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1354988

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date	13/09/2021
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	Regional Airports: 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, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on steps to mitigate the levels of air pollution around regional airports in residential areas.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	48127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>There are regular discussions between DEFRA and DfT at ministerial and official levels regarding air pollution and the practical steps we can take towards reducing emissions.</p><p> </p><p>The government is working to improve international standards on emissions from aircraft and to challenge airports to improve local air quality. Emissions from aircraft are strictly regulated by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The aviation industry is taking action to cut airport-related emissions by operating aircraft more efficiently, introducing new lower emission technologies and practices, reducing vehicle emissions within the airport boundary, and improving public transport links to airports.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local air quality and to take action if local air quality standards and objectives are not met. This would include liaising with airports to manage the impact they are having including from vehicles accessing the airport.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/09/2021 11:16:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1354241

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle drug dealing and drug houses in local communities.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	45788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling the illicit drug trade, protecting the most vulnerable and helping those with a drug dependency to recover. That’s why the Government have invested £65m to tackle drug supply and county lines so far, including £40m this year as part of the wider £148m package announced in January to tackle drugs misuse, supply and county lines.</p><p>Through our County Lines Programme investment we have expanded the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre; established dedicated county lines task forces in London, Merseyside, the West Midlands and British Transport Police; invested in new technology including Automatic Number Plate Recognition; and increased specialist support for victims of county lines. Since November 2019, this has already resulted in more than 1,100 lines closed, over 6,300 arrests, over £2.9 million in cash and significant quantities of drugs seized, and more than 1,900 vulnerable people safeguarded.</p><p>We recognise that the use of cuckooed addresses remains a feature of county lines gangs’ activities which is why we work closely with law enforcement partners on this issue through the Home Office-funded county lines programme.</p><p>In addition, we have invested £59m until March 2023 on Project ADDER trail-blazing a whole-system response to combating drug misuse with the enforcement, diversion and treatment and recovery in areas hardest hit across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/09/2021 15:24:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1345740

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent the members of Police Misconduct Panels being held personally liable for awards made in (a) Employment Tribunals and (b) County Courts for breaches of the Equality Act 2010 arising as a consequence of those misconduct proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	31273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>Indemnity against such action is currently provided by Police and Crime Commissioners as part of the terms and conditions of Legally Qualified Chairs when they are appointed</p><p><br> The Home Office is currently considering a request to legislate for indemnity but a decision on how to proceed has not yet been made.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/07/2021 15:33:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1341695

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	Learning Disability: Nurses
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 nurses have been allocated to implementing policies introduced as a result of the Learning Disability Mortality Review programme.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	24074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/07/2021 10:47:47 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1341434

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
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	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on providing indicative discharge dates or an action plan to people with learning disabilities detained under the Mental Health Act.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	23033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>Discharge planning should start as soon as possible after admission to a mental health inpatient setting through a Care and Treatment Review. Health commissioners are required to report whether there is a planned date of discharge or transfer via the Assuring Transformation dataset published by NHS Digital. As of May 2021, 43% of current inpatients had a date for discharge or transfer.</p><p>We set out our proposed reforms in the Mental Health Act White Paper published on 13 January 2021. A Government response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/07/2021 16:23:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1307978

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, from what date university students will be able to return to campus and resume in-person teaching.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	178750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Following the review into when the remaining higher education students can return to in-person teaching and learning, the government has announced that the remaining students should return to in-person teaching no earlier than 17 May 2021, alongside Step 3 of the roadmap. Students and institutions will be given at least a week’s notice of any further return in accordance with the timing of Step 3 of the roadmap.</p><p>The government roadmap is designed to maintain a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions to reduce public health risks and ensure that we can maintain progress towards full reopening. However, the government recognises the difficulties and disruption that this may cause for many students and their families and that is why the government is making a further £15 million of additional student hardship funding available for this academic year 2020/21. In total we have made an additional £85 million of funding available for student hardship.</p><p>We are supporting universities to provide regular twice weekly asymptomatic testing for all students and staff on-site and, from May, at home. This will help break chains of transmission of the virus.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 178770 178915 178963 179000 179023 179029 179035 179053 179054 179055 179076 179112 179212 179213 179214 179286 179292 179310 179410 179474 179493 179536 179565 179622 179636 179659 179660 179716 180462 question first answered 15/04/2021 16:14:55 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1304290

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Nutrition: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to take to promote awareness on healthy portion sizes for food and drink.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	172004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) Better Health programme provides tips on what a healthy balanced diet looks like, including information on portions sizes. For those trying to lose weight, the website and NHS Weight Loss app include suggestions such as trying smaller plates and bowls to help reduce portion sizes at mealtimes, aiming for two or more portions of veg and ensuring wholegrain foods take up no more than a third of a plate.</p><p>PHE’s OneYou Easy Meals app provides recipes with suggested portions for each recipe in line with nutritional requirements for adults. All recipes carry front of pack information per portion. The OneYou website also directs to the Eatwell Guide to support people in achieving a balanced diet. The Change4Life website includes information and advice for parents when feeding their children including on ‘me size meals’ and guidance on calories when choosing packaged snacks.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/03/2021 15:37:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1304291

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Obesity
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 he has made of the role sensible portion sizes play in helping to tackle obesity.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	172005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has not made a specific assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s reduction and reformulation programme includes reducing portion size as one mechanism that can be used by all sectors of the food industry. Calorie-based portion size guidelines covering food and drink consumed in and out of the home have been included in the sugar and calorie reduction programmes that Public Health England oversees for the Government.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/03/2021 14:49:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1304292

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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: Labelling
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 of clear portion size labelling on helping people make healthier choices.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	172006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s recommended front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme expresses information in a way that should be easily recognised by and meaningful to the consumer. It uses percentage reference intakes for adults, based on the amount of each nutrient and energy value in a portion of the food and drink. Whilst there has been no specific assessment of portion size, we recently consulted on our front-of-pack labelling scheme and will publish a response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/03/2021 16:29:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1304293

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Nutrition
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 benefits of introducing portion control to support Public Health England’s reduction and reformulation programmes in relation to (a) sugar, (b) salt and (c) calories.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	172007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>Reducing portion size is one mechanism for industry action that can be employed in reformulation programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Calorie-based portion size guidelines covering food and drink consumed in and out of the home have been included in the sugar and calorie reduction programmes Public Health England oversees for the Government. The salt reduction programme includes maximum salt targets for portions of food served out of the home.</p><p> </p><p>Reductions in portion size should reduce the number of calories, and amount of salt and sugar, consumed. An impact assessment, published in September 2020, showed that if the ambitions of the calorie reduction programme were achieved in full by in home retailers and manufacturers, it would result in a 6.8% reduction in calories sold per portion.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/03/2021 14:59:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess