Luke Pollard MP Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974: Prosecutions (25 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to Answer of 12 March to Question 25734 on Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974: Prosecutions, in what location the listed offences took place.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Landlords (23 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many names there are on the Rogue Landlords Database as of 1 March 2020.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Litter: Tobacco (23 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department’s powers to require the tobacco industry to take steps to limit littering from its products.
Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Regional Planning and Development: South West (20 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to announce the seed funding to establish the Great South West initiative.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (20 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department’s methodology was for collecting and collating data on views of small scale fishers in its report on the service standard assessment of the catch recording service.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (20 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the evidential basis for the Marine Management Organisation’s proposal to introduce a catch recording app.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (20 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of time set aside for beta testing of the catch recording app; and what information his Department holds on the use of that app during the beta testing by (a) fishers and (b) service support personnel.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control (19 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many holdings in 2019 in each county in England were subject to interferon gamma testing for bovine tuberculosis after their officially TB free status had been withdrawn.
Written Answers — Treasury: Regional Planning and Development: South West (19 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received on providing £2 million of seed funding for the Great South West initiative.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Type 26 Frigates (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether shipyards other than those based in the UK will be able to bid for the deep maintenance contract for the new Type 26 frigates.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2020 to Question 21400 on fishing catches, whether the catch recording app was assessed by the Government Digital Service on the basis of the technical functionality of the app only and without regard to other related data systems.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 18901 on fishing catches, which Minister was responsible for the live assessment stage of the catch reporting app; and when the live assessment by the Government Digital Service was conducted.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the findings were of the independent user research, which formed the basis of the beta assessment of the catch recording app for fishing vessels of under 10m in length, on the matter of fishermen being required to record their catch before it was landed.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what risks determined that all quota species should be recorded on the catch recording app for under 10m fishing vessels before the fish were landed.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which company was awarded the contract for the development of the catch recording app for fishing vessels of under 10m in length; when that contract was awarded; and what the value of that contract was.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …, which company prepared and submitted the information that appeared in the presentation to the Government Digital Service as part of the beta stage assessment of the catch recording app for under 10m fishing vessels; when the contract was awarded for that work; and what the value of that contract was.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (18 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …on fishing catches: computer software, if he will publish a breakdown (a) of the £1.8 million spent on the development and build costs associated with the catch recording app as of 31 October 2019 and (b) of any further costs incurred in connection with the app before or after 31st October 2019 including hosting and managing the data.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Concessions (17 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to encourage train operating companies to establish a rail to refuge scheme for people experiencing domestic abuse.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dogs: Smuggling (16 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of dogs and puppies that were illegally imported in 2019; and from which countries those dogs and puppies were illegally imported.
Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Polling Stations: Schools (16 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many primary schools were closed on 12 December 2019 and used as polling stations.
Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Polling Stations: Schools (16 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children could not attend their school on 12 December 2019 as a result of their school building being used as a polling station.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (13 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: 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.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (13 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who (a) requested and (b) authorised the removal from the Government Digital Services website of the original published report of the Record your catches beta assessment and its replacement with an edited version on 12 February 2020.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (13 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the contract for development of the catch recording app for under 10m fishing vessels was awarded; what the value of that contract is; how much has been spent on that contract to date; and which company was awarded that contract.
Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974: Prosecutions (12 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: 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.
Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974: Prosecutions (12 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Ministry of Defence: Polling Stations (12 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department’s premises can be used as polling stations.
Written Answers — Department for International Development: Hospital Ships (10 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Secretary of State for Defence on the construction and operation of a UK hospital ship.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Game: Birds (10 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the release of non-native gamebirds on wildlife and native birds in Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Game: Birds (10 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-native gamebirds were released in the UK in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Game: Birds (10 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) guidance and (b) regulations his Department has issued to ensure that there is no detrimental effect caused by the release of non-native gamebirds on local ecology and biodiversity.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Warships (6 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the number of Royal Navy Frigates and Destroyers will be (a) more or (b) less than 19 in each year in the next 10 years.
Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Food Poverty: Ministerial Responsibility (6 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Minister has responsibility for hunger.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control (5 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …interferon gamma testing; how many animals were tested in each of those holdings using interferon gamma tests; and of those animals tested, how many tested positive in each county of England in 2019.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pets: Travel (5 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the transport of pets by companies that do not have the required authorisation.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning (4 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review will tackle the timeline and delivery of the recycling of the retired nuclear submarines stored at (a) Devonport and (b) Rosyth.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (3 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …the Government Digital Service has received on the known variations between sales notes and logbook estimated fish weights when seeking approval of the catch recording app for fishing vessels under 10m in length; and who was responsible for providing that information.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (3 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the estimated catch returns in (a) logbooks completed by fishing vessels required to have logbooks and (b) the catch records submitted by fishing vessels under 10m in length are expected to provide accurate information within the tolerances permitted.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (3 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the plus minus 10 per cent tolerance was first applied to estimating fish weights in logbooks on fishing vessels of 10 metres and over in length; and whether there has been a recorded change in the average variation between logbook entries and sales notes data over that period.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Road Traffic Control: Finance (2 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the effect on local authority finances of issuing traffic regulation orders.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (2 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister was responsible for presentation to the Assessment Panel and the service standard beta assessment report for the catch recording app for under 10m fishing boats in England.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (2 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the report of the Record your catches beta assessment on 24 July 2019 was submitted to the Marine Management Organisation for checking prior to publication.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Scotland and Wales (2 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether under 10m fishing vessels registered in England and landing in a Welsh or Scottish port will be required to create a catch record and report before the catch is moved off the boat.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Scotland and Wales (2 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether under 10m fishing vessels registered in Wales or Scotland and landing in an English port will be required to create a catch record and report before the catch is moved off the boat.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (2 Mar 2020)
Luke Pollard: …Food and Rural Affairs, whether there was a senior responsible owner in (a) the Marine Management Organisation or (b) his Department who oversaw the development of the catch recording app for under 10m fishing vessels in England.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Warships (26 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his current projection is of the number of Type (a) 23, (b) 26, (c) 31e and (d) 45 ships that will be in service in the Royal Navy in each year from 2020 to 2030.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: World War II: Wrecks (26 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the physical condition of the wrecks of (a) HMS Prince of Wales and (b) HMS Repulse.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (26 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of (a) 10m and above and (b) under 12m in length were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours of landing during 2019.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (26 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: …, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of 12m and over in length were received by the Marine Management Organisation within 24 hours of landing in 2019.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (26 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister signed off the Catch App recording application for small boat fishers before the launch of that app.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: *No heading* (25 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the protection of Royal Navy wrecks in Asia.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: *No heading* (25 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the anchors of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse for posterity before they are removed from the seabed by metal scavengers.
Written Answers — Home Office: *No heading* (24 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she is providing for Chinese nationals whose visas expire imminently and whose home provinces are affected by covid-19.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fish: Sales (18 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: …the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average percentage variation between the live weight (a) shown on logbooks for fishing vessels of 10m and over registered in England and (b) derived from sales notes for (i) cod, (ii) monkfish, (iii) brill, (iv) whiting, (v) gurnard, (vi) lemon sole, (vii) squid, (viii) megrim, (ix) plaice,…
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement (18 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to develop a system for a full range of public goods; what steps her Department is taking to ensure that system is (a) equitable and (b) transparent; and whether decisions taken under that system will be open to appeal.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (13 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 7676, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, what volume of data the catch recording app will generate in a year; how the data are hosted; and whether the data from that app will be cross checked with (a) sales notes and (b) other data on the fisheries activity database…
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (13 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2020 to Question 238, on Fishing Catches: Computer Software, whether the figure of £1.8 million includes the cost of (a) providing training to fishers on how to use the catch recording app, (b) providing training and guidance to staff of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on the…
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (13 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure the effectiveness of the catch recording app.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Cross Country Rail Franchise (4 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the new franchise details for CrossCountry.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fish: Sales (4 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether buyers acquiring fish up to 30 kg in weight landed from licensed fishing vessels continue to be exempt from the need to produce sales notes, provided the fish are purchased for private consumption.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: South West Water (4 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to continue the £50 payment to South West Water customers for each year of this Parliament.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: East Coast Rail Franchise (3 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has requested that retired East Coast High Speed Trains are not scrapped by the franchise owners; and whether he has concluded discussions with franchisees on the redeployment of East Coast High Speed trains to the CrossCountry franchise.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (3 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) estimated weight of the fish submitted on the catch recording app or (b) weight of those fish shown on sales notes, in circumstances where (a) and (b) differ, will be used to determine quota take-up and catch limits.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fish: Sales (3 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether fish from an under 10 metre licensed fishing vessel are required to appear on a sales note if the buyer of those fish purchases less than 30kg of fish and the fish are used only for private consumption.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (3 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of fish can be landed without being required to be reported or recorded by the Marine Management Organisation, if those fish have been caught by recreational anglers or by unlicensed fishermen and are not sold.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (3 Feb 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many representations she has received from (a) pro-hunting and (b) anti-hunting groups to extend the length of the consultation on banning trophy hunting by a month.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches: Computer Software (30 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many fishing vessels the catch recording app was live tested during fishing trips, prior to the fish being landed, before the Government (a) determined whether that app met the service standards set by the Government Digital Services and (b) introduced the fishing vessel licence condition.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Alabama Rot (27 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent the spread of alabama rot in dogs.
Written Answers — Treasury: Mayflower: Anniversaries (14 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will change the status of the Mayflower 400 commemorative coin from collectors-only to general circulation.
Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Lung Diseases: Medical Equipment (13 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the shortage of prescription inhalers.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (13 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons under 10m fishing vessels in England are being required, under new licence conditions, to report all fish caught and landed when there are de minimis exemptions for over 10m vessels.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (13 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: …European Court of Auditors reports have raised specific concerns on the information provided to the Marine Management Organisation on sales notes not providing sufficient data on catches by under 10m fishing vessels.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Great Western Rail Franchise (8 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to sign the extension for the Direct Award Great Western rail franchise.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Devonport Dockyard (8 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the full funding for the construction of submarine refit facilities for the Astute-class submarines in Devonport.
Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations (8 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability training medical professionals undertaking personal independence payment assessments are required to have in respect to autism.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Dawlish (8 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of recent damage to the Dawlish coastal defences; and what funding she has made available to strengthen those coastal defences as a result of such damage.
Written Answers — Department for Transport: Great Western Railway Line: Electrification (7 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to electrify all or part of the Great Western mainline between Penzance, Plymouth and Paddington in the next Network Rail control period.
Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark (7 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to vary the published out of service dates for (a) HMS Albion and (b) HMS Bulwark.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (7 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce (a) catch recording and (b) reporting requirements on charter angling boats.
Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fishing Catches (7 Jan 2020)
Luke Pollard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on the implementation of the new catch recording app for fishing vessels under 10 metres in length; and how future revisions and updates to that app will be funded.