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1184854

registered interest
date	13/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allow the free childcare entitlement to be used to allow parents to utilise fewer hours in a more expensive childcare setting; and what consideration his Department has given to allowing that entitlement to be used more flexibly.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	29247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The department wants parents to have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them increased flexibility in their working hours. The government funded early years entitlements is intended to deliver 15-30 hours a week (for 38 weeks of the year) of free, high quality, flexible childcare for eligible two-, three- and four-year olds. It is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables (such as nappies and sun cream), additional hours or additional services (such as trips) and providers may charge parents for these.</p><p>While many providers will offer 15-30 hours of free childcare per week during term time (38 weeks of the year), this offer can be delivered flexibly. All of the free entitlements can be stretched by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays.</p><p>Some providers will only offer free hours during school term times or only offer free hours stretched over the year whilst others provide a mixture of the two. As set out in the department’s statutory guidance for local authorities, to ensure that parents can make informed decisions on their choice of childcare, providers should publish a statement of how they deliver the free entitlements and any additional charges for optional activities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/03/2020 15:44:00 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1183254

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	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, what steps his Department is taking to end the use of synthetic pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The sale and use of pesticides are strictly regulated and are only permitted where a rigorous scientific risk assessment determines that the proposed use will not harm people or pose unacceptable risks to the environment.</p><p>The Government is clear that it is right to minimise the use of pesticides, and to make the greatest possible use of alternative pest and disease control methods in support of sustainable farming and land management. To this end, as set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is developing its approach to pesticides, putting Integrated Pest Management at its heart. This will enable us to continue to reduce the impacts of pesticide use and will be set out in our forthcoming National Action Plan for Pesticides.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/03/2020 16:40:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183255

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
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	Bees
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 estimate he has made of the bee population in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Each year, the Government publishes an indicator of trends in populations of wild bees and other pollinators in the UK, measuring changes in the distribution of almost 400 pollinating insect species since 1980, including 137 species of bees. The indicator shows an overall long term decline since 1980. However, from 2013 onwards, there is evidence of an overall increase in the distribution of bee species, although other insect pollinators have continued to decline.</p><p>The National Bee Unit at Defra also maintains a registration system for honey bees and beekeeping in the UK on its ‘BeeBase’ website. Registration is voluntary so it is difficult to provide exact figures on honey bee populations, but it suggests that activity in the beekeeping sector and consequently honey bee numbers are increasing. Colonies recorded on BeeBase increased from 108,649 in 2009 to 212,054 in 2019.</p><p>Since 2014 we have been working with a range of partners to implement a National Pollinator Strategy to address declines in wild pollinators and concerns about bee health. This has included establishing a UK-wide pollinator monitoring and research partnership in collaboration with research institutes and volunteer organisations to gather further data on the status of UK pollinators.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 12/03/2020 14:08:14 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183261

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport Holdings: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage Heathrow Airport Holdings to reduce its carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	26172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 26 February 2020, to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-02-21/18648/" target="_blank">18648</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/03/2020 12:58:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1183016

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish information his Department has commissioned on estimating fish weights when compiling fishing vessel logbooks or catch returns.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has not commissioned any formal assessment on estimating fish weights when compiling fishing vessel logbooks or catch returns. We know most fishers operate in good faith and will make efforts to report their catches accurately. For those fishers that want to be more precise the use of a set of scales gives them that accuracy.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/03/2020 07:45:38 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183017

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2018. The number of prosecutions for offences under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 for 2014 to 2018 can be found in the accompanying table for the last five years for which data have been published.</p><p>Data for offences under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. This information may be held by the individual courts in England and Wales and as such it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>Data for the year ending December 2019 will be published in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25735 question first answered 12/03/2020 14:34:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 25734 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183018

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	25735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published data up to December 2018. The number of prosecutions for offences under the Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 for 2014 to 2018 can be found in the accompanying table for the last five years for which data have been published.</p><p>Data for offences under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011 are not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. This information may be held by the individual courts in England and Wales and as such it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>Data for the year ending December 2019 will be published in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25734 question first answered 12/03/2020 14:34:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 25734 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183020

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to delay enforcement of the IR35 rules until the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee reports on its inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	25703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>As announced at Budget 2018, the reform of the off-payroll working rules will come into effect from April 2020. It is routine for the Finance Bill Sub-Committee of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee to inquire into the draft Finance Bill, focusing on specific areas of interest to the Sub-Committee.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the off-payroll working review, published on 27 February, HMRC have published a statement of intent setting out HMRC’s compliance approach in the first year of implementation. As part of HMRC’s supportive approach, in the first 12 months taxpayers will not have to pay penalties for inaccuracies relating to the off-payroll working rules unless there is evidence of deliberate non-compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/03/2020 14:59:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1183021

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking through the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum to tackle the effect of domestic abuse on children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	25670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe. Through the new subjects of relationships, sex and health education, we want to equip them for adult life and to make a positive contribution to society.</p><p>​These subjects will help in ensuring all young people, at age appropriate points, know the signs of unhealthy or abusive relationships and that violence in relationships and domestic abuse is unlawful and never acceptable. Throughout these subjects there is a focus on ensuring pupils know how to get further support.</p><p>Specifically, the guidance sets out that relationships and sex education will cover the concepts of, and laws relating to, sexual consent, sexual exploitation, abuse, grooming, coercion, harassment, forced marriage, rape, domestic abuse and female genital mutilation, and how these can affect current and future relationships. The guidance can be accessed via the following link:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2020 11:26:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1183022

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people who have experienced abuse are able to access support services if they disclose domestic abuse in school; and what support is provided to teachers to deal with such disclosure.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	25671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) includes detailed information about all forms of harm and abuse, including domestic abuse, its impact on children and how to recognise the signs. KCSIE sets out that all school and college staff should receive appropriate safeguarding and child protection training which is regularly updated. Every school and college should have a designated safeguarding lead (DSL) who will provide advice and support to staff to carry out their safeguarding duties and who will liaise closely with other services such as children’s social care. KCSIE is clear that if staff have any concerns about a child and/or a child makes a disclosure, they should follow the school or college’s child protection policy, and speak to the DSL to seek support and advice on what to do next. Where a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer harm, it is important that a referral to children’s social care, and if appropriate the police, is made immediately.</p><p>Local authority children’s social care should act as the principal point of contact for safeguarding concerns relating to children. Once a referral has been accepted, the lead practitioner role falls to a social worker. For children who are in need of immediate protection and removal is required, action must be taken by the social worker, the police or the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, as soon as possible after the referral has been made. It is essential that social workers provide effective support to children and families affected by domestic abuse. Our children’s social care reform programme is working to improve social work practice across the country through initial education, continued professional development and tougher professional regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 13/03/2020 12:54:36 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips