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1169746

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date	09/01/2020
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	Meat Products: Nitrates
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 are being taken to reduce the levels of nitrates in meat products.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>Nitrates and nitrites are used as preservatives and are important for inhibiting microbial growth, in particular <em>Clostridium Botulinum</em> in processed meat such as bacon and hams. They work against microorganisms that can spoil food, as well as those that cause foodborne disease, and are naturally present in certain vegetables such as swiss chard, celery and spinach.</p><p> </p><p>Based on scientific evaluation, legislation specifies the maximum amount of nitrates and nitrites that can be added to various meat products to ensure that only safe levels of nitrates are used. The Food Standards Agency works closely with the meat industry to ensure that nitrates and nitrites are used at the lowest possible levels to achieve this necessary technological function, without jeopardising product safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/01/2020 11:29:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1169747

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who would remain within scope of the Loan Charge if the recommendations of the Independent Review into the Loan Charge are fully implemented.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government published Sir Amyas Morse’s independent review of the Loan Charge on 20 December, alongside the Government’s response to his recommendations.</p><p>The Government accepted all but one of Sir Amyas’s recommendations. This means that out of the estimated 50,000 individuals who used a loan scheme between 1999 and 2019 and did not settle with HMRC before March 2016, it is estimated that more than 30,000 people will benefit from the significant package of measures announced, 11,000 of whom will be taken out of scope of the charge altogether.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2020 12:30:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1169748

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of High Speed Two.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Oakervee Review has been tasked with rigorously examining HS2 Ltd’s costs and schedule. The Review findings and Government’s assessment of the likely costs of High Speed 2 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/01/2020 09:50:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1169749

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Farmers: 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 he is taking to support farmers in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Farmers currently have access to a range of support measures, including direct payments under the CAP. We have published the Agriculture Bill that sets out how we will support the industry as we leave the EU and this includes rewarding farmers for delivering public goods.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect farmers in Yorkshire and Humber to participate in the scheme and to be able to apply for the wider support we intend to make available to farmers through the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/01/2020 15:20:58 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1169750

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small businesses in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting all entrepreneurs to start and grow a business, to create jobs and spread prosperity.</p><p> </p><p>In the North Yorkshire and Humber regions businesses can access support through www.gov.uk, the Business Support Helpline (0300 456 3565) and their local Growth Hubs (York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Growth Hub and Humber Growth Hub). These are led and governed by the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and the Humber Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, ‘single point of contact’ to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector. In 2018-2019 the two Growth Hubs supported 14,939 businesses and helped 81 new businesses to start up.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, within the Humber LEP area, the ‘Growing the Humber’ business investment programme has supported the creation of over 2,800 jobs to date. This signposts anyone interested to a range of business support information, as well as to organisations that provide a wide variety of services, including funding, support, advice, mentoring and business services who can help business start-up, survive and thrive.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade in Yorkshire and the Humber works with a network of International Trade Advisers and partners across the region to enable local businesses to showcase their products and services overseas, with their Northern Powerhouse team running bespoke Trade missions. Since April 2016, there have been 68 Northern Powerhouse missions to 19 countries, supporting 1,252 companies. As we leave the EU, they will be working to deepen our trading ties with overseas markets to maximise export opportunities for small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank (BBB) with a consortia of LEPs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), which celebrated the milestone of having invested £100m in 385 Northern-based SMEs. This support addresses the disparity in availability of regional finance was further bolstered last autumn, with a £100m Business Angel investment programme was launched to support clusters of business angels outside London.</p><p> </p><p>The BBB has also established a UK-wide Network of regional managers working with business support partners, delivering advice tailored to local needs.</p><p>The Government-backed British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loans programme provides loans to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their own businesses. Since 2012, 5,875 loans have been issued in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, totalling over £49m, and with an average loan amount of £8,459. In the Haltemprice and Howden constituency, 108 loans have been issued, totalling over £974,000 (as at end-December 2019).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1166725

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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	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 recent steps he has taken to reduce rates of obesity.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	6202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We published the third chapter of the childhood obesity plan in July as part of ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’. Chapter 3 sets out further measures to help meet our ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on the important successes we have seen since the publication of chapter 1 in 2016, including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018 and significant investments 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 question first answered 05/11/2019 11:45:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1166727

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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	Diabetes: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was spent from the public purse on the (a) treatment and (b) care of people with diabetes in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	6203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/11/2019 12:02:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1166728

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the effect of share-buy-back schemes on business investment.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	6204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department commissioned research in 2018 to establish whether share buybacks are being misused to hit performance targets, inflate executive pay and reduce business investment. The research was published on 19 July 2019. It found no relationship between share repurchases and investment and no evidence to suggest that buybacks are being used systematically to artificially hit earnings per share (EPS) targets.</p><p> </p><p>The research did, however, reveal that the presence of EPS targets in executive remuneration plans correlates with lower levels of investment. The study said that it would be premature to draw firm conclusions but that the area warranted further research. The Department intends to follow this up and plans to commission further research into whether there is a direct link (rather than through the use of buybacks) between executive pay targets and levels of investment and between performance targets and short-term executive decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 31/10/2019 09:47:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1166729

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Homicide: Loughinisland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2019 to Question 1562 on Homicide: Loughinisland, what the cost to the Police Service of Northern Ireland is of Operation Yurta excluding costs incurred by Durham Constabulary.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	6205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>As policing and justice are devolved matters, the costs for this investigation are matters for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and, as appropriate, the devolved Department of Justice. PSNI have advised that the estimated cost of this investigation to the end of September 2019 is £113,022, excluding costs incurred by Durham Constabulary.</p><p> </p><p>PSNI have also indicated that as this is an ongoing investigation, further costs will be incurred.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 05/11/2019 11:10:51 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1150370

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on the roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>We want the transition to 2040 to be consumer and market-led, supported by the measures set out in the Road to Zero strategy. The Government’s ambition is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles, and we want chargepoints to be accessible, reliable, affordable and secure.</p><p> </p><p>We want to encourage and leverage private sector investment to build and operate a self-sustaining public network supported by the right policy framework. Government funding and leadership, alongside private sector investment, has supported the installation of more than 20,000 public chargepoints. This includes 2,000 rapid chargepoints, one of the largest rapid networks in Europe. The Office for Low Emission Vehicles is going further and is working with industry to set out a vision by Autumn 2019, for a core infrastructure network of rapid and high powered chargepoints across England’s key road network.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s grant schemes and the £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will also see thousands more chargepoints installed across the UK. Highways England has committed £15m to ensure there is a rapid chargepoint (where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020, and the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives Government powers to ensure appropriate provision of chargepoints at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers if needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:16:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis