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903981

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Sudan economic factsheet published by his Department on 26 April 2018, what proportion of the budget of the Government of Sudan has been allocated to the military in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	143643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>There is no reliable data as the Government of Sudan does not release information on its Defence expenditure. In 2009, the World Bank estimated that more than 60 percent of Sudan's national budget was spent on Security and Defence. In the absence of reliable information from the Government of Sudan, our assumption is that such spending constitutes between 60 and 70 percent of Sudan's national budget.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 143644 question first answered 22/05/2018 14:17:25 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

903982

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Sudan economic factsheet published by his Department on 26 April 2018, what estimate he has made of the level of military spending in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	143644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>There is no reliable data as the Government of Sudan does not release information on its Defence expenditure. In 2009, the World Bank estimated that more than 60 percent of Sudan's national budget was spent on Security and Defence. In the absence of reliable information from the Government of Sudan, our assumption is that such spending constitutes between 60 and 70 percent of Sudan's national budget.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 143643 question first answered 22/05/2018 14:17:25 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

903983

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Noura Hussein
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to Sudanese Government on the death sentence of Noura Hussein.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	143645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>​The UK Ambassador to Sudan most recently raised our concerns about Noura Hussein's case with senior members of the Government of Sudan on 15 May. On the same day, we released a statement alongside other EU Heads of Mission to make clear our firm opposition to the use of the death penalty under any circumstances, and recalling the principle of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that marriage should be entered into only with the free and full consent of spouses. We will continue to raise the case at a high level with the Government of Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/05/2018 14:19:51 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

903985

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government raised during the latest round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue in Khartoum the attack of 22 April 2018 made by the Government of Sudan in the Jebel Marra region in Darfur.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	143646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The reports emerged after the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue. We raised our concerns with the Government of Sudan on 9 May. We reiterated the UK's and the international community's expectation that unilateral cessations of hostilities must be observed by both sides. While presenting his credentials to the President of Sudan on 14 May, our Ambassador took the opportunity to repeat the importance of observing the unilateral ceasefire. The UK Defence Attaché raised the issue with the Sudanese Armed Forces on the same date.</p><p>A communique from the Fifth Round is available on the British Government's website.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/05/2018 14:21:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

904112

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
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 publish his Department’s (a) guidance and (b) charging policy for the provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy by NHS Trusts.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	143647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of menopause in November 2015 that includes recommendations on hormone replacement therapy. NICE’s guideline is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23</a></p><p> </p><p>General prescription charges would apply for the provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy. These are currently set at £8.80 per item.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/05/2018 11:08:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

904122

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Trees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train journeys have been delayed because of fallen trees or leaves on the line by train operating company in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	143648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Britain has the safest railway in Europe and proactive vegetation management has reduced the number of incidents of large trees falling on the railway by 50% over the last four years.</p><p> </p><p>However, last year there were more than 1,200 times when trees or large branches caused disruption to the railway network. Network Rail recorded a total of 41,144 delay minutes as a result of fallen / encroaching vegetation in 2017/18. A breakdown of these minutes by Train Operating Company can be seen below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Operator - Affected</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TPE</p></td><td><p>1266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Anglia</p></td><td><p>585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Central</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>5213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GWR</p></td><td><p>2181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cross Country</p></td><td><p>1311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Trains</p></td><td><p>979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Overground</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EMT</p></td><td><p>1037</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caledonian Sleeper</p></td><td><p>1202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GTW</p></td><td><p>4246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TfL Rail</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ScotRail</p></td><td><p>1489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Trains East Coast</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyrail</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Trains West Coast</p></td><td><p>2238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arriva Trains Wales</p></td><td><p>1339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heathrow Express</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c2c</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern</p></td><td><p>3033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Railway</p></td><td><p>13090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull Trains</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>41144</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Network Rail recorded a total of 195,400 delay minutes caused by leaves impacting the performance of trains and the wider network in 2017/18. A breakdown of these minutes by Train Operating Company can be seen below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Operator - Affected</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TPE</p></td><td><p>5152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Anglia</p></td><td><p>6178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Central</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>32277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GWR</p></td><td><p>27680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cross Country</p></td><td><p>9716</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Trains</p></td><td><p>10524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Overground</p></td><td><p>2270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EMT</p></td><td><p>5810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caledonian Sleeper</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GTW</p></td><td><p>20101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TfL Rail</p></td><td><p>1258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ScotRail</p></td><td><p>10999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Trains East Coast</p></td><td><p>2284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyrail</p></td><td><p>1643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Trains West Coast</p></td><td><p>2919</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arriva Trains Wales</p></td><td><p>5731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heathrow Express</p></td><td><p>653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>4986</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c2c</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern</p></td><td><p>16815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Railway</p></td><td><p>27649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull Trains</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>195399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/05/2018 15:45:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

901234

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, and the reference therein to there being no commercially available equipment for monitoring emissions of PM10 and PM2.5, to what sort of equipment the references on pages 7 and 9 of the Technical Guidance Note M15 on Monitoring PM10 and PM2.5 refer which give advice about continuous monitoring of PM10, PM2.5 and PM1.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Page 7 refers to the requirement to know the results from the continuous emissions monitoring systems (which measure total particulate matter). The results are needed to select an appropriate sampling duration to carry out the discontinuous monitoring of PM10 and PM2.5.</p><p> </p><p>Page 9 refers to techniques for the continuous measurement of PM10 and PM2.5 in ambient air and not in the exhaust gases from the stacks (chimneys) of processes such as waste incinerators (for which there is no commercially available equipment).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:17:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

901235

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, what non-commercially available equipment there is for measuring emissions of PM10 and PM2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The answer to Question 135379 referred to the fact that there is no commercially available equipment for the continuous monitoring of PM10 and PM2.5. The Environment Agency is aware that there have been a limited number of research projects undertaken by academic or research institutes around the world which have attempted to adapt ambient monitoring techniques for PM10 and PM2.5 to stack (chimney) emissions monitoring, but these would have been installed for short periods of time and so do not provide continuous monitoring results. The Environment Agency is not aware of any other examples of non-commercially available equipment for measuring emissions of PM10 and PM2.5.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:26:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

901236

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2017 to Question 117197 on Incinerators, who undertakes the strict monitoring regime for emissions of PM 10 and PM 2.5.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency requires operators to continuously monitor atmospheric emissions of total particulate matter, which are comprised of PM2.5, PM10 and other particulates.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:10:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

901238

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Incinerators
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 he has made of (a) the additional amount of extra traffic caused by a waste incinerator being in use and (b) the increase in emissions of (i) PM10, (ii) PM2.5, (iii) PM 1 and (iv) PM0.1 caused by that extra traffic.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	142752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>In order to decide whether to grant an environmental permit to operate a new incinerator, the Environment Agency is required to consider all emissions arising from activities carried out within the permit boundary of the proposed site, including emissions arising from vehicle movements. Assessment of the impact of emissions from vehicle movements to and from the site is the responsibility of the local planning authority.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:15:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew