Candidate's for the Ryhall and Casterton Ward of Rutland County Council District Council By Election No Libdem or Labour

Candidate's for the Ryhall and Casterton Ward of Rutland County Council District Council By Election No Libdem or Labour candidates. 

The Conservatives have dug up Richard Foster who was previously elected as a Conservative member for Cottesmore in May 2015 an appointed to the cabinet in August 2015 

Richard Foster has lived in Stretton since 1999 but has close ties to Rutland going back more than 40 years. 

Foster, Richard 

The Old Farm

House, Manor Road,

Stretton, Rutland,

LE15 7QZ

The Conservative 

Rick Wilson has been nominated for the Green Party.

https://twitter.com/Rick_Wilson

Wilson, Rick 

School House,

Bourne Road,

Essendine, Rutland,

PE9 4EH

Green Party

The poll for the Ryhall and Casterton by-election will take place between 7am and 10pm on March 10.

In line with Electoral Commission and government guidance, it is recommended that voters wear face coverings in polling stations to reduce the risk from Covid-19. Hand sanitising stations and single-use pencils for marking ballots will also be provided.

The deadline for receiving new applications to register to vote for this election is midnight on February 22. Guidance on how to register can be found at: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

New applications to vote by post and any requests to cancel or change an existing postal or proxy vote must reach the council’s electoral services team by 5pm on February 23 in order to be valid for this election.

New applications to vote by proxy except on the grounds of a medical emergency must be submitted before 5pm on March 2.

For more information about the Ryhall and Casterton by-election, voter registration and how to vote, visit: www.rutland.gov.uk/elections or email: elections@rutland.gov.uk or call: 01572 722 577.

Labour Gain First Seat for Decades on Rutland County Council Leah Toseland Elected

Labour Gain First Seat for years on Rutland County Council Leah Toseland Elected 

Daniel Stephen Bottomley 175 Votes 

Leah Toseland 293 Votes

Rutland last had Labour Councillor. When they had two up to 2003 Elections. 

What The Parliamentary Candidates say, UKIP, Conservative, Independent, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Rutland Times Election 2015

What The Parliamentary Candidates say, UKIP, Conservative, Independent, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Rutland Times Election 2015

These are the people hoping for your vote in the Melton and Rutland constituency when polls open on Thursday, May 7.

Richard Billington (Ukip)

Alan Duncan (Con)

Marilyn Gordon (Independent)

Alastair McQuillan (Green)

James Moore (Lab)

Ed Reynolds (Lib Dem)



Richard Billington UKIP Rutland Times Election 2015

Alan Duncan Conservative Rutland Times Election 2015

Marilyn Gordon Rutland Times Election 2015

Alastair McQuillan Green Party Rutland Times Election 2015

James Moore  Labour Rutland Times Election 2015

Ed Reynolds Liberal Democrat Rutland Times Election 2015

European Election 2014 East Midlands Candidates, An Idependence From Europe, BNP, Tories, English Democrats, Greens, Harmony, Labour, Lib Dems, UKIP

EAST MIDLANDS Candidates 

AN INDEPENDENCE FROM EUROPE



1. Chris Pain
Harrington Lodge, Gibraltar Road,
Skegness, Lincs. PE25 3TJ

Lincolnshire county councillor Chris Pain wants striking teachers to be ... be fined £60 per child

2. Val Pain
Toft House, Eaudyke Road,
Friskney, Boston Lincs

PE22 8RT

3. Alan Jesson
33 Balmoral Avenue, Spalding,

Lincolnshire PE11 2RN

Lincolnshire County Councillor Former Ukip Councillor Alan Jesson Accused Of Racist And Homophobic Rants On Facebook http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/21/ukip-councillor-alan-jesson-facebook_n_3312256.html


4. John Beaver

18 The Rowans, Gainsborough DN21 1WH 
Lincolnshire County Councillor former UKIP

5. Carl Mason
21 Colingdale Drive, Boston, Lincolnshire
PE21 9AZ
Stood as a UKIP Candidate in 2013 for  County Councillor for Grantham East

BNP East Midlands 

6. Catherine Ann Marie Duffy 

9 Babington Road, Rothley Leics
LE7 7PB

Charnwood Borough Councillor

7. Robert Malcolm Brian West 
35 Farrow Avenue, Holbeach
Lincs PE12 7DG


Conservative Party Cllr elected South Holland District Council 2003

8. Bob Brindley 
1509 Victoria Centre, Nottingham
NG1 3PL

9. Geoffrey William Dickens 
'Pendale' Main Street, Shawell, Lutterworth
Leics LE17 6AG

10. Paul Hilliard 
12 Maple Drive, Alvaston Derby Derbyshire
DE24 0FT


Conservative Party 


11. Emma McClarkin 
26 Soar House, Welland Place, St
Mary’s Road, Market Harborough,
Leicestershire LE16 7GR

12. Andrew Iain Lewer 
Hornbeam House, Hopton,
Wirksworth, Matlock,
Derbyshire DE4 4DF

Derbyshire County Councillor

13. Rupert Oliver Matthews
8 Fir Tree Close, Epsom, Surrey
KT17 3LD

English author on the paranormal, and a Conservative Party politician.


14. Stephen John Castens 
9 Westhorpe, Ashley, Market Harborough,
Leicestershire LE16 8HQ



15. Brendan Clarke-Smith
8 Amesbury Circus,
Cinderhill, Nottingham
NG8 6DA

school teacher and long-suffering Notts County supporter


English Democrats 


16. Kevin Sills 
4 Aynsley Close, Desborough,
Northants NN14 2YD

17. David Wickham
1 Grizedale Close, Corby,
Northants NN17 2YJ

43-year-old father-of-four, has lived in Corby for many years and has worked in food manufacturing for the last two decades.

18. John Dowle
The Holt, 25 Caister Road, Market
Rasen, Lincolnshire LN8 3HY

John Dowle I would much rather Britain sink on its own, than be shackled to the EU Momster. Everyone is out to harm our beloved homeland and that includes to good old US of A. Britain had the biggest empire the world has seen, we created the modern day world and we have more history per square mile than the rest of the world combined. We were the greatest and still punch way above our weight. The other countries know this and will do anything to take this away from us! Not on my watch!



19. Oliver Healey 
Millstone Court, Millstone Lane, Leicester
LE1 5JN

Oliver Healey

Yesterday · Edited

UKIP TARGET ENGLISH DEMOCRATS
UKIP OPPOSE REPATRIATING EU NATIONALS
UKIP OPPOSE CONTROLS ON RADICAL ISLAM
UKIP OPPOSE ENGLISH JOBS FOR ENGLISH WORKERS
UKIP SUPPORT MULTICULTURALISM
UKIP OPPOSE ZERO IMMIGRATION
UKIP ARE NOT NATIONALISTS
VOTE ENGLISH DEMOCRAT MAY 22ND
SEND RADICAL ISLAMISTS HOME
ENGLISH JOBS FOR ENGLISH WORKERS
ZERO IMMIGRATION FOR 5 YEARS
UKIP IF YOU WANT TO BUT THE ENGLISH DEMOCRATS FIGHT FOR YOU, 

YOUR NATION AND YOUR WAY OF LIFE

20. Terry Spencer 
Andridgh House, 160 Midland Road,
Wellingborough Northants NN8 1NG


Green Party 


21. Kat Boettge
4 Wyrale Drive, Nottingham
NG8 6NN

Psychotherapist


22. Sue Mallender 
135 Trent Boulevard, Lady
Bay, Nottingham NG2 5BN

Sue was born in Walsall in the West Midlands and came to Nottingham as a student.
She has lived in West Bridgford for 29 years.
Sue has a First Class Honours Degree and worked as a teacher for many years.
She now works as a Play Development Officer for Nottingham City Council.

Sue has two daughters, Lizzie and Alice, aged 22 and 18, and has recently married fellow Green Councillor, Richard Mallender.


23. Richard Mallender 
135 Trent Boulevard, Lady Bay,
Nottingham NG2 5BN

Richard was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and now lives in West Bridgford near Nottingham.

He is married to fellow Green councillor Sue, and has two step-daughters.

Richard has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Teesside. 

He also studied at post-graduate level at the University of Aberdeen.

Richard has worked in IT and telecommunications and for the Red Cross. 

He currently works for Nottingham City Council.

24. Peter Duncan Allen 
8 Slatelands Road, Glossop, SK13 6LH

25. Simon Edward Hales 
Flat 155 Cavendish Court, Cavendish Street,
Derby DE1 1UD


26. Harmony Party 

27. Steve Ward 
03/49 Cornwallis Gardens,
Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1LX


Labour Party 



28. Glenis Willmott 
Winnow Barn, 27a Main Street,
Lockington DE74 2RH

Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands since 2006 and I’m Labour’s Leader in Europe.


29. Rory Palmer 
25 Raeburn Road, Leicester
LE2 3DR

Deputy City Mayor & Cllr, Leicester City Council supportive of the work of the Labour Animal Welfare Society


30. Linda Woodings
7 Ellwood Crescent, Nottingham
NG8 1GD

Linda Woodings is the political officer for the East Midlands region of the Communication Workers Union. She has been a trade union activist for 30 years. She also negotiates nationally for call-centre workers and is a senior case-handler.

31. Khalid Hadadi 
21 Guthlaxton Street, Leicester LE2 0SF

European Affairs Manager for Channel 4 in Brussels?


32. Nicki Brooks 
71 Burton Road, Carlton, Nottingham,
NG4 3DL

Labour Gedling Borough Cllr & Chief Whip
Member of GMB
Vice-chair Gedling Constituency Labour Party
Co-operative member
Professional campaigner



Liberal Democrats 



33.Bill Newton Dunn 
10 Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln
LN5 0EG

He is the only remaining British MEP from the first ever European  elections in 1979

34. Issan Ul-Haque Ghazni 
47 Homefield Road, Aspley,
Nottingham NG8 5GH


35. Phil Knowles 
Bream Cottage, Back Lane, East
Langton, Market Harborough,
Leicestershire LE16 7TB

Councillor - Harborough District Council


36. George Smid 
Rose Lodge, Kings Cliffe Road, Wansford,
PE8 6NU

My name is George Smid and I am a Liberal Democrat Prospective European Election Candidate. I was born in what was at that time communist Czechoslovakia. I left the country in 1981, gaining British citizenship in 1987. So I am European by birth and British by choice. This allows me to understand Europe intuitively and to promote Britain shamelessly.

37. Deborah Violet Newton-Cook 
Avenue Joseph Chaudron, 91 1160
Auderghem, Belgium



UK Independence Party (UKIP) 


38. Roger Helmer 
Ivy House Farm, Peveril Road,
Ashby Magna, Lutterworth,
Leicestershire LE17 5NG

defected from the Tories in 2012
Also The UK Independence Party chooses MEP Roger Helmer to fight the Newark parliamentary by-election next month.

39. Margot Parker 
17 Church Walk, Weldon,
Corby, Northants, NN17 3JX

UK Independence Party (UKIP). UKIP Employment Spokesman
candidate Corby by-election was a by-election held in England on 15 November 2012

40. Jonathan Deryck Bullock
2 Thomas Rippin Close,
Geddington, Northants NN14 1SF

41. Nigel Mark Wickens
11 Croft Lane, Roade, Northampton,
Northamptonshire, NN7 2QZ

42. Barry Joseph Mahoney 
10 Wentworth Way, Stoke Bruerne,
Northamptonshire NN12 7SA

Sarah Russell, Labour, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland police and crime commissioner election.

Three people are contesting the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland police and crime commissioner election. Here is what Sarah Russell (Labour) has to say.



Sarah Russell (Labour)

I’m standing to be Leicestershire and Rutland’s first Police and Crime Commissioner as I believe I have the skills and experience to make this new role work for the people of the force area.
As an assistant mayor for Leicester City Council I am responsible for a £32m budget, lead on community safety, anti-social behaviour and policing issues, chair the city Community Safety Partnership and am part of the Police Strategic Partnership Board for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
I’m proud of my track record of working with the police and other partners to deliver real improvements for local communities to make 
them feel safer and reduce 
crime.
As your Police and Crime Commissioner my focus will be on:
l Protecting community policing - ensuring we have visible local teams that know their patch and local people’s priorities.
l Crime prevention – helping communities protect themselves, reducing crime and the fear of crime.
l Victim services – ensuring that victims of crime receive the support they need, listening to and communicating effectively with them.
l Partnerships – with the Probation Service, NHS and local councils to stop duplication of services and direct resources more effectively.
l You – I will ensure I’m accessible and that you have regular opportunities to question me and hold me to account.
If elected, I will work tirelessly with the chief constable to deliver effective police services whilst recognising the priorities of the different and diverse communities in Leicestershire and Rutland.

www.Sarah4PCC.co.uk

Suleman Nagdi, Independent, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland police and crime commissioner election.

Sarah Russell, Labour, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland police and crime commissioner election.

Sir Clive Loader, Conservative, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland police and crime commissioner election

Leicestershire, Leicester, Rutland, Police Crime Commissioners, Hustings, candidates Sir Clive Loader, Suleman Nagdi, Sarah Russell, photographs

Tory MP asks watchdog to investigate Leicester East MP Keith Vaz

Leicester East MP Keith Vaz  (Labour) with Britains Youngest Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, Simon Cole

Tory MP asks watchdog to investigate Leicester East MP Keith Vaz

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen calls for a probe into the source of £500,000 in bank deposits linked to MP Keith Vaz in a letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner obtained by Channel 4 News. http://www.channel4.com/news/tory-mp-calls-for-vaz-to-step-down-during-fnancial-probe

"It appears Mr Vaz has a number of questions to answer," Mr Bridgen said.

In a letter to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards obtained by Channel 4 News the Tory MP requests an investigation into whether Mr Vaz lied or broke any parliamentary rules by failing to declare outside interests "given that the reported police investigation found that outside payments were indeed made".

Mr Bridgen, citing a report in today's Telegraph newspaper, also asked for the commissioner to re-open a decade-old investigation to determine whether Mr Vaz received improper payments from the billionaire Hinduja brothers, who pushed the then-Blair government to give Mr Vaz a ministerial role and lobbied for UK passports in the late 1990s. The scandal eventually led to the sacking of Peter Mandelson.

Mr Vaz was cleared of the earlier allegations of receiving illicit funds, but was forced to resign and was suspended from parliament for refusing to provide financial information to the parliamentary commissioner.

Finally, Mr Bridgen asked for an explanation as to what the commissioner knew about the police findings at the time of the earlier probe and whether it was now appropriate for Mr Vaz to resign given the sensitive nature of his current role in government. Mr Vaz chairs the home affairs select committee which holds the police to account.

Position untenable

Should the commissioner agree to investigate, Mr Bridgen said Mr Vaz's position as head of the committee is untenable.

"I feel that he cannot continue to hold his role with the Home Affairs Select Committee during an investigation and call on him to stand down," Mr Bridgen told reporters.

Scotland Yard declined to comment. According to the Telegraph, police detectives allegedly found almost £500,000 in "suspicious" funds were deposited into multiple accounts linked to Labour MP Keith Vaz in addition to his salary between 1997 and 2001,

The money was paid into a series of accounts over a period of time. The newspaper also reported that in an internal briefing document circulated within Scotland yard, detectives expressed their belief that "the level of funds received ... are of a suspicious nature."

'Nothing suspicious'

Mr Vaz denied there was anything suspicious about his banking transactions, noting the money in question related to buying and selling a family home in London and a drawdown of equity from his bank.

In a statement posted on his web site today, the Labour MP said:

"The Telegraph contacted me on Sunday about an investigation which may or may not have occurred 10 years ago. I asked them to supply me with a copy of the report but they did not have one.

"These matters relate to two parliamentary inquires which began in 1999 and concluded in 2003. My finances were discussed by every newspaper in the country for a period of three years and were the subject of extensive examination. I have had no outside interests," Mr Vaz said.

"When you sell a house and you buy a new house it is normal practice for the money to be paid into your account and the money then paid out," Mr Vaz added.

Parliamentary standards

A spokesman for Mr Vaz, contacted by Channel 4 News today, declined to comment on Mr Bridgen's intention to contact the commissioner for information.

The Telegraph report alleged that police evidence may contradict assurances Mr Vaz gave during an investigation into his finances between 2000 and 2001, which was carried out by parliament.

Scotland Yard were facing calls to hand evidence to the parliamentary commissioner for standards, which can reopen an inquiry into allegations first made a decade ago, the Telegraph said.

Furthermore, the Telegraph claimed it has seen a police document in which detectives claim to have established that £28,959 in cash was paid into an HSBC account held by Mr Vaz during a single year. The MP and his wife also held a series of other accounts at different banks that were also examined by police.

In an internal briefing document circulated within Scotland Yard, detectives expressed their belief that "the level of funds received ... are of a suspicious nature", the Telegraph reported.

Andy Burnham Labour's Shadow Health Secretary

I received the following email from a Labour person.

I think they require support. Was it not Labour who lost the last Election? What's changed about Labour?

Not sure they are the alternative to this Tory Woe

Anyway I am sure they have some support so here is the email for those partisan few.

Andy Burnham

18:27

To: martinjbrookes@hotmail.com

If you can't see this email correctly, please click here

Hello, During the election David Cameron promised change, but things have got worse - a double-dip recession, millionaires getting tax cuts while millions pay more and nurses getting P45s. This isn't the change that he promised. But we really can rebuild Britain - even though there's less money to spend. We are ready to step up to the big challenges of the future - by building an economy that works for working people, protecting the NHS and supporting our local communities. The banks need real change - and we will demand that. The energy markets need to be opened up so that consumers aren't ripped off. And the NHS needs to be allowed to concentrate on delivering patient care and protected from the market free-for-all that the Coalition are driving through. But to achieve these things we need people to come together to make them happen. Between now and the election, our campaign will be powered by people like you. So I wanted to ask you to take the first step and say you're with us. Click here to join the Labour Supporters Network - or even become a member Thank you Andy Burnham Labour's Shadow Health Secretary

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood, Labour) Olympic Games 2012 International Development

Olympic Games 2012
International Development

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 17 September 2012, c527W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will publish details of Government use of tickets and hospitality in the autumn. This will include the use of transport services which operated on the Olympic or Paralympic route networks.

Anas Sarwar, Glasgow Central, Labour, poverty and vulnerability in urban areas.

Developing Countries: Urban Areas
International Development

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how her Department assesses poverty and vulnerability in urban areas.

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID draws on a range of information sources, including national poverty surveys and consultations with poor people, to assess poverty and vulnerability in urban areas.

The Department is working with others to improve the tools to measure and understand urban poverty. For example in Vietnam we are supporting a special poverty survey for urban areas. In Bangladesh, DFID supports the Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Programme, which has developed a new way of measuring and monitoring urban poverty that includes people living in slums and informal settlements, who were previously excluded from the official statistics.

Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Central, Labour, refugees in urban areas

Developing Countries: Urban Areas
International Development

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the vulnerabilities of refugees in urban areas.

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID recognises that, in developing countries, refugees in urban areas often face a wide range of risks which include threat of arrest and detention, exploitation, inadequate shelter, human trafficking, prohibition on movement and residence and lack of documentation. This is why DFID is providing support to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to deliver protection and assistance programmes in urban areas. DFID has also funded research, through the Norwegian Refugee Council, to identify the most effective approach for assisting urban refugees, on which humanitarian organisations can draw to improve their programmes of support.

Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Central, Labour, Developing Countries: Urban Areas International Development

Developing Countries: Urban Areas

International Development

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of her Department's expertise in urbanisation and urban development.

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID has built up internal expertise in urbanisation and urban development over the past decade. DFID has experience from India and other settings in urban development, experience which can be leveraged as we develop our urban programming going forward.

DFID's expertise on urban issues resides in a number of technical advisory groups, especially in infrastructure, climate and environment, livelihoods, private sector development, economics, governance, social development and humanitarian. An internal network of 60 DFID specialists working on urban issues was created in early 2012 to promote improved understanding of the challenges of urbanisation by drawing on the existing knowledge and expertise and to share experience across DFID's country programmes. Themes of current interest include poverty, health, migration, enterprise development, climate change adaptation and disaster resilience.


I was wondering why MP's had taken to addressing MP Alan Ducan as She or Her?

Here is Mr Duncan's response.

Dear Mr Brookes

Thank you for your e-mail.

The reason the question is written this way is that all questions tabled for oral answer are addressed to the Secretary of State and then subsequently allocated to the relevant minister. Mr Sarwar’s question is therefore formally addressed to Justine Greening as Secretary of State, even though it was ultimately answered by me.

Regards

Alan Duncan

So if you notice any future question and answers with what appears to be in correctly sexed that is the reason.

No John Peck Rubbish Here, Newark and sherwood Homes Nottinghamshire, Threaten to evict tenants for displaying anti Labour Posters attack on freedom and democracy.

No John Peck Rubbish Here thank you

Council tenants banned from displaying anti Labour election poster

There is a council byelection on Thursday in the Rufford division for Nottinghamshire Council Council. Some voters have put up posters in their windows saying: "No John Peck rubbish here thank you." A disobliging reference to the Labour candidate. Others have displayed posters in support of Mr Peck. So far that all sounds familiar to an election campaign - at least one where apathy is not completely triumphant.
What is unusual about this election is that Council tenants displaying posters attacking Mr Peck have been ordered to remove them.

A housing officer from Newark and Sherwood Homes, the Council's housing almo, decided that posters attacking Mr Peck were in breach of the tenancy agreement - on the grounds it was likely to cause offence. However it was decided that posters in support of Mr Peck were quite in order as they would not cause offence. So rather than getting on with tackling genuinely anti social behaviour we see Newark and Sherwood Homes launching the most astonishing attack on freedom and democracy.

More details are on the Blue Guerilla blog.

The matter was raised Communities and Local Government questions in the House of Commons yesterday:

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood) (Con): Is the Secretary of State aware thatNewark and Sherwood Homes in my constituency is threatening its tenants with eviction for displaying a poster requesting not to have election literature delivered? Is it not unprecedented for a housing authority to step into the democratic process like that, and will he talk with the Electoral Commission about the matter?

Mr Pickles: That seems to me to be treating tenants as some 19th century mill owner might have treated his workers. It is entirely inappropriate that tenants should be refused their democratic right to display a poster. I urge the returning officer to look into the injustice immediately.

Tyranny comes not silently like a thief in the night but openly, and in broad daylight, boldly declaring its intention.

text form that other political party that produces rubbish

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North, Labour) Burma International Development

Burma
International Development

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department is funding any programmes promoting inter-faith and religious tolerance in Burma.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 11 September 2012, c216W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID does not have any specific programmes which promote inter-faith and religious tolerance in Burma. We are working with a range of partners, including faith-based organisations, to support peace and reconciliation in Burma.

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour) Overseas Aid International Development

Overseas Aid
International Development

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Aid Match scheme.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 11 September 2012, c217W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

UK Aid Match was launched as a one-year pilot in June 2011. The scheme has been a successful mechanism for backing public choices on the use of aid, by matching their donations to charity appeals, pound for pound. To date 16 organisations have successfully applied to the scheme, with eight appeals completed, and eight currently in progress. The money raised will support a wide variety of development projects and programmes, all designed to deliver important, measurable improvements to the lives of some of the world's poorest people.

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour) Overseas Aid International Development

Overseas Aid
International Development

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total value of support provided to charities through the Aid Match scheme was in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 11 September 2012, c217W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

The information requested is as follows:

(a) £29,971,539 has been committed under UK Aid Match, to eight completed appeals, since the scheme was launched in June 2011.

The breakdown by nation, based on the location of charity Head Offices, is as follows:

(b) Scotland: £0

(c) England: £29,071,539

(d) Wales: £0

(e) Northern Ireland: £900,000.