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1145533

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Eggs: Salmonella
	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 she is taking to ensure that eggs infected with salmonella do not reach consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	290282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We have national programmes to control salmonella in poultry and protect public health, which require regular sampling of laying flocks. Where laying flock samples test positive for regulated strains of salmonella, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) will alert the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public Health England (PHE) and restrictions on the eggs will be put in place to protect public health which will apply for the life of the affected flock. Eggs from such flocks cannot be sold as fresh table eggs, but must be either processed by heat treatment to eliminate salmonella before entering the food chain, or disposed of outside the food chain as Animal by Products.</p><p> </p><p>The General Food Law EU Regulation 178/2002 will be transferred into UK law at the point of exit by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act. Inoperabilities in 178/2002 have been addressed by The General Food Law (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. EU Regulation 178/2002 lays down that food placed on the market must be safe to eat - it must not be ‘injurious to health’ or ‘unfit for human consumption’. Food businesses are required to notify the competent authorities, such as the local authority or the FSA, if they suspect that a product placed on the market does not comply with safety requirements. When Salmonella infection is confirmed in a laying flock the FSA works with industry, APHA and local authorities to ensure appropriate action is taken to safeguard public health.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 07/10/2019 16:34:02 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Zac Goldsmith
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1145537

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Eggs
	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 she is taking to ensure that (a) farms, (b) packing stations and (c) wholesalers in the egg sector do not breach standards regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	290283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Egg producers, packing centres and wholesalers are subject to rigorous and regular regulatory inspections by the Animal and Plant Health Agency to protect public and animal health. Compliance breaches under egg marketing legislation and failures to carry out salmonella testing are taken very seriously. Where any significant non-compliances are found, contravention notices are served requiring the non-compliance to be corrected by a set deadline. A fixed penalty may be applied where salmonella sampling breaches have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 01/10/2019 17:55:37 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Zac Goldsmith
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1145459

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 252551, Answer of 10 July 2019 to Question 273770 and Answer of 29 July 2019 to Question 280263, on fines: surcharges, for what reason there was a £1 million difference between the raised and allocated amounts in the 2016-17 financial year; and where that money has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	290445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>I am sorry to have to inform you that a rounding error was made in our response to PQ252551 and 252552. In checking that figure, we have also noted several other rounding errors. I therefore set out corrected figures relating to the Victim Surcharge provided in response to these PQs and PQ280263.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Victim Surcharge (VS) Collected* </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VS contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget* </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VS contribution to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£10.5m</p></td><td><p>£10.5m</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£10.2m</p></td><td><p>£10.2m</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£10.5m</p></td><td><p>£10.5m</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£19.5m</p></td><td><p>£19.5m</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£24.6m</p></td><td><p>£24.6m</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£28.3m</p></td><td><p>£18.3m</p></td><td><p>£10.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£31.0m</p></td><td><p>£27.0m</p></td><td><p>£4.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£35.0m</p></td><td><p>£31.0m</p></td><td><p>£4.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£33.5m</p></td><td><p>£30.5m</p></td><td><p>£3.0m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Rounded to one decimal place</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/09/2019 16:20:03 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1145497

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition Act 2004: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	290436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>We had an exceptionally high number of responses to the consultation we ran on the Gender Recognition Act, receiving over 100,000. We are now carefully considering all the information we have received and will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/10/2019 12:27:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1145611

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to Sodexo to provide the Aspen card service in each year for which data is available; and what estimate her Department has made of the future costs of that service.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	290395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the costs of the Sodexo contract as it is considered commercially sensitive.</p><p>As we are in the process of retendering for the payment card we are unable to provide any information on future costs.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 15:00:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1145520

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria his Department uses to selecting an energy supplier includes how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	290337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 16:54:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1145452

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received the final report of the Windrush lessons learned review.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	290346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not yet received the final report from Wendy Williams. On receipt, it will be published as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 11:28:58 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Mr Steve Reed

1145588

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Water Supply: Chemicals
	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 plans her Department has support water companies in the supply of purification chemicals in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	290382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We have been working closely with all water companies in the UK, as well as chemical suppliers, regulators and the devolved administrations on contingency planning. Companies are well advanced in their preparations to make sure they can meet their statutory responsibility to maintain services. We are confident that no-deal will not have an impact on water supply.</p><p>It will be the case that our water will continue to be safe and of the same quality customers expect when we leave the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/09/2019 16:44:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1145442

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Seagrass: Carbon Capture and Storage
	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 assessment her Department has made of the merits of the use of underwater seagrass to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	290321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Defra recognises the role of blue carbon ecosystems including seagrasses, to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it for long periods of time as well as providing multiple other benefits such as storm protection, improving water quality, and benefiting biodiversity and fisheries.</p><p> </p><p>Our Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership have assessed how seagrass habitats can be managed and protected in a changing climate (<a href="http://www.mccip.org.uk/media/1816/mccip-seagrass.pdf" target="_blank">mccip-seagrass report card</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Nature-based solutions, including the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems like seagrass, are key to tackling climate change and averting its impacts.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/10/2019 16:13:15 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1145522

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department and the Civil Aviation Authority will consult on removing the ban on pilots who are over 65 years of age and otherwise fit and healthy from flying domestic commercial aircraft.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	290317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK has adopted upper age limits for both single and multi pilot Commercial Air Transport operations as set out in both EU legislation and International Civil Aviation Organisation standards. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has commissioned and published research on this matter and we will consider any proposals for change that are made by EASA.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/10/2019 12:56:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith