Information between 6th April 2024 - 16th April 2024
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Gender Non-conforming Young People
13 speeches (4,706 words) Monday 15th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) As the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) noted recently, both the Equality - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 16th April 2024
Written Evidence - Association of Independent Festivals GMV0007 - Grassroots music venues Grassroots music venues - Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Steel Sacred Vibrations Festival Signals Festival Skankfest Somerfest South Central Festival South |
Monday 15th April 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Dame Jessica Corner FMedSci, MAE, RN, Executive Chair for Research England, part of UK Research and Innovation on follow-up from evidence session on Science and Scotland on 4 March 2024, dated 20 March Scottish Affairs Committee Found: and the Humber , East Midlands , West Midlands , East of England , London , Scotland , South East , South |
Wednesday 10th April 2024
Report - Fifth Report - Creator remuneration Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: the economy as a whole. 131 Statistically, creative freelancers are more prevalent in Scotland and South |
Monday 25th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives, and Neonatal Nurses Association Preterm Birth - Preterm Birth Committee Found: roles, transitional care nurses outreach nurses, to take these babies home. 11 My experience in the south-west |
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Church Services: Attendance
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough) Friday 12th April 2024 Question To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what average weekly attendance was in each year since 1994. Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner The National Church Institutions first started collecting attendance data centrally in the autumn of 2000; as a result, it is not possible to publish data for the period 1994-1999. A methodological change also took place between 2000 and 2003 which means statistics for those years are not directly comparable with the data now collected. The data displayed below shows the longest period of comparable figures available, from 2003-2022.
Attendance figures are collected from churches for the first 4 Sundays of October and in the following Monday-Saturday midweek periods - this exercise is referred to as the "October count”. Figures include attendance at baptisms, as these usually take place in service, but not attendance at weddings and funerals. Attendance at services for schools is NOT included in the average weekly and average Sunday attendance figures but is reported separately. In 2013, the question was changed to specifically ask about attendance at school services. Prior to 2013, it was apparent that some churches included such attendance in their reported figures while others did not. The change in question during this year resulted in a large change in the average weekly attendance from 2012 to 2013 and a more consistent practice across the church as a whole. |
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Church of England: Carbon Emissions
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) Friday 12th April 2024 Question To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to help achieve net zero. Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner The Church Commissioners are committed to reducing the carbon intensity of their portfolio by 2025 and, as a member of the Asset Owners Alliance, reaching ‘Net Zero’ in the investment portfolio by 2050. The General Synod has set a target for the Church of England to become Net Zero by 2030. The National Church Institutions are supporting every diocese with a grant to grow capacity and employ staff to manage the work of achieving this net zero ambition. The Church Commissioners have committed funding of £30m for 2023-25 and £190m total for a 9-year programme from 2023-31. A second workstream supports schools in accessing public sector decarbonisation funds, and another stream of grants will match local fundraising in churches for net-zero carbon projects through the Buildings for Mission scheme This will provide a clear picture of the kinds of projects that are effective in reducing emissions, ready for a scaled-up investment in the second 3-year period Recent success stories include York Minster and the Chapel at Kings College, Cambridge, which have joined many other major churches and cathedrals across the country in installing new solar panels and renewable technologies, reducing their running costs and making them more sustainable buildings. |
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Church of England: Land Use
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) Friday 12th April 2024 Question To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether a recent assessment has been made of the environmental improvements being advanced through the church's holding of agricultural land. Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner The Church Commissioners undertake rolling assessments of environmental improvements being made to the farmland portfolio by tenants, which is used to update the baseline study undertaken five years ago. Data has so far been provided on over 25,000 acres of Commissioners’ land holdings and contains details of environmental changes, such as transitioning to regenerative agricultural practices. The Commissioners are pleased to announce a partnership with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG), which will further develop this work. The Church Commissioners’ rural estates team continues to engage with our new and existing agricultural tenants through regular individual farm visits, the sharing of ground-sourced data, including carbon audits, and the gathering of information from third parties. On recent assessment revealed that on a single Commissioners’ farm in Kent, over 45 species of bird were recorded during a single visit in December 2023. |
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Christianity: Ceremonies
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough) Friday 12th April 2024 Question To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many confirmations there were in each year since 1994. Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner The table below shows the number of confirmations conducted in the Church of England each year since 1994. Post 2009 figures can be found here: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/statisticsformission2022_tables.xlsx Pre-2009 figures can be found here: https://www.churchofengland.org/about/data-services/resources-publications-and-data#na
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Church Schools: Hendon
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) Friday 12th April 2024 Question To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether he has made an assessment of the contribution of church schools in Hendon constituency. Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner Though the National Church Institutions are not responsible for the operation of individual schools, the Diocese of London has volunteered the following information, which I hope is useful. There are two Church of England schools in the Hendon Constituency. St Mary’s and St John’s educates more than 1,600 pupils. One quarter are on free school meals, which is higher than the Local Authority average. Pupils are making above-average progress at an 8-level attainment of 0.39 compared with the national average of -0.03. St Paul’s School Mill Hill educates 210 pupils. One fifth of pupils are in receipt of Free School Meals, in line with the Local Authority average. Pupils attainment is above-average; 84% attained the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths last summer compared to the national average of 60%. I commend the teachers and leadership teams in both schools for these achievements. The Church of England educates over one million children in its 4,700 schools across England. Church Schools are committed to the flourishing of children and deliver a rounded education that remains in high demand with parents. They serve all those in the community, whatever their faith or belief. |
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Local Government: South West
Asked by: Lord Patten (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 11th April 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask His Majesty's Government which specific counties are included within the term "the west country of England" when they refer to this region. Answered by Baroness Swinburne - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The West Country is not an official region, but could be loosely and approximately defined to match the South West region. The West of England, covers a much smaller area, focussed around the Greater Bristol and Bath city region. The West of England Combined Authority is made up of the following local authority areas: South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset. |
Department Publications - Consultations |
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Thursday 11th April 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles Document: Amendments to licensing restrictions: bus, coach and heavy goods vehicles – impact assessment (PDF) Found: September 2023 , the regions with the greatest bus driver shortages are the East 5 of England, South |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Wednesday 10th April 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Local Digital evaluation scoping study Document: Local Digital programme: monitoring and evaluation scoping study (PDF) Found: South East 81 22 2 71 123 Midlands 48 6 1 44 82 North East 7 4 1 6 12 North West 27 9 0 20 42 South |
Wednesday 10th April 2024
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Building materials and components statistics: March 2024 Document: (ODS) Found: West. |
Monday 8th April 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Source Page: Evaluation of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: one year post-Games report Document: (ODS) Found: 2022 1,514,685 tickets sold, of which: - West Midlands: 44% - London: 7% - Scotland: 2% - Wales: 3% - South |
Department Publications - Guidance |
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Tuesday 9th April 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: 2024 Windrush Day Grant Scheme: Projects to be funded Document: 2024 Windrush Day Grant Scheme: Projects to be funded (webpage) Found: Borough of Newham £32,000.00 Oxygen Arts CIC National £35,515.00 Devon Development Education South |
Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications |
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Apr. 15 2024
Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning Source Page: Penguins Public Notice Document: Environmental Assessment Justification (PDF) News and Communications Found: A location approximately 1.2 km to the south -west of the FPSO was selected. |
Non-Departmental Publications - Policy paper |
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Apr. 15 2024
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Source Page: Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (January 2024) Document: Buckinghamshire Council air quality monthly report (January 2024) (PDF) Policy paper Found: southern boundary next to carpark M Yes Yes 7.5 1.0 91.0 0 99.9 LMS -AQMP1 493190, 198848 On the south |
Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation |
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Apr. 12 2024
Marine Management Organisation Source Page: Pollack Compensation Scheme Document: Pollack Compensation Scheme (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: to provide support to those who have been most impacted by the bycatch-only pollack fishery in the South-West |
Apr. 11 2024
UK Visas and Immigration Source Page: National Age Assessment Board: caseworker guidance Document: The operation of the National Age Assessment Board and sections 50 and 51 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: Solihull has responsibility for Local Authorities in the Midlands, East of England, the South West of |
Apr. 08 2024
Environment Agency Source Page: TS2 1FB, RWE Generation UK PLC: permit surrender issued – EPR/CP3939QN/S004 Document: (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: nearest centres of population are located at Haverton Hill/ Port Clarence approximately 4.5 kilometres south |
Non-Departmental Publications - Research and Statistics |
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Apr. 11 2024
Marine Management Organisation Source Page: Process evaluation for the development of Lyme Bay fisheries management measures {MMO1406} Document: MMO1406 Process evaluation for the development of Lyme Bay fisheries management measures - Final report (PDF) Research and Statistics Found: 4.1.1 Pre-consultation Lyme Bay Steering Group The Steering Group was adjacent to the South West |
Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics |
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Apr. 10 2024
The Insolvency Service Source Page: Individual Voluntary Arrangement Termination Rates by Location, England & Wales, 2013 to 2023 Document: (ODS) Statistics Found: 0.278846153846154 0.219354838709677 0.161849710982659 0.18452380952381 0.2 0.1 0.00840336134453781 E12000009 SOUTH |
MP Expenses |
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Monday 12th June 2023 George Eustice Accommodation - (Utilities) SOUTH WEST WATER LTD [200009428-0] Water £44.44 - Paid |
Monday 27th March 2023 George Eustice Office Costs - (Utilities) SOUTH WEST WATER LTD Water £29.48 - Paid |
Scottish Government Publications |
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Wednesday 10th April 2024
Marine Directorate Source Page: Annual Fisheries Committee Reports: EIR release Document: FOI 202300380867 - Information Released - File 5 (PDF) Found: impoundment which supplies water to one of five power stations on the Galloway hydro-electric scheme in south-west |
Scottish Written Answers |
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S6W-26374
Asked by: Smyth, Colin (Scottish Labour - South Scotland) Thursday 11th April 2024 Question To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the South West Scotland Regional Transport Partnership regarding P&O Ferries’ (a) passenger and (b) freight operations from Cairnryan Port since March 2022. Answered by Hyslop, Fiona - Minister for Transport I have met the Chair of the South West Scotland Regional Transport Partnership and discussed a wide range of transport issues over recent months. However, the Scottish Government has not held discussions with them specifically regarding P&O Ferries’ passenger and freight operations from Cairnryan Port since March 2022. |