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167533

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date	02/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when responsibility for secure institutions for children, including approved schools, transferred away from the Home Office to other Government departments; and to which other departments and bodies that responsibility was transferred.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	216864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>On 29 March 2007 in a Written Ministerial Statement the Prime Minister announced a Machinery of Government Change whereby the transfer of a number of policy areas would take place from the Home Office to a new Ministry of Justice. This included the transfer of the National Offender Management Service, including the Prison and Probation Services, on 9th May 2007. Incorporated in this change was the policy relating to the secure estate for young offenders.<br><br>Section 46 of the Children and Young Persons act 1969 contains provision for the cessation of approved schools as a consequence of the establishment of community homes. The responsibility for approved schools was transferred to the Department of Health and Social Security in 1971 and, in 1973, under a number of orders made under powers in section 46 above approved schools ceased to operate in 1973.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/12/2014 16:51:02 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

167534

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 215990, for which campaigns advertisements have been placed on social media; and how much was spent in that fashion on each such campaign.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Home Office has used social media as one of many channels and approaches to deliver crime prevention and public awareness communications campaigns. <br><br>The attached table outlines the campaigns for which advertisements have been placed on social media, and a breakdown of how much was spent on this channel per campaign by the Department over the past five financial years. <br><br>The same points to note apply, specifically:<br>• Spend includes net media costs, excluding production and related fees, and VAT.<br>• Costs for 2014/15 shows campaign spend to date. <br>• There was no spend in the 2010-11 Financial Year due to a Government-wide freeze on marketing and advertising spend.<br>Costs regarding ‘other activity related to social media’ include the cost to measure online conversation (‘buzz monitoring’) on social media channels as a way to evaluate campaign effectiveness.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/12/2014 18:01:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 216938 TABLE.docx title Spending on Campaigns previous answer version 31895 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

167535

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the intervention statement for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Platform, which private equity firm manages the Scottish Limited Partnership for the UK's investment in the CP3 Asia Fund through this Scottish Limited Partnership; and what the cost is of the fees charged by the Scottish Limited Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	216945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s investment into the CP3 Asia Fund, named ‘Asia Climate Partners’, is a Cayman Islands based Limited Partnership. The UK’s investment into the IFC Catalyst Fund is through a Scottish limited partnership. The tax jurisdiction is therefore in the Cayman Islands for Asia Climate Partners, and in Scotland for the Catalyst Fund. There are no fees charged by either limited partnership. These jurisdictions were chosen because they comply with the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The IFC Catalyst Fund reached first close in November 2012 and the Asia Climate Partners reached first close in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 216944 216946 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:08:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

167536

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the tax jurisdiction is for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Asia Fund and (b) International Finance Corporation Catalyst Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	216946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s investment into the CP3 Asia Fund, named ‘Asia Climate Partners’, is a Cayman Islands based Limited Partnership. The UK’s investment into the IFC Catalyst Fund is through a Scottish limited partnership. The tax jurisdiction is therefore in the Cayman Islands for Asia Climate Partners, and in Scotland for the Catalyst Fund. There are no fees charged by either limited partnership. These jurisdictions were chosen because they comply with the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The IFC Catalyst Fund reached first close in November 2012 and the Asia Climate Partners reached first close in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 216944 216945 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:08:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

167537

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress she has made in scaling up her Department's commercial legal programme LASER; and what funding has been allocated to LASER.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Legal Assistance for Economic Reform (LASER) programme began its implementation phase on 1 June 2014 and is working to improve the investment climates in eight countries across sub Saharan African and Asia, superseding its target to be engaged in six countries by 30 November 2014. DFID has allocated £4.7m to the LASER programme over three and half years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:24:04 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167538

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to intervention statement for the Climate Public Private Partnership (CP3) Platform, for what reason the UK's investment in the CP3 Asia Fund is made via a Scottish Limited Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	216944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s investment into the CP3 Asia Fund, named ‘Asia Climate Partners’, is a Cayman Islands based Limited Partnership. The UK’s investment into the IFC Catalyst Fund is through a Scottish limited partnership. The tax jurisdiction is therefore in the Cayman Islands for Asia Climate Partners, and in Scotland for the Catalyst Fund. There are no fees charged by either limited partnership. These jurisdictions were chosen because they comply with the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The IFC Catalyst Fund reached first close in November 2012 and the Asia Climate Partners reached first close in November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 216945 216946 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:08:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

167539

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which stand-alone goals and targets the Government hopes to achieve in the forthcoming inter-governmental negotiations on the sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The intergovernmental negotiations process will commence in 2015 and the final framework of goals and targets is subject to negotiation in this forum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:23:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167540

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the Government has made in negotiating specific targets for the delivery of peace, jobs and justice in the sustainable development goals.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Open Working Group Report’s proposals show that significant progress has been made in building consensus around the importance of including peace, jobs and justice in the final post-2015 framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:23:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167541

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on its DfID Direct roadshows.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The DFID Direct Roadshows have incurred no costs to the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/12/2014 14:07:42 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

167542

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Arab States
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many women in business in the Arab world have received mentoring and expert advice from counterparts in the UK and other G8 countries as part of the package announced at the G8 Deauville Partnership conference in London in June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	216933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>According to the most recent progress reports, 121 women have received mentoring and/or advice through the package announced at the G8 Deauville Partnership conference.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/12/2014 14:22:14 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker