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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government plans to spend on the Be a Force for All campaign via (a) websites, (b) newspapers, (c) television, (d) search engine optimisation, (e) social media by platform, (f) billboards (g) and any other medium in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government plans to spend on the Be a Force for All campaign via (a) websites, (b) newspapers, (c) television, (d) search engine optimisation, (e) social media by platform, (f) billboards (g) and any other medium in (i)...
The first phase of the police recruitment campaign is running from Thursday 5th September to Friday 18th October 2019.
The department is currently expecting to spend approximately £1.4m on this phase of campaign activity including website development and advertising.
The next phase of the campaign is due to run from January 2020. The department is currently in planning for this campaign and is yet to finalise budgets across the programme.
Government policies and programmes affect the lives of millions of people and in order for them to work, they must be communicated effectively to engage the public and bring about positive behaviour change. However, this has to be done with cost efficiency in mind and there are strict rules to ensure value for money on Government advertising.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government plans to spend on the Get ready for Brexit campaign via (a) websites, (b) newspapers, (c) television, (d) search engine optimisation, (e) social media by platform, (f) billboards and (g) any...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government plans to spend on the Get ready for Brexit campaign via (a) websites, (b) newspapers, (c) television, (d) search engine optimisation, (e) social media by platform, (f) billboards and (g) any...
In law the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October 2019. “Get Ready for Brexit” is a public information campaign providing the facts citizens and businesses need to know about the preparations they need to take to be ready for when the UK leaves the EU.
The campaign is a cross-government campaign using national advertising including TV, radio, press, digital and outdoor advertising. It also includes direct engagement and local elements including business preparedness events, ministerial visits and local authority activity.
The cost of the public information campaign will be published monthly on a rolling basis, as part of routine government transparency arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government funding was provided to UK Wild Camp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government funding was provided to UK Wild Camp.
Defra provided £4,999 to the Lake District National Park Authority. Defra has not paid any money to UK Wild Camp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government and NHS England have to ensure that CCGs use the funding allocated nationally to prescribe Flash Glucose Monitoring from 1 April 2019 using central NHS criteria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government and NHS England have to ensure that CCGs use the funding allocated nationally to prescribe Flash Glucose Monitoring from 1 April 2019 using central NHS criteria.
In November 2018, NHS England announced action to end the current variation in accessing flash glucose monitors. From April 2019 there will be a more consistent national approach to making these devices available. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will be reimbursed to cover the costs of flash glucose monitoring sensors for those type 1 diabetes patients who are most likely to benefit from their use. NHS England has published detailed criteria and supporting guidance at the following link:
CCGs will be reimbursed for the cost of flash glucose monitoring sensors for those who meet these criteria, which could amount to up to 20% of their type 1 diabetes populations. CCGs can also locally choose to fund flash glucose monitoring for other patients with diabetes. The guidance advises that as part of their annual review process, patients with diabetes should be assessed for suitability for flash glucose monitoring. This process can also form part of a review for a different purpose, if that occurs earlier. This will promote a systematic approach to increasing take up.
NHS England has engaged with NHS Clinical Commissioners, the membership organisation for CCGs, regarding the planned arrangements so that they can advise their members as appropriate. An FAQ for patients and commissioners is also being prepared and will be published, to aid the implementation. NHS England is also in conversations with the Academic Health Science Network to identify the capacity and scope for them to aid in rolling out flash glucose monitoring.
Due to the limitations of the data collected by the NHS Business Services Authority, it is not possible to conclusively state which CCGs do or do not currently prescribe flash glucose monitors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the announcement, Government invests £5m to increase places for disadvantaged children in youth organisations, published on 10 September 2018, to which areas he plans to distribute that funding; and whether he has plans to allocate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the announcement, Government invests £5m to increase places for disadvantaged children in youth organisations, published on 10 September 2018, to which areas he plans to distribute that funding; and whether he has plans to allocate...
The Uniformed Youth Fund will increase places in uniformed youth groups to reach disadvantaged young people. The Fund is open to uniformed youth organisations in England and is being managed by Youth United Foundation. The Fund is currently open for applications and will prioritise expansion in deprived areas.
Arts Council England has awarded £750,000 to the Hepworth Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park—both in Wakefield and the Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Art Gallery, to stage the first ever Yorkshire Sculpture International, which will put Yorkshire firmly on the international art map. Will the Minister make sure that he puts the opening in his diary?
Arts Council England has awarded £750,000 to the Hepworth Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park—both in Wakefield and the Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Art Gallery, to stage the first ever Yorkshire Sculpture International, which will put Yorkshire firmly on the international art map. Will the Minister make sure that he puts the opening in his diary?
I thank the hon. Lady for her question. Wakefield has a thriving cultural and museums sector. I am looking forward to visiting the Hepworth, Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the National Coal Mining Museum. I am looking forward to a visit to Wakefield soon.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June to Question 150632 on Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen, whether the difference between his Government’s allocation of £30 million for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle refuelling and £200 million for battery electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the Charging...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June to Question 150632 on Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen, whether the difference between his Government’s allocation of £30 million for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle refuelling and £200 million for battery electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the Charging...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason hydrogen refuelling infrastructure has not been included in the Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason hydrogen refuelling infrastructure has not been included in the Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund.
The purpose of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund is to catalyse private sector investment into the electric vehicle chargepoint network. Electric vehicle infrastructure is at a different stage of market development to hydrogen and currently has sufficient viable commercial propositions which is suitable for investments of this type.
The government is committed to introducing appropriately targeted interventions in hydrogen to support its growth as a transport fuel in the UK. The government has allocated £30m funding to increase the uptake of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and roll out more cutting edge infrastructure – part of this funding has now been awarded to a successful consortium bid which will see additional hydrogen refuelling stations being built as well as upgrades to existing refuelling infrastructure. In addition, government funding has supported the opening of the UK’s first integrated forecourt hydrogen refuelling station at the Shell Beaconsfield site, making it the first location in the country selling hydrogen fuel as well as petrol and diesel.
Statement on the seventh report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Greening finance (HC 1063).
Statement on the seventh report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Greening finance (HC 1063).
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which projects have received funding from UK Climate Investments; and how much of that funding has been spent to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which projects have received funding from UK Climate Investments; and how much of that funding has been spent to date.
UK Climate Investments has so far has completed one investment, in a partnership platform alongside UK solar company Lightsource BP to fund the development, acquisition and ownership of large scale solar power generation assets in India. The construction of an initial 60MWp project in the Indian state of Maharastra is underway.
UK Climate Investments has earmarked up to £30m in aggregate for this project and for a broader partnership with Lightsource to develop and construct up to a total of 300MW of PV projects. Just over £5.2m has been spent to date by UK Climate Investments on this project, including due diligence and other transaction costs.
I hope that the standard of the question is up to that of the jumper, Mr Speaker, but I fear that it may not be.
Notwithstanding what the Minister has said, the acting chief executive of Wakefield City Academies Trust managed to pay himself £1,000 a day in a company owned by his daughter and to pay £60,000 a year for clerking services. Despite those excessive sums, however, it appears that the audit committee did not meet for a full calendar year to sign off the probity of those payments. How many more academy trusts across the country are in special measures? Into how many more trusts has the Minister sent his special auditors so that they can have a look? He sent them into Wakefield, but he did not tell anyone else about what was going on, leaving the trust to fail in September during the first week of the new term.
I hope that the standard of the question is up to that of the jumper, Mr Speaker, but I fear that it may not be.
Notwithstanding what the Minister has said, the acting chief executive of Wakefield City Academies Trust managed to pay himself £1,000 a day in a company owned by his daughter and to pay £60,000 a year for clerking services. Despite those excessive sums, however, it appears that the audit committee did not meet for a full calendar year to sign off the probity of those payments. How many more academy trusts across the country are in special measures? Into how many more trusts has the Minister sent his special auditors so that they can have a look? He sent them into Wakefield, but he did not tell anyone else about what was going on, leaving the trust to fail in September during the first week of the new term.
All related-party transactions must be disclosed, and they are. We are working with the trust to transfer all 21 academies to new sponsors with a track record of improving schools and delivering high academic standards. Those transfers will take place in a way that secures the financial future of each school.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the contribution of the Prime Minister of 11 October 2017, Official Report, column 328, how much of the funding to Departments for work on the UK leaving the EU each Department will receive.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the contribution of the Prime Minister of 11 October 2017, Official Report, column 328, how much of the funding to Departments for work on the UK leaving the EU each Department will receive.
As you note, the Prime Minister confirmed that the Treasury has committed over £250 million of additional spending in 2017-18 to prepare for Brexit from the Reserve. Departmental allocations will be set out at Supplementary Estimates in the usual way.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Highways England has allocated to ensure that projects are biodiversity net positive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Highways England has allocated to ensure that projects are biodiversity net positive.
Highways England are building projects in ways designed to minimise environmental impacts now and leave a positive legacy for the future. Individual road scheme budgets are set so that schemes can mitigate their impact on biodiversity, and seek opportunities for enhancement, while achieving value for money.
The Road Investment Strategy also includes a ring-fenced environment fund of £300 million between 2015 to 2020, which includes funds for biodiversity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Network Rail has allocated to ensure that its projects are biodiversity net positive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Network Rail has allocated to ensure that its projects are biodiversity net positive.
Network Rail embeds funding for managing biodiversity within individual projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 1.301 of Budget 2016, which schemes (a) have been and (b) are planned to be supported by the £150 million investment in flood defence schemes in Leeds, Cumbria, Calder Valley and York.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 1.301 of Budget 2016, which schemes (a) have been and (b) are planned to be supported by the £150 million investment in flood defence schemes in Leeds, Cumbria, Calder Valley and York.
The table below indicates the flood risk management schemes in Leeds, Cumbria, Calder Valley and York that were allocated funding from the £150 million investment announced in the Budget 2016.
Flood risk management schemes |
Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme |
York Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Kendal Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Appleby Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Filmby Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Eamont Bridge Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Wigton Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Pooley Bridge Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Rickerby Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Braithwaite Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Calder Valley - Hebden Bridge Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Calder Valley - Mytholmroyd Flood Alleviation Scheme |
Calder Valley - Flood Risk Reduction Schemes 1 |
Calder Valley - Flood Risk Reduction Schemes 2 |
The ‘Calder Valley - Flood Risk Reduction Scheme 1’ comprises a package of works to reduce flood risk throughout the Calder Valley while the ‘Calder Valley - Flood Risk Reduction Schemes 2’ entails a package of works to deliver catchment-wide measures and to develop potential schemes for affected communities in place such as Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge, Copley, Midgely, Halifax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her oral contribution of 24 November 2016, Official Report, column 1004 if she will publish a list of projects including their locations that will be supported by the £15 million investment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her oral contribution of 24 November 2016, Official Report, column 1004 if she will publish a list of projects including their locations that will be supported by the £15 million investment.
Natural flood management solutions are an important part of our approach to reducing flood risk. The recently announced £15m investment specifically for natural flood management schemes across England presents an important opportunity to further develop the evidence base around working with natural processes to reduce flood risk. We are, therefore, thinking carefully about where these schemes are based, and so have not yet announced specific locations that will be supported by the fund.
The Environment Agency will be administering the £15m investment, and have already been working with Natural England, Forestry Commission and local partners to identify project proposals. Following the announcement of the fund they can now begin to work with partners to fully scope these opportunities, which will then need to be robustly assessed against a set of agreed criteria. Further details of the process for confirming projects and their locations will be announced in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her oral contribution of 24 November 2016, Official Report, column 1004, whether that investment is in addition to the investment in flood defences announced in the March 2016 Budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her oral contribution of 24 November 2016, Official Report, column 1004, whether that investment is in addition to the investment in flood defences announced in the March 2016 Budget.
The £15m announced by the Secretary of State to be spent on Natural Flood Management is included within the £700m for flood defence and resilience funding announced in the March Budget.
Debate on a Select Committee report. Motion lapsed.
Debate on a Select Committee report. Motion lapsed.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on the Darwin Initiative in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on the Darwin Initiative in each year since 2010.
I refer the Hon Lady to the answer given by my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs (Rory Stewart MP) on 5 January 2016 (UIN: 20429)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on the Darwin Initiative in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on the Darwin Initiative in each year since 2010.
The Darwin Initiative has funded biodiversity projects in developing countries since 1992 and is managed by Defra. Since 2011 it has been co-funded by Defra and the Department for International Development (DFID). The total expenditure on Darwin Initiative projects and running costs since 2010 is as follows:
2010/11 - £6.1 million
2011/12 - £4.3 million
2012/13 - £5.7 million
2013/14 - £6 million
2014/15 - £6.9 million
Darwin Initiative funding from DFID can only be spent on projects which meet Official Development Assistance (ODA) criteria and this ODA expenditure (reported by calendar year) is as follows:
2010 – Zero
2011 - £2.4 million
2012 - £2.4 million
2013 - £3.1 million
2014 - £5.3 million
Defra additionally manages the Overseas Territories Environment and Climate Fund (also known as Darwin Plus) which is co-funded by Defra, DFID and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The total expenditure since it was established in 2012 is as follows:
2013/14 - £720,000
2014/15 - £1.8 million