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  • Ben Howlett – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Ben Howlett – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ben Howlett on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to support the expansion of children’s theatres across the UK.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The Government believes it is important for all young people to have access to the very best arts and culture, and will continue to support children’s theatres through Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs)and Grants for theArts projects.

    For example, 2012 – 2015 (year to date) NPO funding has provided over £74 million to organisations that provide support to children and young people’s theatre, while Grants for theArts has invested £4 million ofNationalLottery funds in theatre projects specifically for children and young people. TheGovernment’sTheatres Taxrelief, launched during the last Parliament,also supports new and touring theatre productions across the UK and includes children’s theatres.

  • Andrew Smith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Andrew Smith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Smith on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of housing in the UK for military personnel are presently unoccupied in each local authority area.

    Mark Lancaster

    The number of Service Family Accommodation properties unoccupied in each area is shown below.

    Properties can be unoccupied for a number of reasons. These include:

    A margin of unoccupied properties is retained, in the short term, to ensure they are available when Service personnel apply for accommodation.

    A number of properties, which could otherwise be disposed of, are being retained pending the outcome of discussions on the future Defence requirement.

    Properties may show as being unoccupied during a gap between allocation to, and occupation by, a Service family.

    Where properties are leased from Annington Homes Ltd, not owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and when the MOD no longer requires those properties the lease is terminated and the properties are handed back to Annington Homes Ltd. Some properties will be awaiting completion of that process.

    A number of unoccupied properties are affected by dilapidations and await repair or disposal.

    Local Authority

    Unoccupied Service Family Accommodation

    ABERDEEN CITY

    3

    ABERDEENSHIRE

    2

    ANGLESEY, ISLE OF

    25

    ANGUS

    20

    ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY

    137

    ARDS AND NORTH DOWN

    178

    ARGYLL AND BUTE

    235

    ASHFIELD

    25

    ASHFORD

    26

    AYLESBURY VALE

    56

    BABERGH

    48

    BARNET

    28

    BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET

    1

    BIRMINGHAM

    13

    BLAENAU GWENT

    5

    BRACKNELL FOREST

    57

    BRAINTREE

    5

    BRECKLAND

    90

    BRIGHTON AND HOVE

    2

    BRISTOL, CITY OF

    3

    BROADLAND

    4

    BROMLEY

    21

    BROXTOWE

    12

    CAMBRIDGE

    1

    CAMDEN

    16

    CANTERBURY

    181

    CARDIFF

    14

    CARLISLE

    17

    CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE

    194

    CHARNWOOD

    13

    CHERWELL

    68

    CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

    50

    CHICHESTER

    35

    CITY OF EDINBURGH

    152

    COLCHESTER

    124

    CORNWALL

    61

    COTSWOLD

    30

    COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE

    15

    CROYDON

    3

    DARLINGTON

    16

    DOVER

    117

    DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY

    3

    DUNDEE CITY

    2

    EAST DEVON

    9

    EAST DORSET

    14

    EAST HAMPSHIRE

    303

    EAST LINDSEY

    16

    EAST RENFREWSHIRE

    3

    EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

    34

    EILEAN SIAR

    1

    EXETER

    12

    FAREHAM

    25

    FIFE

    258

    FOREST OF DEAN

    52

    FYLDE

    74

    GEDLING

    10

    GLASGOW CITY

    6

    GLOUCESTER

    32

    GOSPORT

    122

    GREENWICH

    38

    GUILDFORD

    91

    GWYNEDD

    4

    HAMBLETON

    115

    HARROGATE

    196

    HARROW

    30

    HART

    68

    HAVANT

    2

    HERTSMERE

    43

    HIGHLAND

    59

    HILLINGDON

    113

    HOUNSLOW

    25

    HUNTINGDONSHIRE

    260

    KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

    1

    KING’S LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK

    108

    KINGSTON UPON THAMES

    24

    LICHFIELD

    13

    LINCOLN

    1

    LISBURN AND CASTLEREAGH

    184

    MAIDSTONE

    19

    MEDWAY

    134

    MELTON

    16

    MERTON

    5

    MID AND EAST ANTRIM

    325

    MID SUFFOLK

    69

    MIDLOTHIAN

    30

    MOLE VALLEY

    8

    MORAY

    100

    NEW FOREST

    18

    NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

    2

    NEWRY, MOURNE AND DOWN

    199

    NORTH AYRSHIRE

    11

    NORTH DEVON

    57

    NORTH DORSET

    67

    NORTH KESTEVEN

    179

    NORTH LANARKSHIRE

    3

    NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

    3

    NORTH SOMERSET

    2

    NORTHUMBERLAND

    61

    NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH

    7

    OADBY AND WIGSTON

    2

    ORKNEY ISLANDS

    1

    PEMBROKESHIRE

    48

    PERTH AND KINROSS

    2

    PETERBOROUGH

    142

    PLYMOUTH

    97

    POOLE

    23

    PORTSMOUTH

    70

    POWYS

    75

    PRESTON

    2

    PURBECK

    39

    RENFREWSHIRE

    11

    RICHMOND UPON THAMES

    7

    RICHMONDSHIRE

    72

    RUGBY

    21

    RUNNYMEDE

    8

    RUSHMOOR

    135

    RUTLAND

    113

    SCARBOROUGH

    5

    SEVENOAKS

    7

    SHEFFIELD

    2

    SHEPWAY

    90

    SHROPSHIRE

    129

    SOMERSET

    19

    SOUTH AYRSHIRE

    7

    SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE

    136

    SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

    29

    SOUTH HAMS

    17

    SOUTH KESTEVEN

    15

    SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE

    108

    SOUTH SOMERSET

    57

    SPELTHORNE

    20

    ST. EDMUNDSBURY

    61

    STAFFORD

    71

    STIRLING

    1

    STRATFORD-ON-AVON

    29

    SUFFOLK COASTAL

    53

    SURREY HEATH

    80

    SWINDON

    25

    TAUNTON DEANE

    11

    TEIGNBRIDGE

    1

    TELFORD AND WREKIN

    54

    TEST VALLEY

    63

    TEWKESBURY

    32

    THANET

    1

    THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN

    66

    THREE RIVERS

    19

    UTTLESFORD

    20

    VALE OF WHITE HORSE

    184

    WANDSWORTH

    13

    WEST BERKSHIRE

    50

    WEST DEVON

    3

    WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

    4

    WEST LINDSEY

    16

    WEST OXFORDSHIRE

    76

    WESTMINSTER

    14

    WILTSHIRE

    1117

    WINCHESTER

    61

    WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD

    70

    WOKING

    7

    WOKINGHAM

    141

    WREXHAM

    1

    WYCOMBE

    145

    YORK

    37

  • Steve McCabe – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Steve McCabe – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what options are available to parents who cannot send their children to a co-educated secondary school because of a lack of local availability and do not wish to set up a free school themselves.

    Edward Timpson

    Local authorities are under a statutory duty to provide a sufficient supply of schools and school places that meet the needs of the communities they serve.

    When a parent is refused a school place they have an unqualified right of appeal to an independent appeal panel. The decision of the appeal panel is binding – if the appeal is upheld, the admission authority must offer the child a place at the school.

    If a local authority decides that there is a need for additional co-educational places in its area, it could either expand an existing co-educational school or set up a new Free School, via the free school presumption route.

  • Ian Austin – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Ian Austin – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) quality and (b) adequacy of the number of Ofsted inspectors.

    Nick Gibb

    The assessment of the quality or adequacy of Ofsted inspectors is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector.

  • Alan Brown – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Alan Brown – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what decommissioning provision is allowed within the proposed strike rate of £92.50/MWh for the electricity from the proposed Hinkley Point C power station.

    Andrea Leadsom

    The decommissioning costs for the Hinkley Point C power station, together with the waste management and waste disposal costs, account for £2-£3/MWh of the strike price.

  • Susan Elan Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Susan Elan Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Susan Elan Jones on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will hold talks with the Financial Conduct Authority on lifting the moratorium on registering new renewable energy cooperatives.

    Andrea Leadsom

    This Government strongly supports the community energy sector, including the mutual society model for community groups. However the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an independent non-governmental body and it is important that the Government does not interfere with its work. The FCA recently consulted on their registration function under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 and it is working to ensure the right balance is struck between investor protection and continued growth of this form of investment. The FCA will respond to this consultation later this year.

  • Zac Goldsmith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Zac Goldsmith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Zac Goldsmith on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will revise its consultation paper on air quality draft plans, published on 12 September 2015, to take into account findings by the US Environmental Protection Agency of car manufacturers cheating in vehicle emissions tests.

    Rory Stewart

    The projections modelled in the draft plans were based on road transport emission factors from COPERT (Computer Programme to calculate Emissions from Road Transport). These take into account the gap between real world emissions and those from testing.

  • Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on reducing the number of attacks on Christian religious sites in Israel.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    We condemn all extremist violence, including attacks against religious buildings. We are aware that on 18 June, the Benedictine Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, was set on fire and vandalised with graffiti. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised this at the time with the Israeli Foreign Ministry and National Security Council. On 10 September the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), raised their concerns for peace in the region with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

  • Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of the Republic of Congo on the payment of UK companies for infrastructure work undertaken in that country on behalf of the Congolese government.

    Grant Shapps

    We were recently made aware of a case where a company owned by a British national has found it difficult to secure payment for infrastructure projects carried out on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Congo. In June this year, my officials raised this case with the Congolese authorities, and highlighted the importance to all involved of resolving this case in accordance with the court decisions made in the Republic of Congo and elsewhere.

  • Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism in enabling the construction and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    Through the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) over 95,000 people have now been able to buy materials to repair homes that were damaged during the conflict. However, we are concerned that none of the homes destroyed have been rebuilt yet. We therefore welcome the June 2015 agreement between the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities on the Residential Stream of the GRM to support the reconstruction of homes that were completely destroyed. DFID is providing £700,000 to the Materials Monitoring Unit which monitors the import, storage, supply and use of construction materials into Gaza under the GRM. The UK is also calling on all donors to disburse pledges made at the October 2014 Cairo Gaza Reconstruction Conference without delay.