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946770

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Meat: Consumption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect on the environment of reducing meat consumption nationally.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out a recent assessment of the effect on the environment of reducing meat consumption nationally.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has previously commissioned research to assess the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of sustainable diets. This research considered a reduction of meat consumption as a variable for some scenarios alongside a number of other variables of the diet.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2018 10:46:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946771

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Abortion Act 1967
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Under the Abortion Act 1967, women have early access to safe, legal, high quality abortion services. There were 194,668 abortions performed under the provisions of the Abortion Act in England and Wales in 2017, with 98% of abortions being funded by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Abortion is an issue on which the Government adopts a neutral stance. Proposals for legislative change are a matter for backbenchers to bring forward and decisions are made on the basis of free votes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/09/2018 12:41:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946773

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Real Bread Campaign
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the goals of the Real Bread Campaign; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra is aware of the Real Bread Campaign’s ‘Honest Crust Act’ campaign. We are satisfied, however, that the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 is effective in protecting consumers from misleading labelling and advertising of food.</p><p> </p><p>EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires pre-packaged bread to display full labelling information including an ingredients list. The exemption from labelling for loaves sold loose is made for the purpose of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on small businesses and bakeries, while ensuring the essential information is clear to the consumer. These requirements, together with the guidance on terms such as ‘traditional’, ‘farmhouse’ and ‘homemade’ used by food businesses and trading standards officers, provide robust protection to consumers against misleading labelling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 167391 question first answered 04/09/2018 15:44:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946774

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Bread: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to the appropriate labelling and marketing of bread products; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra is aware of the Real Bread Campaign’s ‘Honest Crust Act’ campaign. We are satisfied, however, that the Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and General Food Law Regulation (EC) 178/2002 is effective in protecting consumers from misleading labelling and advertising of food.</p><p> </p><p>EU Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires pre-packaged bread to display full labelling information including an ingredients list. The exemption from labelling for loaves sold loose is made for the purpose of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden on small businesses and bakeries, while ensuring the essential information is clear to the consumer. These requirements, together with the guidance on terms such as ‘traditional’, ‘farmhouse’ and ‘homemade’ used by food businesses and trading standards officers, provide robust protection to consumers against misleading labelling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 167390 question first answered 04/09/2018 15:44:32 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946775

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Israel: Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on Israel’s immigration policy which restricts the access of international passport holders to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>We remain concerned about Israeli restrictions on freedom of movement and access into and out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We continue to raise these wider concerns with the Israeli authorities. However it is for Israel to decide its immigration policy. We have updated our travel advice recommending that concerned UK nationals contact the Israeli Embassy for further information.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2018 11:51:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946869

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average number of (a) available and (b) occupied consultant-led mental health beds in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013/14, National Health Service trusts may have started to classify an increasing number of mental illness beds as non-consultant-led. This is because some mental health services are now run by multi-disciplinary teams rather than consultants.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/09/2018 10:08:16 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name PQ 167393 - Alex Sobel - Table on Av and Occ mental illness beds YH.xlsx title PQ167393 attached document
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946871

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act 2007 in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) England in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of detentions under the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983, England and National Health Service facilities within Yorkshire and the Humber area, 2009-10 to 2016-17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>46,600</p></td><td><p>46,348</p></td><td><p>48,631</p></td><td><p>50,408</p></td><td><p>53,176</p></td><td><p>58,399</p></td><td><p>63,622</p></td><td><p>45,864</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>3,690</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td><td><p>3,425</p></td><td><p>3,425</p></td><td><p>3,805</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>4,250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: KP90 (2009/10 to 2015/16), Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS)/MHA Acute (2016/17) - NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>For Yorkshire and the Humber, figures are given for NHS facilities only and excludes detentions in independent sector providers (ISP). This is because many large ISPs submit data at organisational level, and it is not possible to apportion detentions to a particular geographical area for these providers.</p><p> </p><p>From 2016/17 the way these statistics are sourced and produced has changed. As a result 2016/17 figures are not directly comparable to previous years. Further information on the MHSDS data collection is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures-2016-17-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures/mental-health-act-statistics-annual-figures-2016-17-experimental-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/09/2018 10:14:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946946

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that legal aid solicitors have the capacity to meet the demand for their services in relation to complex asylum cases.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency requires that all providers who deliver legal aid to asylum seekers comply with the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme, with such work being overseen by an appointed supervisor of legal aid work for immigration and asylum cases at each firm.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:11:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

944784

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase staff retention rates in UK schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	166258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Leeds North West to the answer I gave on 12 July 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-07-09/162157" target="_blank">162157</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/07/2018 17:03:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

944785

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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	Arthritis
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 his Department is taking to ensure that people with Arthritis have adequate access to (a) aids and (b) adaptations that enable them to live independently.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	166259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>We know that aids and adaptations can greatly enhance the quality of life of older and disabled people, including those with arthritis, in addition to supporting them to be as independent as possible in their own homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) supports disabled people, on low-incomes, to adapt their homes to make them safe and suitable for their needs. Funding had already increased year-on-year, rising from £220 million in 2015-16 to £431 million in 2017-18. The Autumn Budget 2017 provided an additional £42 million for the remainder of the 2017-18 financial year. The grant is £468 million in 2018-19 and funding will rise further to £505 million by 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>An independent review of the DFG has recently completed. It assesses how the DFG is currently working, and makes evidence-based recommendations on how it could change in the future. It also considers wider adaptations issues including how the DFG might need to adapt to the changing aids and adaptations market and whether it could support the adoption of new innovations and technology, and new designs. The Department of Health and Social Care, together with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, is carefully considering the recommendations and next steps.</p><p> </p><p>Personal health budgets are another way the National Health Service is giving people more choice and control of the services they receive. Personal health budgets can be spent on a range of things agreed as part of a care plan, including community equipment such as aids and minor adaptations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/07/2018 15:32:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel