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1453262

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2022
	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	Youth Services: Harrow West
	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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the claim by the YMCA that, adjusted to real terms, Harrow West has experienced a decrease in funding for youth services of 61 per cent in the last decade; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	144819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Local Authorities have a statutory duty to allocate funding to youth services in line with local need. This is funded from the Local Government settlement, which was over £12 billion this year.</p><p>The government recognises the vital role that youth services and activities play in improving the life chances and wellbeing of young people. The government is investing £560 million over the next 3 years in a new National Youth Guarantee, so that by 2025 every young person will have access to regular clubs and activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to volunteer.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/03/2022 16:03:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1307239

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Youth Services
	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 assessment his Department made of the effectiveness of the (a) National Citizen Service, (b) Scout Association and (c) cadets prior to deciding on funding allocations for those organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	178777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>NCS has been subject to multiple independent evaluations that have consistently demonstrated the positive impacts that NCS delivers to both its participants and the communities where they live. In the most recent evaluation, conducted by Kantar, analysis showed for every £1 spent on NCS there was a return on investment of £3.49. Including increased leadership skills, volunteering levels and wellbeing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The last funding provided directly from DCMS to uniformed youth groups (including the Scouts) came in the £5m, 2018/19 Uniformed Youth Fund (UYF), administered by the Youth United Foundation (YUF) and resulted in the creation of 10,892 new places for young people in disadvantaged areas and 1,643 new adult volunteers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ministry of Defence is responsible for any funding allocations made to cadet groups, therefore DCMS has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 19/04/2021 10:59:44 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1586500

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to develop bilateral youth mobility schemes with EU member states; and if she will take steps to help secure such agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	146761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories including EU Member States. As with previous agreements that we have concluded, Government's approach will be to ensure that the UK nationals benefit from any such new arrangements. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/02/2023 12:33:06 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1549127

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	World Wine Trade Group
	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 her Department has made of the potential benefits of the UK joining the World Wine Trade Group; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	104092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has not completed an assessment of the benefits of joining the World Wine Trade Group (WWTG). However I can report that at the WWTG's request, a representative from the British Consulate in San Francisco attended this year's annual WWTG meeting in Santa Rosa, California. They gave a short address to the meeting covering various UK wine related topics including importer labelling, met with WWTG members and learned more about the various strands of work that are being progressed.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/12/2022 15:44:52 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1309511

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2021
	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	Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus
	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 additional covid-19 testing capacity will be provided to support the return of fans to Wembley Stadium; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	181180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Events Research Programme aims to examine the risk of transmission of Covid-19 from attendance at events and explore ways to enable people to attend a range of events safely. To achieve this, the programme will explore how a combination of testing and non-pharmaceutical interventions (actions that people can take to mitigate the spread of coronavirus) can inform decisions on safely lifting restrictions at events.</p><p>As part of the Events Research Programme, there will be three events taking place at Wembley Stadium: an FA Cup Semi Final, the FA Cup Final and the Carabao Cup final.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To test transmission of COVID-19 at the event itself and effectiveness of pre-event LFD testing in detecting those infected with COVID-19, participants will also be asked to provide a PCR test on the day of the event and a home PCR test five days after the event.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Testing will largely be delivered through the existing community testing network, with results validated by the event organisers before ticket-holders are admitted to the venue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/04/2021 16:44:24 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1309513

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2021
	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	Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus
	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 his Department is planning to take to prevent the potential for fraudulent negative covid-19 test results being used by travelling football fans seeking to gain access to the Carabao cup final; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	181181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>All attendees will be asked to provide consent to enter the research programme, prior to being invited to attend the event. The consent will be specific to each event.</p><p>Our Science Board has agreed that testing will be required to take place both before and after the event in order to ensure event safety and to gather evidence on the pilots.</p><p>Attendees will take a LFD test at an assisted testing site within 24 hours before an event, as well as an at-home PCR test before the event which will be posted to attendees.</p><p>Participants will receive a text or email address from NHS Test and Trace which they will need to present to stewards upon entry to the stadium footprint. A negative test, taken within the timeframe specified, is required for entry. Results will be validated by the event organisers before ticket-holders are admitted to the venue.</p><p>Details of testing requirements <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-about-the-events-research-programme-erp-paving-the-way-for-larger-audiences-to-attend-sport-theatre-and-gigs-safely-this-summer/guidance-on-the-events-research-programme" target="_blank">have been published</a> and are included in the initial consent document, to ensure those invited to attend ERP pilots are informed of testing procedures.</p><p>The ERP delivery team is working closely with the event operators, local Directors of Public Health, local authorities and police to ensure each pilot is conducted safely.</p><p>All events will be supported by highly capable safety teams and have the full support and buy-in from the relevant local authorities, police and Directors for Public Health.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/04/2021 16:11:49 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1309514

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2021
	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	Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus
	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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the spread of covid-19 infections of thousands of football fans travelling to the Carabao cup final; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	181182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p>The Events Research Programme (ERP) aims to examine the risk of transmission of Covid-19 from attendance at events and explore ways to enable people to attend a range of events safely. To achieve this, the programme will explore how a combination of testing and non-pharmaceutical interventions (actions that people can take to mitigate the spread of coronavirus) can inform decisions on safely lifting restrictions at events</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Public safety is our main priority and decisions will be guided by a Science Board of relevant experts including senior PHE representation, who will take into account the latest public health data. All pilots will be designed in a scientifically controlled way, with special consideration to reduce risk of transmission.</p><p> </p><p>Entry will be subject to a negative test result. In practice this will work in much the same way that international travel has taken place in recent months - entry will be denied to those that cannot provide evidence of a negative test result.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of attendees who attend the ERP events will be local to the venue. However attendees with valid ERP tickets can travel to the event in line with HMG guidance. We have already published a public notice on ERP which includes HMG guidance <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-about-the-events-research-programme-erp-paving-the-way-for-larger-audiences-to-attend-sport-theatre-and-gigs-safely-this-summer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/04/2021 15:28:02 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1327513

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2021
	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	Waste: Recycling
	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 has taken to ensure that rubbish exported from the UK to be recycled is not dumped in unregulated and illegal sites; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	6173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>It is illegal under retained EU law to export UK waste for disposal to countries outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Area. Individuals and businesses found to be exporting waste in contravention of the requirements of the UK legislation can face a two-year jail term and an unlimited fine. In addition, the export of UK waste for disposal to EU/ EFTA countries is generally prohibited, save for the strictly limited exceptions which are laid out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-plan-for-shipments-of-waste" target="_blank">UK Plan for Shipments of Waste</a>. Proposed updates to the Plan were consulted upon earlier this year and the revised UK Plan will be published next month. The UK Government is committed to banning the export of plastic waste for recycling to countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Government will consult on this measure and work is underway to make this happen.</p><p>The UK environmental regulators take a pro-active, intelligence led approach to checking compliance with the legislation on waste shipments, targeting exports which pose a high risk and intervening to stop illegal exports taking place. In 2019-20 the Environment Agency (EA) stopped 1,889 containers at ports and intervened at waste loading sites, preventing the illegal export of 463 containers comprising 22,688 tonnes of waste.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the regulators undertake rigorous checks to ensure businesses accredited as exporters of packaging waste under the Packaging Waste Regulations comply with their conditions of accreditation, this includes verifying evidence that exported waste is recycled. Conditions of accreditation have been tightened to require an exporter to provide the EA with full details of the final overseas reprocessing sites receiving packaging waste it exports and to provide access to export documentation to prove that the material reached or was accepted by these overseas reprocessing sites. In 2020 the EA cancelled the accreditation of 4 exporters and suspended 7 accreditations Government is consulting currently on reforms to the packaging producer responsibility system which includes proposals for new requirements on those exporting packaging waste for recycling.</p><p> </p><p>We are also taking action to reduce the volume of waste generated in the first place. The Resources and Waste Strategy (RWS) for England, published in December 2018, sets out the Government’s plans to reduce, reuse, and recycle more plastic than we do now. Our target is to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste throughout the life of the 25 Year Environment Plan, but for the most problematic plastics we are going faster - which is why we have committed to work towards all plastic packaging placed on the market being recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. We also committed to introducing electronic waste tracking to help us understand where waste is within the system. That will help to tackle illegal movements and misdescription of waste.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress, by introducing one of the world’s toughest bans on microbeads in rinse-off personal care products and have significantly reduced the use of single-use carrier bags by the main supermarket retailers by 95% with our 5p charge. The charge increased to 10p and was extended to all businesses on 21 May 2021. In October 2020, we introduced measures to restrict the supply of plastic straws, plastic drink stirrers, and plastic-stemmed cotton buds. We will continue to review the latest evidence on problematic products and/ or materials to take a systematic approach to reducing the use of unnecessary single-use plastic products, including problematic packaging materials. Furthermore, from April 2022, plastic packaging that does not contain at least 30% recycled content will be subject to a tax of £200/tonne. Further details on the development of this tax can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax/plastic-packaging-tax#detailed-proposal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-plastic-packaging-tax/plastic-packaging-tax#detailed-proposal</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our Environment Bill will enable us to significantly change the way that we manage our waste and implement proposals from the Resources and Waste Strategy. The Bill includes powers to create extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes; introduce deposit return schemes (DRS); establish greater consistency in the recycling system; better control the export of plastic waste; and to set new charges for other single-use plastic items. Our approach is focused on encouraging greater uptake of reusable alternatives and increasing supply and demand for secondary materials to be recycled in the UK. We have set new targets for plastic packaging to be recycled (to 2023) and we are currently consulting on a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, an Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for packaging, and our proposals for greater consistency in household and business recycling.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Plastic Packaging Data (tonnes)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total placed on the market (PoM)</p></td><td><p>Total recycling</p></td><td><p>UK recycling</p></td><td><p>Export</p></td><td><p>% Exported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2,472,317</p></td><td><p>1,141,316</p></td><td><p>447,078</p></td><td><p>690,631</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,361,000</p></td><td><p>1,034,410</p></td><td><p>384,848</p></td><td><p>649,562</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,260,000</p></td><td><p>1,044,363</p></td><td><p>358,467</p></td><td><p>685,896</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,260,000</p></td><td><p>1,015,226</p></td><td><p>330,731</p></td><td><p>684,495</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,260,000</p></td><td><p>891,141</p></td><td><p>327,591</p></td><td><p>563,550</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 6171 6172 6174 6175 question first answered 02/06/2021 14:56:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1550000

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	106311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The number of staff allocated to deal with issues related to international trade at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales in each of the last five years is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of staff allocated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department currently has 2 members of staff allocated to deal with issues related to international trade and has no plans to change this allocation in the next two years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/12/2022 10:13:35 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401767

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has held (a) any financial or consultancy contracts and (b) meetings with representatives of (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	101603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not held any financial or consultancy contracts or meetings with representatives of Clifford Chance LLP, FTI Consulting or Fenchurch Advisory Partners in any of the last five years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 19/01/2022 11:44:30 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas