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78456

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date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Horse Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken in response to the discovery of horsemeat in other foods in 2013 to improve co-operation between Government departments on public health issues.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues to develop its capability in relation to food fraud, in response to recommendations made in the reviews of the horsemeat incident, working closely with other Government Departments, enforcement agencies, local authorities and industry to detect and deter food fraud. The FSA is building an intelligence gathering network to increase the opportunity to capture and act on intelligence which may be indicative of future risks, as well as producing strategic and tactical assessments to share with relevant enforcement agencies, particularly through the Government Agency Intelligence Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 14:35:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78457

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps in co-operation with major retailers to prevent unhealthy food being marketed more favourably than healthier foods.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department has been leading a programme of voluntary action by industry to rebalance their advertising and promotion, including by offering the healthier option as a default so that their customers can choose to follow a healthy, balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>For example, major retailers such as Lidl and Tesco have committed to remove sweets and confectionery from all of their checkouts. The Department continues to encourage more partners to follow this example, and through programmes like Change4life promotes such action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2014 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78496

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to co-ordinate with the devolved administrations to plan for the effects of an ageing population.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Health and care is generally a devolved issue for the devolved administrations. Nonetheless, the Department works with the devolved administrations on matters of mutual interest, including the effects of an ageing population.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/07/2014 16:36:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78497

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to put in place a media campaign to educate the public about alternatives to antibiotics.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department is working with other Government departments to coordinate implementation of the Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy including improving public and professional understanding and awareness.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is leading on work to improve public knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in relation to antimicrobial resistance in collaboration with partners across the health and social care sector in England.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is coordinating work on European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) for England. EAAD is a European initiative which takes place on 18 November each year and aims to promote prudent antibiotic use among professionals and the public.</p><p> </p><p>PHE are also working with the Department to explore the potentional for additional targeted media work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2014 15:55:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78504

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to support the establishment of charities that support people with learning disabilities working in communities throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Government departments do not establish charities, but do work with a wide range of organisations which are led by, represent or support disabled people, some of which are registered charities.</p><p>The Government is committed to enabling disabled people, including people with learning disabilities, to fulfil their potential and play a full role in society.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is working with Mencap and the British Institute for Learning Disabilities to look at improving employment support for people with learning disabilities. Disabled People’s User Led Organisations (DPULOs) are run by and for disabled people. They have an important role in changing perceptions, giving disabled people a stronger voice, and providing peer support in areas such as social care, financial services, employment and volunteering. The Government is working to help strengthen existing disabled people’s user led organisations and help develop new ones. DPULOs in the United Kingdom have received funding for 178 projects from the DPULO programme; 13 of which are specifically for people with learning disabilities and a further 129 deal with a range of disabilities, including learning disabilities.</p><p>We will continue to work with all partners, including the voluntary sector, to change the culture and practice of services in order to improve the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities, including their employment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 01/09/2014 14:14:41 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78505

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the NHS complaints process; and if he will take steps to prevent vexatious complaints being made.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government, as part of its response to the Francis and Clwyd/Hart reviews, has established a Complaints Programme Board to bring together a range of partners across the care system to implement actions that will lead to improvements in complaints handling by the National Health Service. A significant area of its work programme is to improve transparency, governance, and the sharing of good practice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not consider it appropriate generally to seek to discourage any complaints about the NHS. However, individual NHS organisations would be expected to have published information on how they handle unreasonably persistent complainants, and to deal with such complaints in a proportionate and fair manner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 01/09/2014 13:18:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78506

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to improve the support available to young carers; and what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on improving such support.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Improving support for carers of all ages is a priority for this Government. The Department for Education has provided over £2.7 million of funding to The Children’s Society and Carers Trust over four years between 2011 and 2015 to work with local authorities and voluntary and community organisations. This has helped to promote ‘whole family’ approaches to supporting young carers and identify and share existing good practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also made significant changes to the law relating to young carers that will take effect from April 2015. Section 96 of the Children and Families Act 2014 delivers four things: it consolidates and simplifies the legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; it extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers under the age of 18 regardless of who they care for, what type of care they provide or how often they provide it; it makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or when the need becomes apparent; and it provides the appropriate links between children’s and adults’ legislation to enable local authorities to align the assessment of a young carer with an assessment of the person they care for.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will work with provisions in the Care Act that also support the combining of children’s and adults’ assessments, and the draft guidance on a whole family approach to assessing and supporting adults. Together they will provide a clear legislative framework that will support local authorities to consider the needs of the whole family, deliver coordinated packages of support and protect children and young people from excessive or inappropriate caring roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The legislative changes outlined above only affect young carers in England. The Department for Education has not discussed them with the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2014 15:07:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 11718 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

77905

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games for participation in clay pigeon shooting in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Sport England is investing £1.1 million in British Shooting for 2013-17 to get more people taking part in shooting regularly.</p><p> </p><p>According the Active People Survey, 54,300 people take part in clay pigeon shooting in England at least once a month. This is an increase of 3,800 since 2012. It is the most popular shooting discipline in England.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 gives a regional breakdown of shooting (all disciplines) participation. Please note - a regional breakdown of figures for specific shooting disciplines is not available due to the relatively small size of the sport.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Monthly Participants (16+) – Oct 2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Monthly Participants (16+) – Apr 2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change since 2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>22,800</p></td><td><p>19,400</p></td><td><p>-3,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>14,200</p></td><td><p>11,300</p></td><td><p>-2,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td><td><p>12,700</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>21,100</p></td><td><p>23,200</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>18,700</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td><td><p>-6,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td><td><p>14,400</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>9,700</p></td><td><p>16,900</p></td><td><p>7,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Data not available for these regions due to the relatively small size of the sport</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 22/07/2014 10:20:53 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

77956

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Bees
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 her most recent estimate is of the UK population of each species of bumble bee; and what steps she is taking to increase the numbers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the number of each species of bumblebee in the UK. We have made an assessment of trends in bumblebee populations from occurrence or distribution data collected by volunteer groups. Of the 26 bumblebee species which have been recorded in the UK, two have been declared extinct in the last century. One new species has arrived and another is being re-introduced. Bumblebee diversity generally decreased in Great Britain between 1950 and 1989, although the rate of decline appears to be slowing in more recent decades.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra supports a number of initiatives that directly benefit bumblebees and other insect pollinators. Building on these initiatives, we are working with stakeholders to develop a National Pollinator Strategy. This will contain a series of policy actions to safeguard pollinators. We have also commissioned a two-year research project to develop and test a programme to monitor pollinators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 18 July we launched our pollinator call to action, ‘Bees’ Needs: Food and a Home’. This is a simple message for all land managers on the essential needs of pollinators and how to fulfil them. By making a few simple changes to our land management practices, we can make a positive difference for pollinators, including bumblebees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/07/2014 12:04:11 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

77972

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Birds: Trapping
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 discussions she has had with the (a) British Association for Shooting and Conservation and (b) Countryside Alliance on Larsen traps for the control of corvids.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	205767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra Ministers have not discussed the use of Larsen traps for the control of corvids with either the British Association for Shooting and Conservation or the Countryside Alliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 09:55:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon