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1257570

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date	02/12/2020
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	Incinerators: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of PM2.5 pollution (a) in total and (b) emitted from (i) existing and (ii) future incinerators.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	124345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>Our Clean Air Strategy, published in 2019, set out the comprehensive action required across all parts of Government and society to reduce our emissions of five key pollutants, including particulates, to meet legally binding targets for 2020 and 2030.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action now to deliver these commitments. For example, we recently passed legislation to phase out the sale of house coal and small volumes of wet wood for domestic burning across England – measures focused on tackling a key source of PM<sub>2.5</sub>.</p><p> </p><p>Our landmark Environment Bill delivers key parts of the Strategy. It introduces a duty to set a legally binding target for fine particulate matter, in addition to a further long-term air quality target. In August, Government published a policy paper on environmental targets which outlined our objectives for air quality targets – to reduce the annual mean level of PM<sub>2.5 </sub>in ambient air and reduce population exposure to PM<sub>2.5 </sub>in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions from incinerators in England are regulated by the Environment Agency under environmental permits. Permits contain limits for total particulate matter (TPM) which includes particulates of all sizes, including PM<sub>2.5</sub>. All incinerator permits issued since 3 December 2019 have contained a lower daily average TPM limit of 5 mg/Nm<sup>3</sup> (compared with permits issued before then for which the limit was 10 mg/Nm<sup>3</sup>). Permits for incinerators issued before 3 December 2019 will be changed to require compliance with the lower 5 mg/Nm<sup>3</sup> limit by 3 December 2023. Operators must continuously monitor their TPM emissions and the Environment Agency carries out regular inspections and audits to ensure that plants are complying with their permits.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/12/2020 14:03:16 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1257571

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of (a) providing the Child Maintenance Service with stronger enforcement powers and (b) reviewing the standard of compliance used by the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	124346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) already has tough enforcement powers including taking regular or lump sum payments from bank accounts or regular payments direct from earnings. Other sanctions such as sending parents to prison or disqualifying them from holding or obtaining a driving licence are used as a deterrent and as a last resort where all other methods of enforcement have failed.</p><p> </p><p>These powers were reviewed as part of the Compliance and Arrears Strategy and in 2018 we introduced new powers to deduct child maintenance directly from a wider range of accounts, including certain joint and business accounts; and to disqualify parents from holding or obtaining a passport.</p><p> </p><p>Compliance measures are published quarterly and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-june-2020-experimental/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-june-2020-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-june-2020-experimental/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-june-2020-experimental</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/12/2020 14:12:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1257572

registered interest
date	02/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Directors: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing a covid-19 financial support scheme for directors of limited companies who pay themselves through dividends which is based on the trading profits of the company contained in the corporation tax return.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	124347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>In the development of the COVID-19 support schemes, HMRC have taken into consideration what is operationally feasible, while managing technical complexities and fraud risks, and ensuring that other schemes the Government has committed to are delivered in a timely way.</p><p> </p><p>Income from dividends is a return on investment in the company, rather than wages. It is not possible for HMRC to distinguish between dividends derived from an individual’s own company and dividends from other sources, and between dividends in lieu of employment income and as returns from other corporate activity.</p><p> </p><p>Payment through dividends would require owner-managers to make a claim and submit information that HMRC could not manageably verify to ensure payments are made to eligible companies for eligible activity.</p><p> </p><p>Company directors who are paid via dividends may be eligible for various elements of the support available, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (in respect of their salary but not their dividends), Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2020 10:16:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1254968

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
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 procure rapid covid-19 tests to facilitate an increase in visitor access to care homes.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	120172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>All Care Quality Commission-registered adult care homes are receiving lateral flow device (LFDs) test kits to enable safe visits, where permitted.</p><p><br> Care home residents will be able to be visited indoors by a single, named individual from 8 March as part of the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions. The scheme will allow a single visitor to spend time indoors with their relative or friend in a care home, and make repeat visits under carefully designed conditions to keep residents, staff and visitors safe</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/03/2021 14:22:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1254969

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure small and micro businesses can continue to trade seamlessly with countries outside of the EU from 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	120173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>HM Government has now signed, or agreed in principle, trade agreements with 53 countries – accounting for £164 billion of the United Kingdom’s bilateral trade in 2019. We are working to make further progress before the end of the Transition Period, and beyond.</p><p>We will continue to seek to include specific small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) chapters in all of our future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to make sure that SMEs are provided with the information necessary to take informed commercial decisions – and seize the great new opportunities created by these agreements.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 30/11/2020 17:15:55 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1254970

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure there is enough space in schools to accommodate all students in line with covid-19 social distancing restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	120174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>It continues to be our aim that all pupils, in all year groups, remain in school full-time. Being at school is vital for children’s education and for their wellbeing.</p><p>The leaders and staff of education settings have been doing an extraordinary job to remain open, keep settings safe, and provide education. Schools have implemented a range of protective measures to minimise risk of transmission.</p><p>The Department published guidance to support schools to welcome back all children from the start of the autumn term. The full guidance is available through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>Schools should continue to undertake risk assessments and implement the system of controls set out in this guidance. The overarching principle to apply is reducing the number of contacts between children and staff. This can be achieved through keeping groups separate (in ‘bubbles’) and through maintaining the distance between individuals. These are not alternative options and both measures will help, but the balance between them will change depending on children’s ability to distance, the lay out of the school, and the feasibility of keeping distinct groups separate while offering a broad curriculum (especially at secondary schools).</p><p>Schools should look to maximise the use of their site and any associated available space. The Department does not, however, consider it necessary for schools to make significant adaptations to their site, because class sizes have been able to return to normal and spaces used by more than one class or group can be cleaned between use. Following a risk assessment, some schools may determine that small adaptations to their site are required. This will be at the discretion of individual schools, based on their particular circumstances.</p><p>When timetabling, groups should be kept apart and movement around the school site kept to a minimum. While passing briefly in the corridor or playground is low risk, schools should avoid creating busy corridors, entrances, and exits. Schools should also consider staggered break times and lunch times (and time for cleaning surfaces in the dining hall between groups).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/12/2020 10:17:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1254979

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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
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 the Government has made of the effectiveness of current legislation in ensuring enforcement action can be taken against private landlords who reside overseas and who are not fulfilling their legal obligations to tenants.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	120175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 gives powers to local authorities to regulate and enforce standards in the private rented sector. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 further introduced civil penalties of up to £30,000 and banning orders for use against the worst and most persistent offenders. Legislation also extended rent repayment orders which require a landlord to repay rent when they have not complied with the law.</p><p>We have also given local authorities strong powers to undertake urgent repairs where they identify health and safety hazards or poor conditions. If landlords do not comply, or if the risk is high enough, local authorities can carry out the remedial works themselves and recover the costs.</p><p>Enforcement action to ensure a property is safe for a tenant to live in can be taken when the landlord resides overseas. For example, absent landlords, including those overseas, may be subject to prosecutions and Banning Orders.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/12/2020 17:49:24 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1249992

registered interest
date	06/11/2020
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure pensioners who are eligible for pension credit are notified of their eligibility.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	91935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>1.5 million pensioners currently receive Pension Credit. However, the Government wants to make sure that all pensioners eligible can claim the Pension Credit to which they are rightly entitled. In February 2020 we launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit and help dispel some of the misconceptions that people might have about Pension Credit eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/11/2020 14:21:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1248723

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2020 to Question 105600 on dangerous dogs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a standardised method of recording non-assistance dog attacks across all police forces in England.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	111648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>When setting national standard methods for classifying crimes reported to the police the benefits of consistent recording need to be balanced against other considerations. In this instance the Home Office has judged it better to allow local flexibility to manage incident recording in a manner most suitable to local needs. This allows police forces to develop the most appropriate approach to understand and respond to local issues.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/11/2020 17:24:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1247387

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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	Medical Treatments
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 he is taking to ensure (a) patients with secondary breast cancer and (b) other patients having noncurative treatment are not deprioritised for treatment ahead of a potential second wave of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	109744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Ensuring cancer services have continued throughout the pandemic has been, and continues to be, a priority for this Government. This includes services for those with secondary cancers, and patients receiving noncurative treatments.</p><p>The strategy for maintaining services through the second wave stands, with key messages including: maintaining or stepping up hubs for cancer surgery; maximising independent sector use; ensuring good patient communication, with use of pathway navigators and safety netting; continue to step up cancer clinical trials; and further rolling out of Rapid Diagnostic Centres and stratified follow up, with redeployment of staff or pausing of invitations considered only as a last resort.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/11/2020 16:05:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt