

    Mike Penning

    The Crime Survey statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that crime in England and Wales fell by 7% in the year to the end of December 2015 (the latest period for which data is available), and by 7% in the year to the end of December 2014. Over the same period, the number of crimes recorded by the police rose (including in the Lancaster Community Safety Partnership area, which covers Morecombe and Lunesdale). ONS have been clear that rises in police recorded crime are largely the result of more victims coming forward to report certain offences and improvements in police crime recording practices.

  • Stewart Malcolm McDonald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Stewart Malcolm McDonald – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Malcolm McDonald on 2016-05-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the independent testing of Vauxhall Zafiras meets the aims set out for that independent testing.

    Andrew Jones

    The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working closely with Vauxhall to ensure it discharges its responsibility to conduct investigations into the cause of any vehicle safety defects, as set out in the Code of Practice on Vehicle Safety Defects.

  • Maria Eagle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Maria Eagle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2016-07-20.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies each regional schools commissioner has issued with formal intervention measures in the last 12 months.

    Edward Timpson

    In the last 12 months Regional Schools Commissioners (RSC) took formal intervention measures in 116 academies and free schools; 66 academies and free schools were moved to a different trust or sponsor and 50 academies were issued with a formal notice.

    The table below shows the number of interventions in each RSC region in the last 12 months.

    RSC region

    Number of warning notices issued in the last 12 months

    Number of academies moved to different trust or sponsor

    East Midlands & Humber

    13

    18

    Lancashire & West Yorkshire

    2

    5

    North

    2

    3

    North East London & East

    8

    3

    North West London & South Central

    14

    2

    South London & South East

    7

    4

    South West

    2

    21

    West Midlands

    2

    10

    Total

    50

    66
  • Gareth Thomas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    Gareth Thomas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Thomas on 2016-10-11.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the UK received from the European Regional Development Agency in (a) total, (b) each action region of the UK and (c) each local authority area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

    Margot James

    The UK was allocated €7.8 billion from the European Regional Development Fund for the period 2007-16. This was broken down between the different parts of the UK for each year as follows:

    €m

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    2016

    England

    545.3

    515.9

    485.2

    453.0

    414.6

    427.7

    436.3

    Nil

    985.8

    507.8

    Wales

    177.9

    181.5

    185.1

    188.8

    192.6

    196.5

    200.4

    189.2

    193.0

    196.9

    Scotland

    80.5

    77.6

    74.6

    71.5

    68.1

    64.6

    61.0

    64.1

    65.4

    66.7

    Northern Ireland

    41.3

    42.1

    42.9

    43.8

    44.7

    45.6

    22.5

    41.4

    42.2

    43.1

    Within England, the European Regional Development Fund for 2007-2013 was administered on the basis of NUTS 1 regions (as defined by the European Statistical Office). The breakdown for each year was as follows:

    €m

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    North West

    156.8

    138.5

    119.5

    99.6

    78.9

    80.4

    82.0

    Yorkshire & Humber

    127.1

    110.8

    93.7

    76.0

    57.5

    58.7

    59.8

    North East

    50.5

    51.5

    52.6

    53.6

    54.7

    55.8

    56.9

    East Midlands

    36.1

    36.8

    37.6

    38.3

    36.5

    39.9

    40.7

    West Midlands

    53.8

    54.9

    56.0

    57.1

    58.2

    59.4

    60.6

    East of England

    14.9

    15.2

    15.5

    15.8

    16.2

    16.5

    16.8

    London

    24.5

    25.0

    25.5

    26.0

    26.5

    27.0

    27.6

    South East

    3.2

    3.3

    3.3

    3.4

    1.4

    3.5

    3.6

    South West

    16.8

    17.1

    17.4

    17.8

    18.2

    18.5

    18.9

    Cornwall & Isles of Scilly

    61.6

    62.8

    64.1

    65.4

    66.7

    68.0

    69.4

    For the 2014-2020 period, England’s share of the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund was allocated across Local Enterprise Partnership areas (see list of allocations at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf). Local partners decided how the total in each area should be split between the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.

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  • Andrew Rosindell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Andrew Rosindell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2015-11-23.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge his Australian counterparts, on the grounds of the right to democratic self determination, to return Norfolk Island to its previous system of self-government.

    Mr Hugo Swire

    Governance of Norfolk Island is a matter for Australia, in consultation with Norfolk Islanders. I am confident that Australia’s respect for democratic self-determination is undimmed: before introducing recent reforms, it ran a full consultation process, which included a number of public hearings with Islanders, and have committed to retaining a local regional council with responsibility for local services and with powers to legislate on local issues.

  • Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-15.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Help to Work scheme in the 2014-15 financial year; and how much of the budget for that scheme for the 2015-16 financial year has been spent to date.

    Priti Patel

    The Help to Work scheme contains a number of initiatives and programmes, delivered through Jobcentre Plus and Contracted Employment Provision.

    It is not possible to identify the costs of Help to Work activities separately from the total expenditure in Jobcentre Plus. The relevant data is not held in a form which allows it to be clearly identified and separated from other Jobcentre Plus activities.

    The two elements delivered through Contracted Employment Programmes are Community Work Placements and the Supervised Jobsearch Pilot. Expenditure on Community Work Placements was £1.8m in 2014-15. Expenditure on Supervised Jobsearch Pilot in 2014-15 was £6.3m. This is funded by income from the European Social Fund

  • Neil Gray – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Neil Gray – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Gray on 2016-01-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees working on the Trident submarine are paid (a) the National Minimum Wage, (b) above £26,500 and (c) above £40,000.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.