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1141966

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to prevent animal cruelty.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	912192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is leading the way in promoting animal welfare by bringing forward legislation that will increase the maximum custodial penalty for animal cruelty in England from 6 months’ to 5 years’ imprisonment. We have also made it a requirement for all slaughterhouses to have CCTV; updated and improved the laws regulating dog breeding and pet sales; and banned the third party sale of puppies and kittens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 912197 question first answered 25/07/2019 15:37:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1140866

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people aged 16 to 18 years old who will benefit from the proposed introduction of a new discount railcard for that age group in (a) Mansfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	280380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>All young people aged 16 – 17 are eligible to benefit from the card in these regions, and market research indicates that approximately 2/3 of young people may take advantage in the East Midlands region.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/07/2019 15:12:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1140867

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the penalties incurred for (a) possession and (b) supply and production of synthetic cannabinoids.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	280381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. There is a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both for possession of a Class B drug and 14 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both, for the supply and production of a Class B drug.</p><p>There was a total of 281 convictions for the principal offence of possession of synthetic cannabinoids in 2018, up from 71 convictions in 2017 and no convictions in 2016. For the principal offences of either supply, possession with intent to supply or production of synthetic cannabinoids there were 18 convictions in 2018, up from 4 convictions in 2017 and 4 convictions in 2016.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to provide an updated harms assessment on their previous reports on synthetic cannabinoids. The commission also seeks recommendations on whether the current classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 of synthetic cannabinoids is appropriate. The advice is due in summer 2020. The full commission has been published online on the gov.uk website. <br>The Government will await the ACMD’s further advice and recommendations</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2019 16:00:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1140869

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: Nottinghamshire
	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 (a) availability and (b) waiting times for therapeutic services for mental health conditions in Nottinghamshire.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	280383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the availability of therapeutic services for mental health conditions delivered through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme in Nottinghamshire clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)<sup>1</sup> is not collected.</p><p>Information on waiting times for such services in the Nottinghamshire CCGs in 2019 is in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of referrals finishing a course of treatment</p></td><td><p>Mean wait to enter treatment<sup>2</sup> (days)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of finishing referrals<sup>3</sup> seen within 6 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p>25.3</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>27.4</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, IAPT dataset</p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup> NHS Bassetlaw CCG, NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG, NHS Newark and Sherwood CCG, NHS Nottingham City CCG, NHS Nottingham North and East CCG, NHS Nottingham West CCG and NHS Rushcliffe CCG.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Waiting time to enter treatment is calculated as the number of days between the referral received date and the first attended treatment appointment. Referral received date and the first treatment appointment dates do not necessarily occur in the same month.</p><p><sup>3</sup> In order to finish a course of treatment, a referral must have ended in the month with at least two treatment appointments having been attended in the course of the referral.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 16:13:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1139420

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Rugby: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated from the public purse to wheelchair rugby in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	277844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>At the grassroots level, Sport England has invested a total of £3,387,319 Lottery and Exchequer funding to support Wheelchair Rugby since 2014/15.</p><p>For the 2013-17 Rio Paralympic cycle, UK Sport invested £3,037,607 into Wheelchair Rugby, and £57,000 into the 2015 BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge. In the current 2017-21 Tokyo cycle, UK Sport awarded £50,000 for the GB Wheelchair Rugby team to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Australia, £500,000 from UK Sport's Aspiration Fund, and £50,000 to support their International Relations strategy.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 14:22:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1139421

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Hockey: Finance
	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 plans he has to increase funding for hockey at grassroots level across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	277845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>DCMS arm’s length body, Sport England’s core market investment into England Hockey for 2017/21 is £9.83 million. £7m is targeted on interventions including developing a more flexible format, protecting key facilities and improving governance and the use of data in driving up participation. £2.83 m is for developing talent at grassroots level.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in the last 10 years, Sport England have invested £4.8m in Hockey facilities, clubs and projects (3.8m Lottery, £1m Exchequer)</p><p> </p><p>Future funding will depend on the strength of incoming bids and to what extent they meet the aims of the Government sport strategy, Sporting Future.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/07/2019 14:39:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1137782

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the operation of the Anti-knife Crime Community Fund in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	275241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office anti-knife crime Community Fund provided support for community organisations for early intervention and prevention projects through awarding small grants in 2017-18 and 2018-19. In 2017-18 it funded 47 projects totalling £1million across England and Wales. It was increased to £1.5million in 2018/19 and supported 68 projects and initial assessments show that the projects have reached at least 50,000 children and young people. We are ensuring that the funding is used effectively, and Home Office officials have conducted a series of visits to projects in order to be satisfied about effective delivery. On 26 June, we launched the third year of the Fund for 2019-20 and the deadline for bids is 24 July.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/07/2019 15:23:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1137792

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	Museums and Galleries: East Midlands
	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 steps he is taking to encourage more people to visit (a) museums and (b) art galleries in the East Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	275242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>We want to ensure that East Midlands museums and galleries continue to thrive and engage with diverse audiences. To that end, museums and galleries in the region receive public funding from a variety of sources, including Arts Council England, National Heritage Lottery Fund, local authorities and others, as well as benefiting from a range of tax reliefs and grants. For instance, three regional museums and galleries in Derby and Nottingham were awarded funding from the £4 million DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund this year, and we look forward to seeing their projects take shape. East Midlands museums and galleries have continued to find innovative ways to use their buildings and objects to best effect and improve their audiences’ engagement and experience.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/07/2019 09:55:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1137795

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	NHS: WiFi
	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 he is taking to ensure that NHS wifi is rolled out to every (a) general practitioner practice and (b) community, mental health and acute NHS trust in Nottinghamshire.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	275243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that both Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust offer a free WiFi service. 97% (143 out of 147) general practitioner (GP) practices in Nottinghamshire offer a free WiFi service. NHS Digital is supporting Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group in enabling the remaining 4 GP practices to implement free WiFi services by September 2019. All community, mental health and acute trusts in Nottinghamshire are live with NHS WiFi services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/07/2019 14:14:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1137814

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	Animal Welfare: East Midlands
	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 adequacy of the number of animal inspectors in the East Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	275244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, Local Authorities, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the police all have powers of entry to inspect complaints of suspected animal cruelty and to take forward prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities, such as those within the East Midlands region, to determine how to prioritise their resources as well as the number of animal inspectors they appoint under the Animal Welfare Act. Local Authorities must be able to make decisions based on local needs and resource priorities and the arrangements that work best for them.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data centrally on the number of inspectors appointed under the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 17/07/2019 14:28:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley