The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) supports both coniferous and broadleaf woodlands. The latest update to the UKFS will come into force on 1 October 2024. All afforestation projects in England should conform to the UKFS requirements to ensure that the right trees are being planted in the right place and version five does not allow a single species to constitute more than 65% of a new forest. Primary and secondary forestry species, as defined by Forest Research, are eligible for funding through the England Woodland Creation Offer; in addition, emerging forestry species can constitute up to 15% of the trees planted although this element will be screened to ensure they are appropriate to the site and local wildlife, and their planting sites are recorded.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4395", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Hayman of Ullock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-09-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-09-23T14:53:22.957Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-09-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tree Planting"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to requiring the Forestry Commission to increase the number of tree species supported for new planting in order to increase the resilience of forests to climate change.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4953", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roborough"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Roborough"} ], "uin" : "HL995"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1676512", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1676512/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The FCDO follows matters that relate to human rights in Bahrain closely, is aware of reporting about the court proceedings referenced and continues to encourage allegations of torture or mistreatment to be reported to the appropriate national oversight body. We have previously been assured in other cases (where individuals linked to one charge are tried together) that an individual's right to separate legal representation of their choice is guaranteed by law. We remain committed to supporting reforms in Bahrain, including through the Gulf Strategy Fund, itself subject to robust oversight measures and rigorous risk assessments to ensure projects are effective, consistent with our values and in line with our human rights obligations.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-12-21T16:26:29.227Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-12-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Bahrain: Human Rights"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Human Rights Watch on 6 December that 13 people have been unfairly imprisoned in Bahrain, and what are the implications for the funding under the Gulf Strategy Fund given to Bahraini bodies which are accused of committing torture and whitewashing human rights abuses.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4333", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Scriven"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Scriven"} ], "uin" : "HL995"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1470896", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1470896/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We continue to reiterate the importance of all forms of freedom of expression and free speech to both the Government of Israel and Palestinian Authority. We continue to appreciate the vital work that human rights defenders and civil society play in holding the authorities to account.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4210", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-06-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-06-29T15:10:43.197Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "208"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Occupied Palestinian Territories: Flags"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the right to freedom of expression concerning flags in the occupied Palestinian territories.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4337", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Janke"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Janke"} ], "uin" : "HL995"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332168", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1332168/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The latest officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The number of police officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2020 is provided in the table below:<\/p>
Police Officers, England and Wales<\/strong> Force<\/strong><\/p><\/td> FTE<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Avon & Somerset<\/p><\/td> 2,886<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 1,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 1,597<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 2,131<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cleveland<\/p><\/td> 1,373<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 1,229<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 1,861<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon & Cornwall<\/p><\/td> 3,197<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 1,268<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> 1,168<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed-Powys<\/p><\/td> 1,183<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 3,318<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 1,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 6,965<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> 1,340<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 2,812<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 2,152<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humberside<\/p><\/td> 2,005<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 3,836<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 3,031<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> 2,053<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 1,073<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London, City of<\/p><\/td> 811<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> 3,659<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Metropolitan Police<\/p><\/td> 33,177<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> 1,684<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> 1,587<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 1,513<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 1,343<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria<\/p><\/td> 3,309<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 2,077<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Wales<\/p><\/td> 3,081<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 2,574<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 1,681<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 1,240<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 1,993<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sussex<\/p><\/td> 2,799<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> 4,415<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 1,034<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Mercia<\/p><\/td> 2,256<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 6,846<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 5,391<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 1,019<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 132,467 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> While the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/753307/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Time spent in temporary accommodation means that no family with a child ever has to be without a roof over their heads. The number of households in temporary accommodation is well below the peak over a decade ago, in 2005.<\/p> But temporary accommodation is an intermediate measure. This government changed the law to allow councils to place families in decent and affordable private rented homes. This means homeless households do not have to wait as long for settled accommodation, spending less time in temporary accommodation.<\/p> We have also replaced DWP\u2019s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402m over the two years from 2017/18.<\/p> This government is implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which significantly reforms England\u2019s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.<\/p> The Act places duties on local authorities to intervene at earlier stages to prevent homelessness in their areas. It also requires local authorities to provide new homelessness services to all those affected, not just those who are protected under existing legislation.<\/p> I will place detailed figures in the Library of the House.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are four trials for systemic amyloidosis that are designated as \u2018ongoing\u2019 in the United Kingdom. These are being conducted by two commercial sponsors, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc and A.T. Development Switzerland Sarl (two studies), and one non-commercial sponsor, European Myeloma Network.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Clinical trial sponsors are required to publish a summary of their trial results to the EU Clinical Trials Register within one year of their trial completing. At that point, these results will become publically available on the EU Clinical Trials Register<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department of Health, which funds the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), is a member of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). NCRI Clinical Studies Groups (CSGs) bring together clinicians, scientists, statisticians and lay representatives to coordinate development of a strategic portfolio of trials within their field. All CSGs interact with clinical research networks, funders (including NIHR) and researchers to develop studies aimed at improving outcomes for patients. The Haematological Oncology CSG has a Myeloma Subgroup and its 2013-14 annual report that includes an assessment of progress in these areas is attached and available on the NCRI website at:<\/p> <\/p> |