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Written Question
Carillion
Monday 22nd January 2018

Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the appointment of PwC as Official Receivers to Carillion; how many PwC employees are working on the management of Carillion; and what the timetable is for PwC remaining involved in the management of Carillion.

Answered by Oliver Dowden

PwC are not the Official Receivers. Information on the role of PwC within Carillion is held by the Insolvency Service who are the contracting authority for this work.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q1. If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 11 October. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Prime Minister will know that yesterday was World Mental Health Day. Mental health problems affect one in four people, but only £1 out of every £8 in clinical commissioning group budgets is spent on mental health services. Newcastle Gateshead CCG is set to cut its budget by a further …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2016
Voter Registration

"Clearly we all want as many people as possible to take up the franchise and vote. The news that more than 4 million people registered for the referendum in the spring is not a shock, because we raised that possibility with the Leader of the House and others in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2015
Syria

"Those in ISIL have proved themselves to be brutal and merciless killers, but they have recruits from many, many different places. If we can defeat ISIL/Daesh militarily, given that the nature of the threat and the mindset of its members, does that mean eradicating every single man and woman with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. This morning, I was contacted by John who is a junior doctor in Newcastle and Alex who is a junior doctor in my constituency of Gateshead. They asked me to ask the Prime Minister how much longer he will support the Secretary of State for Health, when virtually the …..."
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Written Question
Youth Services
Wednesday 10th September 2014

Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.

Answered by Brooks Newmark

We are working to offer practical support to the youth sector at a time when local authorities continue to make difficult decisions on how to deliver services. This support focuses on promoting delivery models for innovative services, including mutuals, and better measurement of the impact of youth services on the lives of young people.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jul 2014
Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza

"Events over the weekend have been horrendous. What is going on in Gaza is atrocious. Our thoughts are with the families of those who lost their lives on flight MH17 in Ukraine. One of my constituents, John Alder, was on that flight. Along with Liam Sweeney from Newcastle, John was …..."
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Written Question

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Wednesday 30th April 2014

Asked by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.

Answered by Nick Hurd

We are supporting the voluntary sector in offering new learning opportunities for young people through programmes like NCS.

In addition, we will be offering practical support to local authorities who want to deliver high quality youth services in an innovative way - for example by access to our £10m support programme for Mutuals.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. Whether the Crown Prosecution Service is always informed when an undercover police officer has been involved in an investigation that leads to a prosecution...."
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