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1311801

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Chad: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Chad and its potential consequences for the wider region.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	186151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The security and humanitarian situation in the Sahel is fragile. Chad plays an important role in regional stability and security. It makes significant contributions to the UN Peacekeeping Mission (MINUSMA) in Mali, the G5 Sahel Joint Force, and the Multinational Joint Task Force, which is headquartered in N'Djamena and focused on combating terrorism in the Lake Chad Basin. Chad also hosts 495,000 refugees. It is essential that stability is restored and that we see a peaceful, inclusive transition that leads to a civilian, constitutional government.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 29/04/2021 11:16:21 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1310560

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Blasphemy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider bringing forward legislative proposals to reform of the law on blasphemy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	184424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>My Department does not have plans to reform the law on blasphemy.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 27/04/2021 15:37:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1310568

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent communication officials in his Department have had with the Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	184425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Since the beginning of this year, DCMS officials have communicated with Nick Clegg, Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications at Facebook, in advance of his meetings with the DCMS Secretary of State on 12 January 2021 and 25 February 2021. Additionally, officials were in contact to set up a meeting with the DCMS Director General for Digital and Media in April 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 27/04/2021 13:20:36 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1310576

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of considering the production and consumption of cellular meat as part of the National Food Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	184426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>In 2019, the Government asked Henry Dimbleby to carry out an independent review of the food system. Part one of that review was published in July 2020 and contained recommendations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic with chapters on trade, health and food insecurity. Part Two of the report will be published in Summer 2021 and will include a root and branch examination of the food system. The findings of the review will inform the Government’s food strategy, to be set out in a Food Strategy White Paper due to be published in the 6 months following the final report.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Strategy White Paper will support the development of a food system that is sustainable, resilient and supports people to live healthy lives. We recognise the importance of innovative approaches and novel technologies in this pursuit, and already have a base for the Food Strategy to build upon through the 2013 Agri-Tech Strategy and Defra’s Agricultural Transition Plan which was published on Monday 30th November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 28/04/2021 13:27:47 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1309392

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure the safety of translators in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	181247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to fulfilling its responsibilities to current and former locally employed staff in Afghanistan. That is why we developed a new Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), which launched on 1 April 2021. It acknowledges and reflects the fact that the situation in Afghanistan has changed, and with it the potential risk to current and former Locally Employed Staff who worked for the UK Government over the past twenty years.</p><p> </p><p>Under the new scheme, any current or former Locally Employed Staff who are assessed to be under serious threat [to life] will be offered priority relocation to the UK regardless of their employment status, rank or role, or length of time served. And local staff who have worked in roles which could have exposed their identities and placed them at risk of reprisals will be relocated to the UK by default.</p><p> </p><p>The Defence Secretary is working with the Home Secretary as part of a cross Government effort, at pace, to make sure that those who have served alongside us in Afghanistan are looked after in the future. An announcement will be made shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/04/2021 14:06:58 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1308485

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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	Sewage: 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, how many Combined Sewage Overflow discharges occurred in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The 2020 storm overflow data submitted by water companies in England is published by the Environment Agency on gov.uk and can be found following the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2020 there were 12,092 storm overflows with monitoring data, reporting a total spills count for the year of 403,171.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/04/2021 15:28:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1308486

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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	Sewage: 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 the combined length of time was that Combined Sewage Overflows discharged effluent in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The 2020 storm overflow data submitted by water companies in England is published by the Environment Agency on gov.uk and can be found following the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac" target="_blank">https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/21e15f12-0df8-4bfc-b763-45226c16a8ac</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2020 there were 12,092 storm overflows with monitoring data reporting a combined length of time of operation for the year of 3,101,150 hours.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/04/2021 15:21:02 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1308487

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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: Production
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 the amount of food that is produced on a non-commercial basis on (a) allotments and (b) private land.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>Defra estimates the proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables entering the household which come from free sources, mainly gardens and allotments. In 2018/19 this was 3 percent.</p><p> </p><p>In the same period the percentage of eggs entering the household which were free or home produced was 3.8 percent.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 21/04/2021 14:01:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1308488

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Rivers: Sewage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the level of illegal discharges of sewage into Welsh rivers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The responsibility for the management of pollution and assessments into the illegal discharge of sewage falls within the remit of the Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 19/04/2021 10:02:33 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1308489

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
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	NHS: Zero Hours Contracts
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 his Department has made of the number of people employed directly by the NHS on zero hours contracts as at 13 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/04/2021 09:30:50 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord