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754818

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71197, on fraud, for what reasons the Government does not assess police spending on each area of demand.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have sought to minimise the level of bureaucracy imposed on police forces, including through the collection of national data from forces. We have also introduced democratically PCCs to ensure resources are focused on local priorities. The Government is engaging with the police to better understand changes in demand.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/09/2017 11:04:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754819

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71221, whether the police budget has decreased in real terms since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The police budget decreased in real terms between 2010 and 2015. It was necessary for the Government to address the deficit and it was right that the police contributed to that.</p><p>Forces have largely risen to the challenge and demonstrated that it is possible to make efficiencies whilst delivering a high quality service to the public. The Government is sensitive to the needs of policing and protected overall police spending in real terms in Spending Review 2015.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/09/2017 10:58:28 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754820

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2017 to Question 70888, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes to funding to police and crime commissioners on police force budgets in regions where revenue from the council tax precept is relatively low in comparison to other regions in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review looked at police funding, including council tax precept. Since Spending Review 2015, we have provided additional flexibility for the 10 Police &amp; Crime Commissioners in England with the lowest precept bills each year (the lower quartile). These PCCS are able to raise their precept by £5 per Band D household, compared to the usual 2%, without triggering a local referendum.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/09/2017 11:15:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754821

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71262, on police: finance, what the timescale is for completing the process for reforming the distribution of core grant funding to police force areas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken on the police funding formula and no new formula will be introduced without a full public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/09/2017 11:11:31 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754006

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Children: Dental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2017 to Question 70856, what plans he has made to co-ordinate local authority programmes for improving children's oral health.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The department has no such plans. It is the responsibility of each local authority to determine how best to deliver children’s oral health improvement services for the benefit of their local residents. Public Health England has published two key evidence based toolkits to assist local authorities with this:</p><ul><li><p>Delivering Better Oral Health - for dental teams to support preventive advice and treatment for their patients, including the prevention of tooth decay in children: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-better-oral-health-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-better-oral-health-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention</a></p></li><li><p>Commissioning Better Oral Health - to support local authorities in developing strategies to improve child oral health: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-oral-health-an-evidence-informed-toolkit-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-oral-health-an-evidence-informed-toolkit-for-local-authorities</a></p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 05/09/2017 09:14:31 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754007

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Housing: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2017 to Question 70859, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a nationwide zero-carbon standard for all newly-built homes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>We have a duty under Section 165 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to undertake a review of the minimum energy performance requirements in the building regulations for new homes. We have started work on the review which will have due regard to our climate change targets.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/09/2017 09:17:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754008

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2048, what steps Public Health England has taken to encourage (a) all businesses and (b) businesses in the Food and Drink Federation to achieve the reductions in sugar set out in Childhood obesity: a plan for action.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan published in August 2016 challenged industry to reduce overall sugar across the products contributing most to children’s sugar intakes by at least 20% by 2020, with a 5% reduction to be achieved in the first year by August 2017. Public Health England (PHE) published our first technical report ‘Sugar reduction: Achieving the 20%’ on 30 March 2017. The report set out guidelines for industry to deliver the 20% sugar reduction in nine categories of food by 2020. The report is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604336/Sugar_reduction_achieving_the_20_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604336/Sugar_reduction_achieving_the_20_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE is continuing its programme of engagement with businesses across all sectors of industry to achieve these guidelines, including members of the Food and Drink Federation and retailers with a significant focus on restaurants, takeaways and cafés. The first detailed progress report will be published in March 2018. PHE is now developing the metrics that will be used to monitor progress towards the 5% reduction that is to be achieved by August 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/09/2017 14:13:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754112

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
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 24 April 2017 to Question 70314, what progress his Department has made on determining the scope of and implementing the early intervention scheme for oral health.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>At the request of Ministers, NHS England is setting up a scheme in 13 high needs areas to improve the oral health of young children. The scheme will be based in dental practices and will have a particular focus on those children who do not currently visit the dentist. The scheme is expected to be launched in the next few months and will be funded from existing dental resources, including unused units of dental activity. Evaluation has been designed in from the start and the learning, once available, will inform the approach going forward.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the West Midlands scheme is still under consideration following local discussions this month. The scheme would incentivise dentists to see more children under the age of two. Decisions on the future of the scheme are expected to be taken next month.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6315 question first answered 05/09/2017 14:26:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754113

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
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 24 April 2017 to Question 70854, if he will make an assessment of the merits of re-investing money from unused units of dental activity into a national early intervention programme for tackling child tooth decay.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>At the request of Ministers, NHS England is setting up a scheme in 13 high needs areas to improve the oral health of young children. The scheme will be based in dental practices and will have a particular focus on those children who do not currently visit the dentist. The scheme is expected to be launched in the next few months and will be funded from existing dental resources, including unused units of dental activity. Evaluation has been designed in from the start and the learning, once available, will inform the approach going forward.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the West Midlands scheme is still under consideration following local discussions this month. The scheme would incentivise dentists to see more children under the age of two. Decisions on the future of the scheme are expected to be taken next month.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6314 question first answered 05/09/2017 14:26:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

751823

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much statutory funding the International Citizen Service programme has received in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DfID) provides funding to the International Citizen Service (ICS) programme to enable young people from across Britain and developing countries to take part in international volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides an outline of DfID expenditure on ICS in each of the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Table – ICS Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>7,399,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>16,927,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24,443,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>26,263,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,166,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/07/2017 16:07:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe