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1108599

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effect on low-paid workers of the minimum income requirements for non-EEA residents to bring family members to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	910144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The level of the minimum income threshold was set after considering advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. The Supreme Court has endorsed the lawfulness of this approach and agrees that the minimum income requirement strikes a fair balance between the interests of UK citizens wishing to sponsor a non-EEA spouse and of the community in general.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/04/2019 15:53:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1079319

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Hybrid Warfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which hybrid warfare is being used as a tool to interfere with public opinion.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	227167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>We know that certain states routinely use hybrid warfare, disinformation, ‘bots’ and hacking as foreign policy tools. It’s not surprising that they should try to influence the UK to further their own agendas. There is no evidence of successful interference, but the UK is not complacent to this threat. We are actively monitoring to identify and understand disinformation campaigns, and are taking action to ensure our democracy remains secure.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/03/2019 12:32:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1105778

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Formaldehyde: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulations on formaldehyde in domestic environments.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	910082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The supply of the substance formaldehyde to consumers is banned. However, it is not restricted in articles such as MDF panels. Under the Construction Products Regulation, MDF manufactured in Europe must be labelled to European standards ‘E1’ or ‘E2’. 95% of EU companies comply voluntarily with the ‘E1’ standard, meeting World Health Organisation guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 18:00:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1105779

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Coastal Erosion and Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to tackle coastal erosion and flooding.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	910084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Local Authorities have direct responsibility to produce shoreline management plans covering the entire coast of England. These plans provide a long term, sustainable policy framework for local authorities, to manage the risk of coastal change over the next 100 years.</p><p> </p><p>Government is working closely with coastal authorities on a review of shoreline management plans to ensure they are up to date and using the best evidence. Schemes within the current capital investment programme to 2021 benefit from £1.2 billion of investment in coastal erosion and sea flooding projects which will better protect over 170,000 properties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:02:11 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1105780

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of waste incineration capacity.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	910085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>An assessment of England’s municipal waste treatment capacity – including incineration with energy recovery – was set out in the Resources and Waste Strategy and the associated Evidence Annex published in December 2018. Existing operational capacity is sufficient to treat around 36% of municipal residual waste at current levels. While energy from waste plays an important role in diverting waste from landfill, our emphasis is on greater waste prevention, re-use or recycling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:59:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1105781

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to tackle water scarcity.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	910087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises continued action is required, and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’ of managing water demand, including leakage reduction, and increasing supply, in parallel. The Government’s National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure, currently undergoing parliamentary scrutiny, will streamline the planning permission process. The Government will also be launching a call for evidence on an ambitious target for per capita consumption in May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:58:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1105782

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on a potential free trade agreement with the US after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	910088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with colleagues to discuss a wide range of issues on current and potential future trade agreements.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2019 16:55:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1105783

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Deer: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What guidance his Department has issued to the Forestry Commission on deer culling.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	910089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Primary responsibility for deer management lies with local landowners. Defra and the Forestry Commission are members of the Deer Initiative Partnership which brings together land management and conservation organisations, with the shared goal of sustainable deer management. The Deer Initiative has produced guidance for deer managers. Defra has not issued specific guidance to the Forestry Commission, which has its own operating procedures for managing deer on the public forest estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:01:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1078514

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Traffic Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of traffic officers in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, broken down by Police Force Area, as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales ." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales .</a></p><p>These data include officers whose primary function is “Road Policing”, and officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function.</p><p>Data are collected from forces in England and Wales, and at Police Force Area level only, therefore information on the number of traffic officers in Coventry is not available, neither is the number of traffic officers for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/03/2019 17:03:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1078626

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists died as a result of road traffic incident in (a) West Derby, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	226500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of cyclist fatalities in reported road accidents in each year between 2010 and 2017 is shown in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>The data we hold only covers reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain, we do not have data for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/03/2019 13:00:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name 226500 - Table.docx title cyclist fatalities in reported road accidents
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg