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1133578

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: 3D Printing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the production of firearms and offensive weapons using 3D printers.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>It is already an offence to manufacture, possess, purchase or sell firearms without a licence, and this applies equally to 3D printed guns as to other firearms. It is also an offence to manufacture, import and supply offensive weapons, including any produced using 3D printing.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 28/06/2019 11:53:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133582

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Rivers: Microplastics
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 his Department is taking to (a) track and (b) reduce the volume of microplastics in rivers; and whether his Department plans to introduce an independent regulatory body to enforce and monitor the reduction of microplastics in wastewater and rivers.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Defra is working with the Environment Agency, Highways England, academics and the UK water industry to understand the scale of the microplastic pollution problem and to establish detection methods to monitor, characterise and quantify the types of microplastics entering our rivers. There has been substantive research reporting the presence and impacts of microplastics in the marine environment. However, little is known about their sources, release and impact on freshwaters and their ultimate transport to the marine environment. Defra has commissioned evidence reviews to further understand these issues and will use the outcomes from these and other research to develop policy options.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set a target to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within the lifetime of the 25 year Environment Plan (by 2042) and set aside £20 million for research and development managed through the Plastics Innovation Fund in March 2018. A further £10 million was committed in the 2018 Autumn Budget for continued/additional plastics research and development along with £10 million to pioneer innovative approaches to boosting recycling and reducing litter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not plan to introduce an independent regulatory body to enforce and monitor the reduction of microplastics in wastewaters and receiving rivers.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/06/2019 13:58:05 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133620

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of underage people in the North West of England purchasing knifes from (a) supermarkets, (b) home stores and (c) online.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>It is illegal to sell a knife to anyone under 18 in England and Wales and the Government is tackling the illegal sale to under-18s on a number of fronts. Firstly, as part of the Serious Violence Strategy, we are enabling Trading Standards to take forward prosecutions where retailers fail test purchase operations involving sales to under-18s through a specific prosecution fund. In the North West of England, Liverpool and Preston are two local authorities receiving this funding. In 2018/19, 1019 face to face test purchases had been attempted by the local authorities funded across England and Wales, with 121 sellers (around 13 per cent) failing the test and selling to a person under 18. In the same period, 128 online test purchases had been attempted, with 32% (41) failing and selling to a person under 18.</p><p>The Government also continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of co-ordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of the operation took place from 11-18 March, and overall 689 test purchase operations were carried out in retail premises. Of these, there were 559 passes. 130 (around 19%) resulted in the retail outlet failing the test purchase.</p><p>To go further in preventing the sale of knives to under-18s, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 includes a provision that will stop knives from being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>The Government has also agreed a set of commitments with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives more generally in their stores and online. The agreement also covers staff training and displays and packaging. Tesco, eBay UK, Lidl UK, Amazon UK, Wilko, Argos, Asda, Poundland, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, John Lewis and Waitrose have all signed up to the principles. They have since been joined by Boots, the Co-op, B&amp;Q, Aldi, TKMaxx and Debenhams. We are working with retailers to strengthen the agreement in relation to displays and that work is continuing. Following on from this, Asda has stopped selling single knives in its stores from the end of April, a move supported by the Government.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/07/2019 13:04:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133624

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: National Picnic Week
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to participate in events to celebrate National Picnic Week held between 21 and 30 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office welcomes the initivative of National Picnic Week.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2019 15:09:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133637

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate bursaries for UK nursing, midwifery and medical students to ensure an adequate supply of qualified staff in the NHS; what funding schemes he plans to make available to recruit and train midwifery, nursing and medical students; and what steps he is taking to retain UK-trained medical health professionals in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to reinstate bursaries for pre-registration nursing and midwifery degree students. The tuition fee model means universities can offer more places removing the cap that was in place under the previous centrally funded system. Eligible pre-registration nursing and midwifery students can now receive more funding than under the National Health Service bursary system through tuition fee loans and living cost support from the Student Loans Company.</p><p>To support pre-registration nursing and midwifery students whilst attending the clinical placement element of their courses, the Government introduced a Learning Support Fund. Eligible students can apply for annual payments of £1,000 for child dependants allowance, reimbursement of all clinical placement travel costs above their usual daily travel and exceptional hardship payments of up to £3,000.</p><p>Eligible undergraduate medical students can access Student Loans Company tuition fee and living cost support for the first four years of their degree. Students on these courses will continue to have access to NHS bursaries for years five and six of their courses.</p><p> </p><p>The interim People Plan published on 3 June 2019 sets out some of the steps needed to ensure the NHS have the staff they need to deliver high quality care, including growing our nursing workforce by 40,000 in the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 15:49:29 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133659

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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: Animal Welfare
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 welfare protections will be put in place for caged animals as part of the Agriculture Bill.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government shares the public’s high regard for animal welfare and the welfare of our farmed livestock is protected by comprehensive and robust legislation. This is backed up by statutory species specific welfare codes, which encourage high standards of husbandry and which keepers are required by law to have access to and be familiar with. Animal and Plant Health Agency inspectors and local authorities conduct inspections on farms to check that the animal welfare standards are being met.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever the system of production, the most important factor in determining animal welfare is good stockmanship and the correct application of husbandry standards. This reflects the advice of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee.</p><p> </p><p>We have already banned cages or close confinement systems where there is clear scientific evidence that they are detrimental to animal health and welfare. For example, we banned the keeping of calves in veal crates in 1990, the keeping of sows in close confinement stalls in the UK in 1999, and the use of conventional (‘battery’) cages for laying hens in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will maintain its high regulatory baseline and look to raise standards sustainably over time as new research and evidence emerges. We have been very clear that our departure from the EU will not lead to a lowering of our high animal welfare standards. Our regulatory system will offer the same level of assurance of animal welfare following exit as it does now and we are actively exploring options for strengthening the UK system moving forward. We have introduced mandatory CCTV in abattoirs and are looking to control exports of live animals for slaughter. On 26 June, the Government introduced a Bill to enable tougher prison sentences for the worst animal abusers. The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill means that animal abusers could face up to five years in prison, a significant increase from the current maximum sentence of six months. Courts will be able to take a firmer approach to cases such as dog fighting, abuse of puppies and kittens, or gross neglect of farm animals.</p><p> </p><p>In England, we intend to use the powers in the Agriculture Bill to develop publicly funded schemes for farmers to deliver animal welfare enhancements beyond our high regulatory baseline that are not sufficiently rewarded by the market, and also want to provide greater transparency and certainty for consumers and for farmers. We will work with industry, retailers, welfare groups and the Farm Animal Welfare Committee to define these enhancements.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/06/2019 10:29:47 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133168

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services
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 patients are on a waiting list to receive mental health treatment in (a) Lancashire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:38:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133246

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
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 June 2019 Children's Society report on mental health, what plans he has to narrow the gap between the number of children and adolescents who are referred for mental health treatment by their GP, schools and social services and the number of children and adolescents receiving mental health treatment.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets a goal of an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 years, receiving support via NHS-funded mental health services by 2023/24. The NHS has also committed to funding for children and young people’s mental health services growing as a proportion of all mental health funding for the first time, which will itself grow faster than funding for the NHS overall.</p><p>Our Green Paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ sets out how we plan to increase the availability of support for children and young people, by reaching them in schools or colleges through:</p><p>- incentivising every school or college to identify and train a senior mental health lead;</p><p>- creating new mental health support teams in and near schools and colleges; and</p><p>- piloting a four-week waiting time to ensure swifter access to specialist NHS mental health services for those who need it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2019 10:30:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133250

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England are waiting to be rehoused with a registered social landlord.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of households in the housing data list by local authority district can be found in Section C of the published tables from the Local Authority Housing Statistics. The latest published information, for 2017-18 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018<br> <br></a> The department does not collect these data by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2019 13:39:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133256

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Suicide: North West
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 deaths of patients in the care of each mental health NHS trust in the North West were attributed to suicide in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 (c) 2019; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of deaths by suicide among patients undergoing treatment for mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p><p>The latest information on suicide registrations for 2017 was published by the Office for National Statistics in September 2018 and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2017registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2017registrations</a></p><p>The latest National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health report was published in October 2018 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/reports/" target="_blank">https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/reports/</a></p><p>In January 2018, the former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a zero suicide ambition for the National Health Service, starting with mental health inpatients. Every NHS mental health provider was required to put in place a zero suicide policy during 2018/19. There has been significant progress made by trusts in developing zero suicide plans, with regional suicide prevention leads supporting trusts to finalise these.</p><p>For those requiring support for a mental health problem, under the NHS Long Term Plan, there will be a comprehensive expansion of mental health services, with an additional £2.3 billion in real terms by 2023/24. This will give 380,000 more adults access to psychological therapies and 345,000 more children and young people greater support in the next five years.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 28/06/2019 10:36:11 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick