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1139004

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
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	Sheep: Transmissible Encephalopathies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable the identification of the age of ovine animals other than by the eruption of the permanent incisor under the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (2018).
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	277203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is preparing to consult on amendments to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (2018) in line with changes to EU rules, which would permit the introduction of an optional method of ageing of sheep alternative to dentition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/07/2019 15:53:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1083519

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Food: Imports
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 assessment he has made of the implications for food imports from the US of the United States - European Union Negotiations: Summary of Specific Negotiating Objectives, published by the Office of the United States Trade representative in February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	229717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the publication of the United States - European Union Negotiations: Summary of Specific Negotiating Objectives, and the more recent publication of Specific Negotiating Objectives for the UK. These publications are of course important, but do not change the Government’s view that any future trade deal must work for UK consumers, farmers and businesses.</p><p>The Government has made it clear that we will not water down our food or animal welfare standards in pursuit of any trade deal. Existing food standards on issues such as chlorinated chicken will come across through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. For hormone treated beef the UK has transposed EU Council Directive 96/22/EC into UK law, which prohibits the use of artificial growth hormones in both domestic production and imported products. This will continue when we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/03/2019 12:09:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

804330

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Crimes against Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of theft and fraud to (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2011 the government established the Fraud, Error and Debt Taskforce to develop and coordinate the delivery of initiatives across government as previously no systematic attempt had been made. Since 2012/13 the department has therefore published a total for overall detected fraud in the department consolidated accounts. Available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2017 Cabinet Office have also published annual detected fraud figures for all central departments and related bodies. Also available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Fraud and error figures for Executive Agencies (EA’s) and Non-Department Public Bodies in years prior to 2013-14 were not collected centrally and therefore unavailable. From 2013-14 onwards, the department reported fraud figures to the Cabinet Office in line with their definition of fraud costs and covered all EA’s and Arm’s Length Bodies. Following machinery of government changes from June 2016 onwards, the department also supplies figures for higher education and further education including the Student Loan Company.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>12-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department (inc. EFA) </strong></p></td><td><p>£0.0M</p></td><td><p>£0.04</p></td><td><p>To be confirmed (with Cabinet Office)</p></td><td><p>£1.45M</p></td><td><p>£2.28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures shown are taken from published material in the accounts or the Cross Government Fraud Landscape Annual report.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 17:49:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

790039

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in her Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	113278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>There are five full time staff members in the social media team.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/11/2017 11:32:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

790197

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many people in the Government Equalities Office with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	113282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education social media team consisting of five full time staff also cover the social media work for the Government Equalities Office.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/11/2017 08:19:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

750936

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued were attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but information on ministerial attendance at public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued is not readily available or held centrally and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/07/2017 15:24:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

749366

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	3405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has a duty to provide the public with information and to ensure the effective running and uptake of public services. Social media offers a cost effective and targeted communication tool to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of social media spend over the last 18 months has been in support of teacher recruitment. Since September 2016 (when the new teacher recruitment campaign launched), social media advertising has generated 19,000 registrations of interest in teaching. We have also used social media to support uptake of 30 hours free childcare and to encourage the reporting of child abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Each month the department publishes spend over £25,000 on gov.uk. Below we have summarised the spend on social media.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>£76,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>£87,263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>£66,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>£94,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>£67,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>£33,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>£26,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>£36,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>£12,261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>£65,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>£84,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>£86,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>£79,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>£109,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>£163,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>£53,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>£88,963</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>£92,495</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/07/2017 16:58:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713532

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to universities and colleges on the requirement for comprehensive sickness insurance for EU citizens from outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on which groups of EU nationals require comprehensive sickness insurance as well as the types of documents accepted to meet this condition has always been publicly available to all parties. This can currently be found from page 30 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the GOV.UK website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 68897 question first answered 30/03/2017 14:18:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713533

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides for insurance providers and non-UK EU citizens who plan to be resident in the UK on what qualifies as comprehensive sickness insurance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on which groups of EU nationals require comprehensive sickness insurance as well as the types of documents accepted to meet this condition has always been publicly available to all parties. This can currently be found from page 30 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the GOV.UK website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 68896 question first answered 30/03/2017 14:18:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

712993

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Government has provided to citizens from other EU countries residing in the UK as self-sufficient persons or students of the requirement to have comprehensive sickness insurance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on the conditions for exercising Treaty rights as a self sufficient person or student has always been publicly available to EU nationals. This can currently be found from page 21 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the GOV.UK website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2017 15:00:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock