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1183378

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	901399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is designed to ensure a fair balance between public spending and supporting vulnerable people to meet their housing costs.</p><p>LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas.</p><p>From April 2020 LHA rates will be increased by CPI, for people in particular circumstances who may require more support, discretionary housing payments are available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 17:24:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1183379

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on referrals to food banks.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	901400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not keep official statistics on food bank use, so no such assessment has been completed.</p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons people use food banks and their growth cannot be linked to a single cause.</p><p> </p><p>Some food aid providers produce statistics on the number of food parcels distributed, but the Government has no plans to require individual food banks to keep records, as this would place a significant burden on charitable organisations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 17:14:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1183380

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of personal independence payment assessors.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	901404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>We set our assessment providers challenging targets, we monitor performance closely and manage contracts robustly. All Health Professionals are subject to on-going quality checks to ensure they continue to deliver high quality assessments. A quality assurance audit process, following the consultation, is in place. The department is continually working alongside assessment providers to further improve the quality of assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/03/2020 16:25:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1183381

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants benefit financially from moving into work.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	901405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made significant investment to improve work incentives including: the reduction in the Universal Credit taper rate from 65% to 63% in 2017, and an extra £1.7 billion a year put into work allowances for working parents and disabled claimants to increase them by £1,000 a year from April 2019. This is providing a boost to the incomes of the lowest paid and result in 2.4 million families keeping an extra £630 per year of what they earn.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 18:09:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1183254

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	Pesticides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end the use of synthetic pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The sale and use of pesticides are strictly regulated and are only permitted where a rigorous scientific risk assessment determines that the proposed use will not harm people or pose unacceptable risks to the environment.</p><p>The Government is clear that it is right to minimise the use of pesticides, and to make the greatest possible use of alternative pest and disease control methods in support of sustainable farming and land management. To this end, as set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is developing its approach to pesticides, putting Integrated Pest Management at its heart. This will enable us to continue to reduce the impacts of pesticide use and will be set out in our forthcoming National Action Plan for Pesticides.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/03/2020 16:40:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183255

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	Bees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the bee population in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Each year, the Government publishes an indicator of trends in populations of wild bees and other pollinators in the UK, measuring changes in the distribution of almost 400 pollinating insect species since 1980, including 137 species of bees. The indicator shows an overall long term decline since 1980. However, from 2013 onwards, there is evidence of an overall increase in the distribution of bee species, although other insect pollinators have continued to decline.</p><p>The National Bee Unit at Defra also maintains a registration system for honey bees and beekeeping in the UK on its ‘BeeBase’ website. Registration is voluntary so it is difficult to provide exact figures on honey bee populations, but it suggests that activity in the beekeeping sector and consequently honey bee numbers are increasing. Colonies recorded on BeeBase increased from 108,649 in 2009 to 212,054 in 2019.</p><p>Since 2014 we have been working with a range of partners to implement a National Pollinator Strategy to address declines in wild pollinators and concerns about bee health. This has included establishing a UK-wide pollinator monitoring and research partnership in collaboration with research institutes and volunteer organisations to gather further data on the status of UK pollinators.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 12/03/2020 14:08:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183261

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport Holdings: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage Heathrow Airport Holdings to reduce its carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 26 February 2020, to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-02-21/18648/" target="_blank">18648</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/03/2020 12:58:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183016

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish information his Department has commissioned on estimating fish weights when compiling fishing vessel logbooks or catch returns.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has not commissioned any formal assessment on estimating fish weights when compiling fishing vessel logbooks or catch returns. We know most fishers operate in good faith and will make efforts to report their catches accurately. For those fishers that want to be more precise the use of a set of scales gives them that accuracy.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/03/2020 07:45:38 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183017

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2018. The number of prosecutions for offences under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 for 2014 to 2018 can be found in the accompanying table for the last five years for which data have been published.</p><p>Data for offences under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. This information may be held by the individual courts in England and Wales and as such it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>Data for the year ending December 2019 will be published in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25735 question first answered 12/03/2020 14:34:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 25734 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183018

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2018. The number of prosecutions for offences under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 for 2014 to 2018 can be found in the accompanying table for the last five years for which data have been published.</p><p>Data for offences under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. This information may be held by the individual courts in England and Wales and as such it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>Data for the year ending December 2019 will be published in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25734 question first answered 12/03/2020 14:34:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 25734 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard