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1018774

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps is he taking to divert young people away from violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	907969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Diverting young people away from crime is at the heart of the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>I have just awarded £17.7m to support 29 projects working with young people through the Early Intervention Youth Fund,and I am setting up a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund to provide long term support to stop children getting involved in crime and violence.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 03/12/2018 16:14:20 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1018775

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	907972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse. We have provided £100 million to support victims and organisations working to combat domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.</p><p>Our consultation on domestic abuse closed on 31 May, with over 3200 responses. We will be publishing a response to the consultation and a draft Domestic Abuse Bill later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/12/2018 16:16:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1018776

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to divert young people away from violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
tabling member printed	David Warburton
uin	907974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>With your permission Mr Speaker, I would like to group this question with question 23.</p><p>Diverting young people away from crime is at the heart of the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>I have just awarded £17.7m to support 29 projects working with young people through the Early Intervention Youth Fund, and I am setting up a new £200m Youth Endowment Fund to provide long term support to stop children getting involved in crime and violence.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 03/12/2018 16:20:30 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1018777

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on the equitable distribution of resources across all communities.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	907975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that Chief Constables, held to account by democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioners, are best placed to decide how to deploy their resources, taking into account local conditions and priorities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/12/2018 16:23:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1017179

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Colombia: Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the UK Prosperity Fund for Columbia, published on 10 August 2018 on gov.uk, what programmes his Department provides financial support to in Columbia in addition to the funding outlined in that document.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	197362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office jointly manages a number of cross Government programmes in Colombia.</p><p>The Cross Government Prosperity Fund supports a multi-year programme (2017-2022) in Colombia with a total allocation of £25.5m. Commencing implementation in April 2018, it will help to rebuild Colombia and improve the lives of more than 3 million people affected by conflict and create export opportunities to the UK.</p><p>The Cross Government Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) has allocated almost £40m to two programmes in Colombia since 2015. The two programmes are i) Colombia Security and Access to Peace; and ii) Peru/Colombia Serious Organised Crime.</p><p>The International Climate Fund (ICF) managed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has allocated over £130m to multi-year (2013 to 2021) programmes in Colombia. In Colombia the ICF supports six programmes which aim to reduce deforestation, increase carbon capture, increase the use of green technology and create secondary benefits for UK companies. Colombia also benefits from a share of £177m in regional ICF programmes which also includes Brazil, Mexico &amp; Peru.</p><p>The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) provides £7.8m to two programmes in Colombia managed by the UK Space Agency which use satellite based technologies such as Earth Observation to monitor deforestation and climate change. Colombia also benefits from regional programmes supported by up to £18m from the GCRF.</p><p>The Newton Fund managed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has provided £11.2m (2014-2018) of a planned £30m by 2021 for joint scientific research in Colombia, with 100% matched resource from the Colombian Government. This collaboration is known as the Newton-Caldas Fund (named after prominent scientists in both countries) and has supported biodiversity research involving experts from Kew Gardens and has discovered more than 30 new species and 5 that were thought to be extinct.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Fund has spent over £2.5m on projects in Colombia since 2011. Colombia is one of 30 countries designated by the FCO as a Human Rights Priority Country. The programmes managed by the British Embassy in Bogota priorities work to support human rights defenders, the Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict Initiative and tackling Modern Slavery.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 04/12/2018 15:17:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1017186

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Veganism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of people in (a) England and (b) the UK who are vegan.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	197367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold any information on the number or proportion of people in the UK or England who are vegan.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/12/2018 11:00:25 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1017188

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the NATO training mission in Iraq.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK welcomed the launch of the NATO Training Mission Iraq at the Brussels Summit in 2018. We are commited to supporting the training mission through the deployment of the UK civilian and military personnel including a senior civilian adviser and other personnel as part of the NATO Communications and Information Systems Support Group, on rotation with other allies.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/12/2018 16:03:36 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017189

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Office of Tax Simplification's November 2018 report on inheritance tax.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has split their review of inheritance tax into two reports. The report that was published in November covered administrative issues. The second report will be published in spring, and will cover wider technical and policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>Once the second report is published, the government will respond to the recommendations the OTS has made.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/12/2018 17:25:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017190

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with business representatives on potential barriers to recruiting women into the STEM workforce.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The demand for STEM skills is growing and industry recognises that there is a gender imbalance, particularly in sectors such as engineering, construction and manufacturing. In order to improve gender representation, we have taken focussed action to engage with businesses, representative bodies and learned societies to understand what the barriers are to participation, retention and progression. This includes a series of engagements to understand what more we can do to work collaboratively and improve representation of women in the STEM sector.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/12/2018 14:31:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017192

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 4 September 2018, Official Report column 52WH, how many of the 22,6924 people with TOEIC test certificates whose results were found by ETS to be questionable subsequently (a) resat a test and (b) attended an interview.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Further details based on locally held management information (including numbers on opportunities to sit a further test and invites to interview) have previously been provided to the Home Affairs Select Committee. This information continues to be available on their website.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/12/2018 17:30:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms