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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in restricting the fund-raising activities of Islamist terror organisations since March 2004.

Asked by

Rudi Vis (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1838-9W; 223017

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been given to voluntary organisations working with young offenders in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

200338; 432 c1842W;432 c1837W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget has been allocated to the Home Office Marketing and Strategic Communications Unit in each of the last two years; and how many staff have been employed by the Unit in each year.

Asked by

Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

201894; 432 c1813-4W;432 c1809W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce a levy on gas supply companies to be used for publicity and research on preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.

Asked by

Barry Sheerman (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1612-3W;432 c1608W; 224690

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she established the Future for Nuclear group in her Department; what resources have been allocated to the group; which (a) officials and (b) contributors from outside her Department have participated in the group; in what format she expects the...

Asked by

Llew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1626W;432 c1622W; 224714

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1638-9W;432 c1634W; 220508

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste collected in City of York has been recycled in each year since 1996-97; what financial assistance has been provided by the Government to York for recycling in that period; and what policies the Government...

Asked by

Hugh Bayley (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2005

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of waste collected in City of York has been recycled in each year since 1996-97; what financial assistance has been provided by the Government to York for recycling in that period; and what policies the Government has adopted to encourage local authorities to increase recycling rates. [224641] Mr. Morley: The proportion1 of household waste sent for recycling or composting for City of York in each year since 1996-67 is presented in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of household waste sent for recycling or composting for City of York 1996-97 4 1998-99 6 1999-2000 10 2000-01 9 2001-02 10 2002-03 12 2003-04 115 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 MWMS Data for 2003-04 are not yet available. Best Value Performance Indicator data (for the percentage of household waste sent for recycling or composting) are usually a good indicator for Defra's MWMS and are included here. Source: Defra's Municipal Waste Management Survey (MWMS) The City of York was allocated £350,000 in 2004-05 from Defra's Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund for the relocation and upgrading of a Recycling and Reuse Centre and £145,789.54 in 2005-06 from Defra's Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant. This supplements Revenue Support Grants through the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services block. To increase recycling, the Government has set each local authority in England Statutory Performance Standards for recycling and composting of household waste for 2003-04 and 2005-06 and requires waste collection authorities, subject to certain exemptions, to provide a kerbside collection service of at least two recyclable materials by 2010. The new Landfill Tax escalator and the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme, both introduced on 1 April 2005 will also encourage local authorities to divert biodegradable municipal waste from landfill. The UK Packaging Regulations requiring producers to recover and recycle rising target levels of packaging waste each year will also increasingly encourage recycling of household packaging waste. Government is currently reviewing the existing local authority recycling and composting targets including consideration of the potential for further targets to be set in future.

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1675-6W;432 c1671W; 224641

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was allocated to higher education institutions in the City of York by research councils in 2003-04; and how much she estimates will be allocated in 2004-05.

Asked by

Hugh Bayley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1627W;432 c1622W; 222290

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) science, (b) technology projects and (c) equipment procurement budgets were for 2001-04; and what the value was of projects that overspent or overran by more than 10 per cent.

Asked by

Gerald Howarth (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1735-6W;432 c1731W; 219035

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 1469W on hospitals, in which year of the rolling breakeven period each of the NHS trusts listed was at the end of 2003-04; which of the NHS trusts were given an exception...

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1711W;432 c1706-7W; 223577

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure in the NHS in England sourced (a) from NHS banks, (b) from nursing agencies and (c) by NHS Professionals was in each financial year since 1997-98 on temporary qualified nursing staff.

Asked by

John Baron (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1712W;432 c1707W; 224843

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional support her Department provides to schools with a recent large migrant intake.

Asked by

Keith Vaz (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 March 2005

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what additional support her Department provides to schools with a recent large migrant intake. [223880] Margaret Hodge: Local education authorities receive funding for all pupils on the school roll in their area through the Education Formula Spending Share. The formula also takes account of the number of pupils with English as an additional language. In 2004-05 the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant, a matched funded grant which is part of the Standards Fund, has provided a total of £162 million of ring-fenced funding to schools, aimed at raising the attainment of under-achieving minority ethnic pupils and those whose first language is other than English. For 2005-06, this total will be £168.6 million. In addition, in 2003 my Department conducted the "Aiming High: Raising the Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils" consultation. This has been followed by a wide range of initiatives aimed at addressing the specific needs of certain groups of pupils, including those whose first language is other than English. Part of this initiative is the Primary National Strategy English as an Additional Language (EAL) Pilot which involves the provision of EAL consultants in 21 local education authority areas, each working with 10 schools. The role of these consultants is to develop an intensive professional development programme for mainstream school staff. This will enable the development of improved skills and confidence among mainstream teachers and allow for the production of teaching and learning materials and the dissemination of good practice. My Department has also worked with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and Ofsted to promote a common national approach to assessment of the acquisition of English language fluency based on the National Curriculum in English levels. This approach states that particular care needs to be taken to assess the needs of newly arrived pupils and the importance of using pupils' first languages as part of the assessment process. Finally, my Department provided funding to the QCA to develop guidance to help teachers respond to the needs of newly arrived pupils. This guidance "Pathways to Learning for New Arrivals" was launched in December 2004 and provides all school staff with access to information on all aspects of integrating newly arrived pupils, including good practice case studies, to ensure that these pupils get full access to the National Curriculum. This guidance can be found on the QCA website--www.qca.org.uk

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1590-1W;432 c1586-7W; 223880

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

(Pursuant to reply on 04.04.2005 at 432 c1089-90W) To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list projects for which the Department has provided joint funding with the European Commission and other institutions of the European Union during the past five financial years; and...

Asked by

Ian Davidson (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list projects for which the Department has provided joint funding with the European Commission and other institutions of the European Union during the past five financial years; and what funding is planned for such projects in this financial year [221375] Mr. MacShane: [Pursuant to the reply on 4 April 2005, Official Report, c. 1089-90W]: My answer of 4 April to the hon. Member was incorrect. The correct answer should read as follows: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has worked together with various European institutions on a number of projects in the last five years. In October 2003, the FCO and European Commission jointly organised the "Europe United" football tournament as part of the plans to celebrate EU enlargement. In early 2004 the FCO produced with Commission support booklets explaining the benefits of EU enlargement that were sent to the nine English regions and the devolved administrations. On 24 April 2004, there was "Europe Day--Meet the Neighbours"-- a jointly organised FCO-Commission project which celebrated EU enlargement. The European Parliament funded jointly with the FCO a number of Wilton Park conferences: The European Union's Strategic Priorities (14-16 September 2000); Reforming the Governance of the European Union: Towards an ever closer EU? (22-24 October 2001); How Can Parliamentarians Best Re-Engage the Public? (9-12 June 2003); The Future of Europe: What kind of Institutional and Security arrangements do we want (September 2002). In addition, the European Parliament hired an Exhibition Space at the Europe Day. The FCO and EU institutions also jointly fund a number of development projects outside the UK. No jointly-funded projects are currently planned for this year, with the exception of FCO development projects.

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

221375; 432 c1772-3W;432 c1768W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is for the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre in 2004-05; and whether he plans to increase the budget in future years.

Asked by

Llew Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1814W;432 c1809W; 224305

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the case for continuing funding to companies who are developing photovoltaic cells; and if she will make a statement on the contribution which the photovoltaic industry can make to reduction in carbon emissions.

Asked by

Tony McWalter (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1632W;432 c1628W; 221637

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been allocated by his Department for gap funding agreements; how his Department will evaluate the performance of registered social landlords in connection with provision of staged gap funding; how many gap funding agreements have been signed between his Department and registered...

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1603W; 224797;224798;224799

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Prison Service Corporate and Business Plan for 2005-2008. 25 p. NIO. 2005.

Type

Unprinted command papers

Notes

Baroness Amos written statement 07.04.2005;Pearson/Ian written statement 07.04.2005

Date

7 April 2005

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the grant-in-aid for the (a) Royal Navy Sports Board, (b) Army Sports Board, (c) Royal Air Force Sports Board, (d) Association of Royal Navy/Royal Marine Families and (e) Army Families Federation was for financial years 1997-98 to 2003-04.

Asked by

Keith Simpson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1756W;432 c1752W; 221978

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tenders were let by his Department to external suppliers in the financial year 2003-04; and what the value was.

Asked by

Lord Mann (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1743W;432 c1739W; 209101

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget was for the Cross-Border Implementation Bodies for each of the last 10 years; what percentage change has taken place in these budgets in each year; and what proportion of the budget of each was contributed by the Government...

Asked by

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2005

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget was for the Cross- Border Implementation Bodies for each of the last 10 years; what percentage change has taken place in these budgets in each year; and what proportion of the budget of each was contributed by the Government in each year. [224601] Mr. Pearson: The North/South Implementation Bodies were established on 2 December 1999 and details of the relevant budgets, annual percentage changes and the Northern Ireland share of the budgets for each year since then are provided in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. North/south implementation bodies budgets1 Year ended 31 December Body 20002 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Foyle Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission Budget £ 2.9 3.85 4.18 3.20 3.20 3.67 million Percentage -- 33 9 -23 0 15 change Percentage NI 17 20 34 50 50 50 share Waterways Ireland Budget £ 11.3 18.82 21.99 22.61 31.70 34.16 million Percentage -- 67 17 3 40 8 change Percentage NI 12 12 17 35 32 35 share The Trade and Business Development Body Budget £ 7.7 8.63 9.52 9.00 9.00 9.27 million Percentage -- 12 10 -5 0 3 change Percentage NI 40 33 33 33 33 33 share Special EU Programmes Body Budget £ 2.0 1.2 1.75 2.02 2.02 2.195 million Percentage -- -40 46 15 0 9 change Percentage NI 20 50 50 56 56 56 share The North/South Language Body Budget £ 7.1 11.42 11.97 11.33 14.6 14.7 million Percentage -- 61 5 -5 29 1 change Percentage NI 32 31 31 31 31 31 share The Food Safety Promotion Board Budget £ 3.0 4.87 4.96 5.42 6.08 6.16 million Percentage -- 62 2 9 12 1 change Percentage NI 26 30 30 30 30 30 share _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The budget figures quoted are the initial approved annual budgets and do not include any additional non-recurrent allocations that may have been agreed through the in-year monitoring process. 2 Figures cover the period 2 December 1999 to 31 December 2000.

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1678-9W;432 c1674-6W; 224601

House

House of Commons

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