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63549

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date	24/06/2014
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	Postal Services: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to ensure that the six days a week universal Royal Mail service continues in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The one price six-days-a-week postal delivery service to all addresses in the UK is clearly set down under the Postal Services Act 2011 as part of the minimum requirements of the UK's universal service and can only be changed by Government with the approval of both houses of Parliament. The protection is exactly the same for rural areas as urban areas of the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parliament has given Ofcom the primary statutory duty to protect the ongoing provision of the universal service throughout the country and ensured that Ofcom has the regulatory powers and tools it needs to intervene if the universal service is ever at risk. More information about the regulatory framework for postal services can be found on Ofcom's website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:24:41 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63583

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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: Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the issuing of further licences for local television.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>As part of our Local TV licencing programme, Ofcom advertised the following locations with a deadline of 7 January 2014: Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Derry/Londonderry, Gloucester, Guildford, Limavady, Luton, Maidstone, Plymouth, Reading and Salisbury and Ofcom is in the process of considering the resulting applications. Out of these locations, Ofcom only received applications for five: Reading, Basingstoke, Guildford, Salisbury and Maidstone. The licences for Reading, Salisbury and Guildford have been awarded by Ofcom (on 3 June 2014) and Ofcom expects to be able to make a decision on the remaining two locations, namely Basingstoke and Maidstone shortly.</p><p>Ofcom plans to invite applications for further areas later this year.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/07/2014 11:07:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 7067 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63657

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Armed Conflict: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has raised the issues of child soldiering and progress on tackling it with his counterparts in other countries in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) is an important personal priority. I am leading a campaign to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers and to protect children from becoming victims of sexual violence in five priority countries: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia, South Sudan, Chad and Burma. Over the last two years, I have raised this issue with counterparts in Chad, Sierra Leone and DRC, as well as most recently with the Somali President and the Minister of the Interior in South Sudan during visits in April this year. My Right Honourable Friend, Hugo Swire MP, also discussed the issue during a visit to Burma in January.</p><p>During the recent End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit, I hosted a Ministerial roundtable on CAAC attended by UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for CAAC. Ministers from Sierra Leone, DRC and Somalia underlined their commitment to ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Mark Simmonds question first answered 30/06/2014 13:36:15 answering member 1393 label Biography information for Mark Simmonds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63708

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department has gathered on opinions of members of the public of the recorded voice facility offered when they ring regional passport offices on urgent business.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office routinely carries out research to obtain <br>customers' views on a range of its services. No specific research has been undertaken on the <br>recorded voice facility on its customer service lines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/07/2014 16:16:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 6710 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63713

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is greater equity across governments in donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is the largest donor to the GAVI Alliance with around 32% funding share during 2011-2015. We wish to see the UK's donor share reduce and other donors share increase during the GAVI Alliance's 2016-2020 strategic period. We are lobbying other donors to contribute their fair share ahead of the next replenishment pledging event in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 30/06/2014 14:50:13 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62866

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Cadets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change there was in the number of (a) sea cadets and (b) army cadets in Northern Ireland between January 2004 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence-sponsored cadet forces offer challenging and enjoyable activities for young people, and prepare them to play an active part in the community while developing valuable life skills.</p><p> </p><p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Defence on the numbers of sea and army cadets in Northern Ireland is provided in the following tables. For sea cadets, reliable data is available from January 2005. For army cadets, estimated information on the Army Cadet Force is available from March 2012 although comparable data about the Army Combined Cadet Force is not available in the format requested. Information prior to these dates could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Sea Cadets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Marine (RM) Cadets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Adult Volunteers (Sea and RM) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2005</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change +/-</p></td><td><p>+10</p></td><td><p>+9</p></td><td><p>+11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Army Cadet Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army Combined Cadet Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Adult Volunteers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>1,925 (estimated)</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>350 (estimated)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>1,422</p></td><td><p>598</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change +/-</p></td><td><p>-503</p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>+47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since 2012 the Army has worked to improve the accuracy of their record keeping with a concerted effort to identify those cadets not actively participating and to either encourage them back into cadet activities or to remove them from the management information system. This has accounted for a significant drop in Army Cadet Force figures over the past few years. However, we are actively recruiting Army cadets in Northern Ireland and numbers are beginning to increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/06/2014 13:41:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 5273 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62668

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were convicted of a sexual offence have been prosecuted for having failed to notify their personal details to the police in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Figures for the number of registered sex offenders who were either cautioned or convicted for breaches of their notification requirement in England and Wales are contained in the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Annual Report, published by the Ministry of Justice. The MAPPA reports for 2009-2013 may be found on the GOV.uk website. Reports published prior to 2009 may be found on the national archives website. <br><br>Management of sex offenders is a devolved matter, so the figures do not include Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 24/06/2014 14:15:33 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4316 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell