https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics<\/a>, and are updated on a quarterly basis. The most recent period for which data is available covers up to and including December 2020.<\/p> <\/p>
Figures have therefore been provided for the three most complete financial years as well as the three most recent calendar years for which data is presently available.<\/p>
<\/p>
Data on the first three quarters only of the 2020/21 Financial Year is also available at gov.uk; figures for the complete financial year will be published on 24 June 2021.<\/p>"}
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has taken steps to ensure unprecedented levels of support has been provided to the cultural sector in the North of England. In 2020/2021, over £350 million has been invested in over 900 organisations based in the North via Arts Council England and the introduction of the Culture Recovery Fund.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>The £300m additional funding for the Culture Recovery Fund announced at Budget 2021 will continue to support key cultural organisations up and down the country to help the sector as audiences begin to return, and to ensure a vibrant future for the culture sector as the nation recovers from the pandemic. This support is in addition to the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, and the continued reduction in VAT, which has supported many creatives and organisations across the North of England.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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The Government is committed to continuing to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Under the reforms put forward in the White Paper Planning for the Future<\/em>, local authorities would still be expected to categorise Green Belts as areas for protection.<\/p>The policies in our National Planning Policy Framework on the protection of the Green Belt, and the strong encouragement to prioritise re-use of suitable brownfield land, will remain in place.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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Bury Council\u2019s Core Spending Power rose from £135.6 million in 2019-20 to £145.4 million in 2020-21, a 7.2% increase in cash terms. In addition, the council has received £28.1 million in direct funding to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21, of which £15.6 million is unringfenced grant. The council will also have received other grants from government departments for specific purposes.<\/p>"}
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Maintained nursery schools (MNSs) are an important part of the early years sector and provide valuable services, especially in disadvantaged areas.<\/p>
Early years providers, including MNSs, have continued to receive early education entitlements funding during the COVID-19 outbreak. We have also re-confirmed around £60 million, nationally, in supplementary funding for MNSs for the financial year 2021-22.<\/p>
Like private nurseries, MNSs typically rely on private income for a significant proportion of their income, unlike most state-funded schools. Therefore, we have ensured that access to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is also available to MNSs, in line with published guidance. On 3 March 2021, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that the CJRS will be extended until the end of September 2021. As long as staff meet the other criteria for the scheme, schools and early years providers are able to furlough their staff if they have experienced a drop in either their income from parents or government. MNSs were also able to access free school meals vouchers via Edenred.<\/p>
This government remains committed to the long-term funding of maintained nursery schools, and any reform to the way they are funded will be accompanied by appropriate funding protections.<\/p>"}
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This Government launched a public consultation on cat and dog microchipping and scanning in England which ended on 17 February 2021. The consultation asked for views on compulsory scanning of animal\u2019s microchips prior to euthanasia (Tuk\u2019s Law) and dead cats found by the roadside (Gizmo\u2019s Legacy). The responses are currently being analysed and the Government will issue its response later this year.<\/p>"}
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HM Government continues to work with Pakistan to improve the terms of our trading relationship.<\/p>
<\/p>
Pakistan is already granted trade preferences under the Enhanced Framework of our Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and we are currently reviewing GSP to make it simpler and more generous for both our partners and businesses to use.<\/p>
<\/p>
A public consultation on GSP will be launched in the coming months.<\/p>"}
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The Home Office, alongside its policing partners, continues to provide Greater Manchester Police with the support it requires through HMICFRS\u2019s Policing Performance Oversight Group. Ministers are committed to supporting the force\u2019s improvement and are paying close attention to its progress.<\/p>
Greater Manchester Police\u2019s funding will increase by up to £35.1m in 2021/22.<\/p>
As at December 2020, the force has also recruited 266 additional officers through our Police Uplift Programme, with a further allocation of 325 officers to be recruited by March 2022. In addition, there is a year 2 uplift allocation of 16 officers to the force to support growth in Regional Organised Crime Units.<\/p>"}
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Under the NHS Long Term Plan, we have set out our plans to invest £57 million to support local suicide prevention plans and establish suicide bereavement support services in all areas of England by 2023/24. We have committed that all local systems will have suicide bereavement support services providing timely and appropriate support to families and staff by 2023/24 and have provided funding to 40% of local systems in 2020/21 for them to establish and deliver such services.<\/p>"}
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