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1135382

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date	27/06/2019
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	Pets: Vaccination
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 promote the vaccination of pets.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Pet owners are strongly advised by the chief veterinary officer to consider vaccinating their pets to prevent diseases which can prove to be fatal. They should consult their private vet for advice based on the individual pet’s risk and circumstances. General advice on vaccination can be obtained from a number of sources including from the <a href="https://www.noah.co.uk/focus-areas/vaccines-and-vaccination/vaccination-for-animal-health-an-overview/" target="_blank">National Office of Animal Health</a>.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 05/07/2019 12:36:46 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135383

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Fires: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 reduce the risk of wildfire in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The risk of severe damage from wildfire on wet, well functioning peatlands is relatively low. Natural England is working with landowners and land managers through its uplands programme to develop long term management plans to bring and keep moorlands and peatlands, including those in Yorkshire prone to wildfire, in favourable condition. We are also currently undertaking a wildfire review to ensure that our future land management policies minimise the risks of wildfire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/07/2019 11:07:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135384

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings on victims of rape in the Victims’ Commissioner’s Annual Report.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Victim Commissioner’s Annual Report and is working closely with Dame Vera Baird as we work to improve the way the Criminal Justice System deals with sexual offending. We will formally respond to the report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/07/2019 14:54:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135385

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing 40 hours a week of work for prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Our aim is to, where appropriate, have as many prisoners as possible in a position to work both in custody and while on temporary release, to better prepare them for transition into the work place.</p><p> </p><p>Prison should provide offenders with the tools they need for successful rehabilitation, including work opportunities that prepare them for employment on release. For some prisoners however, other interventions such as education or health support will need to take priority over working.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Rules 1999 state that a convicted prisoner is required to do useful work for not more than 10 hours a day. In the year ending 2018, around 12,300 prisoners and detainees were working in custody at any one time. In addition to this, in the 12 months to March 2018, 2,224 risk-assessed prisoners were working in the community on ROTL. The number of hours worked by prisoners and detainees increased by 8% in the year to March 2018 with 17.2 million hours of work delivered in that year.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the value of instilling a strong work ethic in prisoners and the positive impact that employment has on rates of reoffending, we have established the New Futures Network. The New Futures Network brokers partnerships between prisons and employers to improve employment outcomes for individuals whilst in prison and on release.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 16:24:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135386

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of prisoners escaping custody.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Public protection is our top priority and we take escapes and absconds from custody extremely seriously and any escape is thoroughly investigated by a senior HMPPS operational leader.</p><p>HMPPS has established a Security Risk Unit to establish lessons from security failings and successes, provide specialist support and advice to frontline colleagues and ensure practice is reviewed and enhanced. The Unit is working in close collaboration with public and private prisons, providing them with the tools required to ensure risks are rigorously assessed, appropriately prioritised and robustly managed.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/07/2019 13:30:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135387

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase rates of vaccination of young people against the human papillomavirus.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Coverage of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in teenage girls is high with nearly 84% receiving the full course of vaccine. HPV vaccination uptake data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760902/HPV_2017_2018_annual_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760902/HPV_2017_2018_annual_report.pdf</a></p><p>From September 2019, the HPV vaccination programme will be expanded to boys in school year eight. To help teenagers and their parents make an informed choice about the HPV vaccination programme Public Health England (PHE) developed a range of targeted materials to provide information. Local immunisation providers should share this information and signpost teenagers and their parents to these materials when the offer of HPV vaccination is underway in schools. These materials can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#human-papillomavirus-(hpv)-for-girls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation#human-papillomavirus-(hpv)-for-girls</a></p><p>In addition, PHE has also worked closely with several charities such as Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and the Teenage Cancer Trust to develop lesson plans for schools to use to teach young people about cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine. These can be seen at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information-healthcare-professionals/information-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information-healthcare-professionals/information-teachers</a>; and <a href="https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/about-us/what-we-do/cancer-awareness/resources#cervicalcancer" target="_blank">https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/about-us/what-we-do/cancer-awareness/resources#cervicalcancer</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/07/2019 14:12:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135388

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Streptococcus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recent outbreak of group A streptococcal bacterial strain.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>12 people have died while a further 20 cases have been reported, many among elderly people with existing health conditions. The infection risk of contracting group A streptococcal bacterial strain to the public is very low. Treatment with antibiotics is very effective, if started early enough. The local National Health Service continues to work closely with Public Health England and other partners to manage this local incident, and extra infection control measures have been put in place to prevent the infection spreading in the area.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/07/2019 14:18:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135389

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Dental Services: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of dental support for elderly people in care homes.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>In June 2019, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published the report ‘Oral health care in care homes’. Dental inspectors attended 100 routine inspections of care homes.</p><p>The main findings included that most care homes did not have a policy to promote and protect oral health (52%), almost half of care homes were not training staff to support oral health care (47%) and 73% of care plans reviewed only partly covered or did not cover oral health.</p><p>The report also found that around two thirds (67%) of the care homes reported that they could always, or nearly always, access National Health Service dental care and 10% reported they had no way of accessing emergency dental treatment for people. Around 34% of homes reported that there was no or limited access to out-of-hours services. Some care home managers stated that they had to call general practitioners, NHS 111, or even take the person requiring emergency care to accident and emergency. The CQC’s report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-report/smiling-matters-oral-health-care-care-homes" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/major-report/smiling-matters-oral-health-care-care-homes</a></p><p>We will consider the recommendations of the CQC’s report carefully and support commissioners to take any action necessary to continue to improve the oral health of older people.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/07/2019 14:14:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135390

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the merits of NHS plans to ask hospital cleaners to feed patients meals.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Cross training of National Health Service staff to increase multi-skilling produces a more flexible workforce which will better support delivery of services. The multi-skilled staff who can undertake both cleaning and food serving will undertake these roles separately and at different times, and there are no issues of cross contamination or infection control as no sanitary jobs are carried out by those serving food.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 04/07/2019 14:16:10 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1135391

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the rate of prosecution of dangerous foreign drivers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	270459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Road traffic legislation applies to everyone using British roads, including drivers and vehicles from other countries. Any driver stopped by the police for motoring offences in the UK will continue to be punished, whether British or foreign.</p><p> </p><p>The Cross Border Enforcement Directive (2015/413/EU) assists countries in the prosecution of foreign vehicle owners when that vehicle is suspected of committing one (or more) proscribed offence in another Member State. In Britain, we prosecute the driver for these offences.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) operates the graduated fixed penalty and financial deposit system to enforce road traffic law for commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles. The system covers areas such as: brakes, steering and drivers’ hours. The DVSA issues fixed penalties for non-compliance and vehicles are prohibited from moving until the defect has been rectified. In 2018/2019, DVSA inspected a total of 198,045 vehicles at roadside checks, including 104,697 non-UK vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/07/2019 14:29:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns