Frank Roy

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Lottery distributors do not allocate their funding on a constituency basis. While they are required to ensure that Lottery funding is available to all areas and all sections of society, they make their funding decisions based on an assessment of applications submitted to each of their separate funding streams. A database of all Lottery grants is compiled by DCMS from data supplied by the various Lottery distributors. The database is available at: http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/Search.aspx and is searchable in a variety of ways, including by constituency.

In response to the current crisis, the UK has allocated an overall aid package of £23 million for 2014/15 to support the needs of internally displaced people in Iraq. £18.7 million of this has been allocated for Northern Iraq. The total amount of aid that has been allocated to the Kurdistan region of Iraq is not possible to quantify exactly as our humanitarian partners are distributing aid based on need across Northern Iraq.

In response to the current crisis, the UK has allocated an overall aid package of £23 million for 2014/15 to support the needs of internally displaced people in Iraq. £18.7 million of this has been allocated for Northern Iraq. Given the displacement and movement of people in Iraq, it is not possible to have precise information on the number of women and girls assisted by UK aid programmes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

DFID funding includes programming to prevent and respond to sexual violence. Activities include establishing women and children’s community centres, which provide group counselling and support for women, as well as offering safe spaces for children to play and learn.

In response to the current crisis, the UK has allocated an overall aid package of £23 million for 2014/15 to support the needs of internally displaced people in Iraq. £18.7 million of this has been allocated for Northern Iraq. The total amount of aid that has been allocated to the Kurdistan region of Iraq is not possible to quantify exactly as our humanitarian partners are distributing aid based on need across Northern Iraq.

The UK has not carried out any aid drops to the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

The UK carried out 7 airdrops of humanitarian assistance to Mount Sinjar and 2 air drops to the town of Amerli in Northern Iraq.

DWP does not hold data on Funeral Payments at constituency level.

The information as requested is not available.

Atos do not make decisions on eligibility for employment and support allowance. Decisions are taken by DWP decision makers, taking account of all the available evidence including the report provided by Atos.

Her Majesty's Court &Tribunal Service (HMCTS) publishes quarterly information on appeals here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

The information as requested is not available.

Atos do not make decisions on eligibility for employment and support allowance. Decisions are taken by DWP decision makers, taking account of all the available evidence including the report provided by Atos.

Her Majesty's Court &Tribunal Service (HMCTS) publishes quarterly information on appeals here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics

The information is shown in the attached table.

I issued a statement on 29 October condemning the announcement of plans for 1,060 new housing units in East Jerusalem. I made it clear that this was an ill-judged and ill-timed decision, which makes it harder to achieve a two state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have raised this issue with the Israeli National Security Adviser, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political-Military Adviser, senior contacts at the National Security Council and the Cabinet Office.

At the Gaza reconstruction conference on 12 October, which I attended alongside the Minister of State for International Development, the UK pledged £20m.

The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.

Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.

For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.

Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.

Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey

The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.

Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.

For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.

Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.

Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey

The Ministry of Defence has spent the following on television advertising in each of the last three financial years:

2011-12 - The data is not held in the precise format requested.

2012-13 - £8.0 million

2013-14 - £8.4 million

This expenditure is for recruitment advertising. It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the Services remains. Audited figures for 2014-15 will be available after the end of the financial year.

The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits, including a person’s entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).

The number of individuals living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency who applied for PIP and the outcomes of those applications, between April 2013 and July 2014, can be found in published DWP statistics available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014.

HMCTS does not keep data on the proportion of benefit claimants who choose to appeal the DWP’s final decision. In the period June 2013 to June 2014, 61 PIP appeals were lodged in the Tribunal venue in Hamilton which serves appellants living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and other nearby locations.

Between June 2012 and June 2013 966 appeals against decisions made by DWP on claims for DLA were lodged at the Hamilton venue.

Sustained lower oil prices are clearly challenging for companies active in the North Sea.

The UK Government is committed to the long-term support of this vital industry that creates jobs and generates investment. This support includes the full implementation of the Wood Review recommendations and the package of fiscal changes and initiatives announced by the Treasury in early December designed to ease the tax burden on the industry.