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61603

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date	12/06/2014
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	Arts: Charitable Donations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of philanthropic giving to arts and heritage organisations in each region and constituent part of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	200471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>In 2011/12, according to Arts &amp; Business, overall philanthropic giving to the cultural sector grew by 7.6% on the previous year to £660.5 million. The breakdown of this total shows £536 million of private investment in culture in London and £125 million in the non-London English regions. Although London is always likely to attract a greater proportion of philanthropic giving, there are many examples of arts organisations successfully encouraging philanthropy and private investment across the country. DCMS has been working closely with Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund and the cultural sector, through the £100 million Catalyst scheme, to help improve fundraising capacity and ensure organisations have the skills required to cultivate philanthropy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/06/2014 10:16:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

61611

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Local Broadcasting: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local digital service licences have been awarded in Kent and Medway.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	200386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The independent regulator Ofcom, is responsible for allocating commercial TV and radio licences. Ofcom has received two applications to operate a local TV service in the Maidstone area on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform and anticipates making a decision about the award of this licence in the summer.</p><p>The licence to operate the DAB radio multiplex covering Kent was awarded in 2003. The Kent DAB multiplex currently carries the following stations: BBC Radio Kent, Capital, Heart Kent, Kmfm, Smooth Kent, Xfm and Pop Up radio.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/06/2014 10:13:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

61612

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Local Broadcasting: South East
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 the Government is taking to encourage local media and regional broadcasting in Kent and Medway.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	200387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Government recognises the important role local media plays in communities, and has created the foundations for new local TV services to establish themselves and enrich UK television with quality local news and programming. Ofcom has received applications for a local TV licence in Maidstone, and we expect an award to be made soon. More widely, 25 local TV services have been licensed to date, and further launches will take place over the summer and autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/06/2014 10:14:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

61655

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Office in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Sixteen Parliamentary Questions, all of which were tabled to my Office one day before prorogation in the last Parliamentary Session, did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 17/06/2014 10:52:48 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61658

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistant training posts have been (a) commissioned and (b) filled in in (i) Copeland and (ii) Cumbria in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	200365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 11:29:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

61665

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of 17 year olds staying in education (a) before and (b) after the raising of the participation age.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest estimate of the proportion of 17-year-olds participating in education is included in “Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 Year olds in England” Statistical First Release (SFR), which is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-by-16-to-18-year-olds-in-england-end-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-by-16-to-18-year-olds-in-england-end-2012</a></p><p>This release includes figures reflecting the position at the end of 2012, before raising the participation age (RPA) was implemented. The next release, due on 25 June 2014, will include updated figures for end 2013 which will reflect the first cohort impacted by the implementation of RPA.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 11:25:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

61692

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Helium Balloons
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 recent steps he has taken to reduce risks to the environment posed by the release of helium balloons.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	200367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We recognise there are concerns about the potential risks posed by helium balloons. In 2013, jointly with the Welsh Government, we commissioned an independent study to identify and assess the impacts and risks to livestock and the environment associated with sky lanterns and helium balloons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence from the report concluded that risk to the environment from helium balloons is small or highly localised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;Completed=2&amp;ProjectID=18402" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;Completed=2&amp;ProjectID=18402</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any future action Government may take will need to be proportionate to the problem and backed by reliable evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/06/2014 09:29:17 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

61696

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Forests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 394W, on forests, for what reasons the Government did not announce in the Queen's Speech legislative proposals to protect the public forest estate.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	200611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There were many proposals competing for the limited space within the Fourth Session programme and the proposed forestry measures could not be accommodated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government stands by its commitment to establish a new public body to hold the Public Forest Estate in trust for the nation, as set out in its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement of January 2013, as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/06/2014 09:33:44 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

61702

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Afghanistan
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 take steps to improve support and protection for women human rights defenders in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK takes this issue very seriously. Our primary approach to supporting human rights defenders is to work with and through multilateral institutions such as the EU and the UN to support national efforts. These bodies have the expertise and resources to fulfil this important role in country. The UK played a significant part in the EU's recent decision to increase support to human rights defenders in Afghanistan, including plans to refresh the 2010 EU Strategy on Human Rights Defenders. The UK will work with the EU and other Member States to ensure that the refreshed strategy recognises the specific challenges that women human rights defenders face. We are also working to ensure that human rights, including the protection of human rights defenders, are a top priority for the EU's proposed post-2014 country strategy for Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 17/06/2014 08:37:44 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

61712

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	India
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 make representations to the new Indian government in favour of increased action to tackle caste discrimination, sexual violence and other forms of discrimination and inequality.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	200377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the Government of India and international partners to address the problem of gender-based violence, human trafficking and child exploitation in India. Through the Department for International Development (DFID) programme, the UK supports measures in India's 120 poorest districts to promote the empowerment and access to benefits and services of excluded groups. DFID India also provides support to national and state governments in India which includes helping girls to complete basic education and further tackling violence against women and girls.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), invited the Government of India to attend the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit and has already discussed the initiative with the new Indian Foreign Minister. The Indian High Commissioner to the UK attended the Summit.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/06/2014 08:53:20 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell