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1175024

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date	31/01/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Committee of Permanent Representatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which meetings of (a) the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (COREPER) I and (b) COREPER II were attended by UK officials since 1 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	10464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Meetings of the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union (COREPER) I and COREPER II that were attended by United Kingdom officials since 1 October 2019 are listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>COREPER I</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>COREPER II</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 October 2019</p></td><td><p>2 October 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 October 2019</p></td><td><p>9 October 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 November 2019</p></td><td><p>11 October 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 November 2019</p></td><td><p>13 October 2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/02/2020 15:37:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1175047

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Breastfeeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the health benefits of exclusively breastfeeding babies; and what steps his Department is taking to enable babies born prematurely to receive a human milk based diet.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting mothers to breastfeed their babies where possible, especially during the first six months. We would like to see more mothers breastfeeding and doing so for longer and are working with our partners including Public Health England (PHE), NHS England, UNICEF and others to achieve this goal.</p><p> </p><p>Support and information, including on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, is provided through various sources. Examples include NHS Choices, the National Breastfeeding Helpline, PHE’s Start4life, UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative and local peer support parents. The PHE interactive Breast-Feeding Friend voice product ‘chatbot’ is now available through Facebook Messenger, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant and provides live breastfeeding support to new mums at any time of day.</p><p> </p><p>The promotion of breastfeeding is one of the six high-impact areas for health visiting. The mandated contact points are an opportunity for health visitors to support parents around infant feeding. Contact takes place antenatally, at 10 to 14 days and six to eight weeks after birth. Further information on ‘Early years high impact area three: Breastfeeding’ can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754791/early_years_high_impact_area_3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754791/early_years_high_impact_area_3.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines on postnatal care and neonatal care sets out standards for supporting women to breastfeed whether their babies are born at term or preterm, including being supported to express milk.</p><p>The Department’s Toolkit for High-Quality Neonatal Services states that as a standard maternity and neonatal services should encourage breastfeeding and the expression of milk through the provision of information and dedicated support.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’ consultation, invited views on how we can do more to support mothers to breastfeed. The consultation closed in October 2019. We will set out our response to the consultation by spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/02/2020 15:45:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175048

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the allowance for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>As part of the increased funding for schools, announced by my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, on 30 August 2019, the benefits-related free school meals factor in the national funding formula will be increased in line with inflation.</p><p>For universal infant free school meals (UIFSM), schools receive funding through a separate grant and the provisional allocations were confirmed for the 2019/20 academic year last June. We have not taken decisions on future rates for UIFSM rates yet.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 10/02/2020 16:09:03 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175049

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the soft drinks industry levy has been spent on since that levy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The 2016 Budget announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. The funding has been allocated to a number of programmes to support pupil health and wellbeing which include:</p><p>Doubling funding for the primary physical education and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from 2017.</p><p>Providing £100 million in 2018/19 for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 10/02/2020 15:09:18 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175050

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Private Rented Housing: Tenants
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 steps the Government is taking to protect tenants from (a) landlords and (b) letting agents that are exploiting tenants by (i) misrepresenting properties in online advertising, (ii) unfairly holding deposits after the lease ends and (iii) illegally charging agency fees.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	10779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already taken steps to protect tenants from the small minority of landlords and letting agents that may seek to exploit them. Landlords and agents are responsible for the accuracy of advertisements and listings they post online. Misleading advertisements and listings may constitute a breach of consumer protection legislation, such as the transparency provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015. <br> <br>The additional steps Government takes are detailed in the Tenancy Deposit Protection legislation, which allows tenants to challenge their deposit being held unfairly when their tenancies end, with recourse to dispute resolution if there is no agreement on deposit repayment. Additionally under the Tenant Fees Act 2019, which came into force last June, landlords or letting agents are prevented from charging unfair fees in connection with the tenancy. <br> <br>Landlords and agents can be subject to enforcement action by Trading Standards and fined if they are found to have illegally charged prohibited fees. Trading Standards are supported by a new lead enforcement authority for lettings, the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team, which is funded by Government to provide advice and support to local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 18:17:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1175051

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with local health commissioners on the pause in recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial at Conifer-Wilberforce Health Centre, Hull.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is currently provided in England through the three-year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide the number of allocated places they can accept. The Department has held no discussions with local health commissioners in relation to the pause in recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial at Conifer-Wilberforce Health Centre or access to the trial in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 10781 question first answered 10/02/2020 15:37:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1175052

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what discussions he has had with local health commissioners on ensuring access for gay and bisexual men in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency to the PrEP Impact Trial.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is currently provided in England through the three-year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide the number of allocated places they can accept. The Department has held no discussions with local health commissioners in relation to the pause in recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial at Conifer-Wilberforce Health Centre or access to the trial in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 10780 question first answered 10/02/2020 15:37:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1175053

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will undertake an equality impact assessment of transferring to higher education providers responsibility for (a) administering and (b) setting the level of disabled students' allowance.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>​The levels of Disabled Students’ Allowances available to students are set in the Education (Student Support) Regulations. The department undertakes, and publishes, an Equality Analysis each time it lays amendments to these Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>​No decision has been made to transfer the administration of Disabled Students’ Allowances to Higher Education Providers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/02/2020 08:54:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175054

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the health and wellbeing of pupils with brain injury of the change in the level of funding for mentoring those pupils.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>No child or young person should be held back from reaching their potential, including those with complex special needs and disabilities such as an Acquired Brain Injury. This is why we have announced £780 million of additional high needs funding for next year (2020-21), which is an increase of 12% compared to this year, bringing the total amount for supporting those with the most complex needs to £7.2 billion. This will be the largest year-on-year increase since the high needs funding block was created in 2013.</p><p>Every local authority will see an increase in high needs funding of at least 8% per head of population aged 2 to 18. Sunderland will receive £28.4 million in high needs funding. This will provide valuable extra resources so that support is in place to make sure that no pupil or student is left behind.</p><p>When deciding on the provision to be made for a particular child or young person with a special educational need or disability (SEND), schools and local authorities must have regard to the SEND Code of Practice. The SEND Code of Practice is clear that professionals working with children and young people with SEND should involve the parents or the young person at every stage of planning and reviewing support and take account of their wishes, feelings and perspectives.</p><p>If a child or young person has an Education, Health and Care plan, the plan should set out exactly what support they should be receiving.</p><p>Every school is also required to have a policy in place to support pupils with medical conditions and this should be easily accessible for school staff and parents or carers. Governing bodies have a duty to ensure that arrangements are put in place.</p><p>The SEND system focuses on what works to meet a child’s need rather than the starting point of what condition does this child have.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 10/02/2020 17:47:33 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175058

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether EU citizens will be able to vote in local elections in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	10755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to the answer which I gave to PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-09/1802/" target="_blank">1802</a> on 29 January 2020.</p><p>There are no local elections scheduled to take place in Northern Ireland in 2020.</p><p>The Scottish Parliament is responsible for the franchise for local elections in Scotland and elections to the Scottish Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/02/2020 16:01:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah