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418266

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	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	Ivory: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislation to ban the sale of ivory in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	9901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, Cat Smith, on 16 June 2015, PQ UIN1580.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/09/2015 15:59:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418268

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Property: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of undervaluing properties for sale; and what steps he is taking to tackle tax avoidance arising from practice.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	9900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The market value of a property can be relevant to tax liability. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will target such cases for enquiry to ensure that tax is not understated. HMRC works with expert valuers in the Valuation Office Agency where valuation is disputed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In most cases, undervaluation of a property will be a mistake by the taxpayer or, in some cases, evasion. HMRC already has the powers needed to tackle such misdeclarations. At the July Budget, this Government announced additional investment in HMRC to tackle non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/09/2015 15:20:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418265

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to review the level of disclosed aid through the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Group.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	9902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has committed a total of £600 million to the New Alliance over 3 years. This investment is split between commitments to food security, agriculture and nutrition programmes in six partner countries (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Malawi and Nigeria), accounting for £480 million, and a range of wider enabling actions including policy tools and agricultural technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition group publish a comprehensive report on annual basis that can be found on the New Alliance website. Furthermore, every DFID programme contributing is subject to DFID’s annual review processes that are posted on the DFID Development Tracker website (http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/09/2015 15:19:46 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418267

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any mechanism is in place for communities to prevent previously refused planning applications being repeatedly re-submitted in a slightly different form.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	9899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Local planning authorities have powers to decline applications if they have previously refused permission for two or more substantially similar applications on the same site, or if a substantially similar application has been rejected by the Secretary of State on appeal or following call-in, within the past two years. These powers are set out in Sections 70A and 70B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/09/2015 12:39:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418269

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department makes support available to men experiencing family isolation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	9903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not make support available to men experiencing family isolation. Local commissioners are responsible for ensuring that health services match the needs of the population. However, in 2012 the Department announced that local authorities would now be expected to identify areas where older people suffer most acutely from loneliness to allow them to tackle the growing problem of social isolation and its harmful effects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Research clearly shows that loneliness can affect health, increasing the risk of heart disease, putting people at greater risk of blood clots and dementia, and making them more likely to exercise less and drink more. Socially isolated and lonely adults are also more likely to undergo early admission into residential or nursing care. The new measure of social isolation, launched as part of the updated Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework for 2013/14, is part of a package of plans to addressing the challenges of caring for an ageing population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government knows that there are links between mental ill health and social factors like isolation and family breakdown. <em>Preventing suicide in England: A cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives</em>, published in 2012, identified a number of high risk groups who are priorities for prevention young and middle-aged men. The Strategy recognises that factors associated with suicide in men include family and relationship problems including marital breakup and social isolation. Those who work with men in different settings, especially primary care, need to be particularly alert to the signs of suicidal behaviour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2015 16:07:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown