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41913

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	191025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>[holding answer 20 March 2014]</p><p>The Department did not provide specific funding for staff to carry out trade union activities in 2011, 2012 or 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the amount of paid time spent on trade union activities by staff who are union representatives has only been centrally recorded since November 2012. Between November 2012 and September 2013 our central records show that 1,345 paid days were spent by union representatives on such activities. These central records are based on returns submitted by union representatives to account for the time they have spent on their union roles. Information on the amount of paid time spent on trade union activities prior to November 2012 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Since October 2013 the Department has not permitted members of staff elected as union representatives to be granted paid facility time for any trade union activities and in future will only grant paid facility time for such activities in exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Secretary of State. In line with our legal obligations members of staff elected as union representatives are able to request time away from their work to undertake trade union activities but any time off granted for this purpose will be unpaid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

42248

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women who are victims of human trafficking are nationals of non-EEA countries have received return and reintegration assistance through the Assisted Voluntary Returns for Irregular Migrants programme since April 2011; and how much was so made available to those trafficked from (i) inside and (ii) outside the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	191303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>16 victims of trafficking (1 male, 15 female) have received financial <br>assistance under the programme since April 2011.<br><br>While the Assisted Voluntary Return for Irregular Migrants (AVRIM) programme <br>does not normally include financial assistance, a discretionary sum of up to <br>£1000 is provided for specified vulnerable cases, and this includes victims of <br>trafficking. Assisted Voluntary Return is only available to non-EEA nationals <br>and the support is not dependent upon whether the individual has arrived from <br>inside or outside the EU.<br><br>The figures provided are sourced from a Home Office management information <br>system which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols and is <br>subject to change due to internal data quality checking. Figures provided from <br>this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated <br>as provisional.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

42252

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with how many victims of human trafficking the government victims care contract specialist support providers are now working; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	191306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of victims of human trafficking the Government victim-care contract <br>specialist support providers are currently working with is as follows:<br><br>Currently Supported in Service <br>Female 219<br>Male 78<br>Total 297</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

42253

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many survivors of human trafficking who have been placed in shelters funded by the Government through the Salvation Army received support from the government victim care contract specialist support providers to develop a move-on strategy in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; how many of these victims were (i) men and (ii) women; how many (A) men and (B) women are still receiving such support; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	191305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Support to develop a move-on strategy is offered to all victims supported under <br>the Government victim-care contract. The number of victims who have received <br>Government-funded support are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Entry to Service</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Trans-gender</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td> </td><td><p>409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1068</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the above, the numbers still receiving such support, by calendar year of <br>entry and gender:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Entry to Service</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br><br></p><p> </p><p><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

535505

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Food: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the feasibility of banning the advertising of junk food before the 9pm watershed; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	42483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government's Childhood Obesity Strategy, will look at everything that contributes to a child becoming overweight and obese. It will set out what more can be done by all. We cannot comment on the contents of the strategy at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/07/2016 16:58:47 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

536120

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Museums and Galleries: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2016 to Question 37452, if she will commission detailed monitoring of the effect of local authority funding reductions on local authority museum and gallery (a) opening hours, (b) staffing, (c) specific activities and (d) closures.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	42589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Arts Council England is gathering data on the effects of changes to local authority funding.</p><p> </p><p>This Department is also undertaking a Museums Review of the whole museums sector, as announced in the recent Culture White Paper. The Review will be looking at a range of challenges facing the sector and will include museums in receipt of funding from local authorities as well as those which are independent from public funding.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/07/2016 16:56:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

536239

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Liverpool City Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses in (a) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region do not have access to high speed broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	42738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>There is a substantial commitment by national government for superfast broadband rollout and £5.46 million of central government funding has been allocated to the Merseyside Connected project. This has led to 39,216 additional homes and businesses now being able to access superfast broadband as a result of the local project, with the aim to have 42,204 additional premises by the end of the project. This will bring superfast coverage in Merseyside to 99% of premises.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data specifically for businesses. The table below shows estimates of the number of premises (both residential and business) without access to superfast broadband in all of the Merseyside and Liverpool City Region constituencies.</p><blockquote><p><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Constituency</p></td><td><p>Number of Premises</p></td><td><p>Premises Without Access To Superfast Broadband</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>44,111</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bootle</p></td><td><p>47,396</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garston and Halewood</p></td><td><p>45,355</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>44,739</p></td><td><p>1,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>48,681</p></td><td><p>596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Riverside</p></td><td><p>54,717</p></td><td><p>9,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Walton</p></td><td><p>43,483</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Wavertree</p></td><td><p>41,345</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, West Derby</p></td><td><p>40,579</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton Central</p></td><td><p>37,979</p></td><td><p>792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southport</p></td><td><p>43,576</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens North</p></td><td><p>45,188</p></td><td><p>1503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens South and Whiston</p></td><td><p>49,194</p></td><td><p>2,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallasey</p></td><td><p>42,239</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral South</p></td><td><p>33,425</p></td><td><p>760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral West</p></td><td><p>32,212</p></td><td><p>816</p></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/07/2016 16:57:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

807176

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	21st Century Fox: Sky
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of Disney's takeover of 21st Century Fox for the Competition and Markets Authority's investigation into the anticipated acquisition of Sky Plc by 21st Century Fox; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	119824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>On 14 December, Disney and the 21st Century Fox announced details of an agreement for the sale of 21st Century Fox to Disney. This includes its interests in two major UK Media companies Sky PLC and Endemol/Shine. 21st Century Fox currently remains as the bidder for Sky PLC and Disney and 21st Century Fox confirmed in their joint announcement that they want the 21st Century Fox bid for Sky - announced in December 2016 – to continue. The current Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry into the Fox/Sky merger will therefore continue.</p><p>The CMA are of course fully aware of the Disney bid and it is for them to consider how to account for this development in their inquiry. The CMA are due to publish their interim findings on the merger in mid-January and provide their final report by 6 March. I will then consider all the relevant information and make the final decision on the merger.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/12/2017 14:17:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

100213

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Judicial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many judicial review cases have been successfully brought against her Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	211302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>No central records are kept of the number of judicial reviews successfully brought against the department since 2010 and it would incur disproportionate cost to try to acquire this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/10/2014 16:02:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 24146 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

100431

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified as part of Operation Notarise; how many IP addresses have been linked to named people during that operation; and how many such people have been checked against (a) the Department for Work and Pensions database and (b) the Disclosure and Barring Service list of those working in regulated activity.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	211463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Operation NOTARISE is an ongoing NCA-led, UK-wide operation which is identifying and taking law enforcement action against individuals viewing <br>indecent images of children. Activity in Operation NOTARISE was prioritised according to how much risk the individuals presented, including checking the appropriate databases. <br><br>Those with access to children have been given the highest priority. As of 23 October, 704 people have been arrested, 133 children protected and <br>324 children safeguarded. It would not be appropriate to share any furtherdetails of operational procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:32:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson