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1379265

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	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	Channel Four Television
	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 steps her Department is taking to consult on the future of Channel 4.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	904201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>The government has consulted on the best ownership model to support Channel 4 as part of our review of the public service broadcasting ecosystem.</p><p>The public consultation ran for 10 weeks before closing on 14 September. We received around 60,000 responses.</p><p>We are analysing every response to make sure we come to an informed decision on whether a change of ownership is the best way to secure Channel 4’s future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/11/2021 15:15:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1360980

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the progress of the covid-19 vaccine rollout.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	903661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>Due to our successful COVID-19 vaccination programme we have now delivered over 83 million doses to people in England, including 3.6 million booster and third doses to the most vulnerable since September.</p><p>This has reduced the link between case numbers and hospitalisation, preventing the National Health Service from becoming overwhelmed and provided additional protection ahead of the winter.</p><p>Over 24.3million infections have been prevented and more than 127,000 lives saved to date.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/10/2021 16:39:19 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1327521

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2021
	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	Gambling
	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 effectiveness of the Gambling Commission in reducing gambling-related harms.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	6256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Keeping gambling fair and open and free from crime, and protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited are priorities for the government and key licensing objectives for the Gambling Commission. The Commission requires all operators to monitor gambling activity and to intervene where a customer may be at risk of harm. It has consulted on tightening its rules on customer interaction for online operators and will publish a response and next steps in the summer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government launched its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 on 8 December with the publication of a Call for Evidence. As part of the broad scope of the Review, we called for evidence on the effectiveness of our regulatory system, including protections for online gamblers and the Gambling Commission's powers and resources. We aim to publish a white paper by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 6257 question first answered 02/06/2021 14:53:55 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1327522

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2021
	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	Gambling: Internet
	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 adequacy of online gambling protections provided by gambling companies for (a) known frequent gamblers and (b) other online users.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	6257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Keeping gambling fair and open and free from crime, and protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited are priorities for the government and key licensing objectives for the Gambling Commission. The Commission requires all operators to monitor gambling activity and to intervene where a customer may be at risk of harm. It has consulted on tightening its rules on customer interaction for online operators and will publish a response and next steps in the summer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government launched its Review of the Gambling Act 2005 on 8 December with the publication of a Call for Evidence. As part of the broad scope of the Review, we called for evidence on the effectiveness of our regulatory system, including protections for online gamblers and the Gambling Commission's powers and resources. We aim to publish a white paper by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale grouped question UIN 6256 question first answered 02/06/2021 14:53:55 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1327523

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Question 175810 on Education: Finance, if he will confirm the cost of using a national funding rate of £4,760 to calculate 16-19 funding allocations for 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	6258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>Modelling the cost of increasing the base rate to £4,760 for 16-19 funding allocations for 2020-21 would require consideration of various factors, such as, the forecast of expected student numbers across age ranges, the characteristics of those students, the courses undertaken, the effect of lagged funding and the impact of the policy change required. The department does not routinely make estimates of this kind.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 27/05/2021 14:45:54 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306451

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the eastern leg of HS2 that connects the line to Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	175803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring Yorkshire reaps the benefits on high-speed services. The Integrated Rail Plan will consider the sequencing and delivery of HS2, as well as Northern Powerhouse Rail and other rail investment projects to ensure the benefits of these investments are delivered to passengers and communities more quickly. We intend to publish the IRP this Spring.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/04/2021 14:41:50 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306454

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on updates to the Transpennine rail route.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	175804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>£589m funding announced in July 2020 has enabled further design and development work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme. The first stages of Overhead Line Electrification (OLE) installation have begun between York and Church Fenton, and in the Spring Network Rail will be carrying out engineering work between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge to support future masts and electric wires.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/04/2021 14:46:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306459

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward proposals in the Green Paper, Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, in the upcoming Tobacco Control Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	175805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>A new Tobacco Control plan is due to be published later this year and will set out further ambitions to deliver a smoke free country by 2030. Policies for the new plan are currently under development. We will consider all proposals from the 2019 Green Paper, including those on e-cigarettes and addressing smoking in particular vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 175806 question first answered 13/04/2021 09:04:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306460

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his timeframe for the policy development and publishing of the Tobacco Control Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	175806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>A new Tobacco Control plan is due to be published later this year and will set out further ambitions to deliver a smoke free country by 2030. Policies for the new plan are currently under development. We will consider all proposals from the 2019 Green Paper, including those on e-cigarettes and addressing smoking in particular vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 175805 question first answered 13/04/2021 09:04:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306461

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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	Food: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which products are planned to be included in the scope of the proposed ban of TV advertising of products High in Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS); and whether only products of particular appeal to children are planned to be banned.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	175807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The current proposal is to use the categories originally put forward by Public Health England (PHE) as part of the calorie reduction programme, sugar reduction programme and the soft drinks industry levy overlaying this with the 2004/05 Nutrient Profiling Model. As outlined in our consultations, one of the key objectives of any further advertising restriction was to be targeted at the products of more concern to childhood obesity.</p><p>Officials are considering the final list put forward by PHE as well as views fed in as part of the consultation process to come to a final decision on what products are in scope and will publish our full response to the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/04/2021 08:29:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney