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756941

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Pigmeat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate the Government has made of how much imported pig meat containing hepatitis E has been sold in British supermarkets in each of the last five years; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce the risk of such infection to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	7850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not have estimates on how much imported pork meat contaminated with infectious hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been sold in British supermarkets in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA continues to provide advice to consumers about cooking all raw pork and pork product thoroughly and handling them hygienically as this will reduce the risk of illness from harmful foodborne bacteria and viruses like HEV. The FSA is also funding research to address significant knowledge gaps on HEV.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 14:25:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

754753

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods his Department uses to evaluate the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money to the public purse of the NHS Choices Couch to 5K programme.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	6831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, Public Health England (PHE) launched a mobile app in partnership with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Get Inspired, based on NHS Choices’ Couch to 5K web site. The method of evaluating the effect and value for money of the Couch to 5K app in England involves tracking the number of downloads and conducting qualitative research.</p><p> </p><p>The app has received more than 500,000 downloads since launch<sup>1</sup>. The feedback from users is positive with many referencing the voice-over from popular coaches being especially motivating.</p><p> </p><p>The app does not record mobile sensor data and there is no historical app data available to compare pre and post usage.</p><p> </p><p>The app has been especially designed for people who have done little or no running. We hold no information on the activities of running clubs in relation to the Couch to 5K programme.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Source: Google Analytics</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6486 6692 question first answered 06/09/2017 13:06:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

751839

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Running
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Couch to 5K running scheme on improving levels of physical activity.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	4810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service Couch to 5k programme was initially a nine week podcast series which was downloaded more than 1.5 million times. The success of the service led to the development of the Couch to 5k app in partnership with the British Broadcasting Corporation.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England began leadership of the Couch to 5k programme in 2016, where the mobile phone app was developed. The app has received more than 500,000 downloads since launch<sup>1</sup>. The feedback from users is overwhelmingly positive with many referencing the voice-over from popular coaches being especially motivating.</p><p> </p><p>The app does not record mobile sensor data and there is no historical app data available to compare pre and post usage.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Source: Google Analytics</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:06:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

522088

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for making false statements about the source of ingredients in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	38648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p> </p><p>Data are reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food and drink analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues:</p><p>23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>29,324 analyses were undertaken in 2013/14, 19,386 for compositional issues and 9,938 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>26,940 analyses were undertaken in 2012/13, 16,982 for compositional issues and 9,958 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p> </p><p>Data are also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 respectively, 75, 57 and 78 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Analysis of data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38647 38649 38650 38651 question first answered 09/06/2016 11:39:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

522089

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Date Marking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for knowingly selling goods past their sell by date in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	38649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p> </p><p>Data are reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food and drink analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues:</p><p>23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>29,324 analyses were undertaken in 2013/14, 19,386 for compositional issues and 9,938 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>26,940 analyses were undertaken in 2012/13, 16,982 for compositional issues and 9,958 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p> </p><p>Data are also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 respectively, 75, 57 and 78 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Analysis of data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38647 38648 38650 38651 question first answered 09/06/2016 11:39:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

522092

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Animal Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for recycling animal by-products back into the food chain in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	38650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p> </p><p>Data are reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food and drink analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues:</p><p>23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>29,324 analyses were undertaken in 2013/14, 19,386 for compositional issues and 9,938 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>26,940 analyses were undertaken in 2012/13, 16,982 for compositional issues and 9,958 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p> </p><p>Data are also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 respectively, 75, 57 and 78 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Analysis of data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38647 38648 38649 38651 question first answered 09/06/2016 11:39:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

522093

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meat: Origin Marking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for packing and selling beef and poultry with an unknown origin in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	38651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p> </p><p>Data are reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food and drink analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues:</p><p>23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>29,324 analyses were undertaken in 2013/14, 19,386 for compositional issues and 9,938 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>26,940 analyses were undertaken in 2012/13, 16,982 for compositional issues and 9,958 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p> </p><p>Data are also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 respectively, 75, 57 and 78 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Analysis of data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38647 38648 38649 38650 question first answered 09/06/2016 11:39:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

522136

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams and (b) prosecutions there have been related to food and drink products substituted with a cheaper alternative in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	38647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p> </p><p>Data are reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food and drink analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues:</p><p>23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>29,324 analyses were undertaken in 2013/14, 19,386 for compositional issues and 9,938 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>26,940 analyses were undertaken in 2012/13, 16,982 for compositional issues and 9,958 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p> </p><p>Data are also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 2013/14 and 2012/13 respectively, 75, 57 and 78 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Analysis of data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38648 38649 38650 38651 question first answered 09/06/2016 11:39:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514787

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget was for food and drink procured for his departmental offices in Whitehall in each of the last three years; and what proportion of all food procured for his Department was sourced from British producers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a breakdown of expenditure on food and drink solely for the Department’s building in Whitehall. The Department has spent the following on food and drink procured for Departmental offices in each of the last three financial years:</p><p> </p><p>Financial year £</p><p>2013-14 193,591.20</p><p>2014-15 159,460.39</p><p>2015-16 118,364.32</p><p>These costs include the provision of refreshments for external meetings and visitors hosted in the Department's buildings. Departmental policy is not to provide refreshments for internal meetings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>52% of all food procured for the Department was sourced from British producers for the last reporting period, January to March 2016.</p><p>This figure is skewed by the considerable spend on non-indigenous products purchased including large volumes of coffee as well as rice, pasta, tea, bananas, citrus, and exotic fruits. In terms of primary products we can confirm that:</p><p>― 100% of Beef is sourced from the United Kingdom</p><p>― 100% of Chicken is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Lamb is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Pork is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Free Range Eggs are sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Milk is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Yoghurt is sourced from the UK</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/04/2016 12:39:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

479585

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Food Crime Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) establishment and (b) running costs of the Food Crime Unit have been to date; and what resources have been allocated to that Unit in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	31533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) is initially focusing on establishing the scale and nature of food crime in the United Kingdom at a strategic level through developing intelligence sharing relationships across the law enforcement community and with the food industry. This will also enable the Unit to instigate investigative interventions by law enforcement partners and local authorities to identify and disrupt specific instances of food crime.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of this year, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will review progress on food crime, in line with Professor Elliott’s recommendations following the horsemeat incident. This review will inform decision-making about the Unit’s future form and function including the need or otherwise for the unit to establish an in-house investigative capability.</p><p> </p><p>Intelligence analysts within the Unit have just completed the first ever Food Crime Annual Strategic Assessment (FCASA). The FCASA sets out the Unit’s developing understanding of food crime and will drive its work to ensure resources are focused where the threat to consumers and other interests is the greatest.</p><p> </p><p>The NFCU receives reports of suspicions of food fraud from a number of sources via many different routes. The FSA website directs users to a dedicated email address and telephone number for reporting these suspicions. Information is also received through local authority and law enforcement partners. Information received is analysed and, where appropriate, entered onto the Unit's intelligence database. Between 1 January 2015 and 18 March 2016, 793 such records were created.</p><p> </p><p>Establishment costs for the NFCU were minimal as the Unit initially evolved from a small but similar capability within the FSA. Total running costs to date are in the region of £579,000. Estimated costs for the forthcoming year are £1.2 million, subject to final allocations being agreed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 31534 31535 31536 question first answered 24/03/2016 14:57:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith