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825589

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Children: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has conducted on the effect of social media on anxiety among under-16s.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted research on the effect of social media on anxiety among under 16s.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/01/2018 14:27:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

825593

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Plastics: Pollution
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 his Department is taking to reduce the level of plastic pollution in rivers and canals.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) regulates the management of waste plastics, including waste treatment, exports and recovery. The producer responsibility regime requires producers of plastic packaging to ensure it is recovered.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is currently working with the water industry through the price review process to investigate the sources and types of microplastics entering the environment via sewage and sewage sludge. This will feed into future planning and the potential for plastic capture technology at water company assets.</p><p> </p><p>The EA is investigating additional regulation of plastics from production to disposal, and enhanced monitoring and analysis to provide better evidence on how plastics enter and affect the land and water environment.</p><p> </p><p>The EA recently announced £750,000 for a new, dedicated team to tackle plastics pollution in the South West of England. The team aims to reduce plastic pollution across land, rivers and the coastline. It will promote better environmental practices across industry, including a reduction in plastic waste from manufacturing and community campaigns to clean up pollution locally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/01/2018 14:03:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824430

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding has been allocated to HM Revenue and Customs to tackle tax avoidance since the release of the Paradise Papers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC will investigate any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government confirmed 18 further measures and additional investment in HMRC to tackle avoidance, evasion, and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has generated over £160 billion of additional yield since 2010 from tackling avoidance, evasion and non-compliance. There are currently 26,000 people working in the Customer Compliance Group tackling all forms of non-compliance – ranging from individuals operating in the hidden economy, through to detailed investigation of offshore structures and scrutinising the tax affairs of the largest multi-national companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Financial Analysis Centre (JFAC) established in the wake of the Panama Papers brings together data and intelligence from across Government and has developed into a national capability underpinning the Government’s ambitions to fight complex tax and economic crime, at home and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 123232 question first answered 23/01/2018 15:37:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

822864

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Rape: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care whether his Department has issued guidance in the procedure for using rape kits on children under 16 and the gender of the medical professional using that rape kit.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance in the procedure for using rape kits on children under 16 and the gender of the medical professional using that rape kit. The Government supported the recommendation made by the independent review by Baroness Stern into how rape complaints are handled by public authorities that there should be the choice of a male or female forensic physician to undertake the examination. Medical professionals should be sufficiently trained and clinically supervised to comply with guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 122548 question first answered 23/01/2018 14:20:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

822865

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Rape: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specialised training medical professionals have for using rape kits and medical assessments of victims of sexual assault aged 16 and under.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance in the procedure for using rape kits on children under 16 and the gender of the medical professional using that rape kit. The Government supported the recommendation made by the independent review by Baroness Stern into how rape complaints are handled by public authorities that there should be the choice of a male or female forensic physician to undertake the examination. Medical professionals should be sufficiently trained and clinically supervised to comply with guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 122547 question first answered 23/01/2018 14:20:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel