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1691178

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date	22/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to increase Armed Forces recruitment from Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>Commonwealth citizens have a long and distinguished history of service in the UK Armed Forces, and we continue to value the contribution they make. The recruitment of Commonwealth citizens is against the 1,350 per annum limit for the Armed Forces introduced on 5 November 2018, a 15% limit per Army cap badge, and the roles available. These limits remain extant but are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/03/2024 13:15:21 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1468990

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Channel Four Television: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the privatisation of Channel 4 on its annual levels of investment in independent television and film production companies.
tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
uin	15242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government consulted extensively on the future of Channel 4, and the views and evidence gathered from a wide range of stakeholders has informed the government’s assessment of any potential impact of a change of ownership. The Government published its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-change-of-ownership-of-channel-4-television-corporation/outcome/decision-rationale-and-sale-impact-analysis-for-a-change-of-ownership-of-channel-4" target="_blank">sale impact analysis</a> on 28 April.</p><p>Channel 4 has done an excellent job in supporting the UK production sector and thereby delivering on one of its founding purposes. Forty years on, independent production in the UK is now booming, with revenues having grown from £500 million in 1995 to £3 billion in 2019. Companies are increasingly less reliant on Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs), including Channel 4 for commissions.</p><p>Channel 4 still has an important part to play in supporting the sector and our wider creative economy. Channel 4 will still be required to commission a minimum volume of programming from independent producers, in line with the quotas placed on other PSBs.</p><p>Channel 4 has strong relationships with independent producers right across the UK and there is no reason this should change. The Government expects a new owner to want to build on and develop those relationships.</p><p>The Government believes that in the long run the UK production ecosystem will benefit from a more sustainable Channel 4. A change of ownership that improves Channel 4’s access to capital could increase spending on production.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 15/06/2022 09:46:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

1334149

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Parking: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with trade unions on the decision to withdraw the health, care and volunteer workers parking pass by 21 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	15242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>At the end of March 2020, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government reached an agreement with the Local Government Association that local councils in England would voluntarily offer free car parking to all NHS workers, social care staff and NHS volunteer responders during the emergency response period.</p><p>With the national lockdown drawing to a close, challenges in managing pass fraud and an increasing number of councils moving toward local concessions for health workers and other groups, it was agreed that the national pass guidance should be withdrawn.</p><p>This is reflected in new joint parking enforcement advice provided in April to local authorities by the Local Government Association, British Parking Association and London Councils. In May, further updates were shared with NHS Trusts, the Royal Voluntary Service and local authorities, and the guidance page was updated on gov.uk.</p><p>Councils are responsible for setting their own local policy and are already acting on this advice, with some deciding to offer their own concessions. Those interested in local parking concessions can check their local councils' website for further details of any local schemes.</p><p>NHS staff continue to be eligible for free parking in hospital car parks and funding for this has been provided to NHS Trusts by government.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 15243 15244 15245 15246 15247 15432 15433 15436 15437 15438 15439 question first answered 17/06/2021 15:10:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham