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1255666

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date	26/11/2020
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	Floods: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps he has taken to increase the (a) affordability and (b) accessibility of flood insurance.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	909307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Flood Re scheme has helped thousands of householders affected by flooding, increasing availability of insurance from 9% to 99%. Our Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Policy Statement sets out our intention to publish a consultation on some changes to improve Flood Re’s efficiency and effectiveness. The independent review of flood insurance in Doncaster, commissioned by Government, was published on 5 November. We are considering the 12 recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/11/2020 14:58:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1255667

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Incinerators: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of recent trends in the volume of (a) residential and (b) commercial waste transported from other parts of the UK to Wales for incineration.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	909309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Waste is a devolved matter. The data on waste treated in Wales by incineration would be held by the Welsh Government. No such assessment has been made by this Department.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 26/11/2020 14:57:45 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1255668

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that farmers continue to receive financial support after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	909312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>In our 2019 manifesto we promised to maintain the current annual budget to farmers for the lifetime of this parliament. When we made this commitment in 2019, the total farm support provided to Welsh farmers that year was £337 million. For 2021/22, the UK government have therefore provided new exchequer funding on top of the remaining £95 million of EU funding to ensure that £337 million of support continues to go to Welsh farmers this year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/11/2020 17:44:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1255669

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Farmers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support farmers.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	909314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Agriculture Act will enable us to transform the way we support farmers. Our new policy will be centred around support aimed at incentivising sustainable farming practices. We will support farmers to produce high quality and nutritious food in a more sustainable way, improve transparency in the supply chain and help farmers to reduce their costs and improve their profitability. We will also help those who want to retire or leave the industry to do so with dignity and create new opportunities and support for new entrants coming into the industry.</p><p> </p><p>In our 2019 manifesto we promised to maintain the current annual budget to farmers for the lifetime of this parliament. When we made this commitment in 2019, the total farm support provided to Welsh farmers that year was £337 million. For 2021/22, the UK government have therefore provided new exchequer funding on top of the remaining £95 million of EU funding to ensure that £337 million of support continues to go to Welsh farmers this year.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 26/11/2020 17:45:22 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1254831

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Government response to the consultation Strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments; and what the timetable is for implementing the conclusions of that response.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Robin Millar
uin	120147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>We made a clear manifesto commitment to act on the issue of unauthorised encampments and I remain determined to ensure police have the powers they need.</p><p>I intend to publish our response to the consultation and to bring forward legislation later this session.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/12/2020 15:28:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4746 label Biography information for Robin Millar

1254832

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) Aberconwy and (b) the UK can take to provide additional support for refugees through (i) the National Transfer Scheme and (ii) other measures.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Robin Millar
uin	120148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>We are grateful to over 110 local authorities who have participated in the voluntary National Transfer Scheme. Through this scheme in excess of 1,000 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) have been transferred to other local authorities, relieving pressure on areas who look after large numbers of UASC.</p><p>We have recently undertaken an informal consultation with local authorities on proposals to improve the NTS and are carefully considering the responses to this.</p><p>We are also grateful to the over 340 local authorities who have volunteered to resettle in excess of 25,000 vulnerable refugees under our schemes since 2015. If other local authorities wish to support these schemes, we would encourage local government officials to speak with their Strategic Migration Partnership for more information and guidance.</p><p>Many individuals, charities and community interest groups have also provided practical support for over 440 refugees through the UK's community sponsorship scheme, including providing accommodation and teaching English.</p><p>If members of the public would like to offer their support, either through donating goods, services or their time locally, they should visit the Help Refugees page at <a href="https://helprefugees.campaign.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://helprefugees.campaign.gov.uk/</a> where information about the types of support local authorities require can be found. The website also contains practical advice on becoming a community sponsor and signposts to refugee charities and voluntary organisations.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/12/2020 12:58:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4746 label Biography information for Robin Millar

1254833

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Hunting: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of hunting dogs hypoglycemia have been recorded in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. There is no requirement for hunting dogs hypoglycemia to be reported to the Animal and Plant Health Agency.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/12/2020 16:12:01 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1254834

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accidental deaths there have been in the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) British Army in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes the health and wellbeing of our personnel extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The establishment of the Defence Safety Authority in 2015 was followed by a review and strengthening of Head Office’s governance of Health, Safety, and Environmental Protection (HS&amp;EP). The Defence Secretary has set out his commitment to HS&amp;EP in a Policy Statement requiring the Department to minimise work-related fatalities.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of deaths due to accidents in the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Deaths due to accidents by Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data is for regular armed forces personnel only.</li><li>These figures are provisional and may be subject to change following coroners’ inquests into 11 deaths currently awaiting verdicts.</li></ol><p>3. Royal Navy includes the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.</p><p>4. This information is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-deaths-in-service-statistics-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-deaths-in-service-statistics-index</a></p><p> </p><p>The information provided includes all deaths that occurred both on and off duty among regular personnel. It does not identify those deaths that were work related that may or may not have been the result of health and safety failures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 30/11/2020 13:20:47 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1254835

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have experienced a brain haemorrhage in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/12/2020 09:50:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1254836

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Paracetamol: Overdoses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died due to an overdose of paracetamol in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 02/12/2020 17:09:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ120048.pdf title UKSA response PQ120048
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon