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1139907

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to tackle problem gambling.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	278399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Gambling-related harm impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Of particular concern is the 55,000 children classified as problem gamblers in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Church of England and the bishops in the House of Lords have regularly raised this issue with the Government, charities and the industry itself.</p><p> </p><p>The Bishop of St Albans successfully campaigned with others to reduce the stake on fixed-odds betting terminals in Great Britain and tabled an amendment to the Northern Ireland Executive (Formation) Bill 2019 to ask the Government to report on the case for legislative and regulatory alignment between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Government accepted this amendment.</p><p> </p><p>The Bishop of St Albans also sponsored a motion for debate in the General Synod of the Church of England, which was passed at the February 2019 session. He also successfully balloted for the House of Lords to establish the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry. The Committee Inquiry is underway and is expected to report between March and April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 22/07/2019 15:27:50 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1140803

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken to promote the new four year Grant Programme through the Churches Trust.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	280172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Church of England’s Church Buildings Council regularly communicates with all grant-making bodies and information about the grants available to parishes is communicated through the Diocesan Advisory Committees.</p><p>The Church of England offers general advice to its parishes about restoration, repair and grants on the Church Care section of its website: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare</a></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 25/07/2019 16:24:32 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1156262

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of major property thefts from Churches in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Church of England does not hold data on thefts centrally, but it is kept by local police forces, Historic England and the insurance industry.</p><p>The most prominent form of property theft from churches is that of metal (mainly lead from roofs) and of historic building materials such as flagstones. These are items with a high resale value and which, once removed, can be difficult to identify as coming from a particular place. Because of the largely historic nature of the buildings targeted these thefts are counted as heritage crime. This issue does not just affect churches; it is so widespread that it is the subject of a joint project and Memorandum of Understanding signed by the National Police Chiefs' Council, the Crown Prosecution Service, Historic England and a growing number of local authorities, community safety partnerships and National Park Authorities. It is an agreement to work in partnership with each other to prevent and solve crimes against historic places.</p><p>The Church of England is an active partner in identifying and tackling heritage crime, especially metal theft. The church is part of Operation Crucible, the police-led initiative investigating metal theft, and it has become clear over recent years that this form of criminal behaviour is now being undertaken by organised gangs. The earlier changes to the law did initially lead to a drop in reported incidences, but recently the issue has again become more widespread. The Church of England submitted evidence to the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act in 2017 asking the Government to tighten up the Act to better reflect the changing behaviour of both the scrap metal trade and the organised criminal activity.</p><p>Due to the highly mobile nature of this form of organised criminal activity and without increased resource, it is hard to see how police and heritage crime officers will be able to address the increase in thefts we are seeing across the country. Thefts are moving gradually west and north along the major transport routes. This year the Church has had the first reports of metal and stone theft in the Bath &amp; Wells Diocese and in the Yorkshire Dioceses. Tightening up of the law, therefore, needs to be accompanied by increased police resources and greater political will.</p><p>Parish churches are maintained by volunteers on behalf of the local community. Aside from the financial impact of these thefts, the impact on communities is significant. The social and community impact of the crime, as well as the criminal damage to listed buildings, needs to be addressed at sentencing, as even the theft of small amounts of lead or stone cost has a huge impact on local people. These buildings represent our country’s local and national heritage. Due to the highly mobile nature of criminal gangs, it is essential that police and local churches work together to ensure that heritage crime does not become a decreasing priority for police forces.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 05/11/2019 15:30:10 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman previous answer version 3752 answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132009

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which projects the Church of England funded to help transform communities as part of the Thy Kingdom Come events.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	264348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Thy Kingdom Come is an ecumenical prayer movement started by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2017, which has grown into an annual global movement of prayer. It is supported by His Holiness the Pope and in 2018 over 65 different denominations and traditions held events across 114 countries. Major beacon events took place in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.thykingdomcome.global/" target="_blank">https://www.thykingdomcome.global/</a></p><p>Events take the form of large public gatherings, community prayer walks, meals and picnics in churches or parks. They bring together people from different traditions and denominations across all parts of the local community.</p><p>In Northern Ireland, both Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland Archbishops of Armagh issued a joint statement to support events taking place in St Anne’s Cathedral Belfast, St Macartin’s Cathedral Enniskillen, and St Mark’s Church Armagh. Their message can be read here: <a href="https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/8866/joint-message-from-archbishop-eamon" target="_blank">https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/8866/joint-message-from-archbishop-eamon</a></p><p>In County Londonderry, there were three events which saw churches of different denominations gather for prayer. Those that gathered came together and prayed for their local communities, schools, businesses and community projects, and that the Church be a point of unity and light.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 18/06/2019 14:31:37 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1037791

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the timeframe is for the subway access to the Parliamentary estate from Westminster Bridge to be re-opened.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	206276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Exit three from Westminster Tube station has been closed to ensure that works to conserve the Elizabeth Tower can continue safely. This work is expected to continue until 2021.</p><p>Access onto Bridge Street remains feasible via alternative exits and direct access between the Parliamentary estate and the station precinct has been maintained.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 11/01/2019 12:34:53 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1169759

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Members Estimate Committee
	answering dept id	91
	answering dept short name	Members Estimate Committee
	answering dept sort name	Members Estimate Committee
	hansard heading	Representative Money
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much (a) was paid between the 2015 and 2019 general elections and (b) is scheduled to be paid between 12 December 2019 and 12 December 2020 in Representative Monies to parties whose Members had not taken the oath.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	1697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Under a resolution of the House, Representative Money is provided to opposition parties represented by Members who have chosen not to take the Oath.</p><p>Budget allocations for Representative Money since 2005-06 are published in Appendix 4 of the following document:<br>https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</p><p>Since 2016-17 it has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid for the financial year and these can be found on the Parliament website via the following link:<br>https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/<br>previous-financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/</p><p>The Representative Money scheduled to be paid following the General Election on 12 December 2019 to the end of the current financial year (31 March 2020) will be published in due course on the above page, as will amounts relating to subsequent financial years.</p> answering member constituency Mole Valley answering member printed Sir Paul Beresford question first answered 14/01/2020 19:03:15 answering member 103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

42843

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps are being taken by the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland to promote electoral registration in rural areas where residents live some distance from permanent electoral offices.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	191770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it runs public awareness campaigns across Northern Ireland to encourage electors to register to vote. Its most recent campaign was conducted during the 2013 canvass of electors when all households in Northern Ireland were contacted. It also plans to conduct a public awareness campaign ahead of the upcoming elections this May.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer is responsible for maintaining the electoral register in Northern Ireland and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland run a number of registration and electoral identity clinics throughout Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1311810

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2021
	answering body	Members Estimate Committee
	answering dept id	91
	answering dept short name	Members Estimate Committee
	answering dept sort name	Members Estimate Committee
	hansard heading	Representative Money
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much has been paid from the public purse in Representative Monies to parties whose hon. Members have not taken the oath since those monies originally became payable.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	186137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Representative Money allocation and spend breakdown for the previous financial year ending 31 March 2021, together with the allocation scheduled to be paid for the current financial year (1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022) will be published in due course on the pages below.</p><p>Since 2016-17 it has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid for each financial year and these can be found on the Parliament website via the following link:</p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/</p><p>Budget allocations for Representative Money since 2005-06 are published in Appendix 3 (p34) of the following document:</p><p>https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 28/04/2021 16:47:24 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1464400

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	answering body	Members Estimate Committee
	answering dept id	91
	answering dept short name	Members Estimate Committee
	answering dept sort name	Members Estimate Committee
	hansard heading	Representative Money
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath in each year between 2006 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	5362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The table below details how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath in each year between 2006 and 2022:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Representative Money allocations, 2005/06-2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Main budget (£)</p></td><td><p>Travel budget (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06*</p></td><td><p>35,163.00</p></td><td><p>868.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>86,245.00</p></td><td><p>2,136.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>90,036.00</p></td><td><p>2,230.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>93,639.00</p></td><td><p>2,319.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>94,482.00</p></td><td><p>2,340.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11** (1 Apr-5 May)</p></td><td><p>9,277.00</p></td><td><p>229.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(6 May-31 Mar)</p></td><td><p>87,133.00</p></td><td><p>2,493.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>101,004.00</p></td><td><p>2,890.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>105,850.00</p></td><td><p>3,029.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>109,135.00</p></td><td><p>3,123.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>112,076.00</p></td><td><p>3,207.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 # (1 Apr-7 May)</p></td><td><p>11,511.00</p></td><td><p>329.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(8 May-31 Mar)</p></td><td><p>87,783.00</p></td><td><p>1,898.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>97,556.00</p></td><td><p>2,224.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18 $ (1 Apr-8 Jun)</p></td><td><p>18,737.00</p></td><td><p>431.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(9 Jun-31 Mar)</p></td><td><p>130,970.00</p></td><td><p>2,901.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>165,864.00</p></td><td><p>3,674.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20 ^ (1 Apr-11 Dec)</p></td><td><p>117,986.27</p></td><td><p>2,613.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(12 Dec-31 Mar)</p></td><td><p>48,243.74</p></td><td><p>1,200.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>161,296.87</p></td><td><p>4,007.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>162,265.31</p></td><td><p>4,021.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>* from 1 November 2005-31 March 2006</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>** general election year full year allocations based on 2005 and 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>general election results would have been:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Main budget</p></td><td><p>Travel budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 results</p></td><td><p>£96,747</p></td><td><p>£2,396.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 results</p></td><td><p>£96,374</p></td><td><p>£2,758.22</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p># general election year full year allocations based on 2010 and 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>general election results would have been:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Main budget</p></td><td><p>Travel budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 results</p></td><td><p>£113,867</p></td><td><p>£3,258.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 results</p></td><td><p>£97,655</p></td><td><p>£2,112.46</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>$ general election year full year allocations based on 2015 and 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>general election results would have been:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Main budget</p></td><td><p>Travel budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 results</p></td><td><p>£99,116</p></td><td><p>£2,282.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 results</p></td><td><p>£161,500</p></td><td><p>£3,578.03</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>^ general election year full year allocations based on 2015 and 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>general election results would have been:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Main budget</p></td><td><p>Travel budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 results</p></td><td><p>£169,345</p></td><td><p>£3,751.79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 results</p></td><td><p>£159,074</p></td><td><p>£3,956.92</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This information can also be found on the App3 tab in the Excel spreadsheet (44 KB) accessed from the following link:<br><a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01663/" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01663/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 24/05/2022 17:33:46 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1601920

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Local Broadcasting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission is taking steps to increase access to BBC regional channels on the parliamentary estate television network.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	160219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>BBC regional channels are now only transmitted in High Definition (HD) after Standard Definition (SD) transmission was withdrawn in February. Work to update the television system on the Parliamentary Estate to allow for the transmission of additional HD channels is planned for Easter and will restore access to BBC Regional Channels.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 14/03/2023 17:38:16 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 61560 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell