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177351

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average proportion was of people from a black and minority ethnic background who were unemployed for longer than (a) 12 months and (b) two years in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	223154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 09/02/2015 17:19:56 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2015 17:30:26 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223154 ONS 37 amended.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unemployment (amended) previous answer version 43606 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223154 ONS 37.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unemployment
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

177511

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the date and agenda are of the meeting in London on nuclear weapons of the Permanent Five Security Council members to be hosted by the Government; and if he will publish on his Department's website a list of all attendees at and the minutes of the meeting.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	223040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The London P5 Conference took place at Lancaster House, 4-5 February, and covered a wide range of issues relevant to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, encompassing disarmament, non-proliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The Conference included outreach with a number of non-nuclear weapon states – Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates – as well as civil society. P5 delegates also visited the Atomic Weapons Establishment; this was part of our efforts to enhance transparency, but appropriate measures were put in place to ensure that our national security interests were protected.</p><p>The P5 Heads of Delegation were as follows:</p><p>- China: Wang Qun, Director General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament<br />- France: Hélène Duchêne, Director for Strategic Affairs<br />- Russia: Grigory Berdennikov, Ambassador-at-Large<br />- UK: Peter Jones, Director for Defence and International Security<br />- United States: Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security</p><p>The P5 issued a statement on conclusion of the Conference, which is available here: <del class="ministerial">[link to be inserted once live].</del> <ins class="ministerial">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-nuclear-weapon-states-at-the-london-p5-conference.</ins> This captures the key outcomes of the meeting.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:12:19 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 10:21:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 43546 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177574

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications from people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 to 24 to the Exceptional Case Funding scheme have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	223099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of successful applications to the ECF funding scheme, October 2013 to September 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>18-24</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Grants</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">9</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">3</del><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: Age data for Exceptional Case Funding was collected from October 2013 onwards. The latest available published data is to September 2014. The number of successful applications in this instance also corresponds to the number of applicants, i.e. unique individuals granted legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>These numbers assume that the date of birth recorded corresponds to the age of the applicant benefiting from the legal aid. In inquest cases this should be the date of birth of the applicant, not the deceased.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/02/2015 12:42:34 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2015 14:07:40 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 43713 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

177123

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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: Finance
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 rebalance arts and culture funding between London and the South East and the rest of the country.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	222970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government wants everyone to have the opportunity to experience arts and culture wherever they live. By 2015/16, Arts Council will have shifted the balance of funding to the number of national organisations they support so that over half will be located outside of London. This is a move in the right direction but as the Arts Council acknowledged at the announcement of their portfolio there is still more to do and further to go. It will take time for this to happen and the Government will continue to discuss this with the Arts Council and monitor this.</p><p>The Government has also supported the growth of arts and culture outside of London and the South East by a number of measures. These include the Theatre Tax Relief which encourages greater touring by theatre companies so that the whole country can share and see different productions from different regions. The Government announced at the Autumn Statement 2014 that<del class="ministerial"> a</del> £1m will be provided to support a Great Exhibition <ins class="ministerial">in the North celebrating the great art, culture and design of the North</ins><del class="ministerial">across the museums of the North of England</del>, £78m of capital funding will be provided to create a new theatre and exhibition space in Manchester and £3m will be provided to support First World War art projects primarily in Northern cities. On Thursday, my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Government will provide £1.5 million towards the refurbishment of the Ferens Gallery in Hull to help support Hull’s aspiration to host the Turner prize as part of the UK City of Culture programme in 2017 and in December, he announced that the Museum of Science and Industry will receive a £3m grant for the building of a new temporary exhibition gallery.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/02/2015 12:02:56 question first ministerially corrected 09/02/2015 15:10:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 43365 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

177160

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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	Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2015, Official Report, column 79, whether he met the Saudi Arabia Deputy Foreign Minister; and with whom he has discussed the case of Raif Badawi.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Alexander
uin	222907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Due to the late King’s ill health at the time, the <del class="ministerial">Deputy</del> <ins class="ministerial">Vice</ins> Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia did not attend the Counter ISIL meeting in London as had been planned. Instead, I raised the case of Raif Badawi with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to London, as the most senior member of the Saudi delegation, at the inaugural meeting of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, on 22 January.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 05/02/2015 11:13:30 question first ministerially corrected 05/02/2015 13:43:29 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede previous answer version 43055 answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander

176781

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether joint committees of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are permitted to deviate from national service specifications for specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:20:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42619 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176783

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish details of the co-commissioning of specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:21:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42620 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176784

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will remain the sole budget-holder and accountable commissioner for all specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	222694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:23:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42621 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176372

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2015 to Question 221249, on broadband, what data has been made available to his Department on where the budget was spent.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2015 answer text <p>The total cost of the Government's national superfast broadband awareness campaign is £8million. This includes the media buying costs (e.g. the airtime for TV/press adverts etc) as well as production costs for adverts (TV/radio/digital/out of home), photography, fees, social media activity and a toolkit of materials for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The current breakdown per media spent so far is as follows (net costs):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Television</p></td><td><p>£2,398,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Video on Demand</p></td><td><p>£284,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Out of Home (posters)</p></td><td><p>£2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Press (national and regional)</p></td><td><p>£828,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Radio</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>£928,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It is not possible to get a regional split for all the media bought as the campaign was bought on a national basis. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on <ins class="ministerial">22 January 2015 to Question 221249.</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 January 2015 to Question 219653.</del></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey previous answer version 42278 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot 43277 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot question first answered 06/02/2015 14:24:26 question first ministerially corrected 09/02/2015 09:01:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176040

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219487, what funding was provided in financial year 2010-11 for the integration projects and activities listed in the Answer.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	222232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>There was no explicit integration programme in 2010/11. However, the following projects and activities received funding in 2010-11:<br /><br /><br /></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contextualising Islam</p></td><td><p>£65,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornish Language</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faith-based Regeneration Network</p></td><td><p>£130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holocaust Memorial Day</p></td><td><p>£750,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INFORM</p></td><td><p>£140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inter Faith Network</p></td><td><p>£<ins class="ministerial">327</ins><del class="ministerial">535</del>,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Inter Faith Week</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£76,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Citizens Service - Young Advisers</p></td><td><p>£133,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Community Tensions Team</p></td><td><p>£96,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Post-Holocaust Issues Envoy</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />None of the other projects listed in the previous answer received funding that year.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 02/02/2015 16:43:02 question first ministerially corrected 25/03/2015 12:13:26 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 42216 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown