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1183713

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional funding to the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government to support the continuation of the Controlling Migration Fund and local authority support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	26810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Controlling Migration Fund opened in November 2016 with the aim of easing pressures on local services linked to recent migration and providing targeted immigration enforcement activity. Until 2020 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has contributed £100 million of funding, with the Home Office contributing £40 million worth of enforcement activity.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also provides funding to local authorities as a contribution to the costs they incur when supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), which is in addition to the money provided through the local government finance settlement. In May 2019, the Home Office announced a significant increase in the funding: from 1 April 2019, local authorities now receive £114 per UASC per night for each UASC in their care, regardless of their age or when they entered the UK. This represented a 61% increase to the lowest rate that was previously paid.</p><p> </p><p>Future spending decisions on the Controlling Migration Fund and funding for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children will be taken at the Comprehensive Spending Review this year.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/03/2020 16:43:14 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179149

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is being provided to hospital departments whose waiting times exceed stated NHS targets.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	18448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department chairs weekly meetings with the National Health Service and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to provide support and oversight of national performance. The Urgent and Emergency Care reform programme and the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team provide dedicated expertise and support to hospital Trusts as needed.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan will transform urgent and emergency care, whilst NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas. This has been supported by the NHS Funding Bill which provides a record financial commitment of £33.9 billion more each year by 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Actions include:</p><p>- Increasing Same Day Emergency Care – to help ensure patients are not admitted to hospital unnecessarily;</p><p>- Over 1,000 more hospital beds open over winter this year than there were last year;</p><p>- Work to reduce extended lengths of stay and delayed transfers of care – supported by further £240 million again for adult social care via the Better Care Fund; and</p><p>- Increasing designation of Urgent Treatment Centres as an alternative for accident and emergency (A&amp;E), to help manage increasing demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/02/2020 12:18:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179262

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards
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 health risks of vaping and e-cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	18466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>It remains the goal of the Government to maximise the public health opportunities presented by e-cigarettes to reduce smoking while managing any risks. United Kingdom regulated e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking, but they are not risk free. Research shows e-cigarettes are effective in helping some smokers to quit.</p><p>While experimentation with e-cigarettes is not uncommon among young people, current and regular use remains low. E-cigarettes in the UK are tightly regulated by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR) and the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 (NIP). These regulations aim to reduce the risk of harm to children; to protect against any risk of renormalisation of tobacco use; and to provide assurance on relative safety for users. The regulations include restrictions on mainstream TV and radio advertising; prevent sale to under 18s; and limit both tank sizes and nicotine content.</p><p>We continue to monitor evidence on e-cigarettes. As part of that, we are monitoring youth use closely and will take action, if necessary, to ensure that regular use among children and young people does not increase, and that e-cigarettes do not become a gateway to tobacco use. The Government has a statutory obligation to conduct post implementation reviews of TRPR by May 2021 and NIP later this spring. We continue to keep the evidence base on e-cigarettes under review and the next Public Health England annual review on e-cigarettes will be published next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 18467 18468 question first answered 26/02/2020 17:28:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179263

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Electronic Cigarettes
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 he is taking to reduce the uptake of vaping and e-cigarettes by (a) young people and children and (b) other non-smokers.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	18467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>It remains the goal of the Government to maximise the public health opportunities presented by e-cigarettes to reduce smoking while managing any risks. United Kingdom regulated e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking, but they are not risk free. Research shows e-cigarettes are effective in helping some smokers to quit.</p><p>While experimentation with e-cigarettes is not uncommon among young people, current and regular use remains low. E-cigarettes in the UK are tightly regulated by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR) and the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 (NIP). These regulations aim to reduce the risk of harm to children; to protect against any risk of renormalisation of tobacco use; and to provide assurance on relative safety for users. The regulations include restrictions on mainstream TV and radio advertising; prevent sale to under 18s; and limit both tank sizes and nicotine content.</p><p>We continue to monitor evidence on e-cigarettes. As part of that, we are monitoring youth use closely and will take action, if necessary, to ensure that regular use among children and young people does not increase, and that e-cigarettes do not become a gateway to tobacco use. The Government has a statutory obligation to conduct post implementation reviews of TRPR by May 2021 and NIP later this spring. We continue to keep the evidence base on e-cigarettes under review and the next Public Health England annual review on e-cigarettes will be published next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 18466 18468 question first answered 26/02/2020 17:28:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179264

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the results of research of the University of Texas and University of North Texas, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Marketing and Initiation among Youth and Young Adults, published in August 2019, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) health risks of vaping to young people and (b) role that advertising plays in promoting vaping to young people.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	18468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>It remains the goal of the Government to maximise the public health opportunities presented by e-cigarettes to reduce smoking while managing any risks. United Kingdom regulated e-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking, but they are not risk free. Research shows e-cigarettes are effective in helping some smokers to quit.</p><p>While experimentation with e-cigarettes is not uncommon among young people, current and regular use remains low. E-cigarettes in the UK are tightly regulated by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR) and the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 (NIP). These regulations aim to reduce the risk of harm to children; to protect against any risk of renormalisation of tobacco use; and to provide assurance on relative safety for users. The regulations include restrictions on mainstream TV and radio advertising; prevent sale to under 18s; and limit both tank sizes and nicotine content.</p><p>We continue to monitor evidence on e-cigarettes. As part of that, we are monitoring youth use closely and will take action, if necessary, to ensure that regular use among children and young people does not increase, and that e-cigarettes do not become a gateway to tobacco use. The Government has a statutory obligation to conduct post implementation reviews of TRPR by May 2021 and NIP later this spring. We continue to keep the evidence base on e-cigarettes under review and the next Public Health England annual review on e-cigarettes will be published next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 18466 18467 question first answered 26/02/2020 17:28:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179375

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the homes funded by the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-2021 since 2016 are for (a) shared ownership and (b) rent to buy.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	18489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including shared ownership.</p><p>Over 82,000 new shared ownership homes have been delivered since 2010.</p><p>Since 2016, over 48,000 new shared ownership and over 4,000 new intermediate rent homes, including Rent to Buy, have been delivered. Further information on this may be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p><p>The Government is committed to introducing a new, reformed Shared Ownership model, making buying a share of a home fairer and more transparent. This new model will be simpler to understand and will better enable shared owners to buy more of their property and eventually reach full ownership.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:16:22 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179377

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities meet the requirement for major planning developments to contain 10 per cent affordable home ownership, as set out in the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	18490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework was revised in July 2018 to make it clear that planning policies and decisions should expect at least 10 per cent of homes on major housing sites be made available for affordable home ownership.</p><p>The Framework does not represent a mandatory approach and local authorities are best place to assess what is needed in their communities. However, local authorities are expected to comply with the policy and secure the delivery much needed affordable homes for sale, unless they are able to provide evidence that justifies a different approach.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2020 16:25:05 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1177321

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
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 her Department is taking to increase the (a) accountability and (b) transparency of the allocation by retailers of revenue raised for environmental causes from the five pence plastic bag charge.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	14617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of the 5p charge on single use carrier bags has reduced sales by 90% by the main supermarket retailers. The regulations require retailers with more than 250 staff to charge a minimum of 5p and report data on their annual sales of single use carrier bags, including what they did with the proceeds from the charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes a summary of the data reported in line with the regulations by 31st July each reporting year on the GOV.UK site.</p><p> </p><p>As this is not a tax, the Government does not determine where the proceeds of the charge are redistributed. There is no legal requirement for businesses to donate the proceeds from the charge to charities. Businesses are, however, encouraged to donate the proceeds of the charge (after deducting VAT and reasonable costs) to good causes such as charities or community groups in accordance with guidance published on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities#dealing-with-the-proceeds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities#dealing-with-the-proceeds</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Around 55% of retailers, who accounted for 57% of all bags reported for 2018 to 2019, voluntarily provided information on donations they had made to good causes. Over the last three reporting years the charge has raised nearly £140 million.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 14618 14619 14621 question first answered 17/02/2020 14:10:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1177323

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
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 reliability of retailers to allocate revenue raised from the five pence plastic bag charge towards environmental projects.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	14618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of the 5p charge on single use carrier bags has reduced sales by 90% by the main supermarket retailers. The regulations require retailers with more than 250 staff to charge a minimum of 5p and report data on their annual sales of single use carrier bags, including what they did with the proceeds from the charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes a summary of the data reported in line with the regulations by 31st July each reporting year on the GOV.UK site.</p><p> </p><p>As this is not a tax, the Government does not determine where the proceeds of the charge are redistributed. There is no legal requirement for businesses to donate the proceeds from the charge to charities. Businesses are, however, encouraged to donate the proceeds of the charge (after deducting VAT and reasonable costs) to good causes such as charities or community groups in accordance with guidance published on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities#dealing-with-the-proceeds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities#dealing-with-the-proceeds</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Around 55% of retailers, who accounted for 57% of all bags reported for 2018 to 2019, voluntarily provided information on donations they had made to good causes. Over the last three reporting years the charge has raised nearly £140 million.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 14617 14619 14621 question first answered 17/02/2020 14:10:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1177324

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
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 plans her Department has to increase regulatory oversight of the allocation by retailers of revenues raised from the five pence plastic bag charge.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	14619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of the 5p charge on single use carrier bags has reduced sales by 90% by the main supermarket retailers. The regulations require retailers with more than 250 staff to charge a minimum of 5p and report data on their annual sales of single use carrier bags, including what they did with the proceeds from the charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes a summary of the data reported in line with the regulations by 31st July each reporting year on the GOV.UK site.</p><p> </p><p>As this is not a tax, the Government does not determine where the proceeds of the charge are redistributed. There is no legal requirement for businesses to donate the proceeds from the charge to charities. Businesses are, however, encouraged to donate the proceeds of the charge (after deducting VAT and reasonable costs) to good causes such as charities or community groups in accordance with guidance published on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities#dealing-with-the-proceeds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/carrier-bag-charges-retailers-responsibilities#dealing-with-the-proceeds</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Around 55% of retailers, who accounted for 57% of all bags reported for 2018 to 2019, voluntarily provided information on donations they had made to good causes. Over the last three reporting years the charge has raised nearly £140 million.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 14617 14618 14621 question first answered 17/02/2020 14:10:31 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman