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972318

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date	12/09/2018
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	Growth Hubs: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Growth Hubs in supporting women in the East Midlands who want to (a) start and (b) grow a business.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	174150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The network of 38 Growth Hubs across England provides free and impartial advice to anyone wishing to start and a grow a business. At March 2018, Local Enterprise Partnerships in the East Midlands reported that since launch their Growth Hubs have supported over 36,500 businesses; of which 3,835 received intensive support. Furthermore, East Midlands Growth Hubs have helped over 2,000 entrepreneurs start their own business since launch.</p><p> </p><p>Across the UK, there are now 1.1 million women-led small and medium-sized businesses and I want to see that number grow. Access to finance is key area that can support that aim and I am pleased to report that the government-supported Start-Up Loans Company has provided loans worth nearly £436 million to those wishing to start a business, of which nearly 40% have been given to female entrepreneurs at March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/10/2018 16:33:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

972320

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date	12/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken to support the National Pollinator Strategy on Ministry of Defence-owned land.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	174152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) and its agencies have promoted and implemented pollinator initiatives across the defence estate to support the National Pollinator Strategy. Further information, including the department's collaboration with organisations such as Plantlife, National Parks and the Wildlife Trusts, can be found in the MOD sustainability magazine publication, Sanctuary, on the Gov.UK website at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sanctuary</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/10/2018 14:04:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 78303 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

972323

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	Youth Opportunity Fund: Nottinghamshire
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 his Department has allocated from the Youth Opportunities Fund to projects in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	174155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Youth Opportunity Fund was a Department for Education (DfE) programme until 2011, when it was one of several funding streams for children, young people and families to be replaced by the Early Intervention Grant. Responsibility for youth services transferred from DfE to the Office of Civil Society (OCS) in 2013. OCS is now a division of the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/10/2018 16:13:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley