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1052351

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date	04/02/2019
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	Air Pollution: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England has made of the health effects of (a) PM 0.1 and (b) PM 1 in those parts of England (i) with and (ii) without waste incineration plants.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	215078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Recent assessments have been undertaken of the health effects of long-term exposure to the air pollution mixture in the United Kingdom. This was based on studies reporting associations of mortality risk with fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which includes PM1 and PM0.1, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nitrogen-dioxide-effects-on-mortality" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nitrogen-dioxide-effects-on-mortality</a></p><p> </p><p>Public Health England funded a study to further extend the evidence base as to whether emissions from modern municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) affect human health. Study outputs concluded that the amount of particulate matter people are exposed to from MWI emissions is very low in Great Britain. The document can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b06478" target="_blank">http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b06478</a></p><p> </p><p>No comparison has been made of PM emissions in areas with or without MWIs as overall they contribute very little to the emissions of particulate matter.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2019 12:30:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1054327

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Cycleways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated capital cost of adding a cycleway to the route of HS2 Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL13383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken an estimate of the capital cost of adding a cycleway along the entire route of HS2 Phase One.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published a national cycleway feasibility study associated with HS2 on the 18th October 2018 which identified a range of possible cycling routes and networks near to and around the route of HS2.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/02/2019 14:55:37 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1054347

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are reducing the RAF air fleet in Iraq and North-East Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Tornado will retire, as planned, in March 2019 after a long and illustrious contribution to British combat air power. A full range of ground attack capabilities have now been integrated onto the Typhoon aircraft under Project Centurion. Consequently, Tornado has been withdrawn from Operation Shader, handing over operations to Typhoon, with no reduction in the capability or effectiveness of the RAF's contribution to the Global Coalition against Daesh. As counter-Daesh operations evolve, we will keep our operational capability to meet the threat under review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/02/2019 16:19:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1054357

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Plants: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide open access to the results of plant and seed research.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL13409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Government-funded plant and seed research is predominantly commissioned by the Research Councils and Defra. Such research is undertaken by a number of organisations, each of which have different routes for publication.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2005, Research Councils UK have had open access policies that support and provide guidance about publishing on open platforms. This guidance can be found on the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) website. Independent advice commissioned by the Government has reinforced this guidance. Most recently, a report entitled “<em>Open Access to Research- 2018; Independent Advice</em>” was published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Government policy on transparency, Defra is committed to publishing the reports generated by its research programmes. Final reports from Defra-funded research are quality assured and published on the “Defra Science Search” website.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/02/2019 11:47:05 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1054559

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that UK firms are prevented from avoiding tax by merging with dormant EEA companies under EU Single Market Rules.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	216230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes tax evasion, avoidance, and aggressive tax planning seriously and is committed to tackling it to ensure that everyone from individuals to the largest companies, pay their fair share.</p><p> </p><p>The legislation implementing EU rules contains protections against abuse and HMRC will vigorously challenge any attempts to misuse provisions to avoid UK tax.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/02/2019 14:30:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

1054562

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Radiology: Training
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 the end of NHS student bursaries for radiography courses on (a) the number of diagnostic tests undertaken and (b) trends in the level of the workforce recruitment and retention in radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	216168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the National Health Service will have the staff it needs.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>Radiotherapy degree courses are three years in length, therefore students affected by the changes to the education funding system from 2017 will not have completed courses funded by loans to enable an assessment of the effect of the removal of bursaries on this profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Cancer Workforce Plan Phase 1, included a target of upskilling 300 more radiographers in image interpretation and reporting by 2021. Currently, 88 individuals have started training programmes towards this, 62 will start in January, and a further 150 during 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Phase 2 of the Cancer Workforce Plan will follow the Workforce Implementation Plan published later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 216167 question first answered 07/02/2019 17:28:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1054564

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Permitted Development Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure proposed new permitted development rights do not adversely affect the quality of housing with respect to (a) size and (b) safety regulations.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	216359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Our recent consultation, “Planning Reform: Supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes” sought views on new permitted development rights to help deliver more homes.</p><p>All homes, whether granted permission through a national permitted development right or on a planning application are required to meet Building Regulations, including fire safety.</p><p>We are currently considering the responses received to the consultation. Decisions will be taken in due course on the consultation proposals to be taken forward.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/02/2019 16:17:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1054568

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Livestock: Diseases
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 plans he has to provide a support package for farmers in the event of an livestock disease outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	216169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Defra engages closely with farmers and animal keepers to help prevent exotic disease outbreaks and if they do arise we work closely with them and their industry bodies to tackle the outbreaks quickly and effectively. Defra’s longstanding practice is that: farmers receive compensation for any healthy animals culled to control the spread of exotic animal diseases such as foot and mouth disease or swine fever; farmers do not receive any compensation for animals that die before they are culled or are not culled as part of official controls; farmers are not compensated for consequential losses (e.g. the income that the animal would have generated in the future, for example through laying eggs or producing offspring).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/02/2019 13:06:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1054569

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Nuclear Power Stations: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Moorside Nuclear Power station project in Cumbria since February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	216170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Moorside project was led by a private developer and the Government did not allocate any direct public funding to the project. We have, however, committed £200m to the Nuclear Sector Deal which was agreed with industry to drive competitiveness across the nuclear sector. Through the deal the sector has committed to deliver by 2030: 30 per cent cost reduction in the cost of new build projects, savings of 20 per cent in the cost of decommissioning compared with current estimates, 40 per cent women in nuclear, and up to £2bn domestic and international contract wins.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/02/2019 15:18:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1054574

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government's response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	216235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>From 3 July to 22 October 2018, the Government ran a public consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in order to make the gender recognition process less bureaucratic and intrusive for the people that use it.</p><p>We received over 100,000 responses to the consultation and we are now working to analyse these. We will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 17:09:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce