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1020213

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Marketing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent gambling companies from using user data to target marketing to (a) underage and (b) problem gamblers.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	199330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Strict rules already ensure gambling adverts are not targeted at, or appeal to, children, or exploit the vulnerable, and these apply across all media, including online and on social media.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling operators are required to comply with the advertising codes of practice issued by the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP). These are enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). In addition to rules covering children, the advertising codes have specific provisions to protect vulnerable people, and CAP’s new guidance in February further restricted adverts that create an inappropriate sense of urgency or give an irresponsible perception of risk or control.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling adverts must not feature content that risks appealing to children, for example cartoon animals. Last year the Gambling Commission and ASA acted quickly to make clear that operators using such images were in breach of advertising rules and must remove the material or face enforcement action. In addition to rules on content, the ASA has made clear that operators advertising online must use data on customers’ interests to target marketing campaigns away from children.</p><p> </p><p>The government considered gambling advertising as part of our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures and set out a package of initiatives to strengthen protections further, including further CAP guidance on protecting children and young people, and tougher Gambling Commission sanctions for breaches of the advertising codes, including fines.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 199337 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:59:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020214

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Public Libraries: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure the safeguarding of children in unstaffed libraries.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	199331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department encourages local authorities to consider a range of approaches to support and enhance the delivery of their library services, such as making appropriate use of available technology. A number of library services are using technology to enable access for library users to library buildings outside staffed hours on a self service basis. The systems often include controlled access technology involving CCTV and communication systems. Good practice guidance, from the Libraries Taskforce, encourages library services to undertake a risk assessment before implementing such a service and also advises that it is important that staffed hours meet the requirements of children and young adults who wish to visit the library unaccompanied. In managing the safeguarding of children, library services that use these systems do not allow children under a specified age to access the library at unstaffed times unless accompanied by an adult.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/12/2018 13:03:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020220

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to update the CWIS walking stages target for the general population to take account of changes in methodology in the NTS.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	199421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>All the aims and objectives set out in the 2017 Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy will be reviewed in due course as part of the Department’s work to develop the next phase of the Strategy. This work will take into account a wide range of factors, including recent changes to the way data on short walks is collected via the National Travel Survey.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/12/2018 13:24:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1020244

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, published on 17 August 2017, how much funding his Department has allocated to that project in each month since that announcement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	199452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The 10 Prison Project was launched by Rory Stewart on 17 August 2018 with the aim of reducing violence and drugs in the prisons within a year. The Department allocated £10m budget in total at the start of the project across the 10 prisons. This is in line with the aims to reduce the supply and demand of drugs (£6m), improve decency (£3m) and enhance leadership and staff capability (£1m). The table below shows the current monthly budget allocated under this project.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Current budget allocations for Ten Prisons Project</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Allocated Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>£1,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>£1,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>£2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£10,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/12/2018 16:11:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020253

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	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	Health Services: Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to NHS England of the treatment of patients with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism in assessment and treatment units in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	199379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2018 17:07:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1020310

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 16 of The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2017/18, HC 1707, published on 4 December 2018, what steps he plans to take to close the gap between per pupil funding in secondary schools and further education institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	199382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We are actively exploring the funding and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education.</p><p>As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 12:14:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1020323

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Russia: INF Treaty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 26 November 2018, Official Report, column 6, what steps he is taking to urge Russia to comply with its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	199372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We have consistently, along with NATO Allies, supported US efforts to bring Russia back to compliance, including at the NATO Summit in July, the NATO-Russia Council in October and most recently following the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on 4 December.</p><p>The US has given Russia a final opportunity to return to compliance and respect its Treaty obligations. The onus is now on Russia to act responsibly. We will continue to work with our international partners to put pressure on Russia to comply.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 13/12/2018 16:18:00 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020332

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many statutory instruments under (a) affirmative and (b) negative procedure his Department plans to lay before March 2019; which countries those instruments apply to; and on what date his Department plans to lay those instruments.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	199274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Since presenting a consolidated secondary legislation programme in October, and as of 7 December, Defra has laid, in draft, a total of 70 statutory instruments (SIs). This is in addition to five SIs related to leaving the EU laid in July and September.</p><p> </p><p>Defra plans to lay a further 71 statutory instruments before the end of March 2019. These are comprised of 58 SIs related to leaving the EU, of which 12 are on behalf of Northern Ireland, and 13 SIs not related to leaving the EU.</p><p> </p><p>19 of these are planned to be laid in December, 29 in January, 13 in February and 10 in March, but these may be subject to change. Of these:</p><p> </p><p>The attached Table 1 provides a breakdown of the 71 SIs by parliamentary procedure and application. Table 2 provides a breakdown by laying application and laying period.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/12/2018 15:55:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name PQ 199274 Tables.docx title Table 1 and 2
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1020338

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing restrictions on the use of cartoons and animated figures in gambling advertising campaigns to ensure that they are not targeted at young people.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	199337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Strict rules already ensure gambling adverts are not targeted at, or appeal to, children, or exploit the vulnerable, and these apply across all media, including online and on social media.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling operators are required to comply with the advertising codes of practice issued by the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP). These are enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). In addition to rules covering children, the advertising codes have specific provisions to protect vulnerable people, and CAP’s new guidance in February further restricted adverts that create an inappropriate sense of urgency or give an irresponsible perception of risk or control.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling adverts must not feature content that risks appealing to children, for example cartoon animals. Last year the Gambling Commission and ASA acted quickly to make clear that operators using such images were in breach of advertising rules and must remove the material or face enforcement action. In addition to rules on content, the ASA has made clear that operators advertising online must use data on customers’ interests to target marketing campaigns away from children.</p><p> </p><p>The government considered gambling advertising as part of our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures and set out a package of initiatives to strengthen protections further, including further CAP guidance on protecting children and young people, and tougher Gambling Commission sanctions for breaches of the advertising codes, including fines.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 199330 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:59:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020352

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	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	Libya: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Action Plan set out by the UN Special Envoy to Libya in September 2017, what recent assessment he has made of the progress made by Libya on preparations for a National Conference in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	199360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We fully support the next steps in the inclusive political process set out by the Special Representative of the Secretary General in his briefing to the UN Security Council on 8 November and endorsed at the Palermo Conference on 12-13 November, including plans to convene a wide range of Libyan stakeholders at a National Conference in early 2019. The Special Representative has said the National Conference will aim to secure agreement on key issues relating to Libya's political transition, including the constitutional basis for elections, the sequencing and model of elections, and the equitable distribution of resources. We continue to engage with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on preparatory work for the National Conference; involving delegates who represent a broad spectrum of Libyan society will be a key factor in its success.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 199361 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:36:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry