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1503801

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date	05/09/2022
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with providers of managed quarantine hotels for travellers returning to the UK on ensuring adequate processing times for refund requests.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	45388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care’s Managed Quarantine Service (MQS) ended on 15 December 2021 when all countries were removed from the United Kingdom’s “red list”.</p><p>Corporate Travel Management (CTM) managed the booking system for MQS, taking payments from travellers and booking their rooms in MQS hotels across the UK.</p><p>Where a refund is due, the aim is to process this within 20 working days, though occasionally more information is required, which can cause delays. There are a very small number of refunds that are being processed, which we are aiming to action as quickly as possible. Customers are advised to contact UKHSA if they believe that they are still awaiting a refund so that this can be investigated.</p><p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) continues to hold regular discussions with CTM on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 19/10/2022 11:01:55 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1504782

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of grade 1 to 3A agricultural land for growing (a) biofuels and (b) animal feed on food resilience; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	47498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security which is built on supply from diverse sources; strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. We produce 61% of all the food we need, and 74% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year, and these figures have changed little over the last 20 years. For the cereals crops that are produced domestically – such as for human consumption and animal feed – the UK is 88% self-sufficient.</p><p> </p><p>The first UK Food Security Report (UKFSR) was published in December 2021. The UKFSR covers food security in the widest sense from global food availability and sustainability to domestic supply chain resilience, household food security and food safety. The report describes trends in land use in the UK to have been generally stable over the past 30 years. Defra will continue to monitor these trends in light of competing pressures on land use.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020, 121 thousand hectares of agricultural land in the UK were used to grow crops for bioenergy. This area represents just under 2.1% of the arable land in the UK. 30% of land used for bioenergy was for biofuel (biodiesel and bioethanol) for the UK road transport market with the remainder mostly used for heat and power. Within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation there is a cap on the total amount of crop derived biofuels that can be used. In 2022 this currently stands at 3.67% of total fuel under this scheme.</p><p>The demand for biofuel crops such as wheat and sugar beet is subject to global market prices and supply. For farmers, the opportunity to sell into biofuels offers a secondary market for their surplus or lower quality crops and associated agricultural residues. Growing crops for the biofuel sector offers farmers more routes to market for their harvest and flexibility in their crop rotations. However, consideration must also be given to land biodiversity and carbon-store value.</p><p>For the livestock sector, and meat production, animal feed is a vital input. Cereals and oilseeds make up a significant proportion of animal feed, many of which are grown by our great British arable farmers. Resilience for animal feed is supported by the ability to access global markets to buy and sell cereals, alongside other necessary feed ingredients.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/09/2022 17:02:22 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1503276

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 11668, for what reason his Department has not completed a review of the recommendations in the Health and Safety Executive’s review of pesticide regulations; and when his Department plans to complete that review.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	44936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>This work is being prioritised and taken forward in the context of a much wider review of our approach to pesticide regulation. We plan to complete the work later this year.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/09/2022 16:03:06 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1503288

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 85238 on Diagnosis, when he plans to publish NHS England’s evaluation report on Rapid Diagnostic Centres.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	44955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service cancer programme commissioned an external evaluation of the faster diagnosis programme, including rapid diagnostic centres, for the period until March 2024. The final report will be considered for publication in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 14:59:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1503310

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Water Supply
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 help reduce leakages in the UK’s water infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	44950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Water companies are responsible for reducing leakages in their network. Ofwat has set companies a performance commitment to reduce leakage by 16% by 2025 and water companies committed to a 50% reduction by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 27/09/2022 16:29:52 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1503322

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the proposed routes of appeal are against the School Attendance Orders available for parents under the Schools Bill.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	44983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The Schools Bill has not proposed any changes to the route of appeal available to parents against School Attendance Orders.</p><p>Once parents have applied for revocation to the local authority, on the basis that their child will receive suitable education out of school and had that application refused, parents can appeal to the Secretary of State to overrule a local authority’s refusal to revoke a School Attendance Order.</p><p>There are other routes of complaint available for parents, which includes: the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman when a parent believes a local authority has not acted as per law and guidance; and the Education Act 1996 gives the Secretary of State powers to intervene when a local authority exercises their functions unreasonably or fails to comply with duties under that Act.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 29/09/2022 16:12:30 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1503324

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Schools Bill will give local authorities the ability to determine whether a home-educated child is receiving an adequate education; and whether training will be provided to local authority employees on making these determinations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	44986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities already have the ability to determine whether a home educated child is receiving a suitable education. The measures in the Schools Bill do not provide local authorities with additional powers to monitor or assess education.</p><p>The Government is committed to establishing a local authority registration system for children not in school, as well as a duty for local authorities to provide support to home-educating families. Current guidance already provides local authorities with a framework to determine whether the provision was suitable. Local authorities should have the in-house expertise to make these decisions, but if they do not then they can, and should, consider undertaking additional training.</p><p>As part of the Children Not in School proposals, the Department also intends to create new statutory guidance for local authorities on how they should be implementing their duties in relation to the registers, and will also review and update existing guidance as part of this. This guidance, in addition to the measures themselves, will help toward ensuring a more consistent approach across local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 44989 question first answered 30/09/2022 11:24:07 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1503327

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that local authorities are consistent when making decisions on whether a home-educated child is receiving an adequate education.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	44989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities already have the ability to determine whether a home educated child is receiving a suitable education. The measures in the Schools Bill do not provide local authorities with additional powers to monitor or assess education.</p><p>The Government is committed to establishing a local authority registration system for children not in school, as well as a duty for local authorities to provide support to home-educating families. Current guidance already provides local authorities with a framework to determine whether the provision was suitable. Local authorities should have the in-house expertise to make these decisions, but if they do not then they can, and should, consider undertaking additional training.</p><p>As part of the Children Not in School proposals, the Department also intends to create new statutory guidance for local authorities on how they should be implementing their duties in relation to the registers, and will also review and update existing guidance as part of this. This guidance, in addition to the measures themselves, will help toward ensuring a more consistent approach across local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 44986 question first answered 30/09/2022 11:24:07 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1503342

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Bakeries: Small Businesses
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 the Government has made of the Real Bread Campaign's proposals to necessitate the display of ingredients lists for products that are sold unwrapped.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	45029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 16 September 2022 to PQ <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-09-02%2F45032&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cbb931f3e24154e9347c308da9fa3a706%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637997822624364856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wXQbpPIGqtCOnhBpLdHuC9OguEQ0ziD2ug64ViVMae8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">45032</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 28/09/2022 14:13:45 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1503413

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients who require treatment for Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and similar conditions will not been impacted by potential disruptions to the supply chains for the prescription medications they require.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	45098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has well established procedures to deal with supply issues with prescription medicines and works with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS England and industry to prevent shortages and ensure that any risks to patients are minimised should they arise.</p><p>We are aware of supply issues with some medicines used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. However, alternative products remain available and communications have been issued to the National Health Service to provide advice.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/09/2022 15:36:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel