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347415

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	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 steps his Department plans to take to ensure fair and equal distribution of public funding for museums and the arts across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government provides public and Lottery funding to Arts Council England who allocates this to arts organisations and regional museums across England. The Arts Council uses a range of criteria to support a fair distribution of this public funding. The Arts Council are committed to increasing Lottery arts investment outside of London from 70 per cent to 75 per cent by the end of 2018 and recently launched a new £35.2 million fund 'Ambition for Excellence' to support arts production, talent development and leadership outside London.</p><p>DCMS encourages partnership working between national and regional museums across England through object loans, touring exhibitions and partnership galleries. In addition, a number of national museums are either based in or have branches across England, such as National Museums Liverpool and the Royal Armouries.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/06/2015 08:04:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

347426

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Life Peers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on the number of recommendations for the creation of new peerages that he intends to propose to Her Majesty during the course of the present Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Appointments will be made in the usual way. Appointments will be vetted for propriety by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron grouped question UIN 102 question first answered 03/06/2015 14:45:40 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

347432

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Stormont House Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the Stormont House Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>As announced by Her Majesty The Queen on 27 May 2015, legislation will be brought forward in this Parliament giving effect to the Stormont House Agreement in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill will establish the Historical Investigations Unit, and an Oral History Archive. My officials are working with officials from the devolved administration on various aspects of the Bill.</p><p>The Bill will also provide for the Independent Commission for Information Retrieval which is to be established by an international agreement between the UK and Irish Governments. The Bill represents an important step forward towards recognising the needs of victims and putting in place new mechanisms to help Northern Ireland deal with its past.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 03/06/2015 12:13:21 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

347442

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Housing: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark applied for housing assistance under the homelessness legislation of the Housing Act 1996 in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>In the calendar year 2014, 792 households were accepted as owed a main homelessness duty to secure accommodation. These statistics are taken from the quarterly P1E forms completed by local authorities in England, which have been published at the following location;<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>. <br><br>The homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world for families with children and vulnerable people who become homeless through no fault of their own. Since 2010, the Government has invested over £500 million to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness and this has helped local authorities prevent over 700,000 households from becoming homeless.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 488 question first answered 03/06/2015 10:53:33 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347443

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Private Rented Housing: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark were evicted from private rental accommodation in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. However, the English Housing Survey Headline Report, published on 25 February 2015, makes it clear that in most cases, it is the private rented tenant who chooses to end the tenancy.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, 81% of private renters who had moved in the last three years, ended their previous private rented tenancy because they wanted to move; 7% were asked to leave by their landlord or agent; 10% of tenancies were ended by ‘mutual agreement’.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/06/2015 10:57:37 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347444

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Housing: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the change in the average house price in the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Annual statistics on average house prices in the London Borough of Southwark are published in the Department's live tables 585 (mean) and 586 (median) which are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-housing-market-and-house-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-housing-market-and-house-prices</a></p><p> </p><p>Monthly statistics on the change in average house prices, at national and regional level, are published by the Office for National Statistics and are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/house-price-index/index.html" target="_blank">http://ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/house-price-index/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/06/2015 10:56:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347445

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Private Rented Housing: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the level of change in median monthly rent in the private sector in the London Borough of Southwark for (a) one, (b) two and (c) three-bedroom flats in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the private rental market in England and the London Borough of Southwark are published by the Valuation Office Agency and are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency advises that because the composition of this sample changes over time, it is not possible to compare median rents provided in this publication with statistics in previous publications to infer trends in the rental market over time. The statistics therefore provide a snapshot that shows the range of rents across England.</p><p> </p><p>The official source on change over time in cost of renting is the Office for National Statistics Index of Private Housing Rental Prices available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/index-of-private-housing-rental-prices/january-to-march-2015-results/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/index-of-private-housing-rental-prices/january-to-march-2015-results/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/06/2015 10:55:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347446

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Homelessness: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in the London Borough of Southwark were accepted as being owed a main homelessness duty under the homelessness legislation of the Housing Act 1996 in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>In the calendar year 2014, 792 households were accepted as owed a main homelessness duty to secure accommodation. These statistics are taken from the quarterly P1E forms completed by local authorities in England, which have been published at the following location;<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>. <br><br>The homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world for families with children and vulnerable people who become homeless through no fault of their own. Since 2010, the Government has invested over £500 million to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness and this has helped local authorities prevent over 700,000 households from becoming homeless.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 484 question first answered 03/06/2015 10:53:33 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347458

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of displacement of sales to the internet following implementation of the Government's proposed ban on the new generation of psychoactive drugs; and what steps her Department plans to take to address that risk.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The criminal offences in the Bill will apply to both online and offline markets. The National Crime Agency will continue working to close websites selling new psychoactive substances in the UK and tackle the associated organised crime. The Home Office, with the National Crime Agency, will also continue its close work with international partners to tackle the supply of these substances globally. We will monitor the impact of the legislation on any displacement of sales to the internet as part of our implementation plan.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/06/2015 10:35:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347254

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations his Department has received from local residents' groups on High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>I am unaware of any specific recent representations to the Department from local residents’ groups on HS2. However, such representations might be expected to go to HS2 Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/06/2015 10:56:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham