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733034

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the Severn Bridges will (a) return to public ownership and (b) no longer incur a cost to all bridge users.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	1429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Severn River Crossings are due to come back into public ownership in late 2017/early 2018; a final date is still to be determined. The Government consulted on future tolls at the Severn Bridges from January to March this year. We have listened carefully and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/07/2017 14:35:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

733035

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Wantage Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the future of Wantage Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	1511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>There has been no correspondence received since 1 May 2015 about Wantage Hospital by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit. Additionally, no meetings have been held by Ministers on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/07/2017 16:27:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

733039

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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, what steps she is taking to ensure that every parent is better off working once they have paid for childcare.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We are increasing spending on childcare support to over £6 billion per year by 2019-20, more than any other government. This includes our offer of 15 hours free childcare a week for all three and four-year-olds, as well as more disadvantaged two year olds, which is worth around £2,500 per child per year (for parents using the full 15 hours). We are also helping with up to 85 per cent of childcare costs for working parents on Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>And we are going further by doubling free childcare, from 15 to 30 hours per week for nearly 400,000 working parents of three and four-year-olds, saving those using the full 30-hour entitlement around £5,000 a year. We are also introducing Tax-Free Childcare, worth up to £2,000 per eligible child per year and up to £4,000 for disabled children.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 09:40:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

733043

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the specification of the test that is being applied to the cladding samples provided by local authorities to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>A note explaining the government building safety programme, including an explanation of the methodology being used by the Building Research Establishment to test samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels, has been published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2017 12:37:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

733044

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Royal Brompton Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of (a) transferring staff and services and (b) expanding provision in other hospitals as a result of the proposal to close congenital heart diseases services at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>No decision has been made to close the congenital heart disease service at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will make a decision on its proposals for changes to adult and children’s congenital heart services in England following consultation. It has worked, and will continue to work, with providers and other stakeholders to assess the impact of these proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The process to date has included workforce and cost estimates where possible.</p><p> </p><p>Initial work on capital implications has been undertaken and is published on NHS England’s consultation hub along with impact assessments for individual hospitals potentially affected by the proposed changes.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/07/2017 16:33:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

733046

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fire stations there were in England in (a) 2010 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest published information on numbers of fire stations can be found in Table 1403 of the “Fire and rescue authorities: operational statistics bulletin for England 2015 to 2016” available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/07/2017 12:30:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

733047

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Xylella
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 assessment he has made of the risk to wildlife in the UK from the plant disease Xylella fastidiosa; if he will make it his policy to invoke the precautionary principle to introduce a moratorium on the import of all live plants other than those grown through propagation in sterile conditions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Keeping our plants and trees healthy is important for our economy, the environment and our health, and our robust approach to protecting against plant health threats involves close collaboration with international partners. This will continue to be the case after we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Restrictions on the movement of high-risk host plants from the affected areas in the EU are already in place and full inspections take place on host plants from outside the EU. We are now pressing at an EU level for the protections against <em>Xylella fastidiosa </em>to be further strengthened and will continue to keep this issue under review nationally.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the rules of the Single Market, it is currently simpler for the UK to impose restrictions on the import of plants from outside the EU than it is on plants from within the EU where there is a threat to the UK. Within the EU, restrictions are decided at EU level, but outside the EU they can be decided at national level.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU therefore provides an opportunity to examine how we can introduce stricter biosecurity measures on imports from remaining Member States, providing better protection against these serious threats.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 1415 question first answered 07/07/2017 15:51:59 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

733048

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people with chronic fatigue syndrome to exercise each day.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>In 2007 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced the best practice clinical guideline, Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children. The guideline, last reviewed in 2013, sets out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of children and adults with CFS/ME and supports local National Health Service commissioners and clinicians in the delivery of services.</p><p>The NICE guideline makes recommendations on the use of Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) in patients mildly or moderately affected by CFS/ME. GET is a structured exercise programme designed to gradually increase how long someone can carry out a physical activity. It should be tailored to a person's current level of activities and should be delivered only by a suitably trained GET therapist with experience in CFS/ME under appropriate clinical supervision. The guideline also acknowledges that there is no one form of treatment to suit every patient and that treatment and care should take into account the personal needs and preferences of the patient. The guideline can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53/resources/chronic-fatigue-syndromemyalgic-encephalomyelitis-or-encephalopathy-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-975505810885" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53/resources/chronic-fatigue-syndromemyalgic-encephalomyelitis-or-encephalopathy-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-975505810885</a></p><p>To ensure its recommendations reflect the latest available evidence, NICE is currently reviewing its guidance to see if an update is required. A decision is expected shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/06/2017 11:08:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733049

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce obesity among young people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We launched “Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action” in August 2016. Our world-leading plan focuses on actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing obesity in children and young people. Key measures in the plan include the soft drinks industry levy, the sugar reduction programme, helping children to enjoy an hour of physical activity every day and a healthy rating scheme for primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that the measures announced will make a real difference and estimate could reduce childhood obesity rates by around a fifth over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of “Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action” is attached and is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 10:46:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733051

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who have attended rehabilitation courses in prison have reoffended in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on offenders released from prison in England and Wales who have attended Accredited Offending Behaviour Programmes is held on individual prisoner files.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested could therefore only be obtained centrally at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/07/2017 13:39:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon