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1041287

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of business rates on the financial viability of small music venues.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 208217 question first answered 17/01/2019 16:24:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041293

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he has and (b) officials of his Department have met with (i) his and (ii) their counterparts in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to discuss extending business rates relief to small music venues.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury Ministers and officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in other government departments on a range of issues, including business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Since Budget 2016, we have announced cuts worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years, including switching to CPI indexation, and making Small Business Rate Relief more generous so that 655,000 of the smallest businesses pay no rates at all. The government also introduced a £3.6bn transitional relief scheme to support ratepayers facing bill increases as a result of the 2017 property revaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced a new business rates retail discount, cutting bills by a third for eligible businesses. As is set out in guidance, music venues may be eligible for the discount where they are broadly similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible. It is for local authorities to make that judgement.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 208216 question first answered 17/01/2019 16:24:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1039007

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Diabetes
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 put their Type 2 diabetes into remission and stopped taking medication for their condition in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	207183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:09:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1039009

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Diabetes: Young People
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 under 21 years old have developed Type 2 diabetes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	207184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table details the number of people who were diagnosed with type 2 or other diabetes when aged 20 years or under in England and Wales in each of the five calendar years 2013 to 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Number of people</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: National Diabetes Audit (NDA)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- The NDA does not hold comprehensive data on children with diabetes;</p><p>- Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the NDA publication. All numbers are rounded to the nearest five, unless the number is one to seven, in which case it is rounded to five.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:08:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1039011

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Artificial Sweeteners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on health of sweeteners used in foods as an alternative to sugar.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	207186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Sweeteners are used in a variety of everyday foods in the United Kingdom, including energy reduced and sugar free foods. But before they are permitted for use, all sweeteners must first undergo a thorough safety evaluation conducted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which includes assessing the likely impact on health.</p><p> </p><p>EFSA makes its assessment on the basis that all foods permitted to contain sweeteners have them at the maximum permitted level, this enables it to assess the highest possible levels of exposure and set the amount of a substance that can be consumed daily during a lifetime without any appreciable risk to health in the general population.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence considered as part of Public Health England’s report ‘Sugar reduction: The evidence for action’ found that replacing foods and drinks sweetened with sugar with those containing no or low-calorie sweeteners could be useful in helping people to manage weight as they reduce the calorie content of foods and drinks whilst maintaining a sweet taste. A copy of this report can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:06:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1039059

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Infant Foods: Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the average level of sugar content in baby food products available in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	207200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Product ranges targeted at babies and young children are now part of the government’s reduction and reformulation programme. This work is being led by Public Health England who will consider the sugar content of baby food products in the United Kingdom as part of its review of the evidence for action. Publication of an approach is expected later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:04:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1039074

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Gambling: Rehabilitation
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 clinics for the treatment of problem gambling are planned to open between now and 2023; and where they are planned to be located.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	207201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England announced in the NHS Long Term Plan that it will invest in expanding National Health Service specialist clinics to help more people with serious gambling problems. This will build upon the two current clinics offering NHS treatment (a long-established clinic in London and newly launched Leeds clinic).</p><p> </p><p>Further details will be set out as part of a national implementation programme as mentioned in the Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:15:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1037035

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Departments: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the Departments for Transport and for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on merging into one Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	205842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is responsible for Machinery of Government changes. No such discussions have taken place and there are no plans for DCMS to merge with any other department.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 205843 question first answered 10/01/2019 11:23:41 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1037036

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Departments: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made any plans to merge with another government department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	205843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is responsible for Machinery of Government changes. No such discussions have taken place and there are no plans for DCMS to merge with any other department.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 205842 question first answered 10/01/2019 11:23:41 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1027318

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the provision of cereals fortified with vitamins and minerals supplied by breakfast clubs are given greater priority than the provision of low sugar cereals.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	202756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The school food standards define the foods and drinks that must be provided, those which are restricted, and those which must not be provided by schools, including during breakfasts. The standards are food based and nutritional information of individual products is not specifically required, however schools and catering services must meet allergens law.</p><p>The standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, including high sugar foods and confectionery. It is for schools and caterers to decide what is an appropriate portion and to balance the food served across the school week including foods provided at breakfast service – fruit and/or vegetables must be available. The guidance to accompany the standards includes portion sizes and food groups. This is available on the resources page at: <a href="http://www.schoolfoodplan.com" target="_blank">www.schoolfoodplan.com</a>.</p><p>Schools are responsible for their day to day running and it is therefore a local decision as to whether they share their menus with parents.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 202757 202758 202762 question first answered 20/12/2018 16:10:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest