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1127317

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Bowel Cancer: Young People
	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 young people developing bowel cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	255652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Obesity and poor diet are risk factors for bowel cancer in young people.</p><p>The second chapter of the world-leading childhood obesity plan was published in June 2018. This builds on the real progress made since the publication of chapter one in 2016, particularly in reformulation of the products our children eat and drink most. In chapter two we have set a bold ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030 and significantly reduce the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030.</p><p>Many of the measures in both chapters of the plan will have an impact on tackling obesity across all age groups. These include the soft drinks industry levy, sugar reduction and wider calorie reformulation programme, restricting promotions and calorie labelling in restaurants which will improve our eating habits and reduce the amount of sugar we consume.</p><p>‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action, chapter 2’ is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:24:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1127331

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the names of the (a) individuals and (b) organisations that have been invited to witness the large-scale test on High-Pressure Laminate cladding and stonewool that his Department has commissioned the Fire Protection Association to undertake.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	255681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The date of the test remains to be confirmed by our contractor. As such no individual or organisation has been invited to witness the large-scale test yet.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/05/2019 12:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1127333

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Coal: Export Credit Guarantees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his Department's policy is on the maintenance of UK Export Finance support for coal-related projects.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	255673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) complies with the OECD Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Coal Fired Electricity Generation Projects which prohibits it from supporting all but the most efficient coal-fired power electricity generation, with exceptions for the world’s poorest countries where the costs of cleaner power technologies may be prohibitive and poverty reduction objectives are deemed to outweigh the impact on climate change. UKEF has not supported the financing of any new coal-fired power plants overseas since 2002.</p><p> </p><p>UKEF undertakes environmental, social and human rights due diligence on all projects which are in scope of the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, applying a risk-based approach. UKEF’s mission is to ensure no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance from the private sector. Its support is available for UK exports from all sectors.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 22/05/2019 08:44:34 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1127327

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of access to NHS support for sufferers of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	255692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made by the Department at this time.</p><p>Care for children with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is co-ordinated and provided by Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centres (PTCs) working in conjunction with Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units. Children’s Cancer PTCs are responsible for planning and delivering treatment for children with DIPG as well as ensuring these children can access wider support services such as psychology services, specialist play services and other therapies.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:25:19 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1127291

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral evidence taken by the Education Committee on 30 April 2019, HC 341, Question 2041, if he will publish in full the turnaround plan agreed with the Academies Enterprise Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	255677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the Education Select Committee questions on 30 April 2019, my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, wrote to the committee on 21 May 2019 with further detail of the turnaround activity agreed with Academies Enterprise Trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 13:25:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1127295

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of consultancy fees as recorded on the Cabinet Office Spend Analytic Database for each Department in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	255694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>All departmental spend over £25,000 is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/05/2019 11:02:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1127315

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of proposals to award five state-run Chinese companies a wholesale package to build High Speed Two on the financial sustainability of UK (a) civil engineering contractors, (b) supplier chains and (c) steel-making companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	255691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The main civil engineering works contracts for Phase One of HS2 were awarded in July 2017 to 4 joint ventures comprising European and British construction firms. The Department has not assessed any proposal to award a wholesale package to build High Speed Two.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/05/2019 10:18:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1127311

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Internet: Safety
	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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the protections for children and young people proposed in the Online Harms White Paper of adopting DNS over HTTPS.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	255664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>We recognise the potential for change that DNS over HTTPS introduces and are working with industry to ensure that regulatory needs can be provided for and to seek solutions to any potential issues with online protections.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/05/2019 11:00:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127312

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Internet: Safety
	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 estimate he has made of the number of people whose online parental controls could be affected by the adoption of DNS over HTTPS.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	255665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>We are aware that the adoption of DNS over HTTPS could impact online parental controls. We are working with industry with industry to understand both their plans for the implementation of DNS over HTTPS, and for solutions to maintain online parental controls.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/05/2019 11:01:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1127283

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	NHS: Drugs
	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 encourage fairer pricing by pharmaceutical companies for drugs supplied to the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	255651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, and the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, work together to control the cost of branded medicines to the National Health Service and ensure it stays within affordable limits.</p><p> </p><p>The 2019 Voluntary Scheme began on 1 January 2019 and will run for five years until the end of 2023. The Voluntary Scheme aims to provide stability and predictability for all parties in terms of the United Kingdom’s branded medicines expenditure and the medicines pricing and access environment for the period 2019 to 2023. It also aims to achieve a balance between patient access, affordability and supporting the development of innovative new medicines, including support for small companies.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:30:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham