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1020213

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date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent gambling companies from using user data to target marketing to (a) underage and (b) problem gamblers.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	199330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Strict rules already ensure gambling adverts are not targeted at, or appeal to, children, or exploit the vulnerable, and these apply across all media, including online and on social media.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling operators are required to comply with the advertising codes of practice issued by the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP). These are enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). In addition to rules covering children, the advertising codes have specific provisions to protect vulnerable people, and CAP’s new guidance in February further restricted adverts that create an inappropriate sense of urgency or give an irresponsible perception of risk or control.</p><p> </p><p>Gambling adverts must not feature content that risks appealing to children, for example cartoon animals. Last year the Gambling Commission and ASA acted quickly to make clear that operators using such images were in breach of advertising rules and must remove the material or face enforcement action. In addition to rules on content, the ASA has made clear that operators advertising online must use data on customers’ interests to target marketing campaigns away from children.</p><p> </p><p>The government considered gambling advertising as part of our Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures and set out a package of initiatives to strengthen protections further, including further CAP guidance on protecting children and young people, and tougher Gambling Commission sanctions for breaches of the advertising codes, including fines.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 199337 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:59:04 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020214

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure the safeguarding of children in unstaffed libraries.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	199331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department encourages local authorities to consider a range of approaches to support and enhance the delivery of their library services, such as making appropriate use of available technology. A number of library services are using technology to enable access for library users to library buildings outside staffed hours on a self service basis. The systems often include controlled access technology involving CCTV and communication systems. Good practice guidance, from the Libraries Taskforce, encourages library services to undertake a risk assessment before implementing such a service and also advises that it is important that staffed hours meet the requirements of children and young adults who wish to visit the library unaccompanied. In managing the safeguarding of children, library services that use these systems do not allow children under a specified age to access the library at unstaffed times unless accompanied by an adult.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 13/12/2018 13:03:48 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020215

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding made available to underwrite successful bids by UK organisations to (a) Horizon 2020 and (b) other competitive EU grant programmes is planned to be redistributed from existing UK research budgets in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	199420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The HMG guarantee covers successful competitive bids made before the UK leaves the EU, for the lifetime of the project. This guarantee was extended in July 2018 to cover all EU projects agreed before the end of 2020, where the UK will be eligible to participate as a third country. If the UK leaves the EU next year without reaching an overall withdrawal agreement, HM Treasury will make funding available to departments to cover projects under the guarantee, which includes Horizon 2020. This funding will be additional to existing departmental budgets. Relevant departments will then be responsible for allocating this funding to UK organisations.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 14:41:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1020217

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to tackle the matter of soldiers taking their own life (a) during and (b) after active service.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Every study conducted by the Ministry of Defence has found that the risk of suicide amongst the Armed Forces community, including veterans of the 1982 Falkland and 1990-91 Gulf conflicts, is lower than amongst the general population.</p><p>A considerable amount of work has already been undertaken to improve the mental health of Service personnel and to prevent suicide and suicide risk. This includes tackling stigma through education and providing easily accessible, rapid and flexible access to mental health support and healthcare services. Armed Forces personnel undergo &quot;through life&quot; psychological resilience training which enables them to recognise and manage stress in themselves and in their colleagues and actively encourages them to seek help at an early stage.</p><p>However, we continue to look at what more can done. This includes a focused review by the Defence Safety Authority of suicide in Service personnel to identify additional measures for preventing suicide. The review was published on 9 November 2018 by the Defence Safety Authority and work to take forward the recommendations has commenced.</p><p>We have less influence on individuals' behaviour once they are discharged from the Armed Forces, as their mental healthcare becomes the responsibility of the National Health Service in the UK. There are many factors that can result in suicide such as relationship breakdown, debt and employment concerns, not only service in the Armed Forces.</p><p>However, we are not complacent. Any suicide is one too many and a tragedy for the individual, their family, friends and colleagues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:15:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020218

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Lost Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police take receipt of lost property handed in by the general public.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Taking receipt of lost property handed in by the general public is a matter for individual police forces.</p><p>Following a national police review of Lost Property Services, the National Police Chief’s Council accepted a decision to cease general lost property reporting with effect from 1st October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 17:04:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020220

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to update the CWIS walking stages target for the general population to take account of changes in methodology in the NTS.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	199421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>All the aims and objectives set out in the 2017 Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy will be reviewed in due course as part of the Department’s work to develop the next phase of the Strategy. This work will take into account a wide range of factors, including recent changes to the way data on short walks is collected via the National Travel Survey.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/12/2018 13:24:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1020221

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Brain: Tumours
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 brain tumour research applications have been received by the National Institute of Health Research to date.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	199466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>In May the Government announced £40 million over the next five years for brain tumour research as part of the Dame Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission.</p><p> </p><p>Funding will be invested through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to support a wide range of research from early translation (experimental medicine) through clinical and on to applied research, and we rely on researchers to submit high-quality research proposals in this complex area.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the amount of applications received since the NIHR was established:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Successful</p></td><td><p>Unsuccessful</p></td><td><p>Miscellaneous*</p></td><td><p>Total Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19 (year to date)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>Miscellaneous*- under consideration / withdrawn / other</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/12/2018 15:35:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1020223

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Paramedical Staff: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long on average paramedics are in receipt of their employee pensions.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	199272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/12/2018 11:19:15 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1020224

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Dogs: Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the human consumption of dog meat.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Dr Lisa Cameron, on 12 November 2018, PQ UIN 187378.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2018 11:57:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020225

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Cancer
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 recent changes in the level of public health funding on trends in the number of incidences of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no specific assessment of any correlation between current levels of spending on public health and the incidence of cancer. In the period 2007 to 2016 (the latest year for which there is data) new registrations of cancer rose from 255,200 to 303,100, with the largest increases being in diagnoses of skin cancers (other than melanoma) and prostate cancer. The increases largely reflect the impact on incidence of an ageing population.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013 local authorities in England have taken the lead in commissioning a wide range of public health interventions, including a number with the potential to help prevent cancer, based on their own assessments of local needs. The Government is making available over £16 billion during the current five-year spending review period for use by local authorities exclusively on public health services, but by their nature such interventions may take some time to take full effect.</p><p> </p><p>As well as prevention, improving the early diagnosis of cancer is a key priority for the Government. From next year people with suspected cancer will receive a diagnosis or have cancer ruled out within 28 days. We have also announced a package of cancer measures that will radically improve the system and ensure that 55,000 more people survive cancer for at least five years every year from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 14:57:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon