Results 101–120 of 900 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:Ed Miliband

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Volunteering Scheme ( 8 Nov 2006)

Ed Miliband: The Government are committed to raising awareness amongst young people of the benefits of volunteering and to improving the infrastructure that supports volunteering. The Russell Commission Report on Youth Action and Engagement, published in March 2005, made sixteen recommendations for delivering a step change in the quantity, quality and diversity of youth volunteering opportunities, with a...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Volunteering (27 Nov 2006)

Ed Miliband: Rod Aldridge is the chair of v, an independent charity launched in May 2006, which aims to inspire and engage one million new youth volunteers. He is not involved in the GoldStar volunteering and mentoring programme.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: V (28 Nov 2006)

Ed Miliband: V was launched as an independent charity on Monday 8 May 2006. Prior to that date the Russell Commission Implementation Team at the Home Office supported a capacity building small grants programme which provided Home Office funding to the amount of £620,287 to 45 projects—21 organisations were awarded grants under the best practice strand and 24 under the developing strategies strand. Of...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: V (29 Nov 2006)

Ed Miliband: V has undertaken the Grants 1 funding round, with short-term projects being awarded funding in July 2006 and part-time, long-term or volunteer development teams being funded in October 2006. The Grants 1 funding round has created just over 42,000 volunteering opportunities. The volunteering projects cover a wide range of programmes with traditional organisations extending their reach to young...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Volunteering (30 Nov 2006)

Ed Miliband: GoldStar is a two-year, £5 million programme which was launched in November 2005. It is an exemplar programme designed to spread good practice about the recruitment and retention of volunteers, mentors and befrienders from groups at risk of social exclusion. There are two elements to the programme: it funds 46 volunteering and mentoring front line exemplar projects across England, with up to...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Community Associations ( 4 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: I have been asked to reply. The Charity Commission, the independent registrar and regulator of charities, is responsible for the registration of community associations as charities. I have therefore asked the Commission's chief executive to write to my hon. Friend and for a copy of this letter to be placed in the Library for the reference of Members.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Religious Buildings: Registration ( 4 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: I have been asked to reply asthe Minister for the third sector. The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities, is responsible for deciding whether or not any particular mosque is eligible to register as a charity, and for keeping the register of charities. I have therefore asked the Commission's Chief Executive to write to the hon. Member. A copy of this letter will be...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: V Charity ( 4 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: As an independent charity, senior management salaries are a matter for v's board and are governed by charity and company law. Details of senior management salaries will be included in v's annual report and accounts, which will be published in 2007.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: V Charity ( 4 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: Two civil servants and one secondee from the voluntary and charitable sector work with v as part of their role in working on volunteering issues. v was launched as an independent charity on Monday 8 May 2006, following the recommendation by lan Russell that a dedicated implementation body should commission, through a series of contracts,the delivery of a national framework for youth volunteering.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Volunteering ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: I have been asked to reply. The Government's Opportunity Age strategy, published in March 2005 and available online at www.dwp.gov.uk/opportunity_age, sets out a number of programmes to enable older people to play a full and active role in society, including ensuring that they have access to volunteering opportunities locally. Copies have been placed in the Library for the reference of...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Bonus Payments ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: Departments have delegated authority to determine their own pay and grading arrangements below the senior civil service that are tailored to meet their business needs. Detailed information on bonus payments for civil service staff below the SCS is not held centrally and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost. For information on bonus payments made by individual Departments to their...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Civil Servants: Pay ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: Departments have delegated authority to determine their own pay and grading arrangements below the senior civil service that are tailored to meet their business needs. Under the delegated arrangements, comprehensive information on grading structures in individual departments is not held centrally and could only be collected at disproportionate cost. Similarly, it is for each department to...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Consultants ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: The information requested for the Cabinet Office is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Departmental Staff ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: Departmental records are not structured to identify the number of temporary employees who were contracted to work for the Department in 2005-06. It is also not possible to readily identify the cost of temporary employees in 2005-06 and 1997-98 from the Department's accounting system. This information is therefore only available at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Departmental Studies ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: The Cabinet Office does not hold the information in the requested format and it can be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Duchy Council ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: In the last three years Her Majesty the Queen has made four new appointments for the Duchy of Lancaster Council. These are shown in the table. January 2005 Ms Anne Richards Chief Investment Officer—Aberdeen Asset Management—experience in financial asset management. Mr Hugh Seaborn Chief Executive—The Portman Estate—Chartered Surveyor with experience in commercial...

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Procurement Projects ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: I am unable to provide this information as the cost of procurement projects are not centrally identifiable and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: V Charity ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: The appointment of Rod Aldridge as Chairman of the charity v was made by Ian Russell, in his capacity as Chairman of the Russell Commission together with a team of young people who had been involved in the work of the Russell Commission's youth advisory board. Ministers had no role in the appointment process.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: V Charity ( 6 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: None. The charity is independent of Government and all initial appointments were made by Ian Russell after consultation with the young people involved in the Russell Commission Youth Advisory Board. Further appointments are made in partnership by the chair, chief executive and the v20 Youth Advisory Board.

Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Volunteering for All Programme ( 7 Dec 2006)

Ed Miliband: Volunteering for All is a Cabinet Office initiative designed to help increase the numbers of people from groups at risk of social exclusion that undertake voluntary activity. Following an open competitive grants round, on 18 September 2006 the Cabinet Office announced funding for volunteering opportunities over two years until March 2008 as part of that programme. A bid led by Timebank, with...


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