Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9 of the evidence submitted by his Department to the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on hate crime and its violent consequences, what training he plans to provide to editors and journalists; and when such training will be implemented.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The cross-Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group has engaged with the Society of Editors and Independent Press Standards Organisation to discuss ways to tackle the negative portrayal of Muslims in the media. These discussions have considered suitable options for supporting journalists, including on matters of religious literacy such as appropriate terminology. This work is ongoing.
Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the evidence from his Department to the Home Affairs Select Committee, on hate crime and its violent consequences, where the £60 million funding for communities to come together has been spent by region.
Answered by Marcus Jones
We have spent over £60 million under the integration programme since 2010/11 to support projects that help create the conditions for people to live successfully alongside each other. Since April 2014, we have funded over 30 projects which reached over 644,000 people, providing 14,997 volunteering opportunities and hosting more than 17,900 events, groups and classes. We do not hold figures on the allocation of funding by region.
Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much grant funding West Midlands Combined Authority will receive in financial year 2017-18 for (a) adult education, (b) transport, (c) the Work and Health Programme, (d) business support and (e) any other sources of funding by grant.
Answered by Andrew Percy
The West Midlands Combined Authority will receive a total of £70 million grant funding in 2017/18. This is separate to the funding that local authorities receive individually and is broken down as follows:
(a) Adult education: £Nil |
(b) Transport: £33.5 million |
(c) Work and Health Programme: £Nil |
(d) Business support: £Nil |
(e) Any other sources of funding by grant: £36.5 million (Gain share) |
Asked by: Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish funding allocations for Birmingham City Council.
Answered by Marcus Jones
My Department has already published local authority allocations for each year of this Parliament as part of the four year funding offer. Birmingham City Council is among the 97% of councils that have accepted this offer. The government will soon consult on a statutory provisional local government finance settlement for 2017-18 in the normal way.