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522544

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Recycling
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 the Government is taking to encourage recycling.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government works with local authorities and the Waste and Recycling Action Programme (WRAP) to provide advice and promote best practice among local authorities on waste and recycling. The UK recycling rate has increased from 11% in 2000 to 44.9% in 2014. This progress is thanks in large part to the hard work of local authorities and householders to recycle more.</p><p> </p><p>Greater consistency in local authority recycling – taking account of best practice – in particular has potential to increase recycling rates further. I have asked WRAP to work with an Advisory Group of waste stakeholders, to look at the benefits and opportunities from having greater consistency in the materials collected and collection systems to enable local authorities to recycle more, and to make it easier for householders to put the right materials in the right bin. This work will seek to improve the quality and quantity of materials recycled and to deliver value for money for local authorities. This not only includes opportunities for local authorities, but also what actions can be taken by waste producers and reprocessors to support greater consistency and increased recycling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/06/2016 09:42:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522604

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where the test sites will be for the planned trials of pre-exposure prophylaxis.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	39108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England is currently working with NHS England, the Department, local authorities and other partners to identify local pre-exposure prophylaxis test sites to work with.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2016 11:36:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522605

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Infectious Diseases: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation has responsibility for commissioning drugs that prevent the contraction of infectious diseases.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	39109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Bacteria and viruses cause a wide range of infectious diseases. Clinical commissioning groups, NHS England and local authorities all have commissioning responsibilities in respect of provision of drugs that prevent infectious diseases.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/06/2016 13:14:40 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522026

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce littering.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>This government is committed to reducing litter and have put in place the first-ever national litter strategy.</p><p>The Government will now for the first time work with town halls, campaign groups and businesses- including fast food firms, manufacturers of chewing gum and the packaging industry- to ensure a coherent and joined-up approach.</p><p>Since the Government published its response to the CLG Select Committee Report in December I have met with a whole host of NGOs, manufacturers of commonly-littered items, members of both Houses of Parliament, and of course local government to discuss what we can be doing.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/06/2016 14:01:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522087

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated to local authority recycling schemes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>In November 2012, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced the successful bidders to the Weekly Collection Support Scheme. In nearly all cases, the 81 local authorities in receipt of the fund used their allocations to improve local recycling services for residents while protecting weekly collections of residual waste. The funding allocated was as follows:</p><p>2012/13: £49.0 million<br>2013/14: £98.9 million<br>2014/15: £69.6 million</p><p>In March 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced the successful bidders to the Recycling Reward Scheme. In all cases, the 41 local authorities in receipt of the fund used their allocations to reward residents for reducing, reusing, or recycling their household waste. The funding allocated was as follows:</p><p>2014/15: £6.1 million<br>2015/16: £5.0 million</p><p>In addition, from 2011-2013, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs allocated £1,427,059 through its Reward and Recognition Fund to 25 unique organisations or partnerships, most involving local authorities, to deliver 31 schemes that sought to reward or recognise people for adopting positive waste behaviours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/06/2016 14:02:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522144

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	London Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Paramedical Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2016 to Question 37016, what assessment he has made of the change in the number of full-time equivalent paramedics employed by the London Ambulance Service over the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>We are advised by London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) that during 2015/16, it recruited 717 frontline staff. In doing so, LAS achieved its recruitment target and filled all its available frontline posts.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/06/2016 15:59:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522242

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle speeding by (a) cars, (b) HGVs and (c) buses.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department educates drivers about the importance of observing speed limits through The Highway Code, the driving test and THINK! campaigns. Enforcement of speeding offences is a matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/06/2016 15:58:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

521506

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Companies: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Serious Fraud Office is taking to address fraud by employees in large companies.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to investigate and prosecute serious or complex frauds.</p><p>The SFO is committed to investigating and, where appropriate, prosecuting such serious frauds, as seen in the conviction of Tom Hayes for offences related to manipulating LIBOR.</p><p>The Government is consulting and will introduce a new criminal offence to apply to corporations who failed to prevent their agents from criminal facilitating tax evasion.</p><p>The Government will also consult on extending the criminal offence of “failure to prevent” from bribery to other economic crimes such as fraud and money laundering so that firms are properly held to account for criminal activity that takes place within them.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 15:13:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

521560

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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	Pollution: Greater London
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 assessment she has made of the consequences of pollution levels in London; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce pollution in that city.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is compliant with EU legislation for nearly all air pollutants but faces significant challenges in achieving nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) limit values.</p><p> </p><p>The national air quality plan for NO<sub>2</sub>, published in December last year, sets out a comprehensive approach for meeting the air quality challenges by implementing a new programme of Clean Air Zones, along with the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London. The plan combines targeted local and national measures, forming part of a wider approach that exploits new and clean technologies, such as electric and ultra low emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed over £2 billion since 2011 to increase the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles, support green transport initiatives and support local authorities to take action.</p><p> </p><p>The Mayor is responsible for air quality standards in London. The Mayor provides the framework and guidance which London boroughs use to review and improve air quality in their areas. The new Mayor recently set out his plans to improve air quality in London.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/06/2016 08:09:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

521590

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	London Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Paramedical Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of paramedics employed by the London Ambulance Service.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>We are advised by London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) that during 2015/16 it recruited 717 frontline staff. In doing so, LAS achieved its recruitment target and filled all its available frontline posts.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that LAS has put in place a number of measures to help it support and retain staff. These measures include updating the vehicle fleet and re-launching the trust’s learning and development function. LAS has also established a new clinical team leader role, with 50% of the role devoted to supporting staff.</p><p> </p><p>Demand on the service has increased significantly over the past five years. During March 2016, demand was the highest on record for patients with serious and life threatening illnesses. LAS continues to work to improve services for patients by focusing on reducing demand, recruiting more staff and supporting staff to work more efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 38578 question first answered 06/06/2016 16:03:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West