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1045634

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Animal Welfare
	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 he has to enhance animal welfare standards as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	210617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the UK already has some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world, we are considering what more can be done in the context of our future agricultural policy. We will maintain our existing standards and look to raise standards sustainably over time as new research and evidence emerges.</p><p> </p><p>In England, we intend to develop publicly-funded schemes for farmers to deliver animal welfare enhancements beyond regulatory requirements that are not sufficiently rewarded by the market and want to provide greater transparency and certainty for consumers and for farmers. We are also looking to control exports of live animals for slaughter.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this work related to our departure from the EU, we are planning to increase maximum sentences for animal cruelty to five years. We are also introducing a ban on the ivory trade which is the toughest in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 29/01/2019 17:32:51 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1045596

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Autism: Care Homes
	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 reduce the number of people with autism in care homes.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	210597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We want autistic people to live healthy, independent lives and to participate in their local communities. This is one of the priorities of the Autism Strategy. To continue to improve outcomes for autistic people, their families and carers, we are launching a comprehensive review of our autism strategy to ensure it remains fit for purpose.</p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have a statutory duty to provide or arrange services that help prevent people developing needs for care and support or prevent people’s needs escalating, such that they would need ongoing care and support.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/01/2019 17:28:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1045622

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Brain: Tumours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when MRI-guided thermal laser ablation treatment will be made available on the NHS to tackle brain tumours.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	210607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The future availability of any new or novel treatments on the National Health Service would be subject to large scale clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the treatment approach and subsequent assessments of its cost effectiveness for routine use.</p><p>NHS England welcomes the development of new technologies that have the potential to improve clinical outcomes and has established a national process to enable decisions to be made about whether such technologies should be routinely available to patients in England. The document at the following link sets out the process, including how to submit new proposals, which would be the next step in relation to MRI-guided thermal laser ablation treatment for brain tumours.</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/spec-comm-service-development-policy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/spec-comm-service-development-policy.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/01/2019 17:18:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1045659

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Broadband: Scotland
	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 progress has he made on the Local Full Fibre Networks Programme in rural locations throughout Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	210715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Programme has the following Scottish projects and potential projects:</p><p> </p><p><strong>LFFN Wave 2 Challenge Fund</strong></p><p>Highland Council are planning to use the SWAN Framework to implement a gigabit fibre network to 152 public buildings in Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick - awarded £4.3m BDUK Funding. This project is in preparation stage for the 'Ready to Procure' Assurance Gate.</p><p> </p><p><strong>LFFN Wave 3 Challenge Fund</strong></p><p>Shetland Council have successfully passed the LFFN Investment Panel stage and are working on the final Business case to go through Assurance Gate A and if approved will be issued with a letter of offer for £2m BDUK Funding</p><p>Tay Cities combined authority are in the dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area.</p><p>Renfrewshire Council are at the pre-dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To the end of September 2018 across Scotland, there have been 87 gigabit vouchers connected (value £243,953). A report up to the end of December 2018 will be released early in February</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/01/2019 18:04:37 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2019 08:51:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 98327 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1045763

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Communication
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to (a) identify and (b) tackle children’s communication difficulties under its Children in Need policy.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	210671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) get the support they need to lead safe, fulfilling lives and to reach their potential.</p><p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice makes clear that local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and relevant others are responsible for commissioning specialist support locally using their high needs funding budgets. This includes support for SLCN. We have given an additional £250 million to high needs funding across 2018-19 and 2019-20 to help them fulfil these duties, on top of the £6 billion already provided for the high needs budget. Local authorities are required to develop and publish their local SEND offer based on an analysis of local need and we expect details of services for SLCN, including how they can be accessed, to be included.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has set out his ambition to halve the 28% of children who finish their reception year without the early communication and reading skills they need to thrive by 2028. The Department for Education is working with the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England to support health visitors and early years practitioners to identify and support children’s early SLCN. We are investing £26 million to set up a network of English hubs, £20 million to provide professional development for early years practitioners, and £7.5 million to understand what works in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation. We are investing £6.5 million in voluntary and charity sector grants supporting the home learning environment.</p><p> </p><p>Where children are at risk of harm, it is particularly important that they are supported to communicate their needs. The statutory guidance 'Working together to safeguard children' (2018) is clear that special provision should be put in place to support dialogue with children who have communication difficulties. This child-centred approach is supported by the Children Act (1989) and emphasised further in the interim findings of the children in need review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/01/2019 16:55:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

1045510

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional financial provision local authorities have received to help implement the Government’s commitment for 30 hours free childcare for working parents.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	210569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting local authorities (LAs) in the delivery of the childcare entitlements, including the new 30 hours free childcare entitlement, and has made significant investment into the offer. We will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. That will include funding for our free early years education entitlements, on which we plan to spend £3.5 billion this year alone.</p><p> </p><p>Since 30 hours free childcare was announced, the department has also invested heavily in specific projects to support delivery of the offer at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, the department made available £100 million in capital funding for which LAs, in partnership with providers, were invited to submit bids. Over 350 projects across 123 LAs were successful in this bid round.</p><p> </p><p>Following this, in 2017 the department allocated £2.15 million as part of the Digital Accelerate grant, supporting LAs in the development of their IT systems.</p><p> </p><p>And in 2018, £7.7 million in grant funding was allocated to LAs through our Delivery Support Fund. This funding was intending to support LAs during the first year of delivery of 30 hours and allowed LAs to undertake projects that directly benefit 30 hours’ delivery and created (directly or indirectly) 30 hours places.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to specific funding, LAs continue to receive support directly from departmental officials and through our delivery partners, Childcare Works, who provide a package of universal and targeted support to ensure LAs are best placed to deliver the government’s childcare offers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/01/2019 16:57:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1045737

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the Every Child Matters programme on social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	210661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Every Child Matters refers to a 2003 green paper that sets out a high-level approach to improving children’s and young people’s wellbeing. The department, including under previous administrations, has not conducted a separate assessment of its impact on social mobility. However, research and evaluations of a range of programmes and policies proposed in Every Child Matters are published on GOV.UK and relevant national archive sites, for example: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090810165308/http:/www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/research/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090810165308/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/research/</a>.</p><p>Social mobility remains one of this government’s top priorities. We strongly believe that everyone should have the chance to fulfil their potential, and where you start in life should not determine future success. Since 2010 we have transformed opportunities for young people, including more children who are in good and outstanding schools. We’re targeting extra support at the poorest areas of the country to raise standards in schools and attract great teachers, and more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/01/2019 16:53:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1045662

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to lay an amended Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme before the House during the current Parliamentary session.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	210624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>It is my intention to lay an amended Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 before the House as soon as Parliamentary time allows. This will remove the pre-1979 same roof rule and enable victims whose applications for compensation had previously been refused under this rule, to reapply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/01/2019 17:45:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1045629

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Dementia
	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 early diagnosis of dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	210614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England requires NHS England to deliver the actions set out in the Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan envisages that:</p><p>“In every part of the country people with dementia having equal access to diagnosis as for other conditions, with an expectation that the national average for an initial assessment should be 6 weeks following a referral from a GP (where clinically appropriate), and that no one should be waiting several months for an initial assessment of dementia.”</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/01/2019 17:30:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1045632

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit
	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 discussions his Department has had with sector representatives on the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	210616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department is having a number of ongoing discussions with sector representatives on the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; over the last 3 months my officials have met with over 250 sector representatives. We are engaging with representatives from all of Defra’s sectors including food and drink, farming, fishing, the chemicals industry and vets to ensure our sectors understand the potential implications of no deal, what actions they would need to take and that they are prepared for these. These discussions are a two-way dialogue, allowing us to work together with sector representatives to make sure any concerns they have are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>Extensive work to prepare for a no deal scenario has been under way for over two years and this is one of the many steps we are taking to ensure the country continues to operate smoothly from the day we leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 29/01/2019 17:34:42 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord