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174985

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date	21/01/2015
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	Economic Situation: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase job creation and economic growth in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Supporting economic growth in the north of England is vital to the long term success of our economy</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All LEPs in the North of England have benefitted from investment and devolution of powers, freedoms and flexibilities through Growth Deals and City Deals. In addition the Government recently agreed devolution of further powers with both Sheffield and Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:16:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 41192 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175022

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
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	Arts: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve access to the arts for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government has instigated two reviews into both music and cultural education by Darren Henley in order to improve access to arts and culture for all children including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Between 2012-2016, the Government will spend over £400million on music and cultural education which includes the £109 million package of funding for arts and music education in 2015-16 that the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport announced today (26 January 2015). It also includes £19million for a programme of cultural education initiatives that has seen the creation of a National Youth Dance Company that supports talented young dancers from across the country regardless of their background, the In Harmony programme which inspires and transforms the lives of children through community-based orchestral music-making in areas of exceptional deprivation and the Museums and Schools programme that works to increase the number of people visiting regional and national museums in areas where take up has been traditionally low.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/01/2015 14:59:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175062

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Argiculture: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of activities to support the farming industry in the England. We are making £141m available from 2015 to 2021 via the Rural Development Programme, to encourage farmers to invest in their businesses, and improve their skills and business efficiency. We are also supporting the farming industry through £160m investment in applied research under the Agri-Tech Strategy, and we are promoting British products abroad to boost global demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2007 the Rural Development Programme has provided support to nearly 4000 unique farm projects across Yorkshire and Humberside by making available over £22m to provide training and advice to farmers and to help them modernise their farms and add value to their produce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/01/2015 17:09:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175132

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to limit prisoners' access to (a) legal drugs and (b) other psychoactive substances.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) takes the issue of all contraband in prisons extremely seriously and deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is aware of the increase of the use of New Psychoactive substances (NPS) across the prison estate and has developed comprehensive guidance for prison governors and staff, which sets out the existing measures available to them to deal with NPS in the same way as other drugs. This includes;</p><p> </p><p>Any prisoner who is suspected of being involved in smuggling prohibited items, including legal highs, through visits can face cellular confinement, loss of privileges or have days added to their time in prison.</p><p> </p><p>The government recently introduced an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to expand prisons' powers to test prisoners for non-controlled drugs. New, additional powers in the Criminal Courts and Justice Bill will give powers to specify non-controlled drugs (including so-called ‘legal highs’) which can be tested for as part of the Mandatory Drug Testing Programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the existing searching measures in place NOMS have trained 13 active drug dogs in the detection of NPS. Training kits will shortly be issued to all trainers to enable all active drug dogs to be trained to detect NPS as a ‘bolt on’ to their standard training.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2015 17:57:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174677

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Race Relations
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 he is taking to promote tolerance of different minorities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Our approach to promoting tolerance of different minorities is through supporting integration in communities. I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Columns 110-118WS, which details my Department's integration approach, as well as current integration projects and activities.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 05/02/2015 12:56:18 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 39961 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174704

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy have sufficient submarine detection capabilities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK Armed Forces have an internationally highly regarded and multi-layered submarine detection capability, primarily delivered through a combination of surface ships, submarines and anti-submarine helicopters, alongside close co-ordination and co-operation with our allies. As the global environment and threat capabilities constantly evolve, we continue to develop new detection capabilities in order to maintain our operational advantage.</p><p>These capabilities are subject to regular audit and analysis. The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 will afford us the opportunity to review the full spectrum of submarine detection capability, including fixed wing Maritime Patrol Aircraft utility.</p><p>I am withholding further details of our capabilities and programmes as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/01/2015 13:51:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174741

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recommendation on the NHS Choices website that all children are offered vision screening between the ages of four and five by an orthoptist-led service, if he will introduce a national vision screening programme for children.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee recommends that all children between 4 - 5 years of age should continue to be screened for vision defects by an orthoptist led service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This service is already offered nationally as part of the NHS Healthy Child Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/01/2015 13:41:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174775

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Hatred
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of hate crimes against religious minorities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government takes all forms of hate crime very seriously. We deplore all religious and racially motivated attacks. <br><br>The Government’s action plan on hate crime brings together the activities of government departments, who work with local agencies, voluntary organisations and the independent advisory group to meet three main objectives:<br><br>• preventing hate crime happening by challenging the attitudes and behaviours that foster hatred, and encouraging early intervention to reduce the risk of incidents escalating;<br>• increasing the reporting of hate crime that occurs by building victims’ confidence to come forward and seek justice, and working with partners at national and local level to ensure the right support is available when they do;<br><br>• working with the agencies that make up the criminal justice system to improve <br>the operational response to hate crime. We want a more effective end-to-end process, with agencies identifying hate crimes early, managing cases jointly and dealing with offenders robustly.<br><br>The progress report that was published in May last year provides both an overview of achievements and case study examples, which demonstrate how work is being carried out locally. It also highlights areas that have evolved since the <br>action plan was launched, and what is being done to deal with risks that have emerged. The report has previously been placed in the House of CommonsLibrary.<br><br>It is vital that the police engage effectively with communities and respond to increases in hate crime. Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were issued with guidance in 2014 on dealing with hate crimes, which includes <br>advice on responding to incidents and how to monitor and deal with community tensions. <br><br>We are encouraging anyone who is a victim of a hate crime or subject to religion or race-related abuse or attack to report the incident to the police, so that the offenders can be dealt with appropriately.<br><br>We have also worked with organisations, including Show Racism the Red Card, the Anne Frank Trust and the Jewish Museum to raise awareness of prejudice with children and young people, to prevent hate crime from happening in the first <br>place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 23/01/2015 14:23:23 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174793

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants who represented themselves in court in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer provided to the right honourable member for Tooting, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-21/211297/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-21/211297/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>I will write to the Honourable Member with the information requested, which is being assembled to answer to this earlier question.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 23/01/2015 14:59:29 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174368

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Community Relations
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 promote religious and ethnic tolerance and understanding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Our approach to promoting religious and ethnic tolerance and understanding, is through supporting integration in communities. I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Columns 110-118WS, which details my Department's integration approach, as well as current integration projects and activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 26/01/2015 16:47:16 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 39796 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis