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766017

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date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Savings and Investments: Child Trust Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons National Savings and Investments is closing applications to new customers for its five-year children's bonds.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	105741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Children’s Bonds no longer meet the needs of NS&amp;I’s customers. The Junior ISA, with its online access, higher investment limit and the option to migrate to an adult ISA at 18, better meets the needs of child savers today.</p><p> </p><p>NS&amp;I customers who currently hold Children’s Bonds are unaffected and can continue to hold the product until it matures.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/10/2017 12:25:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

766018

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings: Grandparents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to introduce a saving scheme to enable grandparents to save for their grandchildren.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	105740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The government has introduced a range of measures to support savers, which can be used by grandparents who wish to save for their grandchildren. These include increasing the amount of money that people can contribute to ISAs to £20,000 and introducing an annual Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate tax payers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers. Thanks to these measures 98% of adults in the UK are currently paying no savings tax on the bank and building society interest and other savings income they receive.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of savings products in which grandparents can deposit money for grandchildren, including Junior ISAs or Child Trust Funds which are a long-term, tax-free savings accounts for all children living in the UK. Parents or legal guardians can open a Junior ISA on behalf of their children. Any contributor – including grandparents – can deposit savings into accounts, up to the value of £4,128 a year. Once the child reaches 18 he or she will have full access to the savings pot.</p><p> </p><p>Grandparents can also purchase NS&amp;I’s Premium Bonds for their grandchildren. Premium Bonds are entered into a monthly prize draw giving every owner of Bonds a chance of winning completely tax-free prizes. Until the child reaches 16, the nominated parent or guardian of the child will look after the Bond and any prizes won. Premium Bonds for grandchildren must be applied for by post.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/10/2017 14:32:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

760066

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Horse Racing: Betting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory levy on bookmakers to fund the work of GambleAware.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>As I made clear at Departmental Oral Questions on 18 September, I am determined that the gambling industry acknowledges its social responsibilities, including properly funding the work undertaken by GambleAware, and other organisations, on research, education and treatment for gambling-related harm.</p><p> </p><p>The industry currently contributes over £8 million per year to GambleAware. GambleAware is seeking to increase this to £10 million per year in line with work that has been done by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) to cost the short term work of delivering the National Responsible Gambling Strategy.</p><p>The industry must step up and fulfill their obligations under these new targets.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 09/10/2017 11:14:30 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

760108

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on making drugs policy a responsibility of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the 2017 Drugs Strategy, the complexity and pervasiveness of drug misuse and the harms it causes means that no one department can tackle it alone. The Home Office remains the lead department for policy on drugs and implementation of the Strategy working closely with the Department of Health, Ministry of Justice and other interested Government Departments and agencies, and there are no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/10/2017 12:51:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

760141

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for an appeal against a mandatory reconsideration of a decision on personal independence payments in (a) Inverclyde and (b) Scotland for the last four periods for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (weeks) from receipt in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service to outcome for Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>1 </sup>Appeals<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greenock venue<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qtr 1 2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p><sup>1 </sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA), from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Appeals includes those cleared with and without a tribunal hearing. They may include time spent at the Upper Tribunal.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Full financial years April to March; Quarter 1 April to June 2017.</p><p><sup>4</sup> Data on SSCS cases are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. For those living in Inverclyde this is the Greenock Venue</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/10/2017 15:14:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

760175

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet representatives of the Scottish third sector to discuss the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	10387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Invitations to meet with third sector organisations are routinely considered by Ministers on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>At departmental level officials from the DWP have regular meetings with Scottish stakeholders, including representatives from third sector organisations, to discuss matters including the roll out of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the formal implementation planning for Universal Credit there are a range of external engagement activities for each Local Authority area tailored to the individual locality.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/10/2017 15:38:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

759375

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to work with the Scottish Government on protecting children from junk food marketing.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	9910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Departmental officials will continue to work with colleagues in the devolved administrations, sharing our thinking and progress to ensure children across the United Kingdom can have the best start in life.</p><p> </p><p>Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August we announced £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit’s findings will be fed into future meetings with colleagues across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9911 9912 question first answered 18/09/2017 14:47:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

759383

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on developing advertising powers to enable that government to protect children from junk food marketing.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	9911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Departmental officials will continue to work with colleagues in the devolved administrations, sharing our thinking and progress to ensure children across the United Kingdom can have the best start in life.</p><p> </p><p>Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August we announced £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit’s findings will be fed into future meetings with colleagues across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9910 9912 question first answered 18/09/2017 14:47:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

759384

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to allow the Scottish Government to restrict junk food advertising to children.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	9912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Departmental officials will continue to work with colleagues in the devolved administrations, sharing our thinking and progress to ensure children across the United Kingdom can have the best start in life.</p><p> </p><p>Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August we announced £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. The unit’s findings will be fed into future meetings with colleagues across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9910 9911 question first answered 18/09/2017 14:47:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

757403

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the sale and installation of narrow-cavity, low-sightline glass-sealed units into heritage windows is compliant with the Construction Products Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	8493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>These units are covered by a harmonized European product standard (EN 1279-5) and so the Construction Products Regulation (EU 305/2011) applies to their manufacture, import and distribution. This regulation sets requirements for placing construction products onto the market, not their installation.</p><p>Monitoring compliance and enforcement duties fall to trading standards bodies in England, Scotland and Wales and District Councils in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/09/2017 16:57:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan