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860736

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Alternative Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2018, to Question 129771 in which local authority the 117 alternative provision academies and free schools are located; for which years between 2013 to 2017 those academies have been open; and whether those such academies are new schools or convert academies.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	132093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>As at end of February 2018, there are 117 open AP academies and free schools; 79 are schools that have converted as academies and 38 have opened as new free schools. The tables attached provide figures on the number of these establishments, split by local authority and the year they opened between 2012 and 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name Table 1 132093.docx title Table 1 2 file name Table 2 132093.docx title Table 2 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:38:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1123380

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to review the requirement for holographic ID for the purchase of alcohol.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	248072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has no plans to review the requirement for a holographic mark or an ultra-violet feature on identification used for the purchase of alcohol. In due course, the mandatory licensing condition that includes this requirement will need to be amended to allow the use of digital forms of identification. However, at present there are no industry standards on which to base such an amendment.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/05/2019 16:16:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1125645

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2019 to Question 248072, whether his Department has a timeframe for the introduction of digital forms of identification for the purchase of alcohol.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	252611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has no timeframe for amending the mandatory licensing condition on age verification to enable the use of digital forms of identification.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 13:45:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

892112

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to improve standards of safety in animal rescue homes.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	904960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Many such establishments are members of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes whose members must meet minimum standards of welfare and undertake home checks prior to releasing the pet animal. We have no current plans to regulate animal rescue homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 12:01:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

894900

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of animal rescue homes in England.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	139607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>We do not have any recent estimates of the number of animal rescue homes in England.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/05/2018 14:08:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

894901

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April to Question 904960 on Animal Welfare, how many animal rescue homes are members of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	139608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>According to the website of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes there are 76 full members and 55 associate members.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/05/2018 10:31:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

911114

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of animal rescue centres with overcrowded living conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	147981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made any such assessments, but under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is an offence to cause any unnecessary suffering to an animal or to fail to provide for its welfare needs. If anyone has any concerns about the welfare of an animal in a rescue centre, they should report it to the relevant local authority which has powers to investigate, or to the RSPCA who can also investigate such matters. The Government supports the work of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes whose members must meet minimum standards of welfare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 147982 question first answered 04/06/2018 10:48:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

911116

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of animals that are unsuitably re-homed from animal rescue centres in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	147982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made any such assessments, but under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is an offence to cause any unnecessary suffering to an animal or to fail to provide for its welfare needs. If anyone has any concerns about the welfare of an animal in a rescue centre, they should report it to the relevant local authority which has powers to investigate, or to the RSPCA who can also investigate such matters. The Government supports the work of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes whose members must meet minimum standards of welfare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 147981 question first answered 04/06/2018 10:48:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

911117

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the processes for checking for diseases in animal rescue centres.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	147983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>All animal keepers, including operators of animal rescue centres, have a duty of care to prevent unnecessary suffering, and are legally obliged to report the presence of notifiable diseases to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), even if they only suspect that an animal may be affected. Failure to do so is an offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/06/2018 10:54:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

914863

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of 26 April 2018, Official Report, column 1007, how many charities have made representations to his Department to register (a) concerns about the potential burden of and (b) support for introducing licensing and regulation for animal rescue homes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	149081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>We do not have precise numbers available of the charities that have expressed an opinion on the regulation of animal rescue homes over the last five years. However, Defra is aware that animal rescue homes have expressed views on both sides of the argument in relation to the regulation of such establishments. Ministers have not held any recent discussions with animal charities about the regulation of animal rescue homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 149082 question first answered 07/06/2018 13:15:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt