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90050

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to regulating smaller amateur theatre and arts groups under a separate class under the Child Performance Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	207601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The child performance licensing system is designed to provide a check that suitable arrangements are made to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children when they take part in performances, and that their education does not suffer when they do. This principle applies regardless of whether the performances are put on by amateur or professional organisations.</p><p> </p><p>We therefore have no plans to introduce differential licensing arrangements for different types or sizes of organisation. We are, however, planning to remove some unnecessary and outdated restrictions and have recently consulted on other options to improve flexibility, but without reducing any of the important safeguards. We expect the resulting changes to benefit all types of organisation involved in child performances and, of course, the children themselves.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/09/2014 16:44:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

90051

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of matron licence fees on participation in theatre and arts groups.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	207602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made no assessment of the effect of local authority fees for licensing of matrons (otherwise referred to as chaperones) on participation in theatre and arts groups.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/09/2014 16:42:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

90052

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with amateur theatre and arts groups on proposed changes to the Child Performance Regulations on performance hours and breaks.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	207600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education ran a public consultation this summer, from 23 June to 29 August, on proposed changes to the Child Performance Regulations. We first announced our intention to do so last December, during the passage of the Children and Families Bill (now Act) 2014.</p><p>The consultation was open to all those with an interest, including the amateur sector. A full consultation report will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/09/2014 16:46:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

90067

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Meat
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 the Government is taking to educate the public about the (a) health and (b) environmental effects of eating high amounts of red meat.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government provides tips and information on healthy eating through the Live Well pages of NHS Choices website and through promotional material on the ‘eatwell’ plate, to educate the public on eating meat as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>As depicted in the ‘eatwell’ plate, the Government recommends eating some meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>In response to one of the Green Food Project’s recommendations in 2012, Defra initiated a debate about sustainable food consumption. The Sustainable Consumption report from the group of interested organisations which came together to work on this project, published in July 2013, included eight principles of a healthy and sustainable diet. These are being reviewed by the Global Food Security Programme and will be published as part of its Insight series in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2014 17:01:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90070

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Agricultural Products: Russia
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 assistance she plans to offer farmers and businesses affected by sanctions on Russia which apply to agricultural products from the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has been monitoring the situation closely since the ban came into effect on 7 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the ban will affect approximately £39m of agricultural produce – this is 0.2% of UK’s total food, feed and drink exports for 2013 at £18.9bn. UK producers may face lower prices in some products as producers sell what was originally intended for Russia on the EU market. Some UK businesses had goods in transit, including dairy, poultry and fish consignments, which were turned away. Our investigations show very limited market impact caused by the ban with stable prices for most products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the ban will have an impact on some businesses, particularly the pelagic sector of the Scottish fishing industry. At a UK level, exports of fish (mainly frozen mackerel) to Russia were approximately £18m in 2013. That was 1% of UK total fish and seafood exports and 8% of frozen fish exports but 18% of UK mackerel exports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cheese industry, which exported about £5.8m to Russia (1.3% of UK’s total exports) may be affected. Northern Ireland exported almost £3m worth of food (mainly dairy) to Russia in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s produce is world class and our priority is to minimise the potential impact of the totally unjustified Russian ban by working with trade associations and industry in identifying alternative markets. We encourage our growers to find other outlets such as processing, and to utilise existing EU Producer Organisation promotion funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has now announced support measures for EU farmers and growers: €125m worth of aid for fruit and vegetable producers and €10-20m for dairy farmers to pay for the temporary storage of butter, cheese and skimmed milk powder. Both schemes will be available within the UK. On 3 September, the Commission also announced an additional €30m for EU Promotions to help the industry find other markets for products that might otherwise have been exported to Russia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Scottish Government, the European Commission and pelagic industry to develop new and emerging markets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 207721 question first answered 04/09/2014 16:27:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90074

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Agricultural Products: Russia
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 she has made of the potential effect of sanctions on Russia on the UK agriculture industry.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK has been monitoring the situation closely since the ban came into effect on 7 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the UK, the ban will affect approximately £39m of agricultural produce – this is 0.2% of UK’s total food, feed and drink exports for 2013 at £18.9bn. UK producers may face lower prices in some products as producers sell what was originally intended for Russia on the EU market. Some UK businesses had goods in transit, including dairy, poultry and fish consignments, which were turned away. Our investigations show very limited market impact caused by the ban with stable prices for most products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the ban will have an impact on some businesses, particularly the pelagic sector of the Scottish fishing industry. At a UK level, exports of fish (mainly frozen mackerel) to Russia were approximately £18m in 2013. That was 1% of UK total fish and seafood exports and 8% of frozen fish exports but 18% of UK mackerel exports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cheese industry, which exported about £5.8m to Russia (1.3% of UK’s total exports) may be affected. Northern Ireland exported almost £3m worth of food (mainly dairy) to Russia in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK’s produce is world class and our priority is to minimise the potential impact of the totally unjustified Russian ban by working with trade associations and industry in identifying alternative markets. We encourage our growers to find other outlets such as processing, and to utilise existing EU Producer Organisation promotion funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has now announced support measures for EU farmers and growers: €125m worth of aid for fruit and vegetable producers and €10-20m for dairy farmers to pay for the temporary storage of butter, cheese and skimmed milk powder. Both schemes will be available within the UK. On 3 September, the Commission also announced an additional €30m for EU Promotions to help the industry find other markets for products that might otherwise have been exported to Russia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Scottish Government, the European Commission and pelagic industry to develop new and emerging markets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 207722 question first answered 04/09/2014 16:27:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90081

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Business: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which trade associations or sector groupings of companies have developed guidance on human rights and due diligence over the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to support such initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	207616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>There is no central repository in the UK that captures sector specific guidance on business and human rights. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to work with bodies including Business in the Community, the Ethical Trading Initiative and the British Retail Consortium on guidance for their respective members, drawing on the “Good Business: Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/09/2014 16:55:56 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

90082

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in (a) his Department in the UK and (b) British Embassies and High Commissions overseas work on climate change-related diplomacy; and what projections he has made of the future staffing requirements for such work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	207617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) currently has 20 staff who work full time in London on climate change. This includes the Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative on Climate Change. We have the full time equivalent of 70 staff dedicated to climate change and energy work across our overseas network. In addition, as climate and energy priorities demand, we have around a further 80 overseas staff who are also regularly engaged on climate diplomacy.</p><p>Climate change and energy/resource security remain high-level foreign policy priorities for the FCO and we keep resourcing arrangements under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/09/2014 16:25:18 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

90143

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of the NHS budget has been spent on (a) management pay, (b) outside consultants and (c) restructuring in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is set out in the table attached. The cumulative savings in administration costs arising from the reforms over the period 2010-11 to 2014-15 are expected to free up at least £6.4 billion for patient care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/09/2014 16:39:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ207609 - Table.docx title Table
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90276

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Nuclear Fusion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution the UK is making to the development of fusion technology; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	905183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Atomic Energy Authority manages the UK’s fusion research programme at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and operates JET, the European fusion research facility, under a 285 million euro contract from the European Commission. The Authority is now building on the expertise in engineering and technology from fusion research to make Culham a centre of excellence for fusion technology, in collaboration with UK academia and industry, and in support of the international ITER next-step fusion project currently under construction in France.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>New fusion technology facilities at Culham are planned in the areas of nuclear materials and remote handling and robotics to support fusion and other related technologies and are working towards the EU design of a DEMO (prototype) fusion power station.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/09/2014 16:43:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson