Every parliamentary written question tabled by Steve Darling this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether she plans to criminalise the act of exploiting children for criminal purposes.
The Government is committed to preventing young people being lured into crime, drugs, and criminal gangs. We will deliver on our Manifesto commitment and will bring forward measures to strengthen the law to tackle child criminal exploitation.
If he will make an assessment as part of his next spending review of the potential economic merits of double British Summer time.
The Government has no current plans to change the approach to Daylight Savings.
If he will make it his policy to continue funding (a) family hubs and (b) the Start for Life programme.
The Government has a bold new ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children in our history. There is strong evidence that the critical 1,001 days from conception to the age of two years old sets the foundations for later cognitive, emotional, and physical development.Launched in August 2022, the three-year Family Hubs and Start for Life programme provides approximately £300 million to 75 local authorities in England with high levels of deprivation, to improve outcomes for families with babies.The Family Hubs and Start for Life programme is currently funded until 31 March 2025. Further funding for the programme is dependent on future fiscal events and cannot yet be confirmed.
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a duty on local authorities to facilitate the installation of defibrillators on buildings that they own.
The Department does not have any plans to introduce a duty on local authorities to facilitate the installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on buildings that they own. The Government is committed to improving access to AEDs in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices.
If she will introduce legislation to (a) abolish the post of Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) replace them with local boards of elected councillors.
PCCs play an importantrole as the voice of the public and victims in policing at a local level, holding Chief Constables to account and leading local partnerships to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.The government will continue to work with PCCs an...
Whether she plans to abolish the recruitment of deputy Police and Crime Commissioners.
The arrangements enabling a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to appoint a deputy and the functions a deputy can exercise, are set out within the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.Before appointing a deputy, a PCC must notify the local Po...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of public support for an elected Mayor in the South West peninsula.
The Government wants more areas to benefit from devolution settlements, with new powers that will allow them to play a leading role in delivering growth and bring economic benefit to communities. This is why we are encouraging local authorities to advance discussions on devolution settlements. We will develop further proposals to widen and deepen devolution through the landmark English Devolution Bill and welcome engagement in that process.
If he will take steps to relocate Government (a) departments and (b) agencies to the South West.
The government is committed to ensuring that the Civil Service workforce operates across the country, including in the South West, to improve policy making and outcomes for UK citizens.
Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding for social rented housing goes to communities where the need is greatest.
The Government is committed to the biggest growth in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. We intend to ensure that we are supporting the delivery of the right kinds of affordable homes to meet local need.The bid scoring mechanism of the Affordable Homes Programme actively targets areas of acute housing need by generating greater value for money for social landlords and central Government, and we strongly encourage bids from these areas.We are committed to setting out details of future Government investment in social and affordable housing at the Spending Review.