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746696

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date	29/06/2017
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	Air Pollution: North of England
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 air quality in Liverpool, Walton constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve air quality in northern cities.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	2034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty under the Environment Act 1995 to review and assess air quality for a range of pollutants in their areas. If a local authority finds any places that are not likely to achieve national air quality objectives it must declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and to draw up an action plan detailing remedial measures to address the problem. In the case of Liverpool it has declared the whole city as an AQMA and expects to meet the annual mean for nitrogen dioxide by 2020. In November 2016 I met Councillor Ann O’Byrne, Deputy Mayor of Liverpool City Council and Steve Rotheram the then MP for Liverpool, Walton and now Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to discuss air quality in the City. In February 2017 I also met Dr Jon Lamonte, Chief Executive of Transport for Greater Manchester, which has responsibility for air quality on behalf of the Combined Authority, to discuss air quality there. In 2016 Manchester amended the individual borough AQMAs into a single one for the Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Defra publishes the latest information covering local authorities in the ‘Air Pollution in the UK’ report published on our website and available here: <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/</a>. Air quality reports of the local authorities are based on 43 areas within the UK (termed zones and agglomerations) and Walton is contained in the agglomeration Liverpool Urban Area UK0006.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be publishing the final Air Quality Plan for nitrogen dioxide by 31 July, which will include next steps for cities across the United Kingdom where exceedances exist.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/07/2017 12:30:27 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

746704

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral contribution by the former Under-Secretary of State for Health on 21 March 2017, Official Report, Column 775, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Food and Drink Federation's decision not to introduce the Government's 20 per cent optional reduction in sugar content in its members' products by 2020 on his Department's policies to tackle (a) childhood obesity and (b) childhood tooth decay.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>There has been no assessment made of the effect of Food and Drink Federation members’ compliance or non-compliance in achieving the 20% reduction in sugar content of key products contributing to children’s intakes by 2020 on childhood obesity or childhood tooth decay.</p><p> </p><p>In ‘Sugar reduction: The evidence for action’, published in October 2015, Public Health England (PHE) undertook modelling work to estimate the potential health impact and wider economic benefits of achieving the average population intake recommendation for sugar. This modelling found that achieving this over a 10-year period would result in 4,100 premature deaths and 204,000 cases of dental caries being averted, resulting in a total cost saving to the National Health Service of £484 million.</p><p> </p><p>PHE encourages all businesses to achieve the reductions in sugar as set out in ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’. A detailed assessment of industry’s progress will be published in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 11:13:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

746713

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will allow the Child Maintenance Service to use Child Support Agency fraud investigations to inform its work.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Where a Child Maintenance Service case has been referred to the Financial Investigations Unit we will use any previous Child Support Agency investigation findings as information to inform activity on the case. Evaluations will take place on a case by case basis to understand if historic findings are still relevant and fit with new legislation introduced by the Child Maintenance Service. There are currently no plans to change this process.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/07/2017 11:28:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

746715

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to allow the Child Maintenance Service to use Child Support Agency assessments to inform its work.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Financial information used to calculate a liability within the child maintenance scheme comes directly from HMRC. This is faster and more accurate than relying on the Child Support Agency (CSA) assessment method of self reported income. Variation is available where parents believe there are additional factors that should be taken in to account. Where information held by the CSA is relevant to the likelihood of the liability being paid, for example if the case is subject to enforcement action, the Child Maintenance Service can take this into account when considering the arrangement by which future maintenance should be paid.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/07/2017 11:37:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

746732

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Air Pollution
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 information his Department holds on the mean average value for nitrogen dioxide levels by parliamentary constituency in 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold the specified information by Parliamentary constituency. Information on modelled annual mean nitrogen dioxide concentrations for 2015 by local authority is available via the UK Ambient Air Quality Interactive map on our website at: uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/07/2017 12:35:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746733

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 his Department is taking to reduce late Basic Payment Sceheme payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Rural Payments Agency has made a number of improvements in the processing of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2016 claims. Last year a record number of BPS claimants applied through the online system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 28 June 2017, 85,197 eligible farmers (99.2% of the total) have been issued their BPS payment. The Rural Payments Agency continues to focus on the completion of the remainder and dealing with any queries on BPS 2016 claims raised by farmers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/07/2017 10:40:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746763

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ascension Island: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the US Department of Defense on the US air force's refusal to repair the airstrip at Ascension Island before its next scheduled refurbishment in 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	2035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department of Defense (DOD) remain committed to ongoing repairs and a full resurfacing of the Ascension Island runway. The Ministry of Defence continues to liaise closely with the DOD and the Department of State regarding their plans for interim repair work and a full surface resurfacing programme.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/07/2017 14:00:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

746777

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) total number of available regular training places and (b) number of such places that have been filled at (i) ITC Catterick, (ii) ATC Pirbright, (iii) ATC Winchester, (iv) ATC Harrogate and (v) RMAS in each of the last 24 months, broken down by course.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The intake for Sandhurst Officer Commissioning Courses (CC) over the last 24 months is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year of Start</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Regular CC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start of Course </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK Officer Cadets Starting</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>CC153</p></td><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>CC161</p></td><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>CC162</p></td><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>CC163</p></td><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>CC171</p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>CC172</p></td><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The maximum capacity of a single Commissioning Course is 270. This figure relates only to course capacity and does not represent the Army’s intake requirement for Officers.</p><p> </p><p>Data in the table above have been taken from management information and are single service estimates, not official defence statistics.</p><p> </p><p>For Other Ranks further time is required to collate and validate course data. I will write once work is complete and place a copy in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/07/2017 14:00:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

746782

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Musicians
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 she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) musicians from the EU working in the UK and (b) UK musicians working in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are working closely with the creative industries to better understand the possible impacts on those working in the sector, including musicians from the EU working in the UK and UK musicians working in the EU, following the UK's decision to leave.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/07/2017 10:28:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

746794

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Cultural Heritage: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on a reciprocal exemption for accredited heritage and museum professions, craftspeople and academics in the new visa regime after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	2025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Museums and heritage organisations greatly value the expertise and contributions of a range of professionals from the EU: from conservators to scientists, to curators. DCMS is consulting with stakeholders across the heritage and cultural sectors to fully understand their need to access expertise after we exit from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/07/2017 09:03:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan