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1670036

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date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing subsidies for traditional black cab drivers in the context of the growth of alternative taxi service providers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The government has no plans to provide subsidies in this area.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/11/2023 11:15:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1670048

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Theatre: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to support the theatre industry (a) nationally and (b) in Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>Theatre is the artform that receives the most public funding via Arts Council England, and there are now more theatre organisations in its National Portfolio than ever before. In 2023–24, Arts Council England is investing over £140 million in 194 theatre organisations, including 47 new theatre organisations joining the portfolio this year. The Arts Council will be investing £31,000 in theatre organisations in Romford in 2023–24.</p><p>In addition, theatres and orchestras will continue to benefit from the extension by His Majesty’s Government of the higher rates of tax relief for a further two years, as announced at Spring Budget 2023.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 22/11/2023 13:39:38 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1670049

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cultural Heritage: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to promote the cultural heritage of the Irish diaspora in England in (a) general and (b) Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Theatre is the artform that receives the most public funding via Arts Council England, and there are now more theatre organisations in its National Portfolio than ever before. In 2023–24, Arts Council England is investing over £140 million in 194 theatre organisations, including 47 new theatre organisations joining the portfolio this year. The Arts Council will be investing £31,000 in theatre organisations in Romford in 2023–24.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In addition, theatres and orchestras will continue to benefit from the extension by His Majesty’s Government of the higher rates of tax relief for a further two years, as announced at Spring Budget 2023.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">His Majesty’s Government has supported a number of projects looking at the cultural heritage of the Irish diaspora through its arm’s-length bodies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Arts Council England supported the Irish Arts Foundation on its 'Exploring the musical traditions of County Cork &amp; County Kerry' project in Leeds, providing over £20,000 of public funding in 2021/22. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2022/23, The National Lottery Community Fund provided £7,950 of funding to Leeds Irish Arts Foundation’s ‘Neighbours!’ project, to help engage people from around West Yorkshire in Irish music and workshops to celebrate Irish culture, music and arts. In 2023/24, The National Lottery Community Fund provided £6,421 of funding to Cú Chulainn’s to deliver a family funday to bring young people and families from the local Irish community and the community more broadly together.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Since 1994, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded almost £3 million to projects which have explored the history of the Irish diaspora in England, covering themes such as the World Wars, aspects of culture shared with others, and the experiences of those who have built their lives here in the UK. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">‘Look Back to Look Forward: 50 Years of the Irish in Britain’ is an ambitious heritage project which captures the history of the Irish in Britain’s membership organisations and the communities they serve, and is currently touring. This exhibition was made possible with a £250,000 Lottery grant.</ins></p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 22/11/2023 11:54:00 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2023 16:28:48 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale previous answer version 2490 answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1670050

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date	14/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will have discussions with the organisers of the Letters to Heaven project launched in Derry and Strabane cemeteries on the potential merits of expanding that project (a) nationally and (b) in Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is responsible for law and policy relating to burial in England and Wales only. It does not have day-to-day operational responsibility for burial grounds, which is matter for local authority and private burial authorities.</p><p>I understand this initiative has been implemented in Derry and Strabane by the local authority and has previously been taken up in other parts of the UK. It would be a matter for individual burial authorities to decide whether they wish to implement the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 22/11/2023 13:53:32 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell