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915041

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date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles registered abroad in the UK; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure that those vehicles are fully taxed, insured and registered.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	148607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>A survey is carried out every two years to collect information about vehicles travelling on the roads. Vehicles with non-UK registration numbers are identified during this survey. This information has been used to produce estimates of the number of foreign-registered vehicles in the UK and the latest available figures can be seen at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tra32-foreign-registered-vehicles-in-traffic" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tra32-foreign-registered-vehicles-in-traffic</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Foreign registered vehicles that are brought temporarily into the UK are normally exempt from registration and licensing requirements for up to six months in any twelve month period, as long as they comply with the requirements of the home country. Once this exemption period has passed or the keeper of the vehicle becomes resident in the UK, the vehicle must be licensed and registered here.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency works with the police to enforce against foreign registered vehicles that have overstayed the exemption period. Where there is sufficient evidence that a vehicle keeper has not complied with UK requirements enforcement action, including the wheelclamping, removal and disposal of a vehicle, can be taken.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/06/2018 13:31:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

915042

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Healthy Start Scheme: Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in each district of Gloucestershire are eligible to receive Healthy Start vouchers; and what estimate he has made of the number of people that are in receipt of those vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	148608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of beneficiaries eligible for Healthy Start vouchers and the take-up rate in each district of Gloucestershire can be seen in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Beneficiaries Eligible by Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Take-up</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cotswold</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>1,022</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroud</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Validated but unpublished information on Healthy Start vouchers from an approved statistical collection.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold the figures for the proportion of people within the district of Gloucestershire who are eligible for Healthy Start.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/06/2018 16:22:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

911129

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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 plans he has to speed up communication with farmers on the results of tests when farms are found to be clear from bovine TB after having being shut down.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has a procedure in place for communicating to cattle keepers the lifting of movement restrictions when a bovine TB breakdown has been resolved. The official notifications are issued when all the necessary TB tests have been completed on their farm businesses and any further checks have confirmed their herds are eligible to regain Official TB Free (OTF) status.</p><p> </p><p>APHA’s current target for issuing TB10 to lift the restrictions is within 2 weeks of the date of the final clear test.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally and as part of this procedure, a cattle keeper can contact the relevant APHA administration team and/or their APHA case veterinarian and request urgent lifting of movement restrictions. If a customer contacts us with such a request we will expedite that request as long as all the requirements to regain OTF status are met.</p><p> </p><p>APHA’s internal procedures are subject to regular review process to ensure that its service fully meets the agreed needs of its customers.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/06/2018 12:31:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

911139

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Pensions Regulator on the decision to bring forward payments into the Pension Protection Fund due to collapse of Carillion; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that decision on capital investment.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>All DB pension schemes are required to pay Pension Protection Fund (PPF) risked based levy. The PPF levy is the only payment that schemes are required to make to the PPF prior to insolvency. After an employer insolvency event, the pension scheme will enter a PPF assessment period, where the PPF will determine whether the scheme has sufficient funds to pay benefits at PPF compensation levels or above. Schemes that do not meet this test will transfer into the PPF (including any assets) and scheme members will receive PPF compensation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government sets the legislative framework for pension schemes - this is overseen by the independent Pensions Regulator, and it would not be appropriate for Government to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no discussions between the DWP Ministers and the Pensions Regulator regarding payments made by Carillion into the PPF.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:02:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

911167

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Waste Management
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 plans he has to enhance the regulation of extended producer responsibility after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy makes a commitment to explore how we can better incentivise producers to manage resources more efficiently through producer responsibility schemes. The 25 Year Environment Plan builds on this and commits to reform the producer responsibility system (including the packaging waste regulations) to incentivise producers to take greater responsibility for the environmental impacts of their products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is developing a renewed strategy on resources and waste that looks ahead at opportunities outside the EU. This will set out the detail of how we will meet the ambitions for resources and waste that are set out in the Clean Growth Strategy and 25 Year Environment Plan. This will include extended producer responsibility. The strategy will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult on our proposals to reform the existing Producer Responsibility Packaging Waste Regulations later this year after the publication of the Resources and Waste Strategy. This will look at all aspects of the regime, including future recycling targets, mechanisms to incentivise better design and encourage the use of recycled material, as well as the funding of collection within the system.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/06/2018 16:50:51 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910252

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the terms of reference on his Department's website for the 2018 bovine tuberculosis strategy review have not been updated to reflect the fact that the review is planned to consider all areas of the existing bovine TB strategy including badger culling.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The terms of reference, as published, remain correct. They set out that badger culling is within the scope of the Bovine TB strategy review. They explain that this is not narrowly a review of culling but of the whole Bovine TB strategy, of which culling is just one part. They also make clear the review will not revisit the rationale for current interventions deployed to tackle the disease.</p><p> </p><p>The review of the Bovine TB strategy is forward looking and will consider what steps can be taken to improve, enhance or accelerate interventions to achieve the eradication of bovine TB.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/06/2018 11:17:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910326

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: Labour Camps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the existence of labour camps in Eritrea; and whether he has made representations on such camps to the Government of that country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are aware that there can be indefinite national service in Eritrea, and that much of the work exacted from the population goes far beyond that of military service. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Under Secretary and the then Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when he visited London in July 2017. The former Minister for Africa also raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when they met in New York in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:12:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910328

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: 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, what representations he has made to his Eritrean counterpart on access to Eritrea for the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not met his Eritrean counterpart. The former Minister for Africa raised the issue of access for Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when they met in New York in September 2017. The United Kingdom, in its statements at the UN, both in New York and Geneva, has consistently called for the Government of Eritrea to allow access to the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:26:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910330

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: National Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Eritrean counterpart on the laws governing national service in Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has not met with any Eritrean minister. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office Permanent Undersecretary and the then Minister of State for Immigration at the Home Office both raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when he visited London in July 2017. The former Minister for Africa also raised the issue with the Eritrean Foreign Minister when they met in New York in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:31:37 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

910333

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Eritrea: 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, if he will work with his international counterparts to establish an urgent UN investigation into allegations of extrajudicial killings, arrest, false imprisonment and the culture of official impunity in Eritrea.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	147314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>A UN Commission of Inquiry reported at length on the human rights situation in Eritrea in 2016. The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights has also undertaken four visits to Eritrea since 2014 and started direct discussions with the Government of Eritrea on a number of areas of human rights concern. The United Kingdom continues to call for the Government of Eritrea to grant access to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/06/2018 15:36:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew