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1697799

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date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the goods sold by online marketplaces are compliant with the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	19838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards leads a national programme of regulatory action to tackle risks from unsafe and non-compliant goods, including from online marketplaces.</p><p>This includes test purchasing to assess compliance and removal of non-compliant products; engagement with marketplaces to understand the steps they are taking to meet their responsibilities under law; and taking enforcement action including serving Withdrawal Notices.</p><p>The recent Product Safety Review consultation includes additional proposals to ensure products bought online are as safe as on the high street. A Government response will be published this year.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/03/2024 16:52:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1697800

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of non-compliant vapes sold on the UK market.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	19830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Trading Standards, and other regulatory enforcement agencies to ensure that products sold in the United Kingdom comply with regulations for all e-cigarette products, and that non-compliant products are removed from the market.</p><p>In April 2023, the Government announced £3 million investment over two years to enhance work on illicit vape enforcement. Led by National Trading Standards, this builds on existing work by local trading standards officers across the country. Through this work, they identified that 2.1 million illicit vapes were seized across England by Trading Standards between 2022 to 2023.</p><p>To strengthen our enforcement activity, the Government will also provide an additional £30 million of funding per year for enforcement agencies, including Trading Standards. This increase in investment will help to stamp out criminal activity by boosting the enforcement of illicit tobacco and vapes.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/03/2024 16:32:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1697801

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Trading Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding will be allocated to each local authority trading standards for enforcing the (a) disposable vapes ban and (b) generational tobacco ban.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	19831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to increasing investment for enforcement agencies by £30 million per year. The additional funding in England will boost agencies such as local trading standards, to enforce the new age of sale and vaping measures. It will also scale up HM Revenue and Customs and Border Force activity, to stamp out opportunities for criminals in the illicit tobacco trade.</p><p>Of this funding, over £100 million over five years will support HM Revenue and Custom’s and Border Force’s new illicit tobacco strategy, published on 29 January 2024. We are working closely with Trading Standards to consider how the new funding can best support their programmes of local-level enforcement.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/03/2024 15:51:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1697802

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
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 non-compliant disposable vaping products have been seized through Operation Joseph.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	19832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on the number of illicit vapes seized through Operation Joseph in the financial year 2023 to 2024 will be published shortly.</p><p>Operation Joseph has identified that in the year before the Operation, 2.1 million illicit vapes were seized across England by Trading Standards from 2022 to 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/04/2024 12:33:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1697844

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the surplus-sharing arrangements of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	19812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government considers the current arrangements to be working well for all parties. We will consider any suggested changes to the arrangements in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/03/2024 11:25:50 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1697873

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cycling: Convictions and Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in Greater London for (i) dangerous cycling in contravention of section 28, (ii) careless and inconsiderate cycling in contravention of section 29 and (iii) cycling when under the influence of drink or drugs in contravention of section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	19765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales for the following offences:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>13711 - Reckless and dangerous driving by pedal cyclist - Contrary to section 28(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>13712 - Careless driving by pedal cyclist - Contrary to section 29 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>13713 - Pedal cyclist driving under the influence of drink or drugs - Contrary to section 30 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and using the HO Offence Code filter to select the above offences in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>.</p><p>The police force area filter enables you to select specific areas, in this case, select ‘Metropolitan’.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 26/03/2024 16:34:05 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1697879

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Zane Gbangbola
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 have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of opening an independent public inquiry with full powers to compel disclosure into the death of Zane Gbangbola in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	19924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The Surrey Senior Coroner has already carried out a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Zane Gbangbola’s death, taking into account a considerable amount of evidence.  The Coroner, as an independent judicial office holder, drew his own conclusions based on this evidence.</p><p> </p><p>If there is a belief that the evidence was not considered properly during the original inquest, or that there is new evidence available, the correct process is for an application to be made to the Attorney General asking her to apply to the High Court to quash the inquest and order a fresh investigation. The High Court would take this course of action if it believed that it would be in the interests of justice.</p><p> </p><p>I believe that this remains the proper process to follow. An assessment of the merits of an inquiry should be made at the appropriate time if, and when, the legal processes have been exhausted.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 02/04/2024 14:11:28 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1697891

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle the sale of illegal vapes on the black market.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	19918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years, and one-in-five children having now used a vape. Underage sales and illicit vapes are undermining the work the Government is doing to protect our children's health.</p><p>To address this, in April 2023, the Government announced a £3 million investment over two years to enhance work on illicit vape enforcement. Led by National Trading Standards, this builds on existing work by local trading standards officers across the country to ensure that vapes sold in the United Kingdom comply with The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, as well as other relevant legislation that applies to vaping products. Activities include data collection and analysis to understand the scale of illegal products and sales, and market surveillance work. Through this work, they identified that 2.1 million illicit vapes were seized across England by trading standards from 2022 to 2023.</p><p>To strengthen our enforcement activity, the Government will also provide an additional £30 million of funding per year for enforcement agencies, including trading standards. This increase in investment will help to stamp out criminal activity by boosting the enforcement of illicit tobacco and vapes.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2024 20:33:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 26257 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1697893

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of homes in England that have the same type of cladding installed as the residential building in the Campanar neighbourhood of València which was engulfed by fire on 22 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	19945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government and Fire Services have offered our assistance to the Spanish authorities of the lessons we have learned from the Grenfell Tower fire and our subsequent work. It is our intention to work with them to understand the precise details of the fire in Valencia and to consider what lessons might be learned.</p><p>The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has been closely following the terrible event in Valencia. We understand that the investigations into the incident remain ongoing and BSR will continue to monitor any findings to ensure that any applicable learnings are made.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 19946 question first answered 28/03/2024 13:16:47 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1697905

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle chronic loneliness in people over the age of 65; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those steps.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	19934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>Many people experience loneliness and social isolation, and the Government is committed to reducing the stigma associated with loneliness, and building a more connected society. Government, local councils, health systems and voluntary and community sector organisations all have an important role to play in achieving this.</p><p>Since publishing the first ever government Strategy for Tackling Loneliness and appointing the world’s first Minister for Loneliness in 2018, we have invested almost £80 million in tackling loneliness. These interventions include a national communications campaign that aims to reduce the stigma of loneliness, which has reached at least 25 million people across the country. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is also delivering the ‘Know Your Neighbourhood Fund’ to boost volunteering and reduce loneliness in 27 disadvantaged areas across England. We have also brought together over 750 people from across the public, private and charity sectors through our Tackling Loneliness Hub, where members can learn from events and workshops, share the latest research and collaborate on new initiatives.</p><p>Last March, we published the fourth annual report of our Tackling Loneliness Strategy. It contains over 60 new and ongoing commitments from 11 government departments. So far, we have made progress against at least 46 of these commitments and at least 7 have been completed. Due to the nature of the commitments many have now been incorporated into business as usual. The fifth annual report will provide a full update on commitments, and is due to be published in May.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 19935 19936 question first answered 02/04/2024 14:44:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi