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date	15/01/2019
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	Tanzania: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of restrictions on media freedom in Tanzania; and what representations he has made to the Government of Tanzania on that subject.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Over recent years, we have noted a shrinking of public space in Tanzania through increased restrictions on the activities of civil society organisations, political parties and the media. Respect for human rights and the rule of law have been repeatedly undermined. We have made our concerns about this known to the Government of Tanzania at both Ministerial and official level. The UK is fully committed to the promotion of media freedom and the protection of journalists. The Foreign Secretary announced on 31 October 2018 the launch of an international campaign on media freedom and that the UK will host an International Conference aimed at promoting the value and benefits of a free media and to mobilise an international consensus on the protection of journalists as the guardians of our freedoms.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/01/2019 15:14:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fostered children have been separated from their siblings in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	208773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally. <br><br>The Department for Education is clear that siblings should be placed together where possible. While the data requested is not held centrally, Action for Children published research on 8 September highlighting the importance of keeping siblings together where this is in their best interests. This research can be found online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/news/archive/2014/september/keeping-siblings-together" target="_blank">www.actionforchildren.org.uk/news/archive/2014/september/keeping-siblings-together</a></p><p>The Department is working closely with councils to help them recruit more foster carers who can meet the needs of children harder to place, such as sibling groups.</p><p>Nationally, fostering services are improving their recruitment of foster carers. In 2013 the Government announced a new package of support totalling £750,000 to help local authorities boost foster care recruitment by broadening the range of people who foster.</p><p>This funding is supporting four consortia partnerships of local authorities and independent fostering services, two of which have made increasing the number of foster carers that can care for sibling groups a priority. We plan to share the learning from the consortia in 2015.</p><p>We would also welcome bids to the Innovation Programme from local authorities who may like to test new, innovative approaches to addressing this issue.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 208774 question first answered 25/09/2014 13:36:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon