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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-11-24more like thismore than 2022-11-24
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Pensions: Insolvency more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to representations made to them by the Pensioners Action Group on behalf of persons now of pensionable age whose sponsoring companies closed in the 1990s through insolvency and who consequently suffered substantial pension losses. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Wigley remove filter
uin HL3789 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The taxpayer funded Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) has been operational since 2005. It was set up to award financial assistance to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes which started to wind up underfunded between 1 January 1997 and 5 April 2005. Since it was established, the FAS has been extended and improved several times, making the financial help more generous and encompassing more schemes and members. Therefore, the Government does not intend to take any steps in response to the Pensions Action Group.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-12-08T14:44:16.9Zmore like thismore than 2022-12-08T14:44:16.9Z
answering member
4174
label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
tabling member
547
label Biography information for Lord Wigley more like this
1545546
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-11-24more like thismore than 2022-11-24
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Unboxed: Public Expenditure more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask His Majesty's Government how much central government funding they provided towards the £120 million cost of the Unboxed festival. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Wigley remove filter
uin HL3790 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>In 2018 HM Government announced that £120 million would be made available for UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK.</p><p>HM Treasury provided £98.3 million to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport for the programme, and the remainder was provided to the devolved administrations via the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-12-08T11:55:42.977Zmore like thismore than 2022-12-08T11:55:42.977Z
answering member
4728
label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay more like this
tabling member
547
label Biography information for Lord Wigley more like this