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822821

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help aid to reach people in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>​The UK continues to take the lead in lobbying across the international community, urging all parties to the conflict to take action to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. This call was repeated by the UN Security Council Presidential Statement proposed and coordinated by the UK in June 2017.</p><p>The British Government has been very closely engaged on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The Foreign Secretary and I have spoken to the Saudi Foreign Minister about the situation several times in recent months. The Foreign Secretary also discussed this with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on several occasions – most recently on 19 December. The Prime Minister, International Development Secretary and Chancellor all raised the importance of addressing the humanitarian crisis during recent visits to Saudi Arabia. We welcome the announcement on 20 December 2017, by the Saudi-led Coalition, that Hodeidah port will be kept open for humanitarian and food supplies, and that commercial shipping including fuel and food will be permitted to enter.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:58:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

822874

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to extend 30 hours of free childcare to the parents of two-year-old children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>We are in the first full year of rolling out 30 hours for working parents of three- and four-year olds. Our immediate focus is on effective delivery for the spring and summer terms, and on evaluating the policy during its first year. We are not currently planning to make any significant changes to the policy.</p><p>The government currently offers disadvantaged two-year-olds 15 hours a week of free early learning to help ensure they get the best start in life. This is in response to evidence which tells us that children from disadvantaged backgrounds, can be up to 19 months behind their better off peers in their learning by the time they start school<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/PQ%20122557%20policy%20original%20220118.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a>. High-quality early learning from the age of two can help to narrow that gap, helping those children to achieve better GCSE results and ultimately earn higher wages<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/PQ%20122557%20policy%20original%20220118.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/PQ%20122557%20policy%20original%20220118.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Toth, K et al (2015) Subject to background. Sutton Trust <a href="http://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/subject-to-background/" target="_blank">http://www.suttontrust.com/researcharchive/subject-to-background/</a></p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/PQ%20122557%20policy%20original%20220118.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj, I., &amp; Taggart, B. (2014). <em>EPPE Students’ educational and developmental outcomes at age 16</em>. London. Retrieved from <a href="http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/20873/1/RR354_-_Students__educational_and_developmental_outcomes_at_age_16.pdf" target="_blank">http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/20873/1/RR354_-_Students__educational_and_developmental_outcomes_at_age_16.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/01/2018 18:00:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

822917

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 research is being conducted on the effect of organophosphates on people that operate sheep dips.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that organophosphates are potentially dangerous substances, and that their use needs to be carefully controlled in order to minimise the risks to people who work with them. Government policy is, and always has been, based on the best independent scientific advice. It is Government practice to regularly review all controls in line with the latest scientific advice, and to carry out research to provide more information when required.</p><p> </p><p>The 1999 report from the Government’s independent advisory Committee on Toxicity (COT), entitled ‘Organophosphates’, concluded by making recommendations for further scientific research in the form of five questions. Subsequently, the Government committed £4.1 million funding to answer these and other research questions, exploring whether the use of sheep dips was the cause of the chronic ill health reported by some sheep farmers. The outcome of this research was provided to the COT for its work in preparation for the March 2014 statement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:07:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

822918

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
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 recent discussions he has had with Guy's hospital poisons unit on organophosphates in sheep dips.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>In January 2017, Government officials met with representatives from Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals’ Toxicology Department to discuss how patients who participated in various studies conducted there in the early 1990s could access their test results.</p><p> </p><p>During this meeting the extent of data relating to these studies that is still held was clarified, and several options for patients to gain access to their medical records were discussed. In concluding the meeting, officials agreed to produce very clear and concise instructions for how this could be done at minimal cost and share them with the group of patients concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The above action was completed a few weeks later at the beginning of February 2017. Since that time there have been no further meetings with the hospital, but officials have been in occasional communication with staff in the Toxicology Department in response to feedback from some patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:00:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

822954

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117268, on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, what conclusions the Government drew on visitor numbers to the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre from its comparative assessment of visitor numbers to Holocaust memorials around the world; and if he will place a copy of that comparative assessment in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	122637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Assessments of the number of visitors to the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre are still being developed as part of the early stages of the design process. Full details will be published as part of the planning application.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 122639 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:59:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822956

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2017 to Question 106183, concerning the number of visitors to the proposed Holocaust Memorial, if he will place in the Library a copy of the assessment commissioned from Barker Langham.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	122639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Assessments of the number of visitors to the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre are still being developed as part of the early stages of the design process. Full details will be published as part of the planning application.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 122637 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:59:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822957

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library, a copy of the letter from Lord Feldman of October 2015 proposing that the Holocaust Memorial be located in Victoria Tower Gardens, and a copy of his Department’s response of November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	122640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>A copy of the letter of 26 October 2015 from Lord Andrew Feldman to the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the Rt Hon John Whittingdale, proposing that that the Holocaust Memorial be located in Victoria Tower Gardens has been placed in the Library of the House together with the Rt Hon John Whittingdale's reply.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/01/2018 17:59:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822996

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to provide for the continuity of services supplied by Carillion plc to prisons.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	122679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Carillion continues to deliver their prison facilities management contracts and the Commercial and Contract Management Directorate continue to work closely with them. We are discussing future arrangements with the appointed Official Receiver.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2018 18:07:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

822997

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
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 protect animal welfare standards in slaughterhouses after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK already has stricter national rules to protect animal welfare at slaughter than those laid down in the EU regulation and we will maintain those stricter national rules, alongside rolling-over current EU regulations, when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, to increase protection of animals at slaughter, this year we will be introducing regulations to make it mandatory for all approved slaughterhouses in England to have CCTV installed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/01/2018 18:07:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

823151

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Ministerial Powers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>No ministerial directions were issued in 2016 or 2017 to the Department for International Trade.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/01/2018 10:56:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett