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429018

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Transport: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the air quality benefits of using liquefied petroleum gas in transport to inform its taxation policies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there are environmental benefits to Liquefied Petroleum Gas and other road fuel gases compared to petrol and diesel, and as a consequence fuel duty on such fuels is much lower than the main rate – with a 39.79 pence per litre duty differential.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/11/2015 15:16:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428051

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the starter homes policy on access to (a) home ownership and (b) affordable rented accommodation in (i) London and the South East and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Evidence shows that young first time buyers have been priced out of home ownership. Since the early 1990s, the proportion of under 40s who are homeowners in England has declined by over a third from 62% in 1993/4 to 39% in 2013/14. The Housing and Planning Bill will require local planning authorities to promote Starter Homes and ensure Starter Homes are included on all suitable, reasonably-sized developments in future.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2015 13:20:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428053

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the extension of Right to Buy on affordable housing supply.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Under the 2012 reinvigorated Right to Buy, every additional home sold, as well as those homes sold to tenants through the voluntary agreement with the National Housing Federation and housing associations, will result in an additional home being provided. This will lead to an increase in overall housing supply.</p><p>The Government exceeded its affordable homes target over the last 4 years by 16,000 homes, delivering 186,000 new affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2015 15:34:37 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428121

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Excise Duties
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 discussions her Department has had with HM Treasury on the removal of the fuel duty escalator for liquefied petroleum gas as part of government proposals to reduce emissions from road transport.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Defra has had no discussions with HM Treasury about the removal of the fuel duty escalator for liquefied petroleum gas.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/11/2015 11:43:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428151

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will carry out an assessment after the November Spending Review of local authorities' capacity to meet their new duties under the Care Act 2014 following changes to local authority funding.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Funding decisions for 2016/17 onwards, including on adult social care, are subject to the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><br /><p>Officials in the Department and across government are working hard to understand pressures on the care system and will consider adult social care expenditure and the future demand as part of this process. This includes ongoing Care Act pressures.</p><p><br>We will continue to review and monitor implementation of the Care Act which includes a series of stocktakes of local authority readiness and the latest, from June 2015, demonstrates an overall positive picture on implementation. It details:</p><p><br>- Councils’ confidence in their ability to deliver the Care Act Reforms in 2015/16 remains high, with 99% very or fairly confident.</p><p>- 89% of councils say that they are ‘on track’ with their implementation. The remaining 11% report themselves as only slightly behind.</p><br /><p>There are two further local authority stocktakes planned for the remainder of the financial year which will monitor the progress on implementing change. It is our intention to repeat the surveys next year to continue monitoring progress, subject to agreement with local government.</p><p><br>The Department will also commission a piece of research to evaluate and inform implementation of the Care Act 2014. The research will focus on knowing more about how the Act is being implemented locally and to see how effectively the Act is achieving its underlying aims.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/11/2015 16:24:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428156

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will create a database for local authorities on best practice in meeting their new duties under the Care Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>To support implementation of the Care Act, a joint Programme Management Office between the Department, the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Association of Directors of Adults Social Services (ADASS) has been established. This unprecedented partnership is driving collaborative working with the care sector, influencing the local implementation of these changes to support a consistent and coherent approach across the country. Earlier this year this approach was recognised by the National Audit Office as best practice and recommended it should be adopted by other similar work programmes.</p><br /><p>As part of this programme of work the Department has provided £2.7 million to nine regional local government networks to enable them to commission tools, products and non-statutory guidance to help local authorities in implementing the Care Act. The care sector has been involved in developing these materials and making sure they meet required standards. The materials focus on areas of key risk and challenge identified by local authorities and support the development of best practice. The Department also provided £4 million in 2015-16 for the ADASS to give local authorities targeted support and to help share best practice. Information on good practice, research and innovation aimed at improving the social care infrastructure is available at the following website.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.adass.org.uk/support-and-resources/" target="_blank">https://www.adass.org.uk/support-and-resources/</a></p><br /><p>In addition the LGA has included information on its website that details available learning and development resources, best practice guidance and practical tools to support the care sector. It also details the regional support available in each of the nine local government regions to help councils to implement the Care Act. The website is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.local.gov.uk/care-support-reform;jsessionid=B36A65C6DFFB6012739EB96FDBE5918B.tomcat2" target="_blank">http://www.local.gov.uk/care-support-reform;jsessionid=B36A65C6DFFB6012739EB96FDBE5918B.tomcat2</a></p><br /><p>The support work described above is part of a wider package of Sector-Led Improvement that the Department has funded the LGA and ADASS to deliver, under the umbrella of the Towards Excellence in Adult Social Care (TEASC) programme. The culture of Sector-Led Improvement, and the TEASC programme, are based on the principles that local authorities are responsible for their own performance, and are collectively responsible for the performance of the sector as a whole. This includes an ongoing commitment to share experience, advice and best practice at a regional and national level.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/11/2015 15:25:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428221

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on the removal of the fuel duty escalator for liquefied petroleum gas as part of government proposals to reduce emissions from road transport.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet regularly with HM Treasury on a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/11/2015 13:59:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

427600

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the breadth of physical activity opportunities beyond sport available to children (a) in and (b) out of school.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	15976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>We want all children to lead healthy and active lives. The government will publish a new sports strategy by the end of 2015. The strategy will set out how the government intends to support young people to participate in, and engage with sport and physical activity.</p><br /><p>Schools can offer a variety of opportunities for children to be physically active. Physical education (PE) is a compulsory subject at all four Key Stages in the national curriculum for maintained schools. The curriculum sets out the expectation that pupils should be physically active for sustained periods of time. Teachers have the flexibility to organise and deliver a range of activities.</p><br /><p>Through the Primary PE and Sport Premium, the government has committed over £450m of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve the quality of their PE and sport provision.</p><br /><p>Other programmes focused on increasing physical activity include Change4Life Sports Clubs and the Young Ambassador Peer Leaders programme. Change4Life Sports Clubs aim to increase the physical activity, health and wellbeing of the least active children through healthy lifestyle activities. In May 2015, an independent evaluation on Change4Life Primary Clubs found that around 270,000 children participated in Change4Life Primary Clubs over the lifetime of the programme (2011/12 – 2014/15). Young Ambassadors are primary and secondary pupils who promote physical activity across their school and lead activities with their less active peers.</p><br /><p>Outside of school, more than 385,000 families signed up to the Change4Life 10 Minute Shake Up summer campaign and over 700,000 children participated. The campaign encouraged children to team up with some of their favourite Disney characters and enjoy 10 Minute Shake Up activities to keep them healthy and physically active.</p><br /><p>The government is also keen to encourage more pupils to walk to school. Statutory guidance for local authorities on travel and transport to school was published in July 2014. Local authorities have a duty to promote the use of sustainable travel and transport and to develop a strategy for sustainable local travel.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 17/11/2015 16:21:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

427614

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Lead: Ammunition
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 evidence her Department has received on the potential effect on the sport of shooting that would result from the phase out of the use of lead ammunition for sport shooting in England.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is considering the independent Lead Ammunition Group’s report on the effect of lead shot on human and wildlife health and will respond as soon as possible.</p><p>The Food Standards Agency has produced advice on the consumption of lead shot game which can be accessed at <a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/science/advice-to-frequent-eaters-of-game-shot-with-lead" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/science/advice-to-frequent-eaters-of-game-shot-with-lead</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 15974 15978 15979 15980 15981 15982 15983 15985 15986 16006 16007 16061 question first answered 19/11/2015 14:42:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

427616

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Lead: Ammunition
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 her Department has made of the animal welfare benefits of the proper use of non-toxic alternatives to lead ammunition for sports shooting; and what comparative assessment she has made of the policies adopted in other countries and their effect on animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	16007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is considering the independent Lead Ammunition Group’s report on the effect of lead shot on human and wildlife health and will respond as soon as possible.</p><p>The Food Standards Agency has produced advice on the consumption of lead shot game which can be accessed at <a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/science/advice-to-frequent-eaters-of-game-shot-with-lead" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/science/advice-to-frequent-eaters-of-game-shot-with-lead</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 15974 15978 15979 15980 15981 15982 15983 15985 15986 16006 16008 16061 question first answered 19/11/2015 14:42:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham