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1001957

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Veterinary Medicine
	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 estimate he has made of the number of vets required in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	188244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra officials continually study statistics about the veterinary profession. The sources are publicly available through the website of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).</p><p> </p><p>The number of vets who may be required after the UK leaves the EU varies according to the range of scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>We anticipate some extra demand would be created in the unlikely event that the UK does not reach a deal with the EU relating to the certification of animals and animal products for export to the EU. RCVS has announced its agreement to a proposal from Defra for the creation of a new type of a supporting officer role in aid of the export certification work. This would potentially reduce the additional demands on vets.</p><p> </p><p>Defra continues to work with other Government Departments and veterinary stakeholders on further initiatives to ensure sufficient veterinary capacity.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 30/11/2018 14:20:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1003903

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Palliative Care: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if Health Education England will (a) make an estimate of the demand for nurses from voluntary sector children’s palliative care organisations and (b) include that demand in its planning models.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	189832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In ‘Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future’, Health Education England’s (HEE) draft health and care workforce strategy for England, HEE set out the intention to collect workforce data and develop planning processes that recognise the full range of settings within which clinical staff are employed, which will include areas such as palliative care in the voluntary sector.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/11/2018 16:15:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1013103

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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	Special Protection Areas: Seas and Oceans
	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 (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have taken to undertake a review of the adequacy of the UK Special Protection Area network at sea.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	195095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra and the Devolved Administrations have undertaken to assess the adequacy of the UK’s network of marine special protection areas after the current programme of designation of those areas is complete in 2019. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the statutory nature conservation bodies in each country have already started work on developing the methodology to undertake that assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 29/11/2018 18:02:57 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1020844

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2018
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Gin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether Plymouth Gin will be served in Parliamentary catering establishments ahead of Mayflower 400 commemorations.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	200158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Plymouth Gin is not sold in House of Commons catering outlets and there are no plans to serve it ahead of the Mayflower 400 commemorations.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 17/12/2018 17:43:29 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1020850

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2018
	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	South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to designate a marine reserve around South Sandwich Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	200159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in Westminster Hall Debate of 12 December: The Commissioner for South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands announced, on 12 December, a suite of environmental enhancements to the existing Marine Protected Area, which take into account recommendations of the recent concluded first five-year review of the Territory's MPA.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 200160 question first answered 13/12/2018 15:40:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1020851

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2018
	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	South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timeframe is for the designation of a marine reserve around South Sandwich Islands.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	200160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>As outlined in Westminster Hall Debate of 12 December: The Commissioner for South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands announced, on 12 December, a suite of environmental enhancements to the existing Marine Protected Area, which take into account recommendations of the recent concluded first five-year review of the Territory's MPA.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan grouped question UIN 200159 question first answered 13/12/2018 15:40:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1029543

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much allowance he has made for taxes and national insurance in his Department's calculations of the cost of a Type 31e frigate with a set price of £250m.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	204634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy makes clear that we judge that the capabilities the Royal Navy requires can be accommodated within the £250 million price, and our market research indicates that beyond this price the vessels would not be attractive to the sector of the export market we are targeting. We have conducted and shared this market analysis with industry. It is now for industry to develop proposals to deliver Type 31e at the price we have set, taking into account their costs, including normal business costs such as taxes and national insurance payments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/01/2019 15:18:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1035244

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects Public Health England to publish its report on the effectiveness of different interventions to reduce air pollution.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	205423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the effectiveness of local interventions to reduce air pollution. In turn, PHE commissioned five rapid evidence reviews on interventions in transport, agriculture, industry, planning and behaviours. After reviewing these reports PHE then drafted an overarching report which is currently being finalised with the intention of publishing in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 11:58:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1037809

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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: Social Media
	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 much money his Department has spent on (a) Facebook and (b) Instagram advertising in each of the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	206471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Digital advertising is a cost-effective way for the government to recruit nurses, promote blood donations, find out about pensions and all the other important information the public needs to be aware of.</p><p>The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has spent £14,955.67 on Facebook and £63,865.00 on Instagram promoted activity since 2014.</p><p>The figures set out in the table below do not include any recruitment promotion as there is no record held centrally. If we were to provide this data, it would involve working with 24 recruitment leads across Defra, therefore could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, the table does include the following promotions:</p><ul><li><p>Summer of Great British Food (2016)</p></li><li><p>Great British Food (2017)</p></li><li><p>25 Year Environment Plan &amp; Future Farming consultation (2018)</p></li></ul><p>The majority of the communications advertising spend was on promoting British food through the Department’s Food is GREAT Instagram channel.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Facebook</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Instagram</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£8000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£43,685.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£14,955.67</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£14,955.67</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£63,685.00</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2019 11:32:51 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1041466

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Escape Rooms: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the safety of escape rooms in the UK following deaths in a Polish escape room on 6 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	208427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The enforcement of health and safety law in most leisure facilities, including escape rooms, is carried out by Local Authorities. Responsibility for assessing and managing health and safety risks in any business rests with the operator of the business and not the enforcement authority. Enforcement of fire safety legislation in escape rooms is a matter for the local fire and rescue service for that area.</p><p> </p><p>The general duty to ensure the safety of members of the public in Great Britain is set out in the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the specific requirement to assess and control risk is contained in the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Fire safety responsibilities are contained within The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales. In Scotland this is Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, supported by the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulation 2006. Businesses that comply with the relevant legislation will be doing enough to ensure the safety of participants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/01/2019 15:34:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard