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418270

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	National Lottery: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the sum of money received was from the National Lottery Good Causes programme in Scotland for use in funding the 2012 London Olympics.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	9904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>All countries of the UK contributed to the funding of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The initial £410m National Lottery contribution, outlined in the Games bid, was supplemented with a further £675m borrowed as part of the increased Olympic budget. The total transfer from the National Lottery Distribution Fund was £1,085m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An estimated £114m (taken from across both the £410m and £675m amounts) was the share given by Lottery programmes in Scotland. This includes amounts transferred from distributors operating wholly in Scotland, and notional amounts allocated to Scotland by UK-wide distributors.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/09/2015 11:38:25 question first ministerially corrected 21/09/2015 11:01:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch previous answer version 22213 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

418271

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	National Lottery: Scotland
	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 he is taking to reimburse the National Lottery Good Causes programme in Scotland for the sum of money used from that programme for use in funding the 2012 London Olympics.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	9905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>There is a robust commitment in place to pay back £675m to the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF). This funding was borrowed from the Fund in addition to the original contribution of £410m.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected that the NLDF will start to receive funds from the early 2020s through land development and sales in the Olympic Park. Scottish good causes will benefit from their portion of this reimbursed funding.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/09/2015 11:42:56 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

418272

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	National Lottery: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the sum of money that has so far been reimbursed to the National Lottery Good Causes programme in Scotland for money used from that programme for funding the 2012 London Olympics.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	9906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Repayment of the additional £675m borrowed from the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) will start from the early 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this repayment, £69m was transferred to the NLDF from The Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund (OLDF) when it closed in January 2015, representing a share of the income from the sale of the Olympic Village. This adds to the £79 million (from savings in the Olympic Programme) which was transferred from the OLDF to the NLDF in July 2014. The OLDF funds are allocated in the usual proportions, as set out in legislation.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/09/2015 11:45:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

418273

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	National Lottery: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the monies from National Lottery ticket sales goes to the National Lottery Good Causes programme in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	9907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Lottery funding shares are set out in legislation. Currently health, education, environment and charitable causes are apportioned 40%, Sport 20%, Arts 20% and Heritage 20% across the UK. Creative Scotland received 1.78% and sportscotland received 1.62% of overall lottery funding in 2014/15. In addition, Scottish good causes receive funding from the four UK-wide distributors: British Film Institute, UK Sport, Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/09/2015 11:49:58 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

418301

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	Air Pollution: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to lower the level of air pollution in the area of Oxford Street in London.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	9914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Mayor of London is responsible for air quality standards in London. He has set up a Low Emission Zone and has announced the introduction of an Ultra-Low Emission Zone Scheme to ensure that all vehicles driving in the centre of London will be zero or low emission by 2020. A plan to deliver cleaner taxis across London has also been announced to help support London taxi driver’s transition to zero emission capable taxis. Defra’s air quality grant scheme has awarded funding to support the Mayor’s Breathe Better Together public awareness campaign to encourage behaviour change and tackle air pollution. Defra awarded a separate grant to Westminster City Council for on-street electric vehicle charging infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently consulting on plans for how towns and cities can reduce emissions, alongside a national framework that seeks to bring the UK into compliance with limits for nitrogen dioxide in a number of areas by 2020 and in London by 2025.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/09/2015 11:05:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

418253

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the review on the impact of tribunal fees announced by his Department in March 2015 was transferred to the Ministry of Justice; and for what reason that transfer took place.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for employment tribunal fees and the post-implementation review of the impact. The details of this review were announced on 11 June 2015 and it is expected to complete later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills collated publically available information on employment tribunals and shared it with the Ministry of Justice in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/09/2015 10:12:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

418214

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will propose a no-fly zone over Syria at the upcoming UN General Assembly.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	9897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>In response to the crisis in Syria, the UK will be pressing at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session for progress on a political settlement, protection of civilians and the need to increase humanitarian aid.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2015 15:01:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418215

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	Mazen Darwish
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the government of Syria on the detention of Mazen Darwish by the Syrian air force intelligence unit.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	9895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Damascus closed in 2012 and except for specific consular cases the UK does not have routine official contact with the Syrian government. However, the UK has consistently called in public for the release of human rights defenders detained by the Assad regime.</p><p>On 10 August the UK Special Representative for Syria, Gareth Bayley, welcomed the release of Mazen Darwish from prison. However, security forces arbitrarily arrest or continue to detain thousands which include peaceful activists, human rights defenders, media and humanitarian workers, women and children, subjecting some to enforced disappearance and others to prolonged detention or unfair trials. In addition the security forces systematically torture and mistreat detainees with impunity; thousands of detainees reportedly die due to torture or harsh conditions.</p><p>The UK, along with international partners, remains committed to ensuring the perpetrators are held to account. We are working with a range of non-governmental organisation’s to ensure that evidence of torture and mistreatment is effectively collected to accurately record crimes that are being committed so that perpetrators can be prosecuted in the future.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2015 09:44:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418216

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	Middle East: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Qatar on receiving Syrian refugees in those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	9896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK actively engages with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, on humanitarian and development assistance, and the Gulf States continue to contribute generously to humanitarian support for the Syria crisis.</p><p>The Gulf States are not signatories to the UN Refugee Convention of 1951, and there is no legal refugee status in these countries. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are living in Gulf States as migrant workers or on visitors’ visas.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2015 09:48:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418232

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	Shaker Aamer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the reasons that Shaker Aamer has not been released from Guantanamo Bay.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	9934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government continues actively to engage the US Government to secure Shaker Aamer’s release. No decision has yet been made.</p><p>Given the need to respect the confidentiality of the process, we cannot provide a running commentary on conversations with the US government.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 18/09/2015 09:40:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland