Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations and individuals from the creative industries she has met since her appointment.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are available via the Department’s transparency returns, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/search?q=DCMS+ministerial+meetings.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that government departments adhere to licensing requirements related to the scanning and photocopying of documents where secondary royalties may be due to the author or creator of such documents.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Cabinet Office currently coordinates the purchase of a cross-Government licence on behalf of Departments, however each department is responsible for its own licensing adherence.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is responsible for ensuring that government departments adhere to licensing requirements related to the scanning and photocopying of documents where secondary royalties may be due to the author or creator of such documents.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Cabinet Office currently coordinates the purchase of a cross-Government licence on behalf of Departments, however each department is responsible for its own licensing adherence.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether staff in government departments are covered by copyright licences related to the scanning and photocopying of documents where secondary royalties may be due to the author or creator of such documents.
Answered by Ben Gummer
Staff in government departments are covered by copyright licences related to the scanning and photocopying of documents where secondary royalties may be due to the author or creator of such documents.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in each year since 2005.
Answered by John Hayes
Since 2005, there have been no prosecutions, and therefore no convictions, under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many London boroughs have implemented a 20 mph speed limit; how many attempted prosecutions there have been for exceeding such speed limits in each of the last five years; and how many such prosecutions have resulted in a conviction.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The figure for the number of London boroughs who have implemented 20mph speed limits is not held by the Department for Transport.
The Ministry of Justice do not hold data breakdown by local authority or the number of attempted prosecutions. However, they do hold data on the number of defendants proceeded against at court, prosecuted and sentenced for speeding offences; this data can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice website, at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014
In the link to “Motoring data tool with criminal justice area” – you will find a pivot table which contains data on court proceedings for motoring offences, including speed limit offences, in England and Wales for the 12 months ending December 2004 to 12 months ending December 2014.
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much central funding has been provided to further education establishments in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham, (c) the London Borough of Southwark and (d) the London Borough of Bromley in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Boles
Adult skills funding allocations to further education providers are published on the Skills Funding Agency website:
Funding to further education providers for learners aged 16-18 is provided by the Department for Education.
Information on the number of learners participating in English and maths courses by geography from 2005/06 onwards is published in a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release at the FE Data Library (second link). Information on the number of learners participating in further education and skills by geography from 2005/06 onwards is published in a second supplementary table (third link).
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have enrolled on English language courses at further education establishments in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham, (c) the London Borough of Southwark and (d) the London Borough of Bromley in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Boles
Adult skills funding allocations to further education providers are published on the Skills Funding Agency website:
Funding to further education providers for learners aged 16-18 is provided by the Department for Education.
Information on the number of learners participating in English and maths courses by geography from 2005/06 onwards is published in a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release at the FE Data Library (second link). Information on the number of learners participating in further education and skills by geography from 2005/06 onwards is published in a second supplementary table (third link).
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have enrolled at further education establishments in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham, (c) the London Borough of Southwark and (d) the London Borough of Bromley in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Boles
Adult skills funding allocations to further education providers are published on the Skills Funding Agency website:
Funding to further education providers for learners aged 16-18 is provided by the Department for Education.
Information on the number of learners participating in English and maths courses by geography from 2005/06 onwards is published in a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release at the FE Data Library (second link). Information on the number of learners participating in further education and skills by geography from 2005/06 onwards is published in a second supplementary table (third link).
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library
Asked by: Jim Dowd (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to review the Pet Animals Act 1951.
Answered by George Eustice
Defra is reviewing the Pet Animals Act 1951 as part of a wider review of some of the animal related licensing schemes. We are looking to consult on a set of proposals shortly.