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65933

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bangladesh
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the government of Bangladesh to investigate reports of an attack on a vehicle carrying members of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission in Rangamati on 6 July.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We monitor the ongoing tensions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region closely and are aware of the incident reported in Rangamati. We condemn all acts of violence and call on the Bangladeshi authorities to investigate all such incidents promptly, transparently and impartially. At Bangladesh's second Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council on 29 April 2013 the British Government urged the Government of Bangladesh to fulfil its commitment to fully implement the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord which will provide greater security to indigenous populations by establishing political and social rights and providing a mechanism for resolving land disputes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 10/07/2014 13:31:40 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

65974

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office accesses professional development through Civil Service Learning.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 09/07/2014 15:36:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66047

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not collate this information centrally and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/07/2014 14:26:45 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66053

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislative proposals to enshrine the concept of a listed landscape.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	204222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are well established national landscape designations that define areas with particular landscape qualities that merit protection. They are the jewels in the crown of our country's landscape and are given the strongest protection from damaging development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst Defra has no plans to introduce legislation to identify listed landscapes, English Heritage maintains a 'Register of Historic Parks and Gardens' which identifies over 1,600 sites assessed to be of national importance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/07/2014 10:32:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

66140

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Air Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions each Minister within her Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of all overseas Ministerial travel are passed to the Cabinet Office on <br>a quarterly basis and are subsequently placed on the Gov.uk website:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/home-office-mnisters-hospitality-data</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/07/2014 10:44:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66178

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she intends to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Bury South constituency of 12 June 2014 on a youth summit on building a shared future.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	204146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I replied to the hon Gentleman on 8 July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 10/07/2014 12:17:43 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

66193

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to support rural bus routes in Cornwall in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
uin	204153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is for individual local authorities to determine how much of the block grant funding they receive is allocated to supporting bus services. Local authorities in England outside London spend over £340m in direct subsidy to bus services in this way. The latest out-turn figures, for 2012/13, show that Cornwall County Council has an annual budget of £5.2m for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also provides direct support to bus services each year through Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG). Details of BSOG funding paid to bus operators in the last three financial years is available online. It is not possible to provide this data broken down by region. The data are available at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-service-operators-grant-payments-to-english-operators-up-to-31-march-2013. Following changes to BSOG announced in 2013, the BSOG previously paid to operators in respect of local authority supported bus services has now been devolved to authorities. Cornwall County Council recently received£191,280 covering the period 1 January to 31 March 2014 and a further £765,118 covering the 2014/15 financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/07/2014 13:35:54 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

66196

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much transport grant was given to Warrington Borough Council in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	204149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following funding for transport has been given to Warrington Borough Council in each year since 2008-09:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Integrated Transport Block (£m)</p></td><td><p>Maintenance Block (£m)</p></td><td><p>Other (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2.276</p></td><td><p>2.949</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.419</p></td><td><p>3.163</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.921</p></td><td><p>3.299</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12*</p></td><td><p>1.626</p></td><td><p>3.346</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1.487</p></td><td><p>3.250</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14**</p></td><td><p>1.487</p></td><td><p>3.866</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15**</p></td><td><p>2.091</p></td><td><p>3.243</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 Pothole Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011 Pothole Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>March 2014 Severe Weather Funding</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>0.313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Pothole Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.398</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p>** includes the top up announced in the 2012 Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition Warrington Borough Council has received £4.650m of funding for the Warrington Sustainable Travel Triangle, a Local Sustainable Transport Fund scheme which is designed to connect expanding residential and employment areas in north-east and north-west Warrington with the town centre through the provision of a new direct bus service and new and improved cycle routes, cycle hire, and promotion to meet the travel needs of shift and isolated workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrington will also benefit from another LSTF scheme overseen by St Helens Council – the Mid-Mersey Sustainable Cross Boundary Links (£3.120m).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the 7 July the Govt also announced a Growth Deal with Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership. This included £87.34m for potential transport projects from 2015/16 onwards including the Omega Birchwood transport improvements; West Warrington, Omega, M62 Junction 8; and</p><p> </p><p>Warrington Waterfront/Swing bridge. Further details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-growth-deals</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/07/2014 13:31:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

66201

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Nothing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 09/07/2014 13:08:07 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66202

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 09/07/2014 13:13:00 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney