Amanda Milling
Conservative - Former Member for Cannock Chase
First elected: 7th May 2015
Left House: 30th May 2024 (Dissolution)
13 Former APPG memberships
Alternative Investment Management, Bermuda, British Overseas Territories, Customer Service, District Councils, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Statistics, Turks and Caicos Islands, Women and Enterprise, Youth EmploymentDivision Voting information
Amanda Milling voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 32 Conservative Aye votes vs 40 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 46 Noes - 77
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Department Debates
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Legislation Debates
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Latest EDMs signed by Amanda Milling
DEATH OF THE KING OF THAILAND
Tabled by: Roger Godsiff (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)That this House sends its condolences to the royal family of Thailand, the people of Thailand and the Thai diaspora community in the UK following the death of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled Thailand for more than 70 years and was greatly respected at home and around the …
(Most recent: 22 Nov 2016)
Signatures by party:
Scottish National Party: 6
Conservative: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Labour: 2
Independent: 2
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Amanda Milling, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
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Amanda Milling has not been granted any Urgent Questions
1 Adjournment Debate led by Amanda Milling
Amanda Milling has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
1 Bill co-sponsored by Amanda Milling
Planning (Quarries) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Paul Holmes (Con)
Latest 18 Written Questions
(View all written questions)1 Other Department Questions
Women made up over 50% of apprenticeship starts in England over the past 4 years, just as they make up more than half of people entering higher education.
We want to make apprenticeships accessible to the widest possible range of people, as part of meeting our commitment to reach 3 million starts by 2020.
To increase apprenticeship starts, the Enterprise Bill will set targets for public bodies to employ apprentices. We have amended procurement rules to demonstrate a clear commitment to apprenticeships.
2 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Questions
(View all Amanda Milling's BEIS questions)The generation capacity contributed to the National Grid by gas-fired power plant since 2010 can be found below.
Year Transmission entry capacity (MW), gas fired plants
2010 35805
2011 34101
2012 37008
2013 36511
2014 35450
2015 33075
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540940/DUKES_5.6.xls
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The generation capacity for each combined-cycle gas-fired power plant commissioned since 2010 can be found below.
Plant name | Capacity (MW) | Year of commission |
Grain CHP | 1365 | 2010 |
Langage CCGT | 905 | 2010 |
Severn Power CCGT | 850 | 2010 |
Staythorpe CCGT | 1792 | 2010 |
Blackburn CCGT | 59 | 2011 |
Pembroke CCGT | 2269 | 2012 |
West Burton CCGT | 1332 | 2012 |
Carrington CCGT | 880 | 2016 |
Source: DUKES 5.10 Power Stations in the United Kingdom, May 2016 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes (Carrington, commissioned in autumn 2016, has also been added)
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
13 Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Questions
(View all Amanda Milling's DCMS questions)The Government’s response to the CMS Select Committee’s report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and continue to take advice from the Gambling Commission as we consider policy options.
We expect that the Gambling Commission will publish their advice in due course, when Government has made an announcement on its conclusions.
The Gambling Commission are currently consulting on on increasing provisions around transparency for society lotteries. The consultation closes on 30 September 2017 and can be found here:
http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Consultations/Open-consultations/Have-your-say-on-changes-to-society-lottery-codes-of-practice.aspx
The Government’s response to the CMS Select Committee’s report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and continue to take advice from the Gambling Commission as we consider policy options.
We expect that the Gambling Commission will publish their advice in due course, when Government has made an announcement on its conclusions.
The Gambling Commission are currently consulting on on increasing provisions around transparency for society lotteries. The consultation closes on 30 September 2017 and can be found here:
http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Consultations/Open-consultations/Have-your-say-on-changes-to-society-lottery-codes-of-practice.aspx
Since 2010 the Big Lottery Fund has invested £802,392 of National Lottery money in 22 different BMX clubs and projects across the UK. Since 2010, Sport England has invested £1,657,741 of National Lottery money in 28 different BMX clubs and projects across England. Sport Wales, Sport Scotland and Sport Northern Ireland are responsible for investing in cycling in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.
British Cycling is the National Governing Body (NGB) responsible for supporting and growing grassroots cycling in Britain. It receives public investment from Sport England, which includes funding to support the growth of BMX across Britain.
Neither DCMS nor Arts Council England hold this information. While Arts Council England fund these types of museum and galleries they do not break down their funding awards in these categories.
The table below shows the amount Arts Council England have awarded to national museums and art galleries, as well as the DCMS-sponsored Horniman Museum and Geffrye Museum, each year, from 2010.
Year | Amount (£) |
2010/11 | £232,500 |
2011/12 | £780,531 |
2012/13 | £8,630,203 |
2013/14 | £9,098,855 |
2014/15 | £2,776,648 |
2015/16 | £1,623,260 |
2016/17 | £4,229,745 |
The UK’s data centre industry is a highly successful sector that will play an important role in our ambition to grow the digital sector’s contribution to the UK economy to £200 billion by 2025.
In 2016 we appointed the UK’s first National Technology Advisor to work with the Digital Economy Unit, part of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, to strengthen links with technology sector, including the data centre industry. This role includes working with companies such as IBM to make the UK their expansion country of choice. In November 2016, IBM announced that it will be opening four new cloud data centres in the UK.
The government is also working with data centre operators to ensure a secure future energy supply, which will support the continued growth of the UK data centre industry.
Figures from techUK and the UK Council of Data Centre Operators estimate that there are around 500 data centres in the UK[1]. Capacity for these data centres can be measured by ‘power provisioning’, which is the maximum amount of power that the data centre operator has contracted from the supplier and is therefore able to draw upon.
This power is contracted based on the maximum amount that the data centre site could need when it is fully occupied and working at full capacity, with provision built in for a small margin of additional power.
Power provision is instantaneous and it is estimated that the combined UK data centre estate is able to draw upon between 1,500 and 1,700 MW (Most Power Consumed) at any given time, based on analysis provided to the Department for Culture Media & Sport by techUK.
Tourism provides more than £62bn of GVA to the UK economy and one in ten jobs are in the tourism industries. The Government Tourism Action Plan which aims to increase international visits outside of London, will ensure the economic benefit of tourism is felt across the country.
Government funding for tourism, which is dispersed through VisitBritain and VisitEngland, is not allocated regionally but instead focuses on promoting the country as a whole and thematically. It is not possible to ascertain the precise figures for funding given to the different regions across England.
Other streams of non-central Government funding, including funding from local authorities and businesses, also supports tourism at a local level.
Government funding for tourism, which is dispersed through VisitBritain and VisitEngland, is not allocated regionally but instead focuses on promoting the country as a whole and thematically. It is not possible to ascertain the precise figures for funding given to the different regions across England.
Other streams of non-central Government funding, including funding from local authorities and businesses, also supports tourism at a local level.
Government funding for tourism, which is dispersed through VisitBritain and VisitEngland, is not allocated regionally but instead focuses on promoting the country as a whole and thematically. It is not possible to ascertain the precise figures for funding given to the different regions across England.
Other streams of non-central Government funding, including funding from local authorities and businesses, also supports tourism at a local level.
Ofcom have issued 123 licences since 2010, bringing the total number of stations broadcasting around the UK since 2004 to 245, with a further 31 preparing to start. For a breakdown of licences issued since 2010 see as follows:
Licences Awarded | |
2010 | 13 |
2011 | 7 |
2012 | 24 |
2013 | 17 |
2014 | 23 |
2015 | 16 |
2016 | 22 |
2017 | 1 |
Total | 123 |
We will spend more than £300million on dementia research this parliament, aiming to double overall investment by 2025. Additionally, we have spearheaded the £130million Dementia Discovery Fund and plan to invest up to £150million to develop a national Dementia Research Institute by 2020. By 2020, over half of people will be living in dementia friendly communities – of which there are already 147 such communities across England.
I, and the Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims, hold regular bilateral meetings with the Mayor of London, and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. These meetings cover a range of issues that are salient at the time of the meeting.