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772087

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date	17/10/2017
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	Food: Marketing
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 her Department has made of the effect on children's health of restricting the marketing of high in fat, salt or sugar foods before the 9pm watershed.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	108086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August we announced £5 million investment to fund a national institute for obesity research policy unit to provide a robust evidence base and deeper understanding of the causes of childhood obesity, including marketing to children and families. The unit’s findings will be fed into the department's future policy development and engagement.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 107438 107444 question first answered 19/10/2017 12:10:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

771331

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group met over the last year.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Tourism Industry Emergency Response (TIER) has been active through all the terror attacks over the past few months, including convening four meetings since the first attack in March.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2017 09:38:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771335

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NSA/CSS Georgia: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel were embedded in the National Security Agency Cryptologic Centre in Georgia USA, in each month between 1 October 2016 and 1 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	107756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence places personnel in a wide variety of roles in the United States in order to further cooperation with our most important ally on defence matters. I am witholding information on specific roles or postings as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/10/2017 16:38:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

771337

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department plans to publish its response to the Better Compensation consultation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	107769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s ‘<em>Better Combat Consultation’ </em>public consultation ran from 1 December 2016 to 23 February of this year. The Government is considering the views expressed during the consultation carefully and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/10/2017 14:26:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

771340

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
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 the 30 hours free childcare entitlement on childcare providers' ability to (a) employ and (b) support (i) qualified early years teachers and (ii) other staff with suitable qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	107754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>In March 2017 we published the Early Years Workforce Strategy which sets out the actions we will take to support the early years’ sector to attract, retain and develop the early years’ workforce. There has been no assessment of the effect of 30 hours’ free childcare on providers’ ability to employ and support qualified teachers and other staff.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/10/2017 16:17:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

771342

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the findings of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 28/2016 on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	107759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I encourage the Iranian authorities to co-operate and engage fully with the United Nations regarding the conclusions and recommendations of reports published by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2017 15:11:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771343

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken to secure consular access to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe since recent new charges have been brought against her.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	107751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Our Ambassador in Tehran continues to raise all our dual-national cases, including pressing for consular access, with the Iranian authorities at every available opportunity, most recently in a meeting with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on 16 October. The Iranians have not granted us access on the basis that they consider them to be Iranian nationals. While there is no international legal obligation to recognise dual-nationality, we consider them to be British and will continue to request access.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2017 15:03:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771354

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 12 October 2017 to the Leader of the House, Official Report, column 469, if he will remove the charge for telephone calls to his Department on universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	107750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State at the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 18 October 2017, DWP plans to change the Universal Credit helpline to a freephone number over the next month.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 107919 question first answered 19/10/2017 14:07:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

771356

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of competition conditions for domestic supply contracts within the retail energy market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	107746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of domestic energy suppliers in the UK has increased from 13 to over 60 and independent suppliers now have over 20% share of the dual fuel market. In addition, almost 3 million electricity and gas switches took place between January and July this year.</p><p>However, the Competition and Markets Authority has found that millions of domestic energy customers were paying around £1.4 billion annually more than they would if the market were functioning effectively. On 12 October the Government published a draft Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny that would require Ofgem to put in place a temporary price cap on standard variable and default tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/10/2017 15:55:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

771357

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Homebase: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government is offering to the employees affected by the closure of some Homebase stores.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	107755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We have mobilised Jobcentre Plus’s Rapid response Service to help workers get back into employment as soon as possible. This service is tailored to individuals’ needs and can include some or all of the following:</p><p>- Help with job searches, including CV writing and interview skills;</p><p>- Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps, linked to the local labour market;</p><p>- Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability;</p><p>- Help to overcome barriers to attending training, securing a job or self-employment, such as child care costs, tools, work clothes and travel costs.</p><p>It is worth noting that in June, Bunnings, the owner of Homebase, announced plans to create over 1,000 new jobs in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/10/2017 15:56:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson