Asked by: Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff including consultants have been hired across Government Departments for work on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018; and what the total cost of those staff is to date.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
A cross-Government team of Civil Servants has been set up in the Cabinet
Office to deliver the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018. To date,
a total of two staff have been hired as Civil Servants on fixed-term apppointments to join
the rest of the Cabinet Office team.
As is usual for such events, information on costs will be reported after the summit has
concluded.
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she raised the case of Seeta Kaur with Prime Minister Modi, as requested by the hon. Member for Edmonton in a letter to the Prime Minister ahead of her visit to India.
Answered by Theresa May
While I did not specifically raise the case of Seeta Kaur with Prime Minister Modi, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, both in India and the UK, has provided assistance to her family following her tragic death and remain ready to provide support to her family should they require it.
Asked by: Kate Osamor (Independent - Edmonton)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much central government funding was allocated to youth services in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effects on young people's outcomes of changes in the level of such funding.
Answered by Rob Wilson
Central Government does not specifically allocate funding for the delivery of youth services. It is the responsibility of local authorities to decide how to allocate funding for youth services, according to local need. There is an existing statutory duty on local authorities through Education Act 2006 (Section 507B) to secure, as far as is practicable, sufficient services and activities to improve the wellbeing of young people.