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Middle East: Armed Conflict

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the number of resolutions of the UN Security Council of which the Government of Israel is in breach; and if he will make a statement. [1191]

Alistair Burt [holding answer 7 June 2010]: We have made no such estimate. The UK will continue to impress upon the Israeli Government the need to act in line with their international obligations.

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary made this clear in his statement on 2 June 2010.

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise at the UN Security Council the matter of the restrictions placed by the Government of Israel on access for humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials into Gaza; and if he will make a statement. [1194]

Alistair Burt: As my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary made clear in his statement to the House on 2 June 2010, the situation in Gaza is unacceptable and unsustainable, and is a cause of public concern here in the United Kingdom and around the world.


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The UK supports the UN Security Council statement of 31 May which underlined the need for sustained and regular flow of goods and people to Gaza as well as unimpeded provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza.

We will also continue to impress on the Israeli Government the importance of UN Security Council resolution 1860, which calls for sustained delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Mordechai Vanunu

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Israeli government on the incarceration of Mordechai Vanunu. [1302]

Alistair Burt: We are aware of the circumstances surrounding Mr Vanunu's detention in Israel and continue to monitor his case closely.

Nuclear Weapons

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his contribution of 26 May 2010, Official Report, column 181, whether he plans to establish procedures to allow the international community to verify the stated magnitude of UK nuclear warheads. [1521]

Alistair Burt: We have no plans to establish procedures to allow the international community to verify the UK's nuclear warhead stockpile. The UK has made this announcement in order to be more open, but we have to limit access to military sites in order to protect our national security interests and to adhere to safety and security measures.

The UK recognises the importance of an effective verification regime to achieving the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and has been pursuing internationally acclaimed research with Norway and the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre, a non-governmental organization, on the verification of nuclear warhead dismantlement.

Somalia: Piracy

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of security of UK maritime operations in the Gulf of Aden; and if he will make a statement. [1236]

Alistair Burt: The Government monitors the maritime security situation in areas that present a risk to critical UK trade routes, including the Gulf of Aden. There is a continued risk of pirate attack to those transiting the region, and we are aware of other maritime activity including smuggling and drug trafficking. The threat level in the area increased from the end of 2008 and early 2009 when pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden increased. The Ministry of Defence has conducted maritime security operations in the region since 2001 through the Combined Maritime Force and offers shipping advice to international shipping transiting through the region via the UK Maritime Trade Operation. Moreover, specific North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, EU, and Combined
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Maritime Force counter piracy operations have been effectively coordinating shipping activity along an internationally recommended transit corridor since mid-2009. As a result of these operations, combined with increased shipping industry adherence to UN endorsed best management practices, the number of successful attacks has significantly reduced with only three on vessels following this guidance since 2008. The Government are concerned, however, by the recent spread of pirate activity into the wider Indian Ocean. The multi-national operations are currently considering options on how best to address this.

Northern Ireland

Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers

Helen Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many special advisers (a) he and (b) the Minister of State (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint. [324]

Mr Paterson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 3 June 2010, Official Report, column 99W.

Culture, Media and Sport

Departmental Manpower

Mr Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many (a) front-line and (b) other staff were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in the latest year for which figures are available; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the public purse of employing staff of each type at each of those bodies. [531]

John Penrose: In the financial year 2009-10, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and its agency, The Royal Parks, employed a total of 580 full-time equivalent staff (455 at the DCMS, 125 at The Royal Parks) at an annual cost of £31,709,234.

The DCMS does not differentiate between front line and other staff.

Departmental Official Residences

Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether any domestic properties in the gift of the Government have been allocated to the use of Ministers in his Department. [1790]

John Penrose: No domestic properties in the gift of the Government have been allocated to Ministers at DCMS.

Departmental Public Appointments

Helen Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many special advisers (a) he and (b) each named Minister in his Department (i) has appointed to date and (ii) plans to appoint. [307]


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Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many (a) political appointments and (b) other personal appointments he has made since his appointment; and at what estimated annual cost to the public purse. [377]

Hugh Robertson: I refer the hon. Members to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 3 June 2010, Official Report, column 99W.

Gambling: Greater London

Mr Lammy: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many gambling licences were in effect in (a) Tottenham constituency and (b) Greater London (i) in September 2007 and (ii) on the most recent date for which figures are available; and in respect of which location the licence was issued in each case. [1229]

John Penrose: The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Under the Gambling Act 2005, local authorities are required to maintain public registers showing the permissions that they have granted.

Education

Children's Commissioner for England

Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the future of the post of Children's Commissioner. [1218]

Sarah Teather: The Government believe it is vital that the voices of children and young people are heard, and will consider how the post of the Children's Commissioner can help achieve this most effectively.

Pupil Premium

Ed Balls: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to make an announcement on his plans for a pupil premium. [1299]

Mr Gibb [holding answer 7 June 2010]: The Government published the document "The Coalition: our Programme for Government" on 20 May 2010, which set out our intention for a pupil premium to support disadvantaged children. The pupil premium will target extra funding specifically at deprived pupils to enable them to receive the support they need to reach their potential. We will publish our proposals with details of how we plan to distribute the pupil premium in due course.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) per capita and (b) per pupil funding level in the (i) primary and (ii) secondary sector was in each local education authority in each of the last five years. [719]


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Mr Gibb: School funding is allocated based upon pupil numbers, not population numbers, and so the Department for Education does not have funding figures on a per capita basis.

Since 2006-07, the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) has been the main source of school funding. As the DSG is distributed by the Department through a single guaranteed unit of funding per pupil for each local authority, a primary/secondary split on a central to local government basis is not available.

Per pupil funding figures for 2005-06 to 2009-10 for all local authorities in England are provided as follows. These include the DSG and other grants, are for all funded pupils aged three-19 and are in real terms:


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Local authority revenue funding per pupil
£

2005-06 (baseline) 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10

Barking and Dagenham

4,960

4,960

5,240

5,270

5,390

Barnet

4,810

4,990

5,130

5,200

5,340

Barnsley

4,160

4,300

4,480

4,480

4,650

Bath and North East Somerset

4,120

4,240

4,370

4,430

4,570

Bedfordshire

4,090

4,210

4,350

4,410

-

Bedford Borough

-

-

-

-

4,680

Central Bedfordshire

-

-

-

-

4,470

Bexley

4,400

4,510

4,670

4,720

4,820

Birmingham

4,830

5,000

5,180

5,240

5,370

Blackburn with Darwen

4,700

4,860

5,020

5,040

5,180

Blackpool

4,310

4,430

4,590

4,620

4,760

Bolton

4,280

4,410

4,590

4,600

4,710

Bournemouth

4,040

4,150

4,290

4,300

4,450

Bracknell Forest

4,180

4,310

4,470

4,500

4,650

Bradford

4,450

4,640

4,830

4,870

5,010

Brent

5,210

5,350

5,590

5,700

5,830

Brighton and Hove

4,360

4,480

4,640

4,660

4,780

Bristol, City of

4,710

4,890

5,050

5,050

5,130

Bromley

4,240

4,350

4,510

4,590

4,730

Buckinghamshire

4,200

4,310

4,450

4,510

4,640

Bury

4,140

4,240

4,390

4,430

4,560

Calderdale

4,250

4,380

4,530

4,570

4,700

Cambridgeshire

3,950

4,080

4,210

4,280

4,410

Camden

6,580

6,700

6,900

6,910

7,070

Cheshire

4,100

4,200

4,350

4,430

-

Cheshire East

-

-

-

-

4,450

Cheshire West and Chester

-

-

-

-

4,660

Cornwall

3,980

4,120

4,280

4,340

4,500

Coventry

4,470

4,620

4,790

4,790

4,920

Croydon

4,490

4,660

4,860

4,910

5,050

Cumbria

4,190

4,290

4,430

4,430

4,570

Darlington

4,270

4,360

4,540

4,550

4,680

Derby

4,270

4,440

4,610

4,660

4,790

Derbyshire

4,050

4,170

4,320

4,450

4,590

Devon

3,940

4,070

4,220

4,280

4,400

Doncaster

4,330

4,450

4,600

4,630

4,750

Dorset

4,070

4,160

4,310

4,350

4,480

Dudley

4,170

4,290

4,460

4,510

4,640

Durham

4,360

4,480

4,640

4,730

4,900

Ealing

5,200

5,350

5,540

5,620

5,790

East Riding of Yorkshire

3,960

4,060

4,210

4,270

4,410

East Sussex

4,230

4,330

4,530

4,560

4,700

Enfield

4,770

4,910

5,080

5,100

5,210

Essex

4,130

4,250

4,400

4,450

4,560

Gateshead

4,490

4,570

4,720

4,740

4,880

Gloucestershire

3,990

4,110

4,260

4,370

4,480

Greenwich

5,660

5,930

6,130

6,260

6,430

Hackney

6,510

6,920

7,070

7,250

7,470

Halton

4,680

4,780

4,960

4,960

5,070

Hammersmith and Fulham

6,050

6,330

6,550

6,490

6,630

Hampshire

3,960

4,070

4,220

4,320

4,430

Haringey

5,570

5,640

5,850

5,940

6,020

Harrow

4,590

4,800

4,970

5,170

5,200

Hartlepool

4,480

4,600

4,780

4,830

4,910

Havering

4,370

4,460

4,600

4,670

4,800

Herefordshire

3,950

4,100

4,270

4,320

4,450

Hertfordshire

4,160

4,250

4,400

4,500

4,620

Hillingdon

4,620

4,800

4,940

4,990

5,120

Hounslow

5,010

5,180

5,340

5,380

5,490

Isle of Wight

4,310

4,520

4,680

4,660

4,810

Islington

6,140

6,430

6,710

6,660

6,810

Kensington and Chelsea

6,420

6,490

6,610

6,530

6,700

Kent

4,200

4,310

4,460

4,520

4,650

Kingston upon Hull, City of

4,500

4,650

4,820

4,870

5,020

Kingston upon Thames

4,560

4,670

4,790

4,850

4,960

Kirklees

4,250

4,380

4,550

4,650

4,800

Knowsley

4,610

4,800

5,040

5,080

5,310

Lambeth

6,190

6,400

6,620

6,780

7,020

Lancashire

4,210

4,320

4,480

4,520

4,660

Leeds

4,310

4,410

4,560

4,610

4,730

Leicester

4,490

4,660

4,870

4,860

5,040

Leicestershire

3,830

3,920

4,050

4,150

4,270

Lewisham

5,910

6,140

6,310

6,330

6,480

Lincolnshire

4,120

4,230

4,380

4,410

4,530

Liverpool

4,710

4,880

5,080

5,140

5,340

Luton

4,540

4,740

4,920

4,960

5,120

Manchester

4,970

5,150

5,410

5,430

5,570

Medway

4,280

4,420

4,560

4,600

4,710

Merton

4,550

4,820

4,970

5,010

5,130

Middlesbrough

4,690

4,850

5,040

4,960

5,150

Milton Keynes

4,310

4,480

4,630

4,710

4,850

Newcastle upon Tyne

4,480

4,620

4,800

4,840

4,950

Newham

5,370

5,650

5,870

5,970

6,140

Norfolk

4,110

4,210

4,360

4,410

4,540

North East Lincolnshire

4,430

4,560

4,780

4,850

5,050

North Lincolnshire

4,130

4,240

4,390

4,420

4,540

North Somerset

4,040

4,120

4,260

4,310

4,450

North Tyneside

4,290

4,360

4,490

4,520

4,660

North Yorkshire

4,120

4,230

4,370

4,440

4,580

Northamptonshire

4,020

4,130

4,280

4,360

4,460

Northumberland

4,130

4,230

4,380

4,400

4,510

Nottingham

4,980

5,110

5,330

5,330

5,430

Nottinghamshire

4,060

4,150

4,330

4,390

4,500

Oldham

4,460

4,610

4,790

4,820

4,970

Oxfordshire

4,100

4,220

4,370

4,410

4,520

Peterborough

4,410

4,550

4,700

4,790

4,920

Plymouth

4,200

4,350

4,510

4,540

4,670

Poole

3,990

4,090

4,230

4,250

4,370

Portsmouth

4,300

4,430

4,600

4,650

4,800

Reading

4,450

4,720

4,920

4,870

5,030

Redbridge

4,400

4,580

4,770

4,820

4,960

Redcar and Cleveland

4,410

4,510

4,670

4,750

4,930

Richmond upon Thames

4,440

4,560

4,690

4,750

4,880

Rochdale

4,540

4,680

4,860

4,900

5,050

Rotherham

4,450

4,530

4,700

4,730

4,860

Rutland

4,210

4,310

4,440

4,400

4,530

Salford

4,700

4,860

5,060

5,050

5,220

Sandwell

4,520

4,710

4,900

4,890

4,980

Sefton

4,370

4,420

4,570

4,590

4,740

Sheffield

4,200

4,390

4,570

4,650

4,780

Shropshire

3,980

4,070

4,220

4,240

4,370

Slough

4,740

4,900

5,070

5,130

5,270

Solihull

3,910

4,100

4,210

4,270

4,420

Somerset

3,990

4,080

4,230

4,350

4,480

South Gloucestershire

3,880

3,970

4,110

4,150

4,230

South Tyneside

4,560

4,640

4,820

4,910

5,090

Southampton

4,350

4,530

4,700

4,750

4,850

Southend-on-Sea

4,350

4,460

4,590

4,640

4,800

Southwark

6,000

6,440

6,640

6,650

6,770

St Helens

4,390

4,440

4,630

4,640

4,810

Staffordshire

3,990

4,080

4,230

4,290

4,420

Stockport

4,080

4,180

4,320

4,410

4,560

Stockton-on-Tees

4,400

4,470

4,640

4,620

4,760

Stoke-on-Trent

4,480

4,620

4,770

4,800

4,930

Suffolk

3,970

4,100

4,260

4,320

4,470

Sunderland

4,390

4,470

4,630

4,680

4,820

Surrey

4,090

4,240

4,370

4,450

4,580

Sutton

4,500

4,590

4,740

4,810

4,950

Swindon

3,970

4,110

4,250

4,310

4,430

Tameside

4,230

4,360

4,520

4,560

4,660

Telford and Wrekin

4,160

4,300

4,510

4,510

4,650

Thurrock

4,290

4,500

4,670

4,700

4,860

Torbay

4,170

4,280

4,440

4,460

4,580

Tower Hamlets

6,680

7,020

7,280

7,350

7,540

Trafford

4,110

4,200

4,340

4,410

4,560

Wakefield

4,190

4,350

4,510

4,550

4,630

Walsall

4,350

4,510

4,690

4,700

4,810

Waltham Forest

4,970

5,180

5,340

5,330

5,490

Wandsworth

5,440

5,650

5,880

5,980

6,190

Warrington

3,990

4,090

4,250

4,320

4,450

Warwickshire

4,010

4,130

4,270

4,320

4,450

West Berkshire

4,250

4,390

4,530

4,570

4,700

West Sussex

4,060

4,170

4,310

4,370

4,470

Westminster

5,540

6,040

6,310

6,260

6,370

Wigan

4,220

4,300

4,470

4,510

4,640

Wiltshire

3,910

4,060

4,200

4,250

4,390

Windsor and Maidenhead

4,280

4,420

4,580

4,630

4,770

Wirral

4,340

4,420

4,610

4,630

4,770

Wokingham

4,000

4,160

4,320

4,360

4,520

Wolverhampton

4,510

4,670

4,860

4,940

5,100

Worcestershire

3,970

4,080

4,210

4,300

4,430

York

4,050

4,120

4,260

4,360

4,500

Notes:
1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School Standards Grant, School Standards Grant (Personalisation) and Standards Fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which are not allocated at LA level.
2. Price Base: Real term figures using 31 March 2010 GDP Deflators at 2008-09 prices.
3. These figures are for all funded pupils aged three-19.
4. Rounding: Per pupil figures are rounded to the nearest £10.
5. Figures exclude Isles of Scilly and City of London.
6. From 2009-10 due to Local Government re-organisation, Bedfordshire split to become Bedford borough and Central Bedfordshire and Cheshire became Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester.

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