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1422807

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have signed-up to receive support from the National School Breakfast Programme in the 2021-22 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs and we are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme until July 2023. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to learn.</p><p>The enrolment process is still underway for schools that wish to sign up to the programme. As of 22 December 2021, 1,245 schools had signed up and 847 schools had placed food orders. We will work with our supplier Family Action to monitor the data and consider suitable opportunities to share more information on the programme as it progresses.</p><p>The government recognises the contribution school breakfasts can make to children's wellbeing and learning. Alongside our national programme, there are also a number of organisations providing valuable support to schools with a breakfast provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/02/2022 12:51:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1422902

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption: Communication
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, following the publication of the Adoption strategy, what steps his Department has taken to improve the Letterbox contact system.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities have a legal duty to provide a comprehensive adoption service. This specifically includes, ‘Assistance, including mediation services, in relation to arrangements for contact between an adoptive child and a natural parent, natural sibling, former guardian or a related person of the adoptive child’.</p><p>As set out in our published ‘Adoption Strategy: achieving excellence everywhere’ we are working with local authorities and Regional Adoption Agencies to improve support around contact with birth relatives, including letterbox contact. This will include working closely with birth parents and those with lived experiences. The strategy can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-strategy-achieving-excellence-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-strategy-achieving-excellence-everywhere</a>.</p><p>More details on actions to improve contact will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/02/2022 13:39:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423303

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dartmoor Prison: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to allocate funding for facilities at HMP Dartmoor.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>In December 2021, HMPPS agreed the principal terms of a new lease with the Duchy of Cornwall. Subject to final agreement, HMP Dartmoor will remain operational as a prison beyond the end of 2023, when the existing lease expires. This will protect jobs in the rural south-west of England, as well as preserving 640 much-needed prison places. I am committed to ensuring that conditions in Dartmoor are fit for purpose. HMPPS will deliver a number of significant infrastructure upgrades to improve physical conditions, following agreement of the lease. These include major investment in roof and gate upgrades, as well as planned work to replace all lighting across the prison.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/03/2022 16:56:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423219

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £1.5 million in the Defence Command Paper for improvements in Single Living Accommodation (SLA) has been designated for use to date.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Relevant information is held by the Front Line Commands. I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 28/02/2022 14:11:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423162

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Hunting
	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 recent assessment he has made of the extent of trail hunting on privately-owned land; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Defra has made no assessment of trail hunting on private land. Giving permission for trail hunting is a matter for the landowner.</p><p>The Hunting Act 2004 makes it an offence to hunt a wild mammal with dogs except where it is carried out in accordance with the exemptions in the Act. Those found guilty under the Act are subject to the full force of the law.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 28/02/2022 17:17:37 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423226

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death records listed air pollution as a cause of death in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 18 February is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 28/02/2022 17:44:32 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler attachment 1 file name UKSA's Response to PQ125491.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423156

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rapid lateral flow covid-19 tests have been issued in (a) England and (b) the South West in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2022 answer text <p>We are currently validating and collating the figures for lateral flow device tests issued in England, which will be published in due course. However, the data being collected does not identify the number of tests issued by region across all distribution channels.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 13/04/2022 13:33:54 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 52961 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423158

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Coronavirus: South West Devon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rapid lateral flow covid-19 tests have been issued in (a) Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport constituency, (b) Plymouth Moor View constituency and (c) South West Devon constituency in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested as data is not collected by Parliamentary constituency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/02/2022 11:05:28 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 52942 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423159

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Coronavirus: Plymouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests that have been issued in the Plymouth City Council local authority area to date.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>As of 20 February 2022, 7.53 million lateral flow tests have been issued to date in Plymouth City Council Local Authority area through GOV.UK and Pharmacy Collect.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/02/2022 11:09:42 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 52945 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1423225

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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: Death
	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 his Department has made of the number of deaths that were attributed to air pollution in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	125490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. However, the Public Health Outcomes Framework for England includes an indicator for air pollution expressed as the proportion of adult mortality attributable to long-term exposure to human-made particulate air pollution, which is updated annually.</p><p>The following table shows the proportion of adult mortality attributable to long-term exposure to human made particulate air pollution in Plymouth, the South West region and England in each year between 2016 and 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/data#page/4/gid/1000043/pat/15/par/E92000001/ati/6/are/E12000009/iid/30101/age/230/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1/page-options/car-do-1" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/data#page/4/gid/1000043/pat/15/par/E92000001/ati/6/are/E12000009/iid/30101/age/230/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1/page-options/car-do-1</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 25/04/2022 23:02:41 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 52937 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard