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date	01/09/2023
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	Darwin Plus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Darwin Initiative Grant Scheme - Darwin Plus Projects R8 (ODA).
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Biodiversity Challenge Funds (BCF) include the Darwin Initiative, Darwin Plus and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which support a series of projects under distinct funding rounds.</p><p> </p><p>All grants under these schemes report on effectiveness through a combination of half-year, annual and final reports. These reports are assessed by an independent specialist. A sample of projects across the portfolio are also selected each year for detailed financial spot audit checks and technical checks through mid-term reviews which are more in-depth investigations into project performance.</p><p> </p><p>All reports and information about projects are available on the relevant fund websites:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://darwinplus.org.uk/project-search/</a></li><li><a href="https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/" target="_blank">https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/project-search/</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2020, an external evaluation of the BCF was carried out. The scope of this evaluation included all projects since the beginning of the schemes across all countries and territories of operation. Across the three BCF, the evaluation found that, overall, projects made significant contributions to reducing threats to biodiversity loss and enhancing the protection of biodiverse ecosystems. The full report is available at: <a href="https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/assets/uploads/FinalReport_Publishable.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 196192 196204 196205 196207 196598 196599 196600 196601 196609 196610 question first answered 11/09/2023 14:57:53 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1015563

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Food: Advertising
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 26 February to Question 127571, on Food: Advertising, how he intends for the nutrient profiling model to be applied to social media advertising.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>In the second chapter of the Government's Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June, we committed to consult on introducing a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online. Defining what food and drink would be in scope of any further advertising restrictions will be a part of our consultation. In the case of social media advertising, as with all non-broadcast media, the Committees of Advertising Practice Code already requires that advertisers use the Nutrient Profiling Model to define HFSS products.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:13:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest