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168824

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date	09/12/2014
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	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding Citizens Advice Scotland has received from his Department in the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	217862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides funding to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) – the umbrella organisation and membership body for the Citizens Advice Bureaux network in Scotland. Total funding to CAS over the past five financial years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Funding has increased substantially since 2011/12 to reflect the additional functions CAS has taken on as a result of the consumer landscape changes, including the joint delivery (with Citizens Advice England and Wales) of the Consumer Service helpline, education and advocacy on general consumer issues and as the advocate on behalf of consumers in the regulated energy and postal sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total funding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5,614,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,887,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,518,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>3,362,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:34:58 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

168826

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much money Citizens Advice Scotland is due to receive from his Department in the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	217863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides funding to Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) – the umbrella organisation and membership body for the Citizens Advice Bureaux network in Scotland. Total funding to CAS in the current financial year is £7,239,700.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:33:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

168860

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources his Department has allocated to local authorities to meet their obligations under the Armed Forces Covenant.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	217899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities share in our national commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and should meet their obligations from own resources. Though we have set aside £200,000 in 2014/15 from the annual Disabled Facilities Grant funding for local authorities to fund home adaptations (eg ramps, walk-in showers, stairlifts) to meet the needs of disabled ex-Service personnel who wish to live independently in their homes.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided grants (totalling over £1 million) with MOD, to a small number of local authorities in 2011 and 2012 to support the successful integration of retired Gurkha soldiers who wished to settle in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have also introduced a number of measures over the last few years as a contribution towards meeting the objectives of the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure that the Armed Forces Community do not face disadvantage, particularly in housing. This includes:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Improved Access to Social Housing </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have introduced protection to ensure that former and current Service personnel are not disadvantaged in accessing social housing because of the disadvantages of military life. We have made sure that seriously injured personnel and former members of the Armed Forces with urgent housing needs are always given high priority for social housing, and that serving personnel and those who have recently been discharged do not lose their qualification rights because of the requirement to move from base to base.</p><p> </p><p>We have also encouraged local authorities to in general give sympathetic consideration to the housing needs of family members of serving or former Service personnel.</p><p><br><strong>Preventing Homelessness </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have introduced measures to provide support for specialist accommodation for veterans, and work with councils to prevent homelessness. We have also introduced initiatives such as Streetlink and No Second Night Out which ensure that when veterans end up sleeping rough they are offered care and support from local services.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Access to home ownership</strong></p><p> </p><p>Members of the Armed Forces have been given priority for Government-funded shared ownership schemes and are able to access Help to Buy: equity loan scheme. The priority status can also be transferred to bereaved spouses or civil partners.</p><p> </p><p>We have also worked with MOD, credit reference agencies and Royal Mail to standardise Forces’ Post Office addresses so personnel are not disadvantaged when applying for mortgages.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/12/2014 15:37:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

156314

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many veterans have been referred for priority NHS treatment since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	214931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England do not centrally collect on the number of veterans that have been referred for priority National Health Service treatment for service related issues but the hon. Member will be pleased to know that we have invested £22 million in a package of additional specialist resources to equip our NHS to provide better care for veterans, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 9 specialist prosthetic centres for veterans;</p><p> </p><p>- 10 Specialist veterans mental health teams;</p><p> </p><p>- a 24 hour veterans mental health hotline; and</p><p> </p><p>- an online mental health and wellbeing service for veterans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/11/2014 14:27:34 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

78673

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new claims for armed forces independence payment have been made since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	206560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>As at 18 July 2014, a total of 766 claims have been received and granted for the Armed Forces Independence Payment. Four claims are currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 22/07/2014 16:57:48 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

78674

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently in receipt of the armed forces independence payment.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	206561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 762 people in receipt of the Armed Forces Independence Payment.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/07/2014 15:27:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle

50654

registered interest
date	13/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the first Service Complaints Ombudsman to take up his or her duties.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Gemma Doyle
uin	198488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4063 label Biography information for Gemma Doyle