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991255

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
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	Imports
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 progress his Department has made on the installation of a new IT system to replace the trade control and expert system for the maintenance of public and animal health and welfare.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	181547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Defra has been developing a new Import Notification Service to control and maintain public and animal health and welfare when the UK leaves the EU. The service will replace elements of the European Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) which currently handles UK imports of animals, products of animal origin, high risk food, feed and bees. Development and testing continue and the new service will be available for early testing in January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 24/10/2018 16:41:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

991257

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
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	Radioactive Waste: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide alternatives to the disposal of nuclear waste into the Irish Sea; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	181548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government’s policy is to manage nuclear waste through responsible storage and disposal to permitted facilities on land, not disposal into the sea.</p><p>Disposal of nuclear waste into the sea from vessels is prohibited under the London Convention.</p><p>As a party to the OSPAR Convention, the UK has committed to reduce liquid radioactive discharges to the marine environment by nuclear site operators. These discharges are tightly regulated and discharge levels are low. A review of the UK’s Radioactive Discharges Strategy, published in June this year, shows that the UK is meeting its international commitments with significant reductions in discharges.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/10/2018 16:46:16 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

990271

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of full-time direct jobs in nuclear energy reprocessing and generation in the UK..
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	181162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 24<sup>th</sup> October 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-16/180093/" target="_blank">180093</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 25/10/2018 13:44:58 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

988742

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the Office for National Statistics' conclusions that there are 12,400 full-time direct jobs in nuclear energy reprocessing and generation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	180093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Department and its predecessor the Department for Energy and Climate Change have used the industry-recognised dataset for jobs in nuclear: the <em>Nuclear Workforce Assessment</em> (NWA). The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG) – of which BEIS is a member – conducts a labour market intelligence gathering exercise across the sector to produce the NWA, which is used by the sector to inform employers’ recruitment practices. The latest NWA, published in July 2017, estimates there are currently 18,700 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) employed in fuel processing and generation.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS figure is based on a <em>Low-Carbon &amp; Renewable Energy Economy Survey</em> from 2015. That survey uses a different dataset and weighting factor from the NWA which explains the difference between the two estimates.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/10/2018 16:47:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

971361

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Tree Planting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's target of planting 180,000 hectares of new woodland in England by the end of 2042 will be adopted as a corporate objective by Forestry Commission England.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	172411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission’s Corporate Plan 2018-19 describes how it aims to support the planting of more woodland in England. The Forestry Commission’s current priority is to work with the sector to deliver the Government’s manifesto commitment to plant 11 million trees this Parliament. This and further action by the Forestry Commission and others will contribute to increasing woodland in England in line with our aspiration of 12% cover by 2060, which would involve planting 180,000 hectares by end of 2042.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:28:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

971362

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Tree Planting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Forestry Commission England has plans to report on progress on achieving the Government’s objective of planting 180,000 hectares of new woodland in England by the end of 2042 in its Annual Corporate Plan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	172412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on all known new planting of woodland and on the area of woodland in England are already published annually by the Forestry Commission in Forestry Statistics, available on the Forest Research website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 13/09/2018 12:28:15 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

969286

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Patients: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) NHS England and (b) his Department have received requests from clinical commissioning groups for new or more detailed guidance on non-emergency passenger transport eligibility requirements since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	171283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Information on how many people have used or been refused Patient Transport Services is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) replaced primary care trusts on 1 April 2013. A search of the Department Ministerial correspondence database has not identified any correspondence received since 1 April 2013 from CCGs about more detailed guidance on non-emergency passenger transport eligibility requirements. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 171282 question first answered 13/09/2018 16:23:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

967741

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times a monitor from Natural England visits a proposed culling site to assess whether the weather conditions are suitable for the badger cull in an area to proceed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	170251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>During the prolonged period of hot weather in summer 2018, two Supplementary Badger Control licenses were in operation, in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire.</p><p> </p><p>Natural England (NE) was in contact with the two Supplementary Badger Control companies on a regular basis during the period of prolonged hot weather.</p><p> </p><p>To assess the situation on the ground, NE staff have made three field visits to West Somerset and three field visits to West Gloucestershire. The visits found that best practise was being followed to avoid and mitigate against animals being exposed to extreme weather.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/09/2018 12:21:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

964585

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli government to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches Gaza; and what representations he has made to seek to prevent any embargo stopping items from reaching people in need.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	168963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>​The former Foreign Secretary raised the Israeli embargo of Gaza when he met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in June. I raised the humanitarian situation in Gaza when I last met with Israeli officials in July. Delivery of aid to Gaza should be coordinated with the UN and Israeli and Egyptian Governments. We continue to call on the Israeli Government to ease restrictions further and for Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt to work together to ensure a durable solution for Gaza.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2018 15:24:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

964753

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on the future of the pensions dashboard; what the cost to the public purse was of the establishment of the dashboard; and what assessment she has made of the merits of the dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	168964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>On Tuesday 4 September 2018, I published a written statement providing an update on pensions including the pensions dashboard. The statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-04/HCWS933/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-04/HCWS933/</a></p><p>Aside from the usual staff running costs, the costs to the Department to date for undertaking the pension dashboard feasibility study are around £100k. This covers the period from October 2017 when the Department assumed policy responsibility from HM Treasury, to end of August 2018 when we published the written statement.</p><p>We will shortly report on the findings of the feasibility study.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/09/2018 14:50:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew