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860671

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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 Supply
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 contingency plans his Department (a) has agreed on and (b) are working on to ensure that the UK's food supply is not affected when the UK exits the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	132028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Food is one of the UK’s 13 critical infrastructure sectors and Defra produces an annual Sector Security and Resilience Plan working closely with industry sectors. The UK has a high degree of food security with access to a diverse range of sources of supply, including domestic production. This will continue to be the case after we leave the EU. Food supply is highly resilient with diversity and flexibility throughout the supply chain, and industry can respond quickly to ensure ongoing supply.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has been working closely with other Government departments, including the Border Planning Group (BPG), which provides oversight and assurance of departmental plans for managing the border-related impacts of leaving the EU both for Day 1 and beyond. Planning work aims to ensure three key objectives for the border are delivered for Day 1 and beyond: maintaining security; facilitating the flow of goods and people; revenue protection.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/03/2018 10:44:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

860744

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Endometriosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on reducing the diagnosis times and improving the eventual treatment for endometriosis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	132101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>To support women with endometriosis, all obstetricians and gynaecologists have been trained in the diagnosis, investigation and management of the condition, which is specifically listed as topic in the core curriculum for obstetrics and gynaecology. The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology has published clinical guidelines on the management of women with endometriosis to assist clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>Through its mandate to NHS England, the Government has set out ambitions to improve the care and support of people with long-term conditions in order to help them to live healthily and independently, with much better control over the care they receive.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has developed a service specification for severe endometriosis under the specialised commissioning area of complex gynaecology. NHS England expects all units providing a service to women with severe endometriosis to provide care which meets the standards they have provided.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/03/2018 17:32:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858551

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers the Education Skills Funding Agency have to compulsory purchase land from local authorities for free schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency has no powers to compulsory purchase land from either local authorities or private landowners.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 131807 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:36:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858552

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers the Education Skills Funding Agency has to compulsory purchase land from private land owners for free school sites.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency has no powers to compulsory purchase land from either local authorities or private landowners.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 131806 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:36:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858553

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education Skills Funding Agency is required to consult local communities on plans for a new free school before planning permission is sought.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Academy trusts proposing to set up a free school have a statutory duty under the Academies Act 2010 to consult on whether to enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a free school. The Act states that trusts should consult “such persons as the trust thinks appropriate”, which should include nearby schools, the local authority, any surrounding local authorities, groups with an interest, the local population, and faith groups. The Secretary of State is also required to complete an assessment of the impact the opening of the school would have on schools in the area, before entering into a funding agreement with the trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency works with its contractors and consultants to engage with the local community prior to the submission of a formal planning application, and there is a statutory duty on the local authority, as prescribed in the 2015 Development Management Procedure Order, to consult local communities prior to determination of the application.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory right to challenge the purchase of community assets and other community land for the location of free schools is a local authority matter. If a building or land is registered as an asset of community value, there is a statutory process, under the Localism Act 2011, that a seller of that asset must follow in order to dispose of the land and local authorities would be responsible for taking this forward.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 131809 131810 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:33:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858554

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether people in local communities have the right to object to plans for the establishment of a free school in their area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Academy trusts proposing to set up a free school have a statutory duty under the Academies Act 2010 to consult on whether to enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a free school. The Act states that trusts should consult “such persons as the trust thinks appropriate”, which should include nearby schools, the local authority, any surrounding local authorities, groups with an interest, the local population, and faith groups. The Secretary of State is also required to complete an assessment of the impact the opening of the school would have on schools in the area, before entering into a funding agreement with the trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency works with its contractors and consultants to engage with the local community prior to the submission of a formal planning application, and there is a statutory duty on the local authority, as prescribed in the 2015 Development Management Procedure Order, to consult local communities prior to determination of the application.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory right to challenge the purchase of community assets and other community land for the location of free schools is a local authority matter. If a building or land is registered as an asset of community value, there is a statutory process, under the Localism Act 2011, that a seller of that asset must follow in order to dispose of the land and local authorities would be responsible for taking this forward.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 131808 131810 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:33:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858555

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether people in local communities have a statutory right to challenge the purchase of (a) community assets and (b) other community land for the location of free schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Academy trusts proposing to set up a free school have a statutory duty under the Academies Act 2010 to consult on whether to enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a free school. The Act states that trusts should consult “such persons as the trust thinks appropriate”, which should include nearby schools, the local authority, any surrounding local authorities, groups with an interest, the local population, and faith groups. The Secretary of State is also required to complete an assessment of the impact the opening of the school would have on schools in the area, before entering into a funding agreement with the trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency works with its contractors and consultants to engage with the local community prior to the submission of a formal planning application, and there is a statutory duty on the local authority, as prescribed in the 2015 Development Management Procedure Order, to consult local communities prior to determination of the application.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory right to challenge the purchase of community assets and other community land for the location of free schools is a local authority matter. If a building or land is registered as an asset of community value, there is a statutory process, under the Localism Act 2011, that a seller of that asset must follow in order to dispose of the land and local authorities would be responsible for taking this forward.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 131808 131809 question first answered 14/03/2018 17:33:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858565

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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	IVF
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce the number of clinical commissioning groups that have decommissioned IVF services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of provision of infertility treatment is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and will take into account the needs of the population overall. NHS England has advised that it recognises that there is a great deal of interest in the quality and availability of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) services, and is developing a benchmark price that the National Health Service pays for fertility treatments, which will become available for use in 2018/19. NHS England is also working with CCGs and various stakeholders including the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to understand how best to help them commission IVF services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that, because CCGs are responsible for the commissioning of IVF, it is essential that any support that is given is developed in partnership with them. That is why NHS England are now working with NHS clinical commissioners, the national member organisation for CCGs, to identify the best way of supporting CCGs. NHS England have advised that any guidance will be led by NHS clinical commissioners and will contribute to their work as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 131821 question first answered 19/03/2018 11:36:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

858566

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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	IVF
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce commissioning guidance on IVF services for clinical commissioning groups.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of provision of infertility treatment is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and will take into account the needs of the population overall. NHS England has advised that it recognises that there is a great deal of interest in the quality and availability of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) services, and is developing a benchmark price that the National Health Service pays for fertility treatments, which will become available for use in 2018/19. NHS England is also working with CCGs and various stakeholders including the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to understand how best to help them commission IVF services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that, because CCGs are responsible for the commissioning of IVF, it is essential that any support that is given is developed in partnership with them. That is why NHS England are now working with NHS clinical commissioners, the national member organisation for CCGs, to identify the best way of supporting CCGs. NHS England have advised that any guidance will be led by NHS clinical commissioners and will contribute to their work as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 131820 question first answered 19/03/2018 11:36:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

855933

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: Waste
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 assessment he has made of the effect the recent Chinese ban on mixed plastic waste from the UK will have on the financial cost and size of domestic landfill.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency’s most recent assessment shows that the UK’s infrastructure will allow for additional disposal of waste, if necessary, to landfill to prevent other more serious risks to human health and the environment, though we are working to respect the waste hierarchy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 19:29:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe