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1051294

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Incinerators: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England assesses evidence submitted by applicants for planning permission of the projected or estimated effect of waste incinerators on (a) air quality and (b) human health of future emissions (i) PM0.1 (ii) PM1 and (iii) PM 2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	214454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is not a statutory consultee under the planning regime. Local authority planners should consider consulting the Director of Public Health on any planning applications (including at the pre-application stage) that are likely to have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of the local population or particular groups within it. This guidance can be viewed at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consultation-and-pre-decision-matters#Statutory-consultees-on-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consultation-and-pre-decision-matters#Statutory-consultees-on-applications</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing#health-organisation-contact" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing#health-organisation-contact</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where consulted on planning applications, PHE takes the view that emissions from such plants are best considered as part of the associated environmental permit application. PHE is consulted by the Environment Agency and provides an independent opinion on all bespoke environmental permit applications, such as municipal waste incinerators, with regard to public health impacts. These assessments cover a range of emissions to air, water and land, including but not exclusively particulate matter. The role of PHE can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477277/Environmental_permitting_guide_Nov_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477277/Environmental_permitting_guide_Nov_2015.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 13:43:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1051299

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Gaming Machines
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 recent discussions his Department has had with the representatives from the betting industry on the implementation of a £2 maximum unit stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	214598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a range of subjects, including the implementation of the stake reduction on B2 machines. Details of Ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/02/2019 16:19:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1051310

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2019 to Question 212673 on Cybercrime: Ministerial Responsibility, what information his Department holds on discussions held by Ministers with their counterparts in the EU on (a) continued cyber relationships and (b) participation in the Cooperation Group in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	214617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>As a result of negotiations between the UK and the EU, the Political Declaration includes a commitment to promote security and stability in cyberspace through increased international cooperation, including participating in certain activities of the Cooperation Group. In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, shared threats to cyber security will remain. The absence of a formal arrangement does therefore not affect our continued commitment to work with our European partners to safeguard our collective security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2019 14:36:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1051316

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures his Department uses to monitor the effectiveness of abortion providers in screening for coercion.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	214477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of abortions declined as a result of a suspicion of coercion is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to commission a review of reproductive coercion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes this issue very seriously. The Department’s required standard operating procedures (RSOPs) for independent sector abortion providers and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists clinical guideline on the Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, specify that careful and sensitive enquiry as to the reasons for requesting an abortion should be made, with the opportunity for further discussion, especially where women express any doubts or there may be a suggestion of pressure or coercion. The Care Quality Commission inspects independent sector abortion providers against all of the Department’s RSOPs including looking at the procedures and policies services have in place to ensure that all women and young persons are seeking abortion voluntarily.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 214475 214476 question first answered 06/02/2019 16:33:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1051317

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Foetuses: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement, Spinal surgery for babies in the womb on the NHS, published by NHS England in December 2018, whether painkillers will be administered to the unborn baby; and at what age unborn babies will have that surgery.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	214478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Spinal surgery for spina bifida for babies in the womb is among new, innovative treatments that will be routinely available on the National Health Service for the first time.</p><p> </p><p>The procedure for unborn children with spina bifida, whose spine and spinal cord do not develop properly, allows pregnant women to be treated closer to home and their families.</p><p> </p><p>Pain relief for the unborn baby will be delivered intra-operatively. This is administered before the fetal surgery, after the uterus is opened. The fetus will be monitored during the procedure by ultrasound to check the fetal heart rate. The surgery takes place between 20 and 26 weeks of gestation.</p><p> </p><p>This proposed new treatment was independently assessed for its clinical benefit and cost by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group comprising doctors, health experts and patient representatives.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/02/2019 16:35:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1051323

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet with representatives of the motorcycling community to discuss exemptions to emissions charges and the potential contribution motorcycles can make to reducing net emissions.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	214573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Emissions charges for motorcycles are proposed in London only, as part of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Decisions about the level of charges and which categories of vehicles are charged, are a matter for the Mayor of London. Representatives of the motorcycling community should contact the Mayor to discuss exemptions to the charges.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2019 11:38:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1051324

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been a modal shift in the number of injury-causing accidents in locations where turbo-roundabouts have been introduced; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	214574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a record of where and when turbo-roundabouts are introduced, and the information held on junctions in its road accidents data does not provide this level of detail.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2019 12:08:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1051326

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a whole life assessment of the overall environmental impact, including vehicle construction, power generation and disposal, of the scrapping of small, medium and large internal combustion engine powered vehicles and their replacement by equivalent electrically powered vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	214576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has carried out a relative assessment, in terms of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, of different fuel and powertrain options based on outputs from the Transport Energy Model. The modelling makes clear that, even with the current electricity grid emissions, battery electric vehicles are estimated to have greenhouse gas emissions 66% lower than a petrol car and 60% lower than a diesel car. Between now and 2050 the Government project that grid emissions will fall by around 90% with total emissions from electric vehicles falling in parallel.</p><p>As well as considering the greenhouse gas emissions from energy production, the Government have also considered the emissions from battery production. As battery production is an energy intensive process, the Government would also expect these emissions to fall over the period to 2050. The results are clear that battery electric vehicles have substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions than conventional vehicles even when taking into account the electricity source and electricity used for battery production.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2019 10:41:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1051327

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of children who are being home educated after leaving school due to bullying.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	214620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>​Information on the number of children being educated at home, and the reasons for their being so educated, is not held centrally.</p><p>​In 2018, the department held a consultation and call for evidence on home education to gain more information about home education in England. The government’s response to this will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/02/2019 17:35:54 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1051328

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the High Court decision in R (Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018, what recent estimate she has made of the number of claimants that have received less money as a result of the incorrect interpretations of the Regulations relating to universal credit’s assessment periods.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	214621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is carefully considering the High Court’s Judgment and it is therefore not appropriate to comment further at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/02/2019 09:52:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin