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985616

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date	11/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cumbria Constabulary: Appleby Horse Fair
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will meet with the chief constable of Cumbria Constabulary to discuss the adequacy of funding for Cumbria Constabulary to effectively police the area surrounding the Appleby Horse Fair each year.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	178265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers meet on a regular basis with police leaders to discuss a range of topics. Last year, I spoke to all 43 polices force in England &amp; Wales about the demands they face.</p><p>The Government is supporting the police to respond to changing demand with an over £460m increase in total investment in the police system this financial year, including an increase of around £280m in funding for Police &amp; Crime Commissioners through council tax precept.The Cumbria PCC’s direct resource funding is £102.9 million in 2018/19, an increase of £2.5 million from precept compared to 2017/18.</p><p>Decisions about the allocation of police resources and deployment of officers are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable PCCs. They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met.If any force faces an exceptional event that could threaten the financial stability of the force, the Police and Crime Commissioners can apply to the Home Office for special grant funding.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/10/2018 17:09:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

985618

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP and Child and adolescent mental health services appointments were requested for children under the age of eighteen years in Cumbria for (a) depression, (b) anxiety and (c) eating disorders in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	178266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 178267 question first answered 18/10/2018 16:22:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

985619

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) GP and (b) Child and adolescent mental health services appointments were delivered for children in Cumbria under the age of eighteen for a) depression b) anxiety c) eating disorders each year for the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	178267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 178266 question first answered 18/10/2018 16:22:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

985627

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the border in each of those visits.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	178370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Neither I, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland in that capacity or officials in my department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial visits and overseas travel are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Information on business expenses incurred by senior officials, which includes domestic and international travel, is also published quarterly and available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 19/10/2018 07:46:34 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

985629

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the border in each of those visits.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	178372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>a) The Secretary of State travelled between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland but did not make a specific visit to the Irish border. Details of Ministers’ overseas travel are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p>b) Details of business expenses incurred by senior officials include domestic and international travel. This information is also published quarterly and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p>The information requested for all officials in my Department is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/10/2018 12:19:59 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

985630

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the border in each of those visits.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	178373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing complete transparency on Ministerial visits overseas to Parliament and the public. Where Government ministers have travelled between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, details will be published quarterly on Gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for officials in my Department is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, details of business expenses incurred by senior officials including domestic and international travel is also published quarterly and is available on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/10/2018 16:21:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

985632

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the level of Council Tax receipts of the practice of second homeowners avoiding the payment of council tax by registering a second home as a business.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	178364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Owners of second homes are generally liable for council tax. Only where a property is available for short-term lets for 140 days or more per financial year, is it considered a holiday-let, and therefore assessed for business rates instead. However, the Government is aware of concerns about holiday homes and is looking into this issue to see if the criteria under which holiday lets are valued for business rates are appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/10/2018 09:17:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

985638

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on levels of smoking of an increase in the take-up of vaping.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	178297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Smoking rates have fallen steeply in recent years at the same time as e-cigarette use has increased. Adult smoking prevalence in England is 14.9%, the lowest rate on record, whilst around 2.5 million people in England use e-cigarettes, the majority of whom no longer smoke. Whilst the link between uptake of vaping and decline in smoking is not straightforward, the latest research suggests that up to 57,000 people a year are quitting smoking through e-cigarette use who would not have quit through other means.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials receive a wide range of representations from different stakeholders regarding smoking and vaping. The Government is committed to keeping the evidence on e-cigarettes under review and Public Health England (PHE) will continue to publish an annual review of the evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>Local stop smoking services are able to promote vaping as a tool to stop smoking, drawing upon advice from PHE and the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training. According to PHE, smokers who combine e-cigarettes with local stop smoking services have some of the highest quit rates of all service users.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 178298 178299 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:27:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

985639

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received representations on the link between the levels of (a) vaping and (b) smoking.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	178298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Smoking rates have fallen steeply in recent years at the same time as e-cigarette use has increased. Adult smoking prevalence in England is 14.9%, the lowest rate on record, whilst around 2.5 million people in England use e-cigarettes, the majority of whom no longer smoke. Whilst the link between uptake of vaping and decline in smoking is not straightforward, the latest research suggests that up to 57,000 people a year are quitting smoking through e-cigarette use who would not have quit through other means.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials receive a wide range of representations from different stakeholders regarding smoking and vaping. The Government is committed to keeping the evidence on e-cigarettes under review and Public Health England (PHE) will continue to publish an annual review of the evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>Local stop smoking services are able to promote vaping as a tool to stop smoking, drawing upon advice from PHE and the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training. According to PHE, smokers who combine e-cigarettes with local stop smoking services have some of the highest quit rates of all service users.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 178297 178299 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:27:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

985640

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the policy of local stop smoking services in order to promote vaping.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	178299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Smoking rates have fallen steeply in recent years at the same time as e-cigarette use has increased. Adult smoking prevalence in England is 14.9%, the lowest rate on record, whilst around 2.5 million people in England use e-cigarettes, the majority of whom no longer smoke. Whilst the link between uptake of vaping and decline in smoking is not straightforward, the latest research suggests that up to 57,000 people a year are quitting smoking through e-cigarette use who would not have quit through other means.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials receive a wide range of representations from different stakeholders regarding smoking and vaping. The Government is committed to keeping the evidence on e-cigarettes under review and Public Health England (PHE) will continue to publish an annual review of the evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>Local stop smoking services are able to promote vaping as a tool to stop smoking, drawing upon advice from PHE and the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training. According to PHE, smokers who combine e-cigarettes with local stop smoking services have some of the highest quit rates of all service users.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 178297 178298 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:27:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon