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713405

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changes in the level of Government funding for the Citizens Advice Service in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Kirklees in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	69046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides funding to Citizen Advice (CitA), the umbrella body for the Citizen Advice Service in England and Wales through an annual grant to support their core function and to deliver consumer advocacy and advice. Funding over the last three years is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>BIS Core Funding</p></td><td><p>Consumer advice, information &amp; advocacy</p></td><td><p>Total Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,974,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,874,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£19,313,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£38,213,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£18,900,000</p></td><td><p>£18,940,300</p></td><td><p><strong>£37,840,300</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Central Government does not provide funding directly to local individual Citizen Advice offices, core funding for which is usually provided by the local authority in which they are located.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/03/2017 14:23:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

713415

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Telecommunications: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with other departments on whether Ofcom's Dark Fibre Access regulatory remedy is affected by the application of business rates on electronic communications providers purchasing Dark Fibre Access from BT Openreach when it becomes available in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	68946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department has regular discussions with other Government Departments on a range of issues impacting on the regulation of the telecoms sector and regularly receives proposals which contribute to policy development, which are considered on their merits as part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 69008 question first answered 28/03/2017 11:11:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713425

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Telecommunications: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency plans the Government has made to ensure that broadband and telecom companies are not left operating under the current regulatory framework in the event that the new European Electronic Communications Code is not transposed into UK law before the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The department is in consultation with all stakeholders its to understand how leaving the EU will impact them, including the UK telecoms industry. We want our new partnership with the EU to minimise the regulatory and market access barriers for both goods and services.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/03/2017 14:41:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713426

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Telecommunications: EU Law
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 the Government has made of the cost to UK telecoms providers of any divergence between EU and UK electronic communications regulatory regimes after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the EU Electronic Communications Code. No such proposal for divergence has been made.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/03/2017 14:39:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713427

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Telecommunications: EU Law
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 the Government has made of the cost to UK telecoms providers of any divergence between EU and UK data protection laws after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the full impact the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will have on areas of data processing. The UK made several interventions throughout the negotiations on the GDPR, with support from industry, which have secured real benefits and avoided excessive burdens on business.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/03/2017 11:10:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713428

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Telecommunications: Non-domestic Rates
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 the Government has made of the potential effect on the Dark Fibre Access remedy proposal for BT by Ofcom of the policy of levying business rates on BT customers.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department has regular discussions with other Government Departments on a range of issues impacting on the regulation of the telecoms sector and regularly receives proposals which contribute to policy development, which are considered on their merits as part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 68946 question first answered 28/03/2017 11:11:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713449

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent maintaining the Education in the media blog on its departmental website.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	69043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Education in the Media blog is run by the Department’s Communications team.</p><p>The Department incurs no direct cost for the maintenance of the Education in the Media blog.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 69044 question first answered 28/03/2017 11:18:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

713450

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which members of her Department's staff work on the Education in the media blog on its departmental website.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	69044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Education in the Media blog is run by the Department’s Communications team.</p><p>The Department incurs no direct cost for the maintenance of the Education in the Media blog.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 69043 question first answered 28/03/2017 11:18:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

713452

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres there were in England at the end of each calendar year from 2009; and how many there were on the last date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	69023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold directly comparable data for the numbers of children’s centres each year.</p><p> </p><p>As at 24 March 2017 based on information supplied by local authorities, there were 3,210 main children’s centres and sites open to families and children as part of a network.</p><p> </p><p>We know that the total number of main children’s centres and sites at April 2010[1] was 3,615.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Councils are merging centres to allow services to be delivered more efficiently. Where they decide to close a children’s centre, councils must demonstrate that children and families, particularly the most disadvantaged, will not be adversely affected and that they will not compromise their duty to have sufficient children’s centres to meet local need.</p><p>Records of children’s centres and sites are maintained by local authorities via the Department’s EduBase portal at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/search.xhtml?clear=true" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/search.xhtml?clear=true</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] We do not hold records of numbers of children’s centres prior to April 2010. It is not possible to give a year on year breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/03/2017 11:19:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

713458

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Agriculture and Environment
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 progress her Department has made on the 25 year (a) food and farming plan and (b) environment plan; and what the timetable is for the publication of each such plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	69026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to publishing both a 25 year environment plan and food and farming plan during this Parliament to support our twin ambitions of being the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than that in which we found it, and to become a world leading food, farming and fishing nation: to grow more, sell more and export more British food. The plans are closely linked and we are starting a period of extensive engagement with a wide range of stakeholders to inform development of the full plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 28/03/2017 11:46:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy