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1181297

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the national disability strategy of the recommendations in Muscular Dystrophy UK’s report on disability benefits, entitled Below standard.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	21987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department places a strong emphasis on engaging with stakeholders to inform health and disability policy to ensure we are addressing the right problems in the welfare system. Muscular Dystrophy UK’s report entitled ‘Below standard: MDUK’s assessment of the benefits system’ offers insights into the challenges faced by people living with muscle-wasting conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Government will reflect carefully on these findings as part of the National Disability Strategy, which will be published by the end of the year, and in the DWP Green Paper on health and disability benefits and support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2020 13:02:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1181327

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	World Obesity Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it is his Department's policy to support the aims of World Obesity Day 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	21988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department supports the aims of world obesity day and is delivering a world-leading childhood obesity plan to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. This has been recognised in Unicef’s ‘State of the World's Children’ report, published in October 2019, as ‘paving the way to ensure that all children grow up in a healthy food environment’. The Unicef report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf" target="_blank">www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>Through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ we are bringing forward a wide range of measures to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018, and significant investment being made in schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21989 21990 question first answered 05/03/2020 16:49:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 10096 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1181328

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle weight stigma; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	21989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department supports the aims of world obesity day and is delivering a world-leading childhood obesity plan to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. This has been recognised in Unicef’s ‘State of the World's Children’ report, published in October 2019, as ‘paving the way to ensure that all children grow up in a healthy food environment’. The Unicef report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf" target="_blank">www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>Through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ we are bringing forward a wide range of measures to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018, and significant investment being made in schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21988 21990 question first answered 05/03/2020 16:49:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1181329

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Obesity
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 effectiveness of his policies on tackling obesity.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	21990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department supports the aims of world obesity day and is delivering a world-leading childhood obesity plan to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. This has been recognised in Unicef’s ‘State of the World's Children’ report, published in October 2019, as ‘paving the way to ensure that all children grow up in a healthy food environment’. The Unicef report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf" target="_blank">www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>Through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ we are bringing forward a wide range of measures to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018, and significant investment being made in schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21988 21989 question first answered 05/03/2020 16:49:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1177391

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pepper Spray
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers were equipped with PAVA spray on (a) 1 January 2019, (b) 1 April 2019, (c) 1 July 2019 (d) 1 October 2019 and (e) 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	14686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>PAVA spray is being provided to all band 3-5 staff in the adult male estate and it is currently being rolled out across the estate. We are able to provide the number of establishments who have completed their training activity and therefore in a position to issue PAVA to their staff.</p><p>1 January 2019, 4 pilot prisons</p><p>1 April 2019, 4 pilot prisons</p><p>1 July 2019 4 pilot prisons</p><p>1 October 2019, 6 establishments (inclusive of the 4 pilot prisons)</p><p>1 January 2020, 7 establishments (inclusive of the 4 pilot prisons)</p><p>We are giving prison officers body worn cameras, rigid bar handcuffs and PAVA spray to help them do their job more safely.</p><p>Staff need appropriate training to use PAVA and only prisons who have rolled out the key worker scheme – which is vital in building relationships between offenders and staff – will receive it.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/02/2020 12:49:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1177392

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Restraint Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers were equipped with rigid-bar handcuffs on (a) 1 January 2019, (b) 1 April 1 2019, (c) 1 July 2019, (d) 1 October 2019 and (e) 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	14687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Rigid Bar handcuffs are being provided to all band 3-5 prison officers in the adult male estate. Establishments will be required to train their staff prior to issuing them therefore exact figures of staff equipped is not available. Instead we are able to provide the number of establishments who have commenced their training for the dates requested:</p><p>1 January 2019, None</p><p>1 April 1 2019, None</p><p>1 July 2019, None</p><p>1 October 2019: 2 establishments commenced training</p><p>1 January 2020: 16 establishments actively delivering training</p><p>Rigid bar handcuffs are only one of the tools we are giving prison officers to help them do their job more safely; others include body worn cameras and PAVA spray.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/02/2020 12:52:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1175082

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2020 to Question 6112, whether his Department is consulting with trade unions representing staff of his Department on the Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	10756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Defence, Security and Foreign Policy review, announced by the Prime Minister in December, promises to be the deepest review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. As such, we intend to consult with all necessary stakeholders throughout the process, including with Trade Unions where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2020 17:21:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1171659

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for the (a) long-term revenue and (b) long-term capital funding for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	4734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the future of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. We have invested nearly £600m towards renewals and running costs and I am currently considering future long term investment commitments to support this vital transport system to the region. Furthermore, in the 2017 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor announced a £337m direct grant to deliver a new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/01/2020 14:08:43 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1171232

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to increase sports coverage on free-to-air television.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	900217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The listed events regime strikes a balance between retaining free-to-air sporting events for the public while allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport.</p><p>To give equal recognition to disabled and women’s sports, the government is currently consulting on the addition of the Paralympics and certain women’s events to the listed events regime. However, the government does not have any plans to carry out a full review of the list.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/01/2020 17:33:06 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1169984

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency plans to respond to the letter from the PCS Union dated 27 September 2019 from the PCS Union and the follow-up email from PCS dated 21 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	1895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>A response to the PCS correspondence is being considered, and a reply will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 15/01/2020 15:26:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon