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989455

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date	17/10/2018
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	Food: Waste Disposal
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 11 July 2018 to Question 161049 on Waste Management, when the Resources and Waste Strategy will be published.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>We will publish the Resources and Waste Strategy by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/10/2018 13:13:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989523

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the criteria his Department used to determine the £9 billion Business Impact Target.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced on 20 June 2018 that the Business Impact Target for this Parliament would be set at £9 billion of savings to business, as outlined in the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto. In setting the target, my rt hon Friend the Secretary of State had regard to the criteria specified in section 21(6) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 25/10/2018 13:53:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989525

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department made of the use of drones by the Police and Fire Services of the effectiveness of those services in relation to (a) difficult to reach areas, (b) incidents involving a danger to life and limb and (c) public disorder events.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Decisions to use drones and in which circumstances are operational matters for the Police and Fire and Rescue services.</p><p>The National Police Chief’s Council is undertaking a review of Police Air Support which is considering how drones should be used alongside manned aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/10/2018 13:24:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989527

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits for teenagers at school of staggering the start-time of the school day.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Changing of School Session Times (England) Regulations (1999), which prescribed the procedures maintained schools had to follow when changing the school day, were revoked in September 2011: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1954/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1954/made</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The governing bodies of all maintained schools in England now have the freedom to revise the length of the school day as they see fit.</p><p> </p><p>All schools have the autonomy to make decisions about the content, structure and duration of their school day, including the flexibility to decide when their school day should start and finish. We trust head teachers to decide how best to structure their school day to support their pupils’ education.</p><p> </p><p>There are no specific legal requirements about how long the school day should be. Governing bodies of maintained schools are responsible for deciding when morning and afternoon sessions should begin and end on each school day.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2018 12:23:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989528

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
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 bringing forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to knowingly communicate with a person detained in the criminal justice system using an electronic communications system.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>It is already an offence to have or use a mobile phone in prison without authorisation. We therefore have no plans to create a new offence of knowingly communicating with someone in the criminal justice system using devices such as mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking urgent and decisive action to tackle the threat of illegal phones including detection dogs, body scanners and intelligence-led searches. We also continue to utilise Telecommunications Restriction Orders to block specific mobile phones being used in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce demand for illicit mobile phones, we are also expanding the roll out of in-cell telephones. These operate under strict controls with the aim of improving rehabilitation, cutting crime and protecting the public.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/10/2018 13:38:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989530

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Guinea Worm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to programmes to eradicate the Guinea worm in (a) Ethiopia, (b) South Sudan, (c) Mali, (d) Chad and (e) other African countries.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK provided a total of £39.5m in funding to the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme between 2009 and 2018. Funding allocations to countries were flexible to allow scale up or down as required. Between 2015 and 2018, of a total of £9.5 million, the estimated breakdown of spending by country was:</p><ul><li><p>£1.235 million in Ethiopia;</p></li><li><p>£4.75 million in South Sudan;</p></li><li><p>£0.285 million in Mali;</p></li><li><p>£1.71 million in Chad; and</p></li><li><p>£1.52 million in non-country specific spending.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2018 15:48:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989531

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa: Guinea Worm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made in collaboration with other countries on the eradication of the Guinea worm.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government – in collaboration with the Carter Center, the World Health Organisation, and endemic countries – has contributed to a decline in Guinea worm cases from 3.5 million in 1986 to 30 cases in 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/10/2018 15:48:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989532

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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	Hornets
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 his Department has made of the level of risk of an Asian Hornet invasion in autumn 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>With increasing population levels of Asian hornet in Europe, the risk of incursions into the UK has increased. The GB Non-Native Species Risk Assessment published in 2011 reviewed the risk posed by this species and identified multiple pathways by which Asian hornet could arrive in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Since the arrival of Asian hornet in France in 2004, Defra has been aware of the potential impact of this hornet on our bees and beneficial insects. We have plans in place to detect and tackle it, which we have successfully deployed several times since the first UK incursion in autumn 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage members of the public to become familiar with this insect by, for example, visiting the National Bee Unit’s BeeBase website, and to report suspected sightings to the authorities immediately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/10/2018 13:02:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989536

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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	European Chemicals Agency
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 the capacity of (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department to replicate the functions of the European Chemicals Agency in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government, the EA and the HSE have taken appropriate steps to ensure that a regulatory scheme for chemicals will be ready before the UK leaves the EU in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/10/2018 13:21:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989540

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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	Chemicals: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continued participation in the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals programme in (a) any withdrawal agreement with the EU and (b) the event that the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s White Paper on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union we are aiming for a UK-EU free trade area on goods, including chemicals, to ensure trade is as free and frictionless as possible. We are seeking participation in the European Chemical Agency, accepting its rules including the REACH Regulation and contributing to its costs.</p><p>As part of this, we would be seeking to secure access to relevant IT systems and data. This approach will enable us to meet our objective of ensuring that chemicals only need to be approved once in either market and ensure that UK businesses can continue to register chemical substances directly, rather than working through an EU-based representative.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/10/2018 10:45:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord