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1132397

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date	17/06/2019
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	Employment: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to strengthen protections for mental health at work under health and safety legislation.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	265450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>In October 2017, the Prime Minister welcomed and accepted the recommendations of the <em>Thriving at Work: The Stevenson / Farmer review of mental health</em> <em>and employers</em>. This recognised that employers should develop a comprehensive approach to managing mental health that includes implementing activity on preventing mental ill health caused by work, promoting good mental health in the workplace and supporting individuals who experience poor mental health. Actions to implement this comprehensive approach are described within the mental health standards developed by the reviewers and accepted by Government.</p><p> </p><p>Existing duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 contribute by requiring employers to put in place measures to prevent causes of work-related mental ill health. Specifically, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to undertake a risk assessment and act on that assessment by removing or putting in place reasonable steps to control the causes of work-related mental ill health. Additionally, under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, employers have a responsibility to consider the mental health needs of their staff as part of their ‘first aid needs assessment’ and decide on what support is necessary. This assessment enables employers to put in place measures that will directly respond to their employee needs and allows businesses flexibility where those needs may change. Supporting individuals in distress until professional help arrives is an important feature of any first aid event regardless of its nature. It is a key component in the first aid syllabus contained in the regulations and meets the NHS recommended approach for assisting an individual who is experiencing a mental health crisis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government is committed to working with key stakeholders, public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes implement the mental health standards, comply with their legal duties and realise the benefit of healthy inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/06/2019 14:32:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1132479

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the laws relating to traffic offences are effectively enforced.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	265425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The responsibility for the enforcement of criminal law, including traffic offences, is a matter for the Police who work under Home Office guidance. Decisions on how the Police deploy resources is a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioners and the Chief Constables for each police force.</p><p> </p><p>The detailed statistics on prosecutions and convictions for motoring offences between 2010 and 2017 have been fairly stable. However there has been an increase in Police using education courses under the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) from 467,601 courses in 2010 to 1,445,817 in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The National Speed Awareness Course impact evaluation, published in 2017, found that participation in the course was more effective at preventing speed reoffending than fines and penalty points over a period of 3 years following the initial offer to attend. The National Speed Awareness Course is now offered by most police forces in England and Wales.</p><p>In March 2018, we provided a grant of £370,000 to PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) to run a competition to encourage the development of mobile evidential breath testing instruments which will meet the Home Office type approval requirements. Phase 2 of this competition closes at the end of June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The DfT has recently invested £100,000 to support the digital capacity of the police to enable them to handle dash and helmet cam evidence in respect of road traffic offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 12:38:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132483

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what employee incentives are included in the work contracts of Highways England employees to help ensure timely completion of those works.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	265501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Highways England provides a Performance Related Pay (PRP) incentive scheme for its employees. Payments made under the scheme are directly aligned to Highways England’s performance against eleven Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), which include timely completion of works.</p><p> </p><p>The KPI’s provide equal focus across a range of areas that are considered integral to the success of Highways England, encouraging collaborative behaviours in achieving successful delivery. The KPI’s include targets related to areas such as major project delivery, safety, road user satisfaction and road incident management.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:05:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1132486

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his Department’s policy to ensure that all Highway England’s works are carried out 24 hours a day subject to health and safety issues.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	265502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of improving road users’ experience through roadworks, Highways England considers working patterns such as 24 hours a day on an individual scheme basis. There are a number of factors that influence Highways England’s ability to adopt this approach such as: maintaining the safety of road workers and road users, location, type of work being undertaken, needs of road users and neighbouring communities, availability of resources within the construction industry and any cost implications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:12:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1132489

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the needs of civil society in Sudan; and what support his Department plans to provide to those groups.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	265432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>DFID recognises the essential role of Sudanese civil society in securing a transition to a stable political system that is inclusive, respects democratic norms and allows open and ongoing political dialogue. Until the end of 2018, the Local Partnerships for Dialogue Programme provided support to civil society, media, and women and youth groups, with the aim of strengthening their capacity to demand more inclusive, democratic and accountable governance.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has resources within its current framework to continue the UK’s support of Sudanese non-state actors, and their important participation in the transition. This could take the form of support to the handover to a civilian-led government, through technical assistance to negotiation and mediation efforts; and further capacity building for civil society organisations to build their resilience and capacity to champion inclusive dialogue.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/06/2019 14:29:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1132495

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Greece: West Nile Virus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Greece on the number of people infected with the West Nile virus in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	265428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>There were reports of a number of cases of West Nile virus in Greece in 2018. The Hellenic Centre for Disease Prevention / Control have informed our Embassy in Athens that there have been no reported cases to date in 2019. Up to date information on outbreaks and preventative measures can be found by following the links on Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/06/2019 06:28:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132507

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Solid Fuels: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	265472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the reply previously given on 8 April 2019 to PQ 238630.</p><p> </p><p>Our assessments of emissions of pollutants from domestic combustion sources use a range of data but are based on established international reporting. The range of fuels and appliances used in the UK is large and emissions from each combination vary greatly depending on how the appliance is operated.</p><p> </p><p>Any publicly available resources we have used to inform our analysis of the proposals in the consultation will be made available with the Government response.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 265473 question first answered 24/06/2019 12:58:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1132522

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Packaging: Recycling
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 ensure that the recycling symbol is (a) highly visible, (b) unambiguous and (c) on the front of packaging.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	265465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>On 18 February the Government published a consultation on changes to the producer responsibility regime for packaging. As part of this consultation we have proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling scheme which would require producers to clearly label their packaging as ‘recyclable’ or ‘not-recyclable’. This proposal will ensure the packaging labelling scheme will be: (a) highly visible, (b) unambiguous and (c) on the front of packaging.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closed on 13 May and we are currently analysing the responses. A summary of responses will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The details of the proposed mandatory packaging labelling scheme, such as the design of the label, will be subject to further consultation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/06/2019 13:30:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1132525

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Solar Power: Housing
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure the affordability of household solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	265550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Solar is a UK success story, having until now accounted for 81% of the total 6.6GW installed capacity under the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme. Since 2010, the FIT scheme has supported over 850,000 installations, 99% of which are solar.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 June, we launched our Smart Export Guarantee, which will ensure that small-scale generators are paid for the power they export to the grid.</p><p> </p><p>This coupled with the fact that residential solar panels are now over 50% cheaper than in 2011, makes solar more affordable than ever.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/06/2019 13:54:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 124354 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1132532

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Innovate UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding Innovate UK has allocated to research and development in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	265480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have announced increases in public R&amp;D spending worth £7bn up to 2021/2022, and we are working with UK Research and Innovation and other key partners to develop a roadmap that sets out how government and industry will work together to reach our target of increasing R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, which would be the highest recorded level, and 3% in the longer-term.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 12 years Innovate UK, now part of UK Research and Innovation, has invested over £2.2 billion in innovation. This has spanned more than 11,000 projects that have generated up to £16 billion in Gross Value Added for the UK economy and 70,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK funding allocated to research and development in each year since its inception</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the amount that Innovate UK has committed to funding on Research and Development by the year that the commitment was made.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Research and development funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>£132,567,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>£213,616,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>£157,783,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>£176,074,877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£165,808,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£175,196,331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£411,198,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£523,897,372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£535,675,661</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£643,691,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£550,005,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£821,634,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£827,948,763</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[Note: This excludes funding of networks such as the Knowledge Transfer Network and other product types such as vouchers and Catapult Centre funding].</p><p> </p><p>How much funding Innovate UK plans to allocate to research and development in each of the next five years</p><p> </p><p>Financial allocations for 19/20 have been announced in the Innovate UK delivery plan (<a href="https://www.ukri.org/files/about/dps/innovate-uk-dp-2019/" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/files/about/dps/innovate-uk-dp-2019/</a> ). Future years are subject to Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>How many projects Innovate UK has provided funding for in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and London, and the South East in each year since its inception.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of projects Innovate UK have funded by region of the UK in which the lead organisations were registered. Numbers are based on the year in which the commitment was made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>London and the South East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>1054</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>1587</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>756</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>2640</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>1011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>2533</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>1265</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>1693</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>1569</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>699</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>How much funding Innovate UK has allocated in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and London, and the South East in each year since its inception.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total value of grants offered by Innovate UK by region of the UK in which the lead organisations were registered. Numbers represent commitment and are based on the year that commitment was made.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>London and the South East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p>£117,426,262</p></td><td><p>£3,855,738</p></td><td><p>£10,744,846</p></td><td><p>£540,452</p></td><td><p>£55,878,902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>£198,608,711</p></td><td><p>£5,013,249</p></td><td><p>£6,100,626</p></td><td><p>£3,880,492</p></td><td><p>£73,159,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>£142,766,161</p></td><td><p>£1,565,802</p></td><td><p>£12,254,492</p></td><td><p>£1,187,236</p></td><td><p>£43,042,978</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>£166,865,678</p></td><td><p>£2,298,082</p></td><td><p>£13,158,634</p></td><td><p>£3,688,488</p></td><td><p>£109,465,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£156,155,605</p></td><td><p>£4,317,506</p></td><td><p>£12,487,494</p></td><td><p>£2,858,999</p></td><td><p>£59,966,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£699,163,960</p></td><td><p>£5,584,958</p></td><td><p>£62,892,840</p></td><td><p>£4,624,934</p></td><td><p>£75,074,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£661,810,021</p></td><td><p>£8,615,759</p></td><td><p>£59,743,798</p></td><td><p>£4,720,327</p></td><td><p>£311,592,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£557,276,122</p></td><td><p>£12,463,835</p></td><td><p>£21,813,818</p></td><td><p>£7,134,544</p></td><td><p>£230,497,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,097,629,553</p></td><td><p>£12,963,304</p></td><td><p>£105,420,565</p></td><td><p>£11,223,022</p></td><td><p>£578,784,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£631,354,881</p></td><td><p>£14,910,639</p></td><td><p>£32,672,269</p></td><td><p>£10,367,163</p></td><td><p>£230,784,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£668,901,947</p></td><td><p>£18,936,577</p></td><td><p>£26,605,922</p></td><td><p>£11,252,102</p></td><td><p>£263,758,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£969,369,925</p></td><td><p>£22,808,398</p></td><td><p>£43,580,722</p></td><td><p>£6,139,749</p></td><td><p>£366,559,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,782,244,610</p></td><td><p>£66,263,287</p></td><td><p>£164,476,668</p></td><td><p>£25,554,284</p></td><td><p>£687,404,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong> <strong>Population (mid 2017 from ONS)</strong></p></td><td><p>55,619,430</p></td><td><p>3,125,165</p></td><td><p>5,424,800</p></td><td><p>1,870,834</p></td><td><p>17,905,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong> <strong>Per Capita commitment</strong></p></td><td><p>£32.04</p></td><td><p>£21.20</p></td><td><p>£30.32</p></td><td><p>£13.66</p></td><td><p>£38.39</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 265481 265482 265483 question first answered 24/06/2019 09:34:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards