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date	27/04/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Business Improvement Districts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue was raised in Business Improvement District levies in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2023 answer text <p>Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have a significant role to play in the regeneration of high streets and towns across England. British BIDs publish a report each year on its annual survey on BIDs in Great Britain. These <a href="https://britishbids.info/services/national-bid-survey" target="_blank">survey results</a> are publicly available.</p><p>Surveys by British BIDs for the last five years indicate that BID levy income raised was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>BID levy income raised in Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£144,735,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£134,979,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£132,493,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>£125,205,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£110,575,380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 05/05/2023 10:10:51 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Survey Results.pdf title Survey results
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1456661

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date	31/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK aid budget will return 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income; and whether they consider the funding for Ukraine (1) to be part of the temporary 0.5 per cent target, or (2) to be additional expenditure.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL7551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to returning to spending 0.7% of GNI on official development assistance (ODA) when the fiscal situation allows.</p><p>The response to Ukraine is a priority for the FCDO and the international community. The UK has committed £394 million in aid to the current crisis in Ukraine the breakdown of which is in the Foreign Secretary's letter to the IDC [https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/9404/documents/161135/default]. This will come from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget. The Department is currently finalising allocations based on the Spending Review outcome and these will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/04/2022 12:40:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

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date	29/07/2020
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	South Sudan: Press Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of (1) the freedom of the press in South Sudan, and (2) the case of Peter Biar Ajak.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL7551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>Freedom of expression has an essential role to play in the establishment of peace and stability in South Sudan. We are deeply concerned at any closing of political space and restrictions on freedom of expression in the country, both for activists and for local and international journalists. This is incompatible with the Government of South Sudan's expressed desire to see a successful resolution to the nation's crises. We continue to lobby the Government of South Sudan to ensure that journalists, human rights activists and civil society are free to operate without fear of retribution. Through our Media Freedom Campaign we are providing support to journalists inside the country including continued funding for local media associations</p><p>The UK lobbied the Government of South Sudan on political detainees including during Peter Biar's imprisonment in 2018-19. This included calling for due process, access to legal representation and for his release from detention as part of the 2018 peace agreement. We welcomed his eventual release alongside other prisoners in January and are aware of his recent arrival in the US. Our officials remain in contact with him.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 06/08/2020 15:40:25 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich