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675215

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to review the penalties for animal welfare offences; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to see courts use the full range of penalties available. While there are no current proposals to increase the maximum penalties for animal welfare offences, we will continue to keep the maximum penalties for animal welfare offences under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/01/2017 12:51:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

674190

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what work the Church of England is undertaking to tackle indebtedness.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	60251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Many local churches across the country are closely involved in tackling indebtedness in their community. In September 2014 of the 1,812 clergy who responded to a Church Urban Fund social action survey, 22% said their church offered debt or money advice. This includes 306 Christians Against Poverty (CAP) debt centres and over 140 Community Money Advice centres, many of them run and/or hosted by Anglican churches. The report can be found here: <a href="http://www.cuf.org.uk/church-in-action-2015" target="_blank">www.cuf.org.uk/church-in-action-2015</a></p><p>At national level, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Just Finance Foundation has been set up by the Church of England and Church Urban Fund in order to implement his vision of a more just financial system. The JFF works with credit unions, churches, employers, schools and other community organisations to help strengthen the financial resilience of communities through financial education and improved access to responsible credit and savings opportunities and free debt advice services. Following successful pilots, the Just Finance Network and LifeSavers (school savings club) programme are being rolled out nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 19/01/2017 13:12:48 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

674233

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2017 to Question 58806, if she will consider the merits of recording data on the improper reporting of pupil exclusions.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	60297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>We do not believe that collecting information on the improper reporting of pupil exclusions is necessary, or would be practical. However, we will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/01/2017 13:31:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

674240

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase funding for schools from the public purse in order to expand breakfast clubs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	60207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>It was announced in the March 2016 Budget that the government has committed to a £10 million a year programme to expand breakfast clubs in up to 1,600 schools from September 2017. Further details about the scheme will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/01/2017 13:34:40 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

674244

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nazi War Crimes: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains her Department's policy to support the Holocaust Educational Trust's Lessons from Auschwitz Project.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	60214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department continues to believe that young people should be taught about the Holocaust and the lessons it teaches us today. We are committed to promoting, supporting and funding Holocaust Education.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz project begun in 1999, it has taken more than 31,000 students and teachers to visit the site of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz-Birkenau" target="_blank">Auschwitz-Birkenau</a> concentration camp. The Government announced in April last year that we had renewed our grant for the project for a further three years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/01/2017 11:39:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

674303

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Slimming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to monitor and regulate the sale of weight loss and diet control products.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	60342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Specialist foods for weight loss and diet control are regulated in Great Britain by the Foods Intended for Use in Energy Restricted Diets for Weight Reduction Regulations 1997. These Regulations set out the essential composition of such foods and controls their labelling and advertising.</p><p> </p><p>Other products sold for weight loss as food supplements are controlled by the Food Supplements (England) Regulations 2003. These Regulations are made under the requirements of the Food Safety Act 1990. Products found to contain any dangerous substance can be immediately withdrawn from sale.</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with food legislation is the responsibility of local authorities. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/01/2017 11:48:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

674306

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many physical assaults by mentally ill people have been reported in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	60349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Recorded crime data that the police supply to the Home Office does not include information on the mental health of offenders.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/01/2017 15:44:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

674308

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the policing budget for England and Wales was spent on the prevention of online fraud in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	60361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. How much of the policing budget is allocated to a specific workstream or activity within a police force area is a matter for individual Police and Crime Commissioners in consultation with their Chief Constable.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 60217 60355 60358 question first answered 19/01/2017 15:44:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

674309

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that public bodies implement section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	60368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>We published guidance on the Modern Slavery Act on GOV.UK and a circular was sent to all bodies who are subject to the duty when section 52 was first introduced. In October 2016, we launched a communications campaign to raise awareness amongst public bodies and made communications materials available on GOV.UK. We will continue to promote the duty to notify in consultation with key partners.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/01/2017 15:49:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

674310

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent from the policing budget for England and Wales on the prevention of online fraud in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	60358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. How much of the policing budget is allocated to a specific workstream or activity within a police force area is a matter for individual Police and Crime Commissioners in consultation with their Chief Constable.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 60217 60355 60361 question first answered 19/01/2017 15:44:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown