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1584812

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date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of library closures on trends in the level of digital exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Although there have been library closures, an extensive network of libraries remains across England delivering services including digital to local residents. There has been no assessment made of the impact of library closures on trends in the level of digital exclusion. There are over 2,900 libraries across England, and while there have been closures, they continue to be a well used service, providing a trusted network of accessible locations with trained staff and volunteers, free wifi and public PCs, and assisted digital access to a wide range of digital services.</p><p>Based on a dataset of information on public libraries in England, published by Arts Council England, we estimated that around 230 static libraries have been permanently closed in the period 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2021 and have not been relocated or replaced.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/02/2023 10:13:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584813

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on inpatient care for people with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism (i) in total, (ii) by direct commissioning and (iii) by Integrated Care Boards in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, NHS England does hold the following information regarding spending on inpatient care for people with a learning disability and autistic people. On mental health inpatient care in 2021/22, specialised commissioning spent £125 million for people with a learning disability, and £22 million for autistic people.</p><p>NHS England did not collect what Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), the predecessor organisations to integrated care boards (ICBs), spent specifically on inpatient care for people with a learning disability and autistic people for 2021/22. It was the responsibility of CCGs to commission appropriate services for their population and to make their own decisions about spend on inpatient and community care, with the responsibly being with ICBs following their formation on 1 July 2022. However, in total, in 2021/22 CCGs spent £2.1 billion on care for people with a learning disability and autistic people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/02/2023 14:57:28 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584814

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help promote peace in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>I Refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 10 February to question 138074 from the Hon. Member for Rother Valley.</p><p>The UK uses its UN Security Council role to advance the UN-facilitated political process in line with UNSCR 2254. We support the work of UN Special Envoy to this effect, and are working with him to develop his 'step for step' approach to making progress. The Assad regime and its backers remain intransigent; we urge them to engage in good faith.</p><p>Lasting peace requires accountability. We pursue this through sanctions; raising awareness of crimes committed in Syria; and support for evidence-gathering, including through the UN Commission of Inquiry; the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria; and UK programme partners.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2023 17:17:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1584815

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidelines are followed by HMRC when making decisions on the allocation of discretionary financial awards.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	141587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The payment of rewards by HMRC is discretionary.</p><p> </p><p>The reward application must evidence the quality of the information provided, the extent and value to which the information contributed to HMRC assigned matters, and the result.</p><p> </p><p>Consideration must be given to any seizure details; revenue received/recovered; arrests; penalties; and the alleged value of a case being prosecuted by HMRC should be considered, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>When processing a reward each case will be dealt with on its own merits.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/02/2023 12:18:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1584816

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of discretionary financial awards paid for by HMRC in each of the last six financial years.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	141588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Rewards figures paid by HMRC are published in the annual reports and accounts on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</em></a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/02/2023 12:17:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1584834

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the appeals process for the funding decisions of Arts Council England.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Arts Council England has a complaints process for its funding streams. This is available on Arts Council England’s website.</p><p>Arts Council England will only reconsider a decision if it finds that a material mistake has been made. For example, an organisation (or individual) can use the complaints process if it believes that:</p><ul><li><p>Arts Council England has delayed, made mistakes or failed to follow its own processes;</p></li><li><p>Arts Council England has failed to give an applicant access to information or has given an applicant incorrect advice or information;</p></li><li><p>Arts Council England has not treated an applicant politely;</p></li><li><p>Arts Council England has unlawfully discriminated against an applicant or not treated an applicant fairly.</p></li></ul><p>Arts Council England uses the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s principles of good complaint handling. If a complainant is dissatisfied with a decision or the way a complaint has been, complainants can refer the complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). Funding decisions by Arts Council England can also be subject to Judicial Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/02/2023 15:45:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584835

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Arts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to review how Arts Council England (a) allocated and (b) announced funding, for the National Portfolio Organisation 2023-26 funding round.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The decisions made by Arts Council England about the allocation of funding for the National Portfolio Organisation 2023-26 funding round were taken at arm's length from HM Government. This is in accordance with the well established process, which is published on the Arts Council’s website and made clear in the guidance for applicants. As such, DCMS does not, nor should it, review individual decisions.</p><p>The Department works with all its public bodies, including Arts Council England, on continuous improvements and assurance. My officials will work with Arts Council England to learn from this recent funding round, as they would for any area of its work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/02/2023 15:45:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584836

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Theatres: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 132310 on Theatres: Energy, whether she plans to provide funding to theatres to improve energy efficiencies via the Theatre Green Book.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	141369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>We welcome the innovative and leading approach taken by the Theatres Trust and its partners to produce the Theatre Green Book, which provides guidance to all theatres and performing arts venues across the country, sharing advice and resources to improve sustainability.</p><p>The Theatres Trust is an arm’s-length body of Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Through it and another of our arm’s-length bodies, Arts Council England, the Department continues to provide support to theatres to identify ways to improve energy efficiencies through the use of the Theatre Green Book and the Arts Green Book, which build on these principles. Arts Council England also provides funding to Julie’s Bicycle to deliver an environmental programme providing cultural professionals with support and resources to address climate change and reduce environmental impacts.</p><p>On 21 February, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero launched the Government’s Energy Efficiency Taskforce with the appointment of Dame Alison Rose, who will co-chair it. The Taskforce will devise a work plan to help reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030 across domestic and commercial buildings and industrial processes. This can include theatres and other cultural organisations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/02/2023 16:57:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1584846

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum Dispersal Grants: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department plans to provide to the Department of Education in Northern Ireland through the Asylum Dispersal Grant in the next 12 months; when schools in Northern Ireland were invited to bid for that funding; and what the deadlines for those bids is.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	141595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has been working with The Executive Office (TEO) on an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding funding. The MoU is similar to the asylum dispersal grant funding provided to regions in England, Scotland and Wales, in which the Home Office has funded Northern Ireland over £4million as of December 2022. This funding is unconditional and will be allocated by the TEO.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/02/2023 16:44:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1584850

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 9 December 2022 from 33 health and care organisations on the rehabilitation workforce and the NHS long-term workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Neill
uin	141371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care received the letter of 9 December 2022 and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/02/2023 14:05:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill