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869260

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	904591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is taking a leading role in ending the illegal wildlife trade globally. The Government is funding practical action to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement and develop sustainable livelihoods in the communities affected by the illegal wildlife trade. We will host an ambitious high-level international conference in October to push for further progress.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2018 15:43:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

869263

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Social Media: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he plans to take to ensure that social media companies tackle online bullying on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	904532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to making the UK the safest place in the world for users to be online. In October last year we published the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. This sets out a range of measures which will ensure social media companies tackle online bullying.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be introducing a social media code of practice, which will address conduct that involves bullying or insulting an individual online, or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:03:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

869265

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of protection afforded to citizens' data rights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	904535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>This government's manifesto made a commitment that people should be given new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data. The new data protection regime will enhance UK citizens’ data rights.</p><p> </p><p>In an age where an ever increasing amount of data is being processed our Data Protection Bill will empower people to take control of their data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:04:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

869266

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the development of artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	904536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence is already starting to transform the way we live and work. We are ensuring that the UK is an excellent place for AI development, with more PhD places, a Fellowship programme and an Industry Council to provide leadership.</p><p> </p><p>Our Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation will ensure we have a governance regime that supports great innovation while at the same time ensuring AI is safe, trusted and works for people.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:06:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

869267

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Colin Clark
uin	904537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We take problem gambling very seriously and protecting vulnerable people is a key aim for the Government and the Gambling Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The rate of problem gambling among the adult population in Britain has remained relatively stable over many years, and is currently 0.8%.</p><p> </p><p>Our consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility closed in January. It made clear we will cut stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals. It also included measures to strengthen protections around other gaming machines, online gambling and gambling advertising.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/03/2018 13:57:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

869270

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	904598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is taking a leading role in ending the illegal wildlife trade globally. The Government is funding practical action to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement and develop sustainable livelihoods in the communities affected by the illegal wildlife trade. We will host an ambitious high-level international conference in October to push for further progress.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2018 15:44:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

869316

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Car Washes: Warnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislative proposals to create a mandatory requirement that maximum vehicle height warnings be clearly displayed for automated car washes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	134050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>This Department has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/04/2018 15:04:24 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

869317

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Refuges: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated by Government Departments to domestic violence refuges in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	133831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2014 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have invested £33.5 million in services to support victims of domestic abuse, including refuges, through three funding streams available to local authorities:</p><ul><li><p>The £10 million fund to local authorities (2014-2016) helped 148 local authorities strengthen refuge provision for victims and offer support to women from outside their own area.</p></li><li><p>The £3.5 million Domestic Abuse Fund (2015-2016) supported 46 local authorities and their partners to deliver 710 new bed spaces for 3,798 victims of domestic abuse.</p></li><li><p>The £20 million fund for domestic abuse services (2016-2018) funded 80 projects covering 258 local authorities in England creating more than 2,200 bed spaces and giving support to over 19,000 victims. We offered these 80 projects an additional £1.1 million in top up funding, and 77 projects received the additional funding on 22 March.</p></li></ul><p>The remaining £20 million of the £40 million the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government secured at the 2015 Spending Review for domestic abuse services, including refuges, will be made available as early as possible from April. This will include launching a new fund, which will be open to all local areas across England to bid for a share.</p><p>In addition to this, on Monday 26 March Government announced the successful applicants to the latest round of Tampon Tax Funding. Of £15 million total, just over £ 3.6 million has been allocated to projects addressing domestic abuse.</p><p>In the previous round of funding, announced on 31 March 2017, around £7.5 million was allocated to projects addressing violence against women and girls.</p><p>Government has provided £100 million in dedicated funding to tackle violence against women and girls. This includes providing a secure future to rape support centres, national helplines, and the £ 17 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund</p><p>On 8 March the Government announced how £12 million of this funding will be used including:</p><ul><li><p>£2 million to support domestic abuse work with female offenders and vulnerable women with complex needs;</p></li><li><p>£8 million fund to support children who witness domestic abuse; and</p></li><li><p>£2 million to extend a healthcare pathfinder pilot across further hospital trusts to help direct domestic abuse victims to the full range of services they need.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/03/2018 16:01:57 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

869318

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise: Cheltenham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to launch the public consultation on the future of Arriva Cross Country's franchise for services to and from Cheltenham.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	133832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>We plan on holding the public consultation for this franchise later this year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/03/2018 10:57:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

869319

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Local Government Finance: Redbridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding is Department allocated to London Borough of Redbridge in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	133833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Spending Power is a measure of resources available to a local authority to fund its services. It includes Settlement Funding Assessment (business rates baseline funding level plus Revenue Support Grant), Council Tax and other central government grants.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14, Formula Grant was non-ring fenced money for local government services. It was funded by central government grant and redistributed business rates. Post 2013-14, Settlement Funding Assessment became the way central government provided local authorities with non-ring fenced funding for local government services.</p><p>Details of Redbridge Spending Power and the contribution from formula grant or the Settlement Funding Assessment can be found on line at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010530tf_/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0809/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010530tf_/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0809/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010526/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0910/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010526/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0910/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110048/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1011/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110048/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1011/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110052/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110052/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110056/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110056/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104701/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104701/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-in-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-in-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2016-to-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>Since 2010 there have been changes to the finance and function of local government, therefore spending power, Formula Grant and Settlement Funding Assessment are not directly comparable over this period.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/03/2018 16:25:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting