The Government has actively engaged with a wide range of industry groups, including drinks manufacturers and their representative organisations, on measures to both minimise the waste from single-use plastics and increase recycling as part of the commitment we gave to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in our 25 Year Environment Plan.<\/p>
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We recently announced our plans to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds which will be subject to a full formal consultation with industry and others. We will continue to work with those groups and local authorities as we take forward the actions needed to deliver the Plan.<\/p>
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Departmental information systems do not record sickness absence relating to stress as a distinct category. Within the broader category that includes all mental health issues, the following table shows how many and the proportion of staff who have had days off sick and the total working days lost within that category in each of the last three years.<\/p>
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Category<\/p><\/td> | 2015<\/p><\/td> | 2016<\/p><\/td> | 2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Number of staff members who had days off sick due to mental illness<\/p><\/td> | 88<\/p><\/td> | 82<\/p><\/td> | 44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Proportion of staff who had days off due to mental illness<\/p><\/td> | 4%<\/p><\/td> | 4%<\/p><\/td> | 2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Total days lost due to mental illness<\/p><\/td> | 2,194<\/p><\/td> | 1,852<\/p><\/td> | 1,832<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Note:<\/p> Data as at 31 December for each year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-30T15:40:06.2Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4036", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Luciana Berger"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Liverpool, Wavertree"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Luciana Berger"} ], "uin" : "138036"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/891534", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/891534/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The 100,000 Genomes Project is focussed on recruiting patients, including children, with rare diseases (and their family members) and those with common cancers. These are areas where whole genome sequencing may offer the best opportunity to diagnose disease. From the Project\u2019s pilot phase we have found actionable findings in 20-25% of rare disease patients.<\/p> <\/p> The scope of the project does not include screening at birth. The Chief Medical Officer, in her annual report Generation Genome, recommended that that the National Screening Committee conducts a systematic evaluation of the opportunities offered by genomics for present and potential screening practices.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-30T15:41:08.457Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hereditary Diseases"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "to ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons have been learned from the 100,000 Genome Project which will help when deciding what genetic diseases should be screened for at birth.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4621", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Darren Jones"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol North West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Darren Jones"} ], "uin" : "138095"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/884206", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/884206/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " All referrals of potential victims of modern slavery made to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are shared with the relevant police force to either record a modern slavery crime or to record a crime related incident. This function is carried out by the NRM Competent Authorities rather than NRM First Responders.<\/p> The criteria determining whether the police record a modern slavery crime or a crime related incident upon receipt of an NRM referral is published in the Home Office Counting Rules For Recorded Crime, attached and available online at:<\/p> |