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1147454

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Electronic Training Aids
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 22 May 2019 to Question 254811 on Electronic Training Aids, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of electronic shock collars.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Defra continues to work up the necessary legislation needed to prohibit the use of remote controlled hand-held electronic training collars for dogs which will be laid before Parliament in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 08/10/2019 11:40:48 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147463

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2019 to Question 290332 on Department of Health and Social Care: Energy Supply, what initiatives are included in the on-going programme to reduce emissions; and what the timeframe is for the implementation of each of those initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department undertakes a rolling programme of initiatives to reduce emissions. This includes works to lighting, heating and ventilation systems and building energy systems. We do not have a timeframe for each individual initiative. A sample of some initiatives are listed in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Heating, ventilation and air conditioning</p></td><td><p>Boiler optimisation, heating additive to improve efficiency, Smartcool (cooling optimisation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lighting</p></td><td><p>Lighting upgrades including photo cell and passive infrared sensors, replacement LED lighting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Energy</p></td><td><p>Monthly energy consumption dashboard</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 10:32:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147466

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 September 2019 to Question 290332 on Department of Health and Social Care: Energy Supply, whether the criteria used by Crown Commercial Services to select an energy supplier for Government Departments and public bodies includes an assessment of the environmental policies of a supplier; and what recent steps Crown Commercial Services has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from energy use in the (a) supply of and (b) demand for energy.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>It is a requirement of Crown Commercial Services commercial arrangements that energy suppliers must comply with environmental policy, such as the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR).</p><p>All Government Departments and public bodies can access commercial solutions managed by the Crown Commercial Service for advice, support and efficiency solutions that will drive savings through energy reduction and thereby reduce their CO2 emissions.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 04/10/2019 08:10:43 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147025

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service will publish (a) weekly data on the number of probate grants issued in England and Wales and (b) up to date data on the average time between application for and grant of probate.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Quarterly data on the number of probate grants issued in England and Wales are published within the Family Court Statistics Quarterly bulletin: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a>. The latest publication was on 26th September, however the requested information for April-June 2019 has not yet been published while we investigate quality issues identified in the transition between two data systems.</p><p>Currently there are no plans to publish this data weekly but statisticians seek views from users as part of their regular consultation on the statistics to ensure they meet the Code of Practice for Statistics with regard to quality and value.</p><p>Statisticians are considering adding data on timeliness and will work in consultation with colleagues in Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and users of the data to confirm their plans prior to any publication.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/10/2019 14:35:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147026

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when waiting times for probate grants issued in England and Wales will return to below the historical average of three weeks.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has increased staffing levels and further improved the digital service to help reduce waiting times. HMCTS is committed to continuing to bring waiting times down further and aims to be back to normal waiting times for grants on new, complete, applications as soon as possible<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/10/2019 14:36:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147046

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Infectious Diseases: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has undertaken of the public health threats posed to the UK by climate change driven changes to vector-borne disease.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England continually assesses the risks posed by climate change to the changing public health threats posed by vector-borne disease. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(15)70091-5/fulltext" target="_blank">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(15)70091-5/fulltext</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:37:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147047

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Climate Change: Epidemiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of climate change on the adequacy of the level of national surveillance of disease-spreading vectors in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Climate change has been identified as one of the factors for changes in the distribution of arthropod disease vectors in Europe.</p><p>Specific research on climate and environmental change has been conducted through academic collaborations under the Health Protection Research Units. Summaries of the risks and ongoing work has been published in peer-reviewed journals. This research can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hpruezi.nihr.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.hpruezi.nihr.ac.uk/</a></p><p>Public Health England (PHE) has established surveillance and research, working with United Kingdom academics and international partners, to prepare for current and future vector-related risks in response to climate and environmental change. PHE’s assessment of the public health threats posed by Vector-Borne Disease in the United Kingdom because of climate change can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(15)70091-5/fulltext" target="_blank">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(15)70091-5/fulltext</a></p><p><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/10/2145" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/10/2145</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:35:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147048

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Insects: Non-native Species
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of invasive insect species in the UK as a result of the removal of compulsory tick treatment for pets at UK border; and whether there are any plans to reintroduce the tick treatment policy.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the data requested for the number of invasive insect species in the UK as a result of the removal of compulsory tick treatment for pets at the UK border.</p><p> </p><p>Tick surveillance has shown that tick distribution and abundance is changing throughout the UK for many reasons, including habitat and climate change. Small numbers of localised infestations with non-native tick species have been reported in recent years, and imported rescue dogs have been demonstrated to be a higher risk for carrying ticks or being infected with tick-borne diseases. For these reasons, Defra strongly encourages pet owners to treat their pets to safeguard their animals against ticks and tick transmitted diseases when travelling abroad. Further advice can be obtained from their local vet, and via the Public Health England (PHE) leaflet available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Defra has no immediate plans to amend the tick controls for pet animals entering the United Kingdom, we remain concerned about the threat of ticks and tick-borne disease. As such, a risk assessment is being planned to guide future policy and Defra continues to monitor the disease situation through the Tick Surveillance Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 07/10/2019 15:20:29 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147049

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Mosquitos: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) the cost would be and (b) assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the surveillance of invasive mosquitoes to cover the whole UK.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to specifically attribute a cost to the potential merits of extending the surveillance of invasive mosquitoes to cover the whole United Kingdom.</p><p>Surveillance for invasive mosquitoes was initiated by the Health Protection Agency in 2010 at UK air and seaports. This can be viewed at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-015-0936-9" target="_blank">https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-015-0936-9</a></p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12396" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12396</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:39:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1147050

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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 Supply: Climate Change
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 her Department is taking to (a) understand and (b) mitigate the risks to the food security of the UK population due to global climate change.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	292213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The second Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) published in 2017 identifies risks to domestic and international food production and trade as one of the UK’s top six risks from climate change. The second National Adaptation Programme (NAP) published in 2018, sets out a plan of actions across Government to address these risks (amongst others identified in the CCRA) over the following 5 years. Specifically the NAP includes actions to ensure a food supply chain which is resilient to the effects of a changing climate.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the action referenced above, we are reviewing the UK Food Security Assessment, a comprehensive analysis of UK food security in a global context. It was last published as a whole document in 2010 although the underpinning statistics are updated and monitored on a regular basis. The Assessment has six themes: Global Food Security; Global Resource Sustainability; UK Availability and Access; UK Supply Chain Resilience; Household Food Security; Consumer Safety and Confidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also commissioned an independent review to develop recommendations to help shape a national food strategy. The National Food Strategy will carry out an integrated analysis of our food system, looking across the issues of food security, climate change and health to develop a series of recommendations for Government.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 08/10/2019 12:01:13 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin