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64872

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 389W, on the legal profession, what proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service was paid to which companies for what services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	203402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>A table setting out the proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) paid to companies for services in financial years from 2010/11 to 2013/14 has been placed in the Library of the House, together with the corresponding expenditure. The CPS financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/07/2014 15:17:21 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name CPS consultancy data 2010-2014.docx title CPS consultancy data 2010 -2014 previous answer version 8474 answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald answering member 69
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023069

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether a suicide note is classified as a legal document.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	200564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office is not responsible for determining the legal status of any document. The legal status of a document would depend on a number of factors including the context it was being presented in.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/12/2018 10:55:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

671646

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Legal Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers are employed in the Government Legal Service; and how many such lawyers are (a) women and (b) from ethnic minority communities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	59592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government Legal Service (GLS) is not a department but a grouping of the legal profession within Government. Government lawyers take different forms; some are employed by the Government Legal Department (GLD), others employed by regulators and organisations at arm’s length from Government. The GLS is supported by a very small secretariat of fewer than five staff and does not systematically collect information as data is held by the lawyer’s own organisations. We are therefore unable to provide this information for the GLS. There is data for the GLD, which is the single largest ‘member’ of the GLS and the largest provider of legal services to government. As of 31 December 2016 the figures for the Government Legal Department are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of lawyers</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of female lawyers</p></td><td><p>896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of lawyers from ethnic minority communities *</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of female lawyers from ethnic minority communities *</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*This figure is obtained from the information that is voluntarily self-recorded by employees</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/01/2017 14:42:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

672035

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Profession
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to his Department was of the use of external lawyers by his Department (a) in general and (b) related to the work of the Treasury Solicitors in (i) 2016, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	59708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The cost relating to the use of external lawyers (including lawyers in the Government Legal Department, formerly the Treasury Solicitor’s Department) by the Attorney General’s Office for the last three financial years is in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD lawyers</p></td><td><p>425,859</p></td><td><p>330,442</p></td><td><p>322,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>210,537</p></td><td><p>340,640</p></td><td><p>220,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost of GLD disbursements (Other external lawyers)</p></td><td><p>40,153</p></td><td><p>8,677</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-GLD legal fees (Counsel)</p></td><td><p>18,816</p></td><td><p>14,252</p></td><td><p>18,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total external legal fees</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>695,366</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>694,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>561,153</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are exclusive of VAT.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2017 14:43:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

78986

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 184W, on consultants, who the consultants were; what they were contracted to do; and how much each was paid.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	206676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested in respect of the Crown Prosecution Service was contained in an answer given to the Rt. Hon Member by the Attorney General on the 16<sup>th</sup> July (Official Report, Col 678W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below contains details on the consultants used by the SFO since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Support work for senior management</p></td><td><p>986k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Corven</p></td><td><p>Development work relating to Deferred</p><p>Prosecution Agreements; coaching</p></td><td><p>480k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>SCC</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>60k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>DTZ</p></td><td><p>Preparation of Business case for</p><p>relocation and satellite offices</p></td><td><p>24k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Morland Consulting</p></td><td><p>Research &amp; Support Strategic</p><p>Risk Assessment</p></td><td><p>10k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Processflows Ltd</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>1k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Ravn Systems Ltd</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Support work for senior</p><p>management</p></td><td><p>208k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Corven</p></td><td><p>Consultancy work relating to</p><p>Deferred Prosecution Agreements</p></td><td><p>542k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>BNP Paribas</p></td><td><p>Lease surrender</p></td><td><p>61k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Ravn Systems</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>44k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Hill and Knowlton</p></td><td><p>Communication advice</p></td><td><p>1k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Late invoice for work in</p><p>2011-12 (as above)</p></td><td><p>31k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>SCC</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>32k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>CIO Partners</p></td><td><p>Preparation of specialist</p><p>IT specification</p></td><td><p>2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Others*</p></td><td><p>Data management reviews</p></td><td><p>14k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Two individuals carried out some work relating to an incident of data loss</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Note 1:</strong> Records for this type of expenditure were not properly documented prior to April 2012. Available records are summarised above:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note 2:</strong> The combined total of costs for the year 2010/11 does not match SFO’s previously published figures. The previous figure was understated by £10k because of credits for late invoices relating to 2009/10 which had been incorrectly categorised as consultancy expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 14:44:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1019532

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-UK EU citizens residing in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	198181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/12/2018 10:37:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ198181 Response.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1023065

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of suicides in England and Wales in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	200550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/12/2018 17:08:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 200550 - Holding.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1050104

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Personal Income: Leicester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual earnings were of the bottom five deciles in Leicester in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	213221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/01/2019 16:21:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 213221.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453841

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Senior Civil Service roles are occupied by people from BME backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the proportion of senior civil servants from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds was 4.1%; and the proportion of the whole civil service workforce from BAME background was 10.6% as I set out in my recent speech <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>.</p><p>While BAME representation throughout the civil service workforce is consistent with the economically active population, in order for the civil service to reflect diversity of Modern Britain we need to do more to increase BAME representation in the senior civil service. We have increased capacity of summer diversity internships and the Positive Action Pathway programme and will soon launch ‘Accelerate’ (a development programme for SCS from BAME backgrounds to reach the most senior grades within the Civil Service). We anticipate that over time these and other initiatives will result in an increase in the proportion of the SCS coming from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>The proportion of applicants and appointments from BME backgrounds to the Civil Service Fast Stream from 2012 to 2014 are listed in the table below.</p><p>Data on the 2015 cohort is due to be released later this year in the 2015 Fast Stream Annual Report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Proportion from an ethnic minority background – Civil Service Fast Stream (all schemes)</p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td><p>Appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 27695 27696 question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453842

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the Civil Service workforce is from BME backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the proportion of senior civil servants from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds was 4.1%; and the proportion of the whole civil service workforce from BAME background was 10.6% as I set out in my recent speech <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>.</p><p>While BAME representation throughout the civil service workforce is consistent with the economically active population, in order for the civil service to reflect diversity of Modern Britain we need to do more to increase BAME representation in the senior civil service. We have increased capacity of summer diversity internships and the Positive Action Pathway programme and will soon launch ‘Accelerate’ (a development programme for SCS from BAME backgrounds to reach the most senior grades within the Civil Service). We anticipate that over time these and other initiatives will result in an increase in the proportion of the SCS coming from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>The proportion of applicants and appointments from BME backgrounds to the Civil Service Fast Stream from 2012 to 2014 are listed in the table below.</p><p>Data on the 2015 cohort is due to be released later this year in the 2015 Fast Stream Annual Report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Proportion from an ethnic minority background – Civil Service Fast Stream (all schemes)</p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td><p>Appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 27694 27696 question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453843

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of applicants to the Civil Service Fast Stream are (a) from BME backgrounds and (b) successful and from BME backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, the proportion of senior civil servants from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds was 4.1%; and the proportion of the whole civil service workforce from BAME background was 10.6% as I set out in my recent speech <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>.</p><p>While BAME representation throughout the civil service workforce is consistent with the economically active population, in order for the civil service to reflect diversity of Modern Britain we need to do more to increase BAME representation in the senior civil service. We have increased capacity of summer diversity internships and the Positive Action Pathway programme and will soon launch ‘Accelerate’ (a development programme for SCS from BAME backgrounds to reach the most senior grades within the Civil Service). We anticipate that over time these and other initiatives will result in an increase in the proportion of the SCS coming from BAME backgrounds.</p><p>The proportion of applicants and appointments from BME backgrounds to the Civil Service Fast Stream from 2012 to 2014 are listed in the table below.</p><p>Data on the 2015 cohort is due to be released later this year in the 2015 Fast Stream Annual Report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Proportion from an ethnic minority background – Civil Service Fast Stream (all schemes)</p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td><p>Appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 27694 27695 question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

596001

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Consumers: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend the proposed audit of public services to reveal racial disparities to all organisations and companies which provide (a) car insurance and (b) other consumer services required by law.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	47432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>All companies and other organisations that provide a service to the public are legally obliged under the Equality Act 2010 to ensure no race discrimination occurs. The Race Disparity Audit was set up to identify and analyse racial disparities in public services, working with data from Government departments and their arm’s length bodies to build a complete and accurate picture across the country. This is a unique and ambitious undertaking and there are no current plans to extend it beyond public services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 13/10/2016 09:12:43 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681336

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens who have entered the UK since 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	62291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/02/2017 09:21:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ62291v0.5.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - EU Citizens
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

685623

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British citizens live in (a) the EU and (b) each EU country other than the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	63101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/02/2017 10:27:10 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ63101 v0.2.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ63101
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750226

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many overseas students were in the UK on 1 June 2017; and how many such students there were by country of origin.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/07/2017 13:55:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 4073 v0.2.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ4073
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765767

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to protect public services against cyber attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes the threat of cyber attacks against public services very seriously. We support Health and Local Government sectors in improving their cyber resilience and encourage all organisations to implement the National Cyber Security Centre’s advice: to keep software patches up to date, to run antivirus and to back up their data.</p><p>In addition to this, the NCSC is developing Active Cyber Defence initiatives which will lead national efforts to block, disrupt and neutralise malicious cyber activity before it reaches our public services.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/10/2017 14:38:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765768

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the size of the Civil Service workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each department. The Civil Service<br>constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government's commitment to<br>leave the EU and get the best deal for the UK. Civil Service HR is working with all<br>departments across the Civil Service to better understand their capacity and capability<br>requirements.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/10/2017 14:33:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

919295

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died as a result of knife crime in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	151066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/06/2018 15:37:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ151066.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

931494

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population is (a) over 65 years old and (b) is projected to be over 65 years old in 2028.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	157638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/07/2018 11:27:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157638 .pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748219

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-UK EU citizens, by country of origin are currently living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	2776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/07/2017 14:06:45 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ2776 final.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ2776
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765777

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Aerospace Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to protect the UK aerospace sector.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department provides strong support for the UK aerospace sector through the Aerospace Growth Partnership. We believe this has been successful in protecting the industry and supporting its growth. Since 2010, the UK aerospace industry has seen turnover grow from £23.7billion to £32billion; exports have increased from £18billion to £30billion; direct jobs have grown from 110,000 to 120,000, with indirect jobs up from 148,000 to 161,000; and, between 2010 and 2016, productivity growth in the sector was over five times more than in the economy as a whole. In addition we have created a more certain environment to drive increased investment in R&amp;D, through a £1.95billion Government commitment over 13 years to 2026, matched by industry, to fund new R&amp;D projects.</p><p>But we are not complacent and will continue to work with industry through the AGP to retain the UK's position as a leading aerospace nation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/10/2017 13:00:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

765778

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Space Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support the UK space industry during the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	105934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have made it clear that we want our companies and our universities to continue participating in key EU space programmes.</p><p>Furthermore my Department has shown strong support for the UK space industry through the €1.4bn investment I made with the European Space Agency in December 2016. I have also announced an investment of £99m in a National Satellite Testing Facility at Harwell.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/10/2017 14:21:45 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

92991

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many overseas students were studying at each UK university in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	210184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on enrolments by country of domicile, mode of study, level of study and institution can be accessed via the following link for the latest available academic years, which are 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 14:41:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 22387 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

453840

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to increase representation of BME students in leading universities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	27693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has a goal of increasing by 20% the number of BME students in higher education. In our new guidance to the Director of Fair Access, which we published on 11 February, we ask him to maximise the contribution of Access Agreements towards this ambition. The share of BME enrolments at UK institutions has already risen from just over 20% to 23% between 2009/10 and 2014/15. Entry rates for 18 year olds in each ethnic group increased in 2015, reaching the highest recorded values for each group. Between 2009 and 2015, the entry rate for young people in the Black ethnic group increased by over 40 percent proportionally.</p><p> </p><p>Investment by the higher education sector through Access Agreements is expected to reach £746 million in 2016/17 up from £404 million in 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>The Government accepts that selective institutions already do much to widen participation. We also acknowledge the work that they already do. Nonetheless, we are convinced that more could and should be done. In our recent guidance to the Director of Fair Access, <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11-02-2016-OFFA-Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/11-02-2016-OFFA-Guidance.pdf</a> we asked him to secure more progress. Institutions must use evidence and good practice to lever better results and there needs to be more innovation in this area. As the Director of Fair has also said, ‘it should not be beyond institutions themselves to find ways of making more progress.’</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2016 16:30:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1107798

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	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	Art Works
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a list of the art, cultural and folk artefacts that overseas Governments have requested be returned to their country of origin and which are currently held in (a) public institutions and (b) private collections in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	238596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested. Decisions about items in collections are a matter for institutions themselves - and in the case of national museums, statutory duty lies with the board of trustees who operate independently from government at arm’s length. In addition, the government has no locus over private collections.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/04/2019 11:02:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1109476

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Thai Boxing
	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 discussions he has had with the International Olympic Committee on the introduction of kickboxing into the Olympics.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. Decisions on which sports are to be included at the Olympic Games are matters for the International Olympic Committee.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/04/2019 11:20:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1109477

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Thai Boxing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he provide an estimate of the number of people who participated in kickboxing in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The government does not collect data on the number of people who participate in kickboxing as part of Sport England’s Active Lives Adult or Children Surveys as it is not a sport that is recognised by the Home Countries Sports Councils.</p><p> </p><p>The Active Lives Adult and Children Surveys provide data on the number of people who have participated in sport and physical activity over the past 12 months. The government does not maintain an estimate of the number of people that are expected to participate in kickboxing in future years. Further details of which sports are covered by the Active Lives Adult and Children’s Surveys can be found in the respective Technical Reports here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/12455/technical-summary-may-16-17-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/12455/technical-summary-may-16-17-report.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/13670/active-lives-cyp-technical-note-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/13670/active-lives-cyp-technical-note-2017-18.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Sport England has not provided any direct funding to kickboxing projects in the past, however, it has previously provided funding to multi-sport projects which may have included a kick-boxing component.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 240502 240504 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:24:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1109478

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Thai Boxing
	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 estimate he has made for the number of people expected to participate in kickboxing in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The government does not collect data on the number of people who participate in kickboxing as part of Sport England’s Active Lives Adult or Children Surveys as it is not a sport that is recognised by the Home Countries Sports Councils.</p><p> </p><p>The Active Lives Adult and Children Surveys provide data on the number of people who have participated in sport and physical activity over the past 12 months. The government does not maintain an estimate of the number of people that are expected to participate in kickboxing in future years. Further details of which sports are covered by the Active Lives Adult and Children’s Surveys can be found in the respective Technical Reports here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/12455/technical-summary-may-16-17-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/12455/technical-summary-may-16-17-report.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/13670/active-lives-cyp-technical-note-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/13670/active-lives-cyp-technical-note-2017-18.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Sport England has not provided any direct funding to kickboxing projects in the past, however, it has previously provided funding to multi-sport projects which may have included a kick-boxing component.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 240501 240504 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:24:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1109479

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Boxing: Females
	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 estimate he has made of changes in the number of women participating in female boxing since that sport was introduced into the Olympic programme in 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The figures for women who report having taken part in boxing since 2015 are detailed in the table below (data from the Active Lives Survey). I welcome the growth in women taking part in the sport, we are determined to get more girls and women playing sport, something we set out in our sport strategy, <em>Sporting Future</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The predecessor to the Active Lives Survey, the Active People Survey, collected data from October 2005 to September 2016 - data is available online:<a href="https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/" target="_blank"> https://www.sportengland.org/research/about-our-research/active-people-survey/</a>. Owing to the different methodologies employed, the data sets from the two surveys are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 15/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 17/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Boxing (includes boxing fitness classes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>356,500</p></td><td><p>380,200</p></td><td><p>401,400</p></td><td><p>410,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Boxing (traditional)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p>119,900</p></td><td><p>109,900</p></td><td><p>121,700</p></td><td><p>122,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/04/2019 11:26:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1109480

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Thai Boxing
	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 financial support his Department has provided for kickboxing in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	240504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The government does not collect data on the number of people who participate in kickboxing as part of Sport England’s Active Lives Adult or Children Surveys as it is not a sport that is recognised by the Home Countries Sports Councils.</p><p> </p><p>The Active Lives Adult and Children Surveys provide data on the number of people who have participated in sport and physical activity over the past 12 months. The government does not maintain an estimate of the number of people that are expected to participate in kickboxing in future years. Further details of which sports are covered by the Active Lives Adult and Children’s Surveys can be found in the respective Technical Reports here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/12455/technical-summary-may-16-17-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/12455/technical-summary-may-16-17-report.pdf</a> and <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/media/13670/active-lives-cyp-technical-note-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/media/13670/active-lives-cyp-technical-note-2017-18.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Sport England has not provided any direct funding to kickboxing projects in the past, however, it has previously provided funding to multi-sport projects which may have included a kick-boxing component.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 240501 240502 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:24:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1151804

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2019
	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	Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the second part of the Leveson inquiry into regulation of the press will be commenced; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	4266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The government announced in 2018 that it would not be taking forward Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry. The Inquiry and subsequent police investigations were comprehensive. More than 300 people gave evidence to the Inquiry, and over 40 people were convicted during the three major investigations. The media landscape has changed significantly since Part 1 of the Inquiry. Reopening the Inquiry would cost millions, and we believe it is no longer appropriate, proportionate, or in the public interest to do so. There have been extensive reforms to policing practices, as well as significant changes to press self-regulation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 04/11/2019 14:12:38 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864428

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Artificial Intelligence
	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 role staff in his Department have in the assessment of the level of threat involving artificial intelligence.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	132911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the public continues to be protected as more Artificial Intelligence applications come into use across different sectors. The Office for AI, a joint BEIS-DCMS policy team, has a role there, as do Departments and regulators responsible for those sectors. The Government is also establishing a Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to help organisations to use digital innovation responsibly.</p><p> </p><p>Artificial Intelligence is expected to have a significant effect on cyber security and it is DCMS's role to understand the policy implications of this, backed up expert technical guidance provided by the National Cyber Security Centre. Using AI applications could also greatly improve threat detection and protections. The UK has already set out robust cyber security measures to help ensure the UK is the safest place in the world to live and be online. We will continue to support defences to prepare against all cyber threats.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:31:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

773192

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	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	Food: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to work with broadcasting regulators to prevent advertisements for high-sugar food and drinks products being shown on television before the 9pm watershed.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	108390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer to PQ 108086.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 108412 question first answered 23/10/2017 07:16:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1056012

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: China and India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support for funding is available to international students from (a) India and (b) China to study at UK universities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	217461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Overseas students and staff make an important contribution to our universities and it is testament to our system that so many international students choose to come and study here.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes international students and we actively promote study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and to over 100 countries through the British Council. The government also announced on 21 January that the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade will produce an international education strategy in early 2019. The strategy will set out the government’s ambition for international education, in which international students play a key role.</p><p> </p><p>Chevening is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s flagship international scholarship programme offering fully funded post-graduate study to exceptional future leaders from around the world. This year we have 1790 scholars from across 140 countries, including 75 from China and 57 from India. There are also various scholarships offered by a number of UK institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the UK awards scholarships and fellowships to Commonwealth citizens for postgraduate study and professional development. In 2018/19, the CSC is supporting some 798 students to study in the UK, of which 83 are from India.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/02/2019 16:24:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1056013

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: China and India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students studying at overseas campuses of UK universities in (a) India and (b) China in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	217462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In the academic year 2017/18 the number of students studying in India and China, for awards or courses of UK universities overseas, without coming to the UK, was 17,135 students and 75,995 respectively.</p><p>Further information can be found at: ​<a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/where-from</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/02/2019 16:17:41 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1056657

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: China and India
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many international students in higher education from (a) India and (b) China went on to (i) post-graduate education, (ii) employment and (iii) left the UK at the end of their studies in (A) 2015, (B) 2016, (C) 2017 and (D) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	218178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The department has published employment/further study outcomes for international students based on Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data in the publication, ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016’, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The employment outcomes categories are grouped as follows:</p><ul><li><strong>Unmatched/Activity not captured -</strong> we have no tax/benefits/further study records for these graduates in the tax year in question.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>No sustained destination - </strong>we have a tax and/or benefits record but it does not fulfil the definition of ‘sustained employment’.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Sustained employment only </strong>- graduates are considered to be in sustained employment if they were employed for at least one day for 5 out of the 6 months between October and March of the tax year in question or if they had a self-employment record in that tax year. To be in the sustained employment only category, graduates must not have a record of further study in the tax year in question.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Sustained employment, further study or both</strong> - includes all graduates with a record of sustained employment and/or further study. A graduate is defined as being in further study if they have a valid higher education study record at any UK Higher Education Institution on the Higher Education Statistics Agency database in the relevant tax year. The further study does not have to be at postgraduate level to be counted.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/02/2019 12:52:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681183

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of overseas students currently studying at UK (a) schools and (b) universities.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	62247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>(a) The Department does not have any data source that separately identifies the number of ‘overseas students’ <em>attending schools in the UK</em> where an overseas student is defined as a student who is not normally resident in the UK but has travelled to the UK to study.</p><p>(b) Data published by the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) shows that in 2015/16, 438,000 international students (from both EU and Non-EU countries) were enrolled in UK Higher Education Institutions. Enrolment data for 2016/17 is currently unavailable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/02/2017 17:47:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681184

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the number of faith schools in England by (a) religion and (b) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	62248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>This information is available in the statistical first release at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a></p><p>Figures for England are in table 2c. Figures for each local authority are in tables 7f and 7g.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/02/2017 17:54:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

681185

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of faith schools that were opened in 2015; and where each of those schools are situated.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	62249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>In the 2015 calendar year, 14 new state-funded mainstream schools opened in England. The table below gives a breakdown of this number by local authority.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Total faith schools opened in 2015 calendar year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England Total</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source Edubase</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/02/2017 17:57:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

769860

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the refreshed school food standards set out in the Childhood Obesity Plan; and whether those standards will reflect new requirements on dietary fibre.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	107589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The childhood obesity plan, published in August 2016, mentions that we will update the School Food Standards in light of refreshed government dietary recommendations. We are currently reflecting on the best course of action and further announcements will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/10/2017 08:33:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

769863

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sugar: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to issue additional guidance to local education authorities on the effect of sugar on young people's health.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	107579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The government wants pupils to be healthy and well nourished. We encourage a healthy balanced diet and healthy life choices through early years and school funding, legislation and guidance.</p><p>In July 2015 the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published its report on <em>Carbohydrates and Health, </em>available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report</a><em>. </em></p><p> </p><p>SACN concluded that increases in sugar consumption lead to increases in energy intake and that consuming sugary drinks results in weight gain and increases in body mass index in children and adolescents. The Committee recommended that the intake of free sugars should not exceed 5% of total dietary energy and that the consumption of sugar sweetened drinks should be minimised in both children and adults. These recommendations were accepted into government policy.</p><p> </p><p>Messages on sugar are communicated via a range of different routes, including Change4Life materials of which are available to schools. The Public Health England (PHE) Campaign Resource Centre available at: <a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/</a> is a ‘one stop shop’ for all PHE marketing campaign resources and might be of use to local educational authorities on this issue. There are no plans to provide additional guidance on this issue at this time.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/10/2017 07:29:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

784858

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Nutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools received a visit from a qualified and registered nutritionist in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	111490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>If specialist advice is required from a nutritionist then schools would handle the matter at a local level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2017 14:54:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

824512

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of school catering programmes which received nutritional and dietary training prior to setting menus in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	123313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Our department supports the provision of nutritious food in schools to enable pupils to be well nourished, develop healthy eating habits and to concentrate and learn in school. Our school food standards regulate the food and drink provided during the school day, and foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods, are restricted. Resources such as the school food plan website can be used by schools and school caterers to ensure their menus comply with the standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/01/2018 17:03:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864421

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take in 2018 to ensure that schools in England are (a) aware of and (b) comply with the statutory guidance on pupils with medical conditions at school.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	132904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Last year the department promoted the statutory guidance on ‘supporting pupils with medical conditions in school’ through the department’s social media channels. This reached over 32,000 people.</p><p> </p><p>We keep the statutory guidance under review and plan to host a roundtable with the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance in May 2018 where issues such as awareness and compliance will be discussed.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 12:25:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864422

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Nutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on the amount of time required to advise pupils on food and nutrition.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	132905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>All schools are required to teach a balanced and broad curriculum that helps provide young people with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to play a full and active part in society.</p><p> </p><p>The National Curriculum requires maintained schools to teach children about food, nutrition, healthy eating and how to cook a repertoire of dishes as part of design and technology. The science curriculum requires pupils to be taught about the principles of a healthy and varied diet and its impact on the way our bodies work. The national curriculum can be used as a benchmark for Free Schools and Academies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not prescribe how many hours schools should teach of any subject and believe that individual schools are best placed to decide this for themselves.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2018 13:50:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864424

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Exercise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools on the amount of time to be allocated to physical activity for pupils.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	132907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK chief medical officers’ recommend that all children and young people should engage in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day. Schools play an important role in supporting children to achieve the physical activity recommendations. The Childhood Obesity Plan recommended that at least 30 minutes should be delivered in school every day through active break times, physical education (PE), extra-curricular clubs, active lessons, or other sport and physical activity events, with the remaining 30 minutes supported by parents and carers’ outside of school time.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not set a target for how much curriculum time schools must dedicate to PE or specify the sports and activities that must be taught in schools. However, all maintained schools must teach a full programme of study for PE for all their pupils.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 12:55:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864425

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on the amount of time to be allocated to pupils for emotional well-being help and support.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	132908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Schools and colleges have an important role to play in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. They are best placed to make decisions on the types of pastoral support their pupils need and the time allocated to it. Different pupils will need different amounts of support and the Government does not issue guidance on the time that should be allocated.</p><p>The green paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’, set out proposals to provide significant further support to schools, supported by over £300 million of funding. This will include new clinically-supervised Mental Health Support Teams to provide evidence-based early intervention for mental health problems and better links to specialist NHS services.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2018 13:42:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

864426

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Diabetes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is provided by his Department to children who are absent from school as a result of diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	132909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has published statutory guidance on supporting pupils with medical conditions at school, including diabetes, which is clear that schools, local authorities, health professionals, commissioners and other support services should work together to ensure that children with medical conditions receive a full education.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities should be ready to take responsibility for any child whose illness will prevent them from attending school for 15 school days or more, either in one absence or over the course of a school year, and where suitable education is not otherwise being arranged.</p><p> </p><p>I am hosting a roundtable with the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance in May 2018 where issues such as this will be discussed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 12:51:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

168263

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	Crops: India
	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 has she made of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the recent European Union Food and Veterinary Office report on India, audit number 2014-2705.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	217501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The report was discussed in the Plant Health section of the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed in November. After consideration by the Commission and Member States, the Committee will advise on whether enough has been done to justify an early review of the EU legislation which imposes the ban. We are pressing for an early decision, to provide clarity in advance of the next mango import season.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/12/2014 17:35:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

647156

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	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	Sugar: Imports
	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 discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health on the potential health implications of the lifting of EU sugar quotas.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	55156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The removal of EU sugar beet quotas will allow British growers to move towards competing with other sugar producers around the world. The Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan includes a range of actions to support families in reducing their sugar consumption, including a new Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugary drinks and a challenge to industry to reduce 20% of sugar from the products that contribute most sugar to children’s diets by 2020. Defra meets regularly with the Department for Health and Public Health England to discuss these and other issues.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/12/2016 14:30:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz