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227486

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	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: Barnet
	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 new residential properties have been constructed in (a) the London Borough of Barnet and (b) Hendon constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	227697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on house building starts and completions in each local authority district, including the London Borough of Barnet, are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.<br><br>The number of new homes built since April 2010 in the London Borough of Barnet is 6,760.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/03/2015 12:20:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228784

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	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 neighbourhood forums have been established under the Localism Act 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	228567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold official statistics on the number of neighbourhood forums established under the Localism Act. However from our informal monitoring we are aware that of the 1,400 communities who have started the process of neighbourhood planning, around 190 are non-parished areas, and will therefore be led by neighbourhood forums.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 24/03/2015 12:16:12 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228835

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Parking Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to prevent illegal parking on private property and land.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	228561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>On 12 March 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government took on the policy responsibility for off-street parking, both municipal and on private land. We expect to consult shortly on areas where we can intervene to tackle unfair practices.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/03/2015 12:21:12 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228225

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: EU Action
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what best practice his Department has learnt from leading the EU-funded Serious Offending by Mobile European Criminals project.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	228150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Serious Offending by Mobile European Criminals (SOMEC) project was primarily a research-based project, focusing on assessing the risk posed by serious European criminals, mapping how they are managed both domestically and externally, reviewing what works with sexual and violent offenders, and producing a set of recommendations for all EU Member States to consider on how to reduce the risk posed by such offenders crossing borders.</p><p> </p><p>Now that the project has completed, we are considering its recommendations carefully, in order to protect the public from serious criminals within the EU, including by improving the flow of information between Member States.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/03/2015 11:08:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

227740

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Writers: Income
	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 his Department has made of the consequences for the Public Lending Right scheme of the conclusion of the report What are words worth now? A survey of authors' earnings, published by the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, in July 2014, that there has been a 28 per cent reduction in the last decade in the number of professional authors who earned income from writing.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	227973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has considered the findings of the report with interest. The Department continues to work closely with Arts Council England (ACE) to support authors through the different stages of their careers. ACE funding enables a diverse range of individuals to develop as writers, including those less able to access mainstream opportunities, and supports a broad range of free, concessionary and targeted opportunities for writers, including Arvon’s bursaries, Writing West Midlands ‘Room 204’, Ideas Tap ‘Inspires’, and the Creative Future Literary Awards (promoting marginalised and disabled writers).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ACE also fund individual writers through the Artists' International Development programme, a £750,000 fund which offers early stage development opportunities for individual artists to build links in another country. Around 7 per cent of applications funded to date were from literature individuals. In addition, through ACE’s National Portfolio over 2015-18, print and e-publishing will be supported with a total investment of £1,565,370 to support writers to create new work.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 13:12:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

227750

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Public Libraries: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of ensuring that every local authority library in England and Wales can install wifi and provide computer facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	227802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The DCMS has not made any assessment of the total financial cost of ensuring that every local authority library in England and Wales can install WiFi and provide computer facilities.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 March we announced, as part of the Budget 2015, that £7.4m is being made available to help all public libraries in England to install and upgrade WiFi. This was a key recommendation from the Independent Library Report for England.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 11:51:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord