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869385

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date	22/03/2018
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	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on human health of emissions of (a) PM 1 and (b) PM 0.1 particles.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	133899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Recent assessments have been undertaken of the health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) on the United Kingdom population, but no separate assessments of the impact of the PM1 and PM0.1 components of particulate air pollution have been produced.</p><p> </p><p>Recent reviews by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) and World Health Organization (WHO) of the effects of different components of air pollution, including ultrafine particles (PM0.1), concluded that there is currently limited evidence on the effects on health of ultrafine particles. The HEI review is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.healtheffects.org/publication/understanding-health-effects-ambient-ultrafine-particles" target="_blank">https://www.healtheffects.org/publication/understanding-health-effects-ambient-ultrafine-particles</a></p><p> </p><p>The WHO review is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/193108/REVIHAAP-Final-technical-report-final-version.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank">http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/193108/REVIHAAP-Final-technical-report-final-version.pdf?ua=1</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/03/2018 11:16:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

869386

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Countryside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the Report of Session 2017-19 of the Lords Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, The countryside at a crossroads: Is the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 still fit for purpose.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	133900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Report of Session 2017-19 of the Lords Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 ‘The countryside at a crossroads: Is the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 still fit for purpose?’ was published on 22 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has undertaken to reply within two months of the publication of the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/03/2018 16:29:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

869387

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Poverty: Rural Areas
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 commission an independent investigation into the (a) causes and (b) effects of poverty in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	133901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Defra works to champion rural needs and rural-proof policies across government, making sure they take account of the specific challenges and opportunities for rural areas. Defra has held a number of policy roundtables with a range of organisations to hear views on the challenges facing rural businesses and communities and to identify solutions to them.</p><p> </p><p>Government policy is based on economic prosperity and helping all people out of poverty wherever they are located.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2018 13:09:56 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

869388

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and which wards based in rural districts are in the worst 10 per cent of wards for child poverty according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	133902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not publish ward level data for the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) or the supplementary Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/03/2018 15:50:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

865189

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
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	Social Services: Minumum Wage
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 5 March 2018 to Question 131015 on Social Services: Minimum Wage, what the (a) cost to the public purse is of and (b) procurement process was for the (i) Deloitte and (ii) Frontier Economics and Laing Buisson study of sleep-in back pay liabilities; and how many other organisations applied to undertake those studies.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	133056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The value of the contract for the Deloitte study was £130,000. In procuring this work, the Department utilised the consultancyOne Framework Agreement in which Deloitte were the sole bidder.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the contract for the larger Frontier Economics and Laing Buisson study was £300,000. In procuring this study, the Department utilised the UK Shared Business Service Research and Evaluation Framework in which two bidders responded to the requirement.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the Deloitte contract is available on the Contracts Finder website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/56b67c3f-4444-4ee2-8465-fc14cde98fdb" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/56b67c3f-4444-4ee2-8465-fc14cde98fdb</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the Frontier Economics and Laing Buisson contract is available on the Contracts Finder website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9b053f57-ea16-470c-99cd-7662b69f1d5a" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9b053f57-ea16-470c-99cd-7662b69f1d5a</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/03/2018 11:59:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

862238

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the sites listed in the Particulate Numbers and Concentrations Network monitors emissions of particulate matter of less than 2.5 microns.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	132657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Particles below 2.5 microns are measured at monitoring sites located at Chilbolton Observatory, London Marylebone Road and London North Kensington.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/03/2018 17:11:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

862239

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	Incinerators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Government monitors emissions of persistent organic pollutants by waste incineration facilities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	132658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The relevant persistent organic pollutants for waste incineration facilities are dioxins and furans, dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).</p><p> </p><p>Monitoring of these substances in the emissions from waste incinerators is done on a quarterly basis in the first year of the incinerator’s operation and twice a year thereafter. The monitoring contractors and equipment that they use must be approved or certified under the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme to ensure reliable results.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/03/2018 17:16:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

860538

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on Sudan joining the Commonwealth.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The first step for entry to the Commonwealth for any aspiring member is to indicate to the Commonwealth Secretariat that it would like to join.</p><p>Decisions on membership are made by consensus by all Commonwealth member states. Any aspiring member would need to meet the criteria for membership, particularly in relation to human rights, good governance and the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/03/2018 17:44:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

860539

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional resources have been allocated to (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) local authorities to allow the inspection of commercial third party assurance providers.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>No additional resource has been provided to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) or local authorities for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA does intend to make use of data from commercial third party assurance providers in the new delivery model that is being developed under the FSA’s Regulating Our Future Programme. This would not require inspection of assurance providers.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA will set the standard for data from such assurance providers to be considered eligible to be taken into consideration to inform the official controls regime required by the FSA and local authorities. It is only when it has been demonstrated that the standard has been met that the data will be taken into consideration.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2018 15:35:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

860540

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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: Exports
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 he has had with his EU counterparts on implications for (a) the public health regulation of food companies’ exports and (b) those companies' access to the single market after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has not had any discussions with his European Union counterparts on the implications for regulation of food companies and their access to the single market.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/03/2018 10:47:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew