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177798

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Local Government Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the advertising budget is for his Department's Local Digital campaign; and how much has been spent in the last 24 months on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising mentioning Local Digital.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Local Digital Campaign has no advertising budget from DCLG, and there was no departmental spending on advertising for the campaign on television, newspaper, online, radio or another form in the last 24 months. The campaign does have an online presence – as befitting the subject of the campaign – but this is wholly paid for by private sector sponsors.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/02/2015 15:21:38 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

177918

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the advertising budget is for the campaign to promote superfast broadband; and how much of that budget has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other forms of advertising using the phrase, now's the time for superfast broadband in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 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>The contracts between the local authorities and BT mean that as more people take up superfast broadband in areas that have had public subsidy, more revenue will be returned by BT to support further broadband rollout.</p><p>The current breakdown per media spent so far is as follows (net costs):</p><p> </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> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/02/2015 09:50:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176397

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	New Schools Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value is of the contract awarded by her Department to the New Schools Network.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Following a competitive bidding process, in January 2014, the department approved grant funding for New Schools Network (NSN) to provide pre-application support to parents, teachers and community groups and others hoping to open free schools. The grant also enables NSN to support free schools in the pipeline and open free schools.</p><p> </p><p>The grant has a total value of £2,961,200 and runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth £1,486,200 in 2015-16. The department may extend the grant to 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 222556 222558 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:47:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176398

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	New Schools Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the contract awarded by her Department to the New Schools Network expires.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Following a competitive bidding process, in January 2014, the department approved grant funding for New Schools Network (NSN) to provide pre-application support to parents, teachers and community groups and others hoping to open free schools. The grant also enables NSN to support free schools in the pipeline and open free schools.</p><p> </p><p>The grant has a total value of £2,961,200 and runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth £1,486,200 in 2015-16. The department may extend the grant to 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 222555 222558 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:47:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176399

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average unit cost of a designated Sure Start Children's Centre.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have the freedom to target their resources where they will best support the needs of local communities, provided they meet their statutory duty to ensure sufficient children centre services.</p><p> </p><p>Children’s centres are funded through the Early Intervention Grant (EIG), part of the ‘Business Rates Retention Scheme’. This includes money to provide early education for two-year-olds and funding to retain a national network of children’s centres.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not make estimates of unit costs for children’s centres because of the variety of approaches to the structure of a children’s centre network, and delivery of services, that local authorities are free to employ – bearing in mind statutory guidance – to best meet local need.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/02/2015 17:42:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176400

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	New Schools Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what annual funding her Department has allocated the New Schools Network in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Following a competitive bidding process, in January 2014, the department approved grant funding for New Schools Network (NSN) to provide pre-application support to parents, teachers and community groups and others hoping to open free schools. The grant also enables NSN to support free schools in the pipeline and open free schools.</p><p> </p><p>The grant has a total value of £2,961,200 and runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth £1,486,200 in 2015-16. The department may extend the grant to 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 222555 222556 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:47:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176536

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures her Department has put in place to ensure that funding provided by her Department and spent by foreign governments is used for its intended purposes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID has introduced tighter ministerial controls and tough anti-corruption controls over spending decisions and we only provide aid direct to other governments where we are completely satisfied that the government shares our commitment to the UK’s four Partnership Principles - (1) poverty reduction, (2) respecting human rights, (3) improving public financial management, promoting good governance and transparency and fighting corruption, and (4) strengthening domestic accountability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have robust systems for carrying out due diligence and promoting use of funds as well as enhanced internal audit and rigorous external scrutiny.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also carries out Fiduciary Risk Assessments which include an explicit assessment of corruption risk. These are subject to independent scrutiny. DFID provides financial aid, only where there is a credible programme to address weaknesses in public financial management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All organisations which receive funding from DFID are required to provide evidence about the use of funds, including providing audited financial statements, and this is monitored as part of our monitoring of programme performance and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has a range of audit processes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Internal Audit Department. DFID applies a risk based approach to planning its internal audit assignments: using risk registers and the audit committee.</p><p> </p><p>· National Audit Office - The DFID Annual Report 2013-2014 which can be found on our website is subject to external audit by National Audit Office (NAO).</p><p> </p><p>· The UK Government set up the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) to evaluate our work and report directly to Parliament. ICAI examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) across government although concentrates principally on DFID. ICAI reports on audits undertaken are publically available through their website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 03/02/2015 15:05:38 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176551

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Former Members of the Armed Forces and the Criminal Justice System Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of the Phillips Review on veterans and the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>While the majority of veterans make a very positive contribution to society, we know that for some the transition to civilian life can prove challenging and see them ending up in the criminal justice system. That is why the Justice Secretary ordered a review into the reasons why some ex-Service personnel turn to a life of crime and how we can look at their specific needs and experiences to inform decisions on rehabilitation which can help them turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>The Stephen Phillips Review into Ex-armed Forces and the Criminal Justice System cost £17,453. The majority of this spend was to fund a member of staff . Other costs included travel to and from stakeholder events and publication costs.</p><p> </p><p>Stephen Phillips QC MP, the Advisors to the review and contributing stakeholders provided their time at no cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/02/2015 17:45:12 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176057

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221805, what estimate he has made of the number of service personnel who have suffered mental illness in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of UK Armed Forces personnel who were assessed as having a mental health condition, either at one of the military Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMH) or one of the facilities contracted by Ministry Of Defence (MOD) to provide in-patient treatment, from 2007 to 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year (FY)</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel assessed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>3,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>3,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4,943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>5,159</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Up to the end of FY2011-12, data was sourced from DCMH returns. From FY 2012-13 onwards, additional figures were obtained from the electronic patient record held on the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP). DMICP records include mental healthcare treatment provided at other facilities, such as local military primary health centres.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has compiled central records of personnel with mental health conditions since 2007. To identify mental health assessments prior to 2007 would require a search of individual medical records and would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/02/2015 16:21:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176060

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines what constitutes a veteran.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>A veteran is defined as someone who has served for at least one day in Her Majesty's Armed Forces, whether as a Regular or Reservist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2015 16:54:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 42447 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis