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	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to answer Questions 210325, 210324 and 210323 due for answer on 17 October 2014; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	212855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>It was not possible to answer these questions within the timeframe for the original questions as the information was being assembled from a variety of statistical sources. It is still not ready, but I will write to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/11/2014 17:30:47 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

435817

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) capital funding and (b) funding in total has been allocated by (i) his Department and (ii) bodies funded by his Department to support Hull City of Culture 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	18931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text DCMS is investing £1.5 million in the Ferens Gallery to help them host the Turner Prize; plus £0.5 million to help create a lasting cultural legacy for Hull. The Gallery will receive a further £0.5m from ACE for refurbishment. My department is also providing £3.1 million to three ACE-funded organisations -Artlink, Freedom Festival and Hull Truck Theatre - who will play a key role in the 2017 events. Hull Museums, now among ACE's Major Partner Museums, have been awarded £2.5m between now and 2018; and an additional £3 million from ACE will help raise the profile of culture in the city and promote new partnerships throughout 2017. This amounts to over £11 million and does not include additional investment that might come from other bodies such as the BBC. <br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2015 12:19:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

423805

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fracking: East Riding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to ensure that no shale gas extraction is allowed in areas which supply the aquifers for drinking water to Hull and East Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	13483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>In the UK, we have been successfully regulating for gas and oil drilling for over 50 years and have tough regulations in place to prevent water contamination.</p><br /><p>All hydraulic fracturing operations will require a groundwater activity permit. The Environment Agency will not grant a permit where the risks to groundwater are unacceptable. They have powers to impose conditions to ensure proper protection or to prohibit activities which they consider to pose unacceptable risks.</p><br /><p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 required the Government to specify protected groundwater source areas within which hydraulic fracturing cannot take place, which we did in draft regulations debated in the House on 27 October. They define these areas as being equivalent to Source Protection Zones 1, which applies to those areas close to drinking water sources where there is the greatest risk associated with groundwater contamination. This will reinforce the regulatory approach, as it is consistent with the approach taken by the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales to control the risks from other groundwater activities.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/11/2015 15:39:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 26587 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

439368

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many press and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Defence Electronics and Components Agency, (c) the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, (d) the UK Hydrographic Office, (e) the National Army Museum, (f) the National Museum of the Royal Navy, (g) the Royal Air Force Museum, (h) the Single Source Regulations Office and (i) the Oil and Pipelines Agency; how many of these employees earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and public relations by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	20602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The following table outlines the number of civilian and military press and public relations staff posts in Defence (including vacant posts) and press and public relations expenditure in the financial year 2014-15. This expenditure includes £30 million for Armed Forces advertising and marketing - the vast majority of which is advertising and marketing in direct support of Armed Forces recruitment campaigns. It also includes £12 million for staff costs.</p><br /><p>Annual salaries are dependent upon grade/rank. Of those in press and public relations staff posts, there are:</p><br /><p>No civil servants or military personnel with salaries of more than £100,000.</p><br /><p>10 civil servants with salaries of more than £50,000.</p><br /><p>24 military personnel with salaries of more than £50,000.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department/Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Press and Public Relations Staff Posts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salary £50,000 and above</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salary £100,000 and above</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Press and Public Relations Expenditure</strong> <strong>Financial Year (FY)2014-15 (£000)<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence[2]</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>9 Civilian 3 Military</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>5,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armed Forces (Royal Navy, Army, RAF and Joint Forces Command)</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>0 Civilian 21 Military</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>41,437 (Including advertising and marketing for Armed Forces recruitment campaigns)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>N/A[3]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)</p></td><td><p><br>2</p></td><td><p><br>1 Civilian</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)</p></td><td><p><br>3</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>1,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Army Museum</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force Museum (RAF Museum)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO)</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA)</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td><td><p><br>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>183</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50,038</strong>[4]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p>[1] All figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000, therefore the total may not be equal to the sum of rounded values.</p><p>[2] Including Directorate of Defence Communications, Defence Business Services, Ministry of Defence Police, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and Defence Equipment and Support.</p><p>[3] DECA was formed on 1 April 2015 as a Trading Agency following the Sale of the Defence Support Group therefore separate communications outturn for FY2014-15 is not available.</p><p>[4] This figure includes £30million for Armed Forces advertising and marketing - the vast majority of which is advertising and marketing in direct support of Armed Forces recruitment campaigns. It also includes £12million for staff costs.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/01/2016 17:42:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

421911

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have qualified for a war pension as a result of contracting Hepatitis C or HIV from an infected blood transfusion while serving in the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	12264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/10/2015 15:08:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44094

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision she has made to allow charities and expert groups to contribute to the expert review into new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192914 192915 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44095

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the expert panel into new psychoactive substances are; and what the list of witnesses to be called is.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192915 192962 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44096

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the findings of the expert review of new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192914 192962 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44099

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has asked the expert review of new psychoactive substances to look at improving education and public awareness around new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192914 192915 192962 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

78815

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for personal independence payments are outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	206503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Statistics on the number of claims outstanding are not routinely derived or published.</p><p>PIP statistics published on 5th June 2014 showed that by the end of March 2014, 349,000 PIP new claims had been registered and 83,900 PIP new claim decisions had been made. There are several reasons why a registered claim may not yet be determined. For example the claimant has not yet returned their additional information form or is awaiting their assessment date, DWP have not yet made a decision on their claim or the claimant has advised that they wish to withdraw their claim.<strong>    </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 22/07/2014 11:31:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson