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892107

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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: Production
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the level of self-sufficiency in food production in England and Wales; and whether he plans to increase that level.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	904954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s current production to supply ratio is 76% for indigenous-type foods and 60% for all foods. This is not low in the context of the past 150 years. The UK has historically been a net-importer of food sourced from a diverse range of stable countries and this will continue once we leave the EU. Looking ahead, we now have the opportunity to design an agricultural policy which increases productivity through innovation, technology and skills.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 16:49:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

892108

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Animal Welfare: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve standards of animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	904957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>We have some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world and this government is committed to build on this. It has reformed dog breeding and pet sales licensing, has introduced mandatory CCTV in abattoirs to improve welfare at slaughter and is exploring other measures that go beyond EU standards including controlling live exports, and a ban on the use of shock collars for dogs and cats. We have also published draft legislation to increase the maximum penalties for animal cruelty ten-fold from the current 6 months to 5 years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 17:15:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

892109

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to reduce delays in processing applications for the basic payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	904958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015, the Rural Payments Agency has made improvements in the processing of applications including the introduction of online applications, online land and entitlement transfers, reducing the time to process transactions, and further support and guidance to help farmers successfully submit their applications. This has led to improvements in the BPS payment performance with over 90% of eligible farmers being paid by the end of December for the 2016 and 2017 scheme years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 17:12:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

892110

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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 Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce plastic waste in England.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	904959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Our Resources and Waste Strategy, which we will publish in the autumn, will explain how we will eliminate all avoidable plastic waste. The Government intends to ban the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. There are also plans to introduce a deposit return scheme in England. Both approaches are subject to consultation. This builds on the success of the carrier bag charge which has taken 9 billion carrier bags out of circulation. As stated in the 25 Year Environment Plan, we will review the producer responsibility schemes.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/04/2018 16:31:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

892111

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK food industry.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	904961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK food industry is innovative and efficient and it is well placed to succeed in the future. Many EU countries such as Ireland, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Spain are highly dependent on access to the UK for their food exports since the UK is a large and attractive market. Depending on the nature of any final agreement, food companies from some of these countries may choose to relocate some of their production out of the EU and into the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 14:24:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

892112

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to improve standards of safety in animal rescue homes.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	904960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Many such establishments are members of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes whose members must meet minimum standards of welfare and undertake home checks prior to releasing the pet animal. We have no current plans to regulate animal rescue homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 12:01:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

892142

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accessibility to deaf claimants of the personal independence payment customer satisfaction surveys that are only carried out by telephone.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	138493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous answer on 26 April 2018 to PQ136978. <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-23/136978/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-23/136978/</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 14:37:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

892143

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) review notice letters were sent out to claimants (a) up to one year and (b) over one year in advance of their PIP award expiry date in the last two years; and how many claimants had their PIP award terminated early in that period.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	138494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of review letters that were sent out to Personal Independence Payments claimants up to one year in advance between January 2016 and January 2018 is 316,610. Of these, 63,200 were disallowed after the review. The Personal Independence Payment Computer Systems are designed to auto-send out notifications on the review date, not before, which is one year before the expiration of the award. As such we have no record of claimants who received notice letters over one year in advance of their PIP award expiry date.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 10:14:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

892144

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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: Peace Negotiations
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 make representations to his Yemini counterpart following recent reports of threats made by representatives of the Houthis against the Bahais in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	138356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by reports of the recent comments made about the Baha’i community by representatives of the Houthis. The Government of Yemen does not have any influence over the activities of the Houthis, who overthrew the legitimate Government of Yemen in Sana’a in 2015. We work with our international partners to raise concerns about the situation of the Baha’i community with the Houthis. We urge compliance with the UN Human Rights Council resolution of September 2017 which calls for the release of all Baha’i in detention and end to harassment of the community. We remain closely engaged with representatives of the Baha'i community in the UK. I met their representatives most recently in January, and the Minister for Human Rights held a similar meeting in March.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 01/05/2018 14:52:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

892145

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the bowel cancer screening age to 50 on a more effective prognosis of that condition; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	138357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Using existing evidence and modelling techniques the United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has consulted on changes to the current bowel screening programme - whether bowel scope and faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) can be offered as a combination or if FIT is robust enough to be the primary screen test from the age of 50 years.</p><p> </p><p>A three month public consultation closed on 7 April. The UK NSC will make a recommendation following its meeting in June.</p><p> </p><p>If any changes are to be made to an existing screening programme this will follow the UK NSC’s published evidence review process which can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/05/2018 14:12:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew