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date	07/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Choirs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds data on the number of community choirs there were in England in (a) 2003, (b) 2010, (c) 2013, (d) 2019 and (e) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	5798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the numbers of music rehearsal spaces or on community choirs in England.</p><p>Estimates of the numbers of community choirs in England may be available from Arts Council England’s Investment Principles Support Organisation <a href="https://www.makingmusic.org.uk/" target="_blank">Making Music</a>, which represents voluntary and leisure-time music organisations in the UK – although its membership will likely not represent the total number of community choirs in England.</p><p>Through Arts Council England’s 2023–26 Investment Programme, more money is going to more music organisations in more parts of the country than ever before, supporting 139 organisations classed as ‘music’ by investing c.£65 million of public funding per annum.</p><p>Separately, HM Government funds a diverse portfolio of music and arts education programmes which are designed to improve participation in the arts for all children. The National Plan for Music Education and the upcoming Cultural Education Plan will encourage more young people to take up music lessons, attend local cultural events, and consider careers in the music sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 5797 question first answered 19/12/2023 16:40:57 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

753500

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date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust has been unable to fill 1,042 vacancies as at the end of June 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Since May 2010, there are 452 full time equivalent (FTE) more professionally qualified clinical staff (up by 12.8%), including 72 FTE (up by 22.5%) more consultants, and 165 FTE (up by 9.3%) more nurses and health visitors employed at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for staffing levels rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service, taking into account skill mix, efficiency and the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p><p>By increasing the number of medical school places in England by 1,500 over the next three years we are ensuring the right number of doctors are trained so that the National Health Service can continue to deliver safe, compassionate and effective care well into the future.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/09/2017 13:18:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388219

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Gaza: Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of ISIL-linked terrorists operating in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	5798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>We are concerned about the recent rise in the number of small Salafi groups in Gaza that sympathise or self-identify with ISIL. This highlights the urgent need for all the parties to reach an agreement that addresses the underlying causes of conflict in Gaza to restore security under the Palestinian Authority, and reduce the risk of radicalisation inside Gaza. We are monitoring the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 14/07/2015 13:03:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter