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934794

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Food Poverty: Surveys
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 hold discussions with the Food Standards Agency on the potential merits of including questions that relate to child food insecurity in the next Food and You Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	160764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Food and You survey is a Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey. Whilst the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs works very collaboratively with the FSA, it is ultimately an FSA decision regarding what questions to include in the survey.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 06/07/2018 15:05:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

934118

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that information is provided to people in auto-enrolment pension schemes on the potential monthly contributions required to provide illustrative potential examples of monthly pension payments in retirement.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	160119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Review of Automatic Enrolment in 2017 revealed that there is no consensus about future contribution rates and whether, when and to what level they might increase. As such, it is important that we understand the effects the planned increases will have, and to carry out further work on the adequacy of retirement incomes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Government's 2017 Review of Automatic Enrolment, we looked at the theme of better engagement and how individuals can be better informed and enabled to plan for retirement. Pension providers increasingly offer online tools which offer fast, creative and cost-effective ways for providers to communicate with savers to help them plan. We welcome this investment, however there is more to do and the Review set out specific areas for the pensions industry and other partners to do build on and develop new initiatives. One area the Review examined was the role and examples of annual benefit statements which provide information to members about their pension saving, including important information to help members plan. One example of good practice included in the Review report was an approach that had been developed by industry and Ruston Smith, co-Chair of the engagement theme in the Review. Since the report was published that work has been continuing, and we welcome this as an example of industry taking the lead and working together to enable members to be able to plan for their retirement.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/07/2018 13:55:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

934120

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will review legislation to ensure that people responsible for threatening paramilitary window displays can be prosecuted effectively.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	160120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Counter-terrorism legislation already provides for offences of expressing support for a proscribed organisation, publishing images in such a way as to arouse reasonable suspicion that the person is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation, and encouragement of terrorism and dissemination of terrorist publications.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Office officials have worked with the Home Office on the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill currently before Parliament which, among other things, will make it possible to prosecute individuals if they are reckless as to whether their statements will encourage others to support terrorist organisations.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/07/2018 10:29:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

934121

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Drugs: Licensing
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 close the legal loopholes to make the market for unlicensed medicinal products less restricted.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	160334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the Government body responsible for the safety and licensing of medicines in the United Kingdom, is not aware of any legal loopholes for the supply of human unlicensed medicinal products.</p><p> </p><p>Before a human medicine can be marketed or sold in the UK, a number of licences are required. The product itself must have a licence called a ‘marketing authorisation’ unless an exemption applies.</p><p> </p><p>UK medicines legislation contains a provision for the supply of an unlicensed medicine (commonly known as ‘specials’) which is provided for by way of an exemption from the requirement for a marketing authorisation. In the interests of public health this exemption is narrowly drawn because these products, unlike products holding a marketing authorisation, will not have been assessed and approved against the criteria of safety, quality and efficacy in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Unlicensed medicines can be manufactured in the UK under European Union good manufacturing practice or imported into the UK by the holder of an appropriate licence issued by the MHRA.</p><p> </p><p>Notifications prior to importation of unlicensed medicines are required and are assessed by the MHRA and objections may be raised where there are prohibitive safety or quality concerns. Any person that sells or supplies an unlicensed medicine is required to keep records and report suspected adverse drug reactions.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/07/2018 12:28:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

934126

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the increasing use of and reliance on electronic cashless payments on people (a) with protected characteristics and (b) on low incomes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	160327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>While the Government has not made the described assessment, the Government does recognise that people are increasingly moving away from cash and that the growth in the use of digital payments has been rapid.</p><p> </p><p>Cash continues to be important, especially for the more vulnerable members of society and the elderly, and for the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government therefore wants to make sure that our economy is fit for the future and keeps pace with changes in the ways that people manage their finances whilst also ensuring that the public’s legitimate cash needs continue to be met.</p><p> </p><p>In Spring, the Government launched a call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. It sought information on how the shift from cash to digital payments impacts on different sectors, different regions and different demographics. The Government will respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/07/2018 13:31:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

934129

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Nationalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has taken preparatory steps to bring train services operated by (a) Govia Thameslink Railway and (b) Northern Rail back into public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	160231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>On Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the Department is currently reviewing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change. Should this review find that GTR have been negligent in their implementation of the timetable, all available options will be considered.</p><p> </p><p>On Northern Rail, performance has improved and cancellations have reduced in the weeks following the timetable change. Northern’s compliance with its contract continues to be monitored but no preparatory steps have been taken to bring it into public ownership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/07/2018 12:03:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

934131

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to increase the number of private prisons in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	160063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>On 26 June 2018 the government reaffirmed its commitment to previously announced plans, subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability, to build six category C modern prison in the following locations:</p><ul><li>HM Prison Wellingborough in Northamptonshire;</li><li>HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Glen Parva in Leicestershire</li><li>on land adjacent to HMP Full Sutton in East Yorkshire</li><li>Port Talbot in Neath;</li><li>HMP&amp;YOI Hindley in Greater Manchester;</li><li>HMP&amp;YOI Rochester in Kent</li></ul><p> </p><p>We intend to build the first prison at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, through public capital. We will also continue to demolish the buildings at Glen Parva, Leicestershire, and intend to deliver the second prison there through private finance. We will explore funding routes, including private finance, for the delivery of the remaining 10,000 places.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to increase the number of private prisons beyond what has already been announced.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/07/2018 13:59:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

934134

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Medical Examiners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 16 June 2018, Official Report, column 178, what progress his Department has made on appointing independent medical examiners.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	160347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>On 11 June, the Government published its response to consultation on the introduction of medical examiners and reforms to death certification in England and Wales. This set out plans to introduce a system of medical examiners from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Medical examiners will scrutinise all non-coronial deaths, improve the quality and accuracy of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death, improve national data on avoidable mortality and contribute to improved patient safety.</p><p> </p><p>Medical examiners will provide a service to the bereaved, increasing transparency and offering them the opportunity to raise concerns. They will provide a new level of scrutiny to help deter criminal activity and poor practice. On 18 June, the Government commenced section 21 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, to allow for the appointment of a National Medical Examiner to prepare guidance that will support the introduction of medical examiners. The Government is working with a range of stakeholders, including in the National Health Service, to establish delivery arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2018 08:54:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

934135

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of legal aid provision for litigants in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations. The number of solicitor offices providing legal aid in the areas you have enquired about has remained broadly static over the last several financial years, with the number of claims submitted exhibiting a moderate year-on-year reduction.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 160222 160223 question first answered 06/07/2018 14:00:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

934136

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the reduction in the number of criminal legal aid lawyers in (a) Barnsley (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England following the introduction of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations. The number of solicitor offices providing legal aid in the areas you have enquired about has remained broadly static over the last several financial years, with the number of claims submitted exhibiting a moderate year-on-year reduction.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 160221 160223 question first answered 06/07/2018 14:00:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis