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809W<br />
Written Answers<br />
1 DECEMBER 2010<br />
Written Answers<br />
810W<br />
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to seek<br />
additional data-sharing powers to enable people with a<br />
terminal illness automatically to receive assistance<br />
from the mandatory social price support scheme.<br />
[27741]<br />
Gregory Barker: Energy suppliers will be required<br />
from April 2011 to provide greater help with the financial<br />
costs of energy bills to more of the most vulnerable fuel<br />
poor households—with total support of £250 million in<br />
2011-12 rising to £310 million in 2014-15.<br />
We anticipate that data matching methods, similar to<br />
those which were used successfully in the Energy Rebate<br />
Scheme, will be used to target the available assistance<br />
towards more of the most vulnerable households.<br />
We intend to consult on the detailed policy design,<br />
including eligibility and targeting methods, shortly and<br />
would welcome views and input on these issues during<br />
that process.<br />
Natural Gas<br />
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he<br />
has made of the level of reserves of shale gas in the<br />
UK. [27752]<br />
Charles Hendry: The British Geological Survey estimates<br />
that t<strong>here</strong> could be worthwhile shale gas resources in<br />
the UK. However it is not possible to make an estimate<br />
of reserves without drilling and production testing, and<br />
it is not yet clear that the success elsew<strong>here</strong> can be<br />
replicated in the UK.<br />
WOMEN AND EQUALITIES<br />
Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Women Councillors<br />
Taskforce: Expenditure<br />
Priti Patel: To ask the Minister for Women and<br />
Equalities pursuant to the answer of 22 November<br />
2010, Official Report, columns 81-2W, on ethnic minorities,<br />
who the speakers were at each of the 16 events. [27469]<br />
Lynne Featherstone: A total of 16 Black, Asian and<br />
Minority Ethnic (BAME) Women Councillors’ Taskforce<br />
events were held across Britain. The speakers at each of<br />
the events were as follows:<br />
Tower Hamlet—23 July 2008:<br />
Councillors: Dr Anwara AN, Shirley Marshall and Lurline<br />
Champagnie; Barbara Follett MP and Deputy Minister for<br />
Women; former Councillor Neelam Bakshi.<br />
Birmingham—17 October 2008:<br />
Councillors: Salma Yaqoob, Karen Hamilton and Paulette<br />
Hamilton; Francine Fernandes; Carol Coombes CEO.<br />
Harrow—21 November 2008:<br />
Councillors: Lurline Champagnie, Mimi Harker, Nana Asante<br />
and David Ashton.<br />
Swansea—12 December 2008:<br />
Former Councillor Yvonne Jardine; Nia Griffith MP; Salma<br />
Abbasi; Mari Rees.<br />
Islington—9 January 2009:<br />
Councillors: James Kempton, Jyoti Vaja, Anjana Patel, Ruth<br />
Polling, Berenice Vanier; Mouna Hamitouche.<br />
TUC event central London—3 February 2009:<br />
Sarah Veale; Dinah Cox; Councillors: Anwara Ali and Lurline<br />
Champagnie.<br />
Glasgow—13 February 2009:<br />
Former Councillor Neelam Bakshi; Angela O’Hagan; Councillor<br />
Paulette Hamilton; Loretta Mordi; Ann Henderson.<br />
Gloucester—19 February 2009:<br />
Former Councillor Carol Francis; Councillors: Barry Dare,<br />
Lorna Campbell and Lady Mavis Dunrossil; Parmjit Dhanda<br />
MP.<br />
Newcastle—20 March 2009:<br />
Former Councillor Thea Khamis; Councillors: David Faulkner<br />
and Lurline Champagnie; Baroness Sandip Verma; Ranjana<br />
Bell.<br />
Leicester—17 April 2009:<br />
Councillors: Manjula Sood, Ross Willmott, Sarah Russell and<br />
Ramilla Shah; Sheila Lock CEO; Liz Reid-Jones; Anita Patel.<br />
Camden—24 April 2009:<br />
Councillors: Maya de Souza, Keith Moffitt and Geethika<br />
Jayatilaka; Dame Jane Roberts; Simon Woolley.<br />
South London—21 May 2009:<br />
Councillors: Lorna Campbell; Nicholas Stanton, Eliza Mann,<br />
Mimi Harker and Dora Dixon Fyle; Dawn Butler MP; Harriet<br />
Harman QC, MP and Minister for Women and Equalities.<br />
Liverpool—29 May 2009:<br />
Former Councillor Mia Jones; Councillors: Warren Bradley<br />
and Anna Rothery; Amina Ismail; Maria Eagle MP and Deputy<br />
Minister for Women and Equalities.<br />
Chilterns, Maidenhead and Berkshire—26 June 2009:<br />
Councillors: Mimi Harker, Humaira Khan, John Warder, Meral<br />
Ece, Denise Headley.<br />
Luton—17 July 2009:<br />
Councillors: Sherma Batson, Joan Bailey, Jacqui Burnett and<br />
Anjana Patel; Dr Nazia Khanum; Kate Belinis CEO.<br />
Bradford—22 July 2009:<br />
Adeeba Malik; Councillors: Dale Smith, Naveeda Ikram and<br />
Alison Lowe; Marcia Churley.<br />
Note:<br />
This information is in the public domain through the BAME<br />
Women Councillors’ Taskforce report. The full report is available<br />
at the following link:<br />
http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/<br />
Task%20Force%20Report%20Oct%202009.pdf<br />
Priti Patel: To ask the Minister for Women and<br />
Equalities pursuant to the answer of 22 November<br />
2010, Official Report, columns 81-82W, on ethnic minorities,<br />
how the (a) attendees and (b) delegates at each event<br />
were (i) invited and (ii) selected for invitation. [27471]<br />
Lynne Featherstone: A total of 16 events were held<br />
across Britain reaching nearly 1,100 women. These events<br />
were promoted using a wide range of organisations.<br />
This included working closely with existing local equalities<br />
group networks and political parties.<br />
The Government Equalities Office (GEO) sent e-mails<br />
including the event details and also telephoned organisations<br />
who helped to promote the events on behalf of the<br />
GEO. These organisations included local women’s<br />
organisations, equalities organisations, local authorities,<br />
local political parties, strategic partners, local Libraries<br />
and business networks.