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824429

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date	17/01/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage other countries to develop policies to tackle plastic waste.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Defra and the Department for International Development (DFID) fund alongside other countries the $4.43 billion Global Environment Facility sixth replenishment (2014–18), which has a programme to tackle marine plastic pollution and a number of other projects to improve waste management more broadly. Defra and DFID are working jointly on what more can be done to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the oceans, including through UK aid.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK works through other fora such as the United Nations, G7, G20 and the Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic to tackle waste and reduce the impact of plastics.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/01/2018 16:53:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824430

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding has been allocated to HM Revenue and Customs to tackle tax avoidance since the release of the Paradise Papers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC will investigate any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government confirmed 18 further measures and additional investment in HMRC to tackle avoidance, evasion, and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has generated over £160 billion of additional yield since 2010 from tackling avoidance, evasion and non-compliance. There are currently 26,000 people working in the Customer Compliance Group tackling all forms of non-compliance – ranging from individuals operating in the hidden economy, through to detailed investigation of offshore structures and scrutinising the tax affairs of the largest multi-national companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Financial Analysis Centre (JFAC) established in the wake of the Panama Papers brings together data and intelligence from across Government and has developed into a national capability underpinning the Government’s ambitions to fight complex tax and economic crime, at home and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 123232 question first answered 23/01/2018 15:37:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824431

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional staff have been employed by HM Revenue and Customs to tackle tax avoidance since the release of the Paradise Papers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>HMRC will investigate any allegations of wrongdoing brought to its attention. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government confirmed 18 further measures and additional investment in HMRC to tackle avoidance, evasion, and non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has generated over £160 billion of additional yield since 2010 from tackling avoidance, evasion and non-compliance. There are currently 26,000 people working in the Customer Compliance Group tackling all forms of non-compliance – ranging from individuals operating in the hidden economy, through to detailed investigation of offshore structures and scrutinising the tax affairs of the largest multi-national companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Financial Analysis Centre (JFAC) established in the wake of the Panama Papers brings together data and intelligence from across Government and has developed into a national capability underpinning the Government’s ambitions to fight complex tax and economic crime, at home and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 123231 question first answered 23/01/2018 15:37:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824438

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Members
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons hon. Members and their staff are not subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Any individual may request a basic disclosure certificate, which shows unspent<br>conditional cautions and convictions. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 outlines some circumstances where spent cautions and convictions are disclosable and may be taken into account when assessing a person’s suitability for certain positions. Broadly speaking, standard and enhanced criminal record checks are only available in relation to jobs which involve special risks and sensitivities, such as working closely with children or vulnerable adults. Standard and enhanced checks are intended to support employers making safer recruitment decisions when employing people to work with vulnerable people</p><p>The Disclosure and Barring service has issued guidance on eligibility for a criminal records check and it is available here:<br> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-eligibility-guidance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-eligibility-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 15:55:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824441

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Livestock: Antibiotics
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 his Department will take steps to make changes to the way data on antibiotic use in farming is collected so that data is broken down into more detail and not only measured by tonnage of the medicines used.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) collects and publishes detail of the antibiotic sales data in the Veterinary antibiotic Resistance and Sales Surveillance Report (VARSS) annually. Data are broken down by animal species indicated, antibiotic classes, and route of administration.</p><p>The VMD is working in partnership with key livestock sectors to develop, facilitate and coordinate antibiotic usage collection systems. Antibiotic usage data were presented for seven livestock sectors in 2017. The VARSS report can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterinary-antimicrobial-resistance-and-sales-surveillance-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/veterinary-antimicrobial-resistance-and-sales-surveillance-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/01/2018 16:33:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823382

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Carillion
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 facilities management contracts Carillion plc holds with NHS Trusts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the facilities management services provided through a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) agreement by Carillion at National Health Service trusts is provided in the table below. Of the 13 PFI agreements, 12 of these were agreed prior to May 2010. These are building maintenance, usually referred to as ‘Hard’ Facilities Management or ‘Hard FM’; and non-clinical support services (one of or a combination of cleaning, portering, laundry and others), usually referred to as ‘Soft’ Facilities Management or ‘Soft FM’.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>Date of PFI Contract Award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>27 October 2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>30 July 1997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>9 October 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>5 October 1999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>19 June 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Community NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>1 May 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Bristol NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>25 February 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>8 December 1999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>19 December 2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>15 December 2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>16 August 1999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees, Esk and Wear NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>12 December 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>13 December 2013</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Services provided by Carillion under direct contracts with an NHS trust (outside a PFI agreement):</p><p>- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust;</p><p>- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; and</p><p>- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.</p><p>Information on the award dates of these contracts is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 24/01/2018 13:51:01 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823383

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value is of NHS contracts with Carillion plc.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>This response distinguishes between Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Non-PFI contracts National Health Service trusts hold with Carillion.</p><p> </p><p>For NHS PFI contracts where Carillion provides services, the service cost components of the annual PFI payment by NHS trusts, as reported by the trusts for the last closed financial year (2016/17), are in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The services that Carillion provide are for building maintenance, usually referred to as ‘Hard’ Facilities Management or ‘Hard FM’; and non-clinical support services (one of a combination of cleaning, portering, laundry and others), usually referred to as ‘Soft’ Facilities Management or ‘Soft FM’.</p><p> </p><p>PFI contracts where Carillion provides services</p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>2016/17 <br> £ million</p></td><td><p>PFI Contract Award Date</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust (Darent Valley Hospital)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£11.5 million</p></td><td><p>30 July 1997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust <br> (James Cook Hospital)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£26.6 million</p></td><td><p>16 August 1999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Swindon)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£12.3 million</p></td><td><p>05 October 1999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Staffs Combined NHS Foundation Trust (Harplands Hospital)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£4.1 million</p></td><td><p>08 December 1999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University Hospitals <br> NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke’s treatment centre)</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>£2.1 million</p></td><td><p>27 October 2004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust<br> (3 Shires Batch)</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>£0.9 million*</p></td><td><p>09 October 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester Partnership NHS Trust <br> (3 Shires Batch)</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>N/A**</p></td><td><p>19 June 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Community NHS Trust <br> (3 Shires Batch)</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>£0.7 million*</p></td><td><p>01 May 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT <br> (John Radcliffe)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£18.3 million</p></td><td><p>19 December 2003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (Queen Alexandra Hospital)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£25.8 million</p></td><td><p>15 December 2005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Bristol NHS Trust (Southmead)</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>£5.5 million</p></td><td><p>25 February 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust<br> (Roseberry Park)</p></td><td><p>Hard FM only</p></td><td><p>£2.0 million</p></td><td><p>12 December 2007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Interim FM services on NHS retained estate</p></td><td><p>£3.2 million</p></td><td><p>13 December 2013</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Source: HM Treasury PFI data reporting. All others are Trust 2016/17 published Annual Reports</p><p>** Very small project below reporting thresholds, annual services estimated at less than £1.0 million.</p><p> </p><p>For Non-PFI NHS Contracts with Carillion, the cost of services as reported by the trusts for the last closed financial year (2016/17), are in the table below.</p><p>Non-PFI direct NHS contracts with Carillion</p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>2016/17 <br> £ million</p></td><td><p>Contract Award Date</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Hard FM</p></td><td><p>£2.0 million</p></td><td><p>9 May 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Swindon)</p></td><td><p>Hard and Soft FM</p></td><td><p>£0.6 million</p></td><td><p>Taken over services from clinical commissioning group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Car park services</p></td><td><p>Income sharing mechanism</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/01/2018 11:43:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823385

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many facilities management contracts Carillion plc holds with schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities, academy trusts and colleges are responsible for their contracts. We have, however, worked with local authorities and academy trusts to make sure they have robust contingency plans in place and that these have been actioned, where required. Information available to the department indicates that the number of local authority and academy trust schools, covered by catering, facilities management or other service contracts with Carillion is relatively low.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority is to ensure schools can continue to operate as usual. Government is supporting the Official Receiver, so that services to schools and other public services can continue to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to monitor the situation and will work with schools and providers to help minimise any disruption for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 122868 question first answered 22/01/2018 15:22:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823386

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of facilities management contracts which Carillion plc holds with schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities, academy trusts and colleges are responsible for their contracts. We have, however, worked with local authorities and academy trusts to make sure they have robust contingency plans in place and that these have been actioned, where required. Information available to the department indicates that the number of local authority and academy trust schools, covered by catering, facilities management or other service contracts with Carillion is relatively low.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority is to ensure schools can continue to operate as usual. Government is supporting the Official Receiver, so that services to schools and other public services can continue to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to monitor the situation and will work with schools and providers to help minimise any disruption for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 122867 question first answered 22/01/2018 15:22:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823387

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many facilities management contracts his Department holds with Carillion plc.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any facilities management contracts with Carillion plc. Ministry of Defence's facilities management contracts are held with CarillionAmey as an Incorporated Joint Venture. Carillion Amey is an independent legal entity.</p><p>Carillion plc provide construction services to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 122871 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:20:56 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel