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173356

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date	13/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the possibility of extending the National Citizen Services to those administrations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	220542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to giving as many young people as possible the chance to take part in this life-changing opportunity. The programme will continue to take place in every English Local Authority in 2015. 2014 saw 504 young people take part in Northern Ireland and 364 young people take part in Wales.</p><p>My officials and I continue to work closely with the devolved administrations and following successful pilots of the programme the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development is developing a longer term plan for supporting NCS in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 16/01/2015 09:45:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172128

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Music: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to support the establishment of a music licensing and collections agency.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>While the Government recognises the value of collective licensing, only copyright holders can determine what they want to do with their rights. Where those copyright holders have expressed a demand for a third party to manage their rights and collect rights revenue on their behalf, they have already set up licensing and collections agencies. In the music sector this has already happened, and for a number of years Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) and PRS for Music (PRS) have been licensing rights and collecting and distributing royalties on behalf of rightsholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/01/2015 14:09:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 37786 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

172143

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	General Election 2015
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans there are to ensure a higher turnout at the General Election among people aged 18 to 25.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maximising electoral registration to help support the highest possible turnout in elections. To ensure this, Government has introduced individual electoral registration (IER). Young people aged 18-25 have been one of the biggest users of online registration to vote since its introduction in June. Since 1 July 2014, 826,265 young people have applied to register online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has today announced that almost £10 million will be given to local authorities and to national activity to boost the number of people registering to vote around the country. This is in addition to the £4.2 million announced last year.</p><p> </p><p><br> £6.8 million of the funding being announced today has been allocated to local authorities so that they can expand their programmes of canvassing and other activities aimed at encouraging people in their areas to register to vote. Up to £2.5 million will be used to fund wider activity, including working with national organisations to encourage groups who are not as well represented on the electoral register in general, such as young people including students and overseas voters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/01/2015 11:52:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172148

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector Debt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the National Debt has been between May 2010 and January 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Latest Public Sector Finances data is available up to November 2014. In May 2010 public sector net debt excluding public sector banks was £974.2 billion (62.7% of GDP). In November 2014 public sector net debt was £1457.2 billion (79.5% of GDP).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest OBR forecast shows that public sector net debt will peak at 81.1 percent of GDP in 2015-16, before starting to fall as a share of GDP in 2016-17. The government’s long-term economic plan is working, restoring the public finances to a sustainable path and delivering economic security for hardworking people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2015 13:56:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172153

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department plans to ensure that Hull will learn lessons from Londonderry as the UK City of Culture in 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text DCMS officials recently visited Hull to discuss progress made with preparations for UK City of Culture 2017 and Hull will provide DCMS with a formal report on progress early this year. The CEO of Hull City of Culture has visited Derry~Londonderry to meet the CEOs of the City Council and Culture Company to ensure that lessons learned from UK City of Culture 2013 are incorporated into planning for 2017. Derry~Londonderry has also produced lessons learnt and evaluation reports which have been shared with Hull. DCMS will continue to support Hull in the run-up to 2017. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/01/2015 09:27:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172259

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in the average length of time spent by defendants on bail before charging between 2004 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested. We have specifically requested police forces and other criminal justice agencies to provide us with data on their current use of pre-charge bail in the consultation document &quot;Pre-Charge Bail: A Consultation on the Introduction of Statutory Time Limits and Related Changes&quot;, published on 18 December 2014. This consultation will close on 8 February.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2015 16:55:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 37664 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

171214

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the issue of competing rights arising from the recent case in West Yorkshire between a woman with a pushchair and a wheelchair user in terms of the priority when seeking to use a designated bay on buses.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport services and opportunities to travel as other members of society, and we will continue to work with operators to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is also following the legal case on wheelchair-space priority involving First Bus Group and Mr Doug Paulley closely, and will study the court of appeal’s recent judgment in detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/01/2015 14:00:35 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

170748

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Temporary Exclusion Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals she estimates are overseas and would potentially be subject to temporary exclusion orders.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>More than 500 individuals of interest to the police and security services have travelled from the UK to Syria and the region since the start of the conflict. <br><br>The temporary exclusion power will be just one of a number of tools available for managing the threat posed by such individuals. The Secretary of State will be able to impose an order if she reasonably suspect that an individual is or <br>has been involved in terrorism-related activity while outside the UK, and considers that such an order is an appropriate tool to manage the threat he or she poses to the UK.<br><br>For operational security reasons, I cannot comment specifically on how many individuals might be subject to temporary exclusion orders. This will be a discretionary power which will be considered for use on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/01/2015 14:53:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 36775 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

170749

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake to visit Northern Ireland before the general election for the purpose of ensuring that the public and all political parties are aware of the ongoing consequences of not having the National Crime Agency fully operational there.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Parliament recently supported a DUP motion condemning the illegal activities being carried out by criminal gangs in Northern Ireland and calling for the full implementation of the National Crime Agency. We want the people and <br>communities of Northern Ireland to benefit from the full range of the National Crime Agency’s capabilities, as the rest of the UK does. Of course, it will take the support of all the main parties in Northern Ireland to make the <br>proposals work. Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings or any <br>forthcoming visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/01/2015 16:55:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

170799

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were previously on benefits that have moved to part-time or full-time work following the introduction of the cap on benefits.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Over 50,000 households have been capped to August 2014, with almost 24,000 no longer capped. Of those no longer capped 40 per cent or 9,624 households went into work. The actual number of households who have gone into work may be higher; some individuals may go into work but may not be eligible to claim WTC if their earnings are too high or the hours worked do not meet the claim requirements. Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/01/2015 13:54:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell