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1082273

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Cards: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the comparative merits of flat rate Interchange Fees as opposed to fees proportional to the value of the transaction; and whether his Department plans to exercise section 7 of the Interchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 to decrease the per transaction interchange fee.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	228625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is open to hearing views on this issue, and digital payments more broadly, as evidenced by its call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. Amongst other things, this explored how the Government can best support digital payments. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission is in the process of reviewing the effectiveness of the Interchange Fee Regulation as part of its usual process. The Payment Systems Regulator, who is the UK’s lead competent authority for the Interchange Fee Regulation, is also conducting a review into the supply of card-acquiring services. Amongst other things, this review will examine the fees merchants pay for these services. The Government has therefore not made a formal assessment of the Interchange Fee Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/03/2019 14:15:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1081735

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spends annually on health and welfare services for veterans of World War Two.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	228011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Once Armed Forces personnel leave service, the provision of their health and welfare needs are primarily provided by the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Some welfare support is provided by the Ministry of Defence's Veterans UK organisation, but it is not possible to separate out costs for those veterans who served in World War Two.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/03/2019 15:58:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1083690

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 12.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 instrument, from what budget the funding will be drawn to pay the estimated £1.9m capital costs for a domestic REMIT reporting system.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	229808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a no-deal exit, Ofgem intend to review the domestic reporting requirements of the Regulation for Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in consultation with industry. In the event that new reporting systems are required, alternative arrangements will remain in place for up to 2 years, until these systems are available. These alternative arrangements will not reduce Ofgem’s ability to maintain appropriate oversight of the wholesale gas and electricity markets and will not diminish their ability to enforce REMIT requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Costs relating to initial development and on-going operation of domestic REMIT market data and registration systems would be funded through Ofgem license income.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 229809 question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1083691

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 12.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 instrument, what payment mechanism will be used for Ofgem to recover the estimated operational costs of £500k per annum to operate a new domestic REMIT system.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	229809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a no-deal exit, Ofgem intend to review the domestic reporting requirements of the Regulation for Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in consultation with industry. In the event that new reporting systems are required, alternative arrangements will remain in place for up to 2 years, until these systems are available. These alternative arrangements will not reduce Ofgem’s ability to maintain appropriate oversight of the wholesale gas and electricity markets and will not diminish their ability to enforce REMIT requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Costs relating to initial development and on-going operation of domestic REMIT market data and registration systems would be funded through Ofgem license income.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 229808 question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1083693

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference paragraph 12.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 instrument, what the anticipated timescales are for establishing the registration and reporting requirements set out in that instrument.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	229810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a no-deal exit, Ofgem intend to review the domestic reporting requirements of the Regulation for Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in consultation with industry. In the event that new reporting systems are required, alternative arrangements will remain in place for up to 2 years, until these systems are available. These alternative arrangements will not reduce Ofgem’s ability to maintain appropriate oversight of the wholesale gas and electricity markets and will not diminish their ability to enforce REMIT requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1082339

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Essex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the funding per pupil at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Brentwood and Ongar constituency and (ii) Essex in (A) 2016-17, (B) 2017-18, (C) 2018-19, (D) 2019-20 and (E) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	228753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the per pupil funding allocated to Essex through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) for 2018/19 to 2019/20:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Primary </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total schools block allocation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,777</p></td><td><p>£4,976</p></td><td><p>£837.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,843</p></td><td><p>£5,018</p></td><td><p>£855.8 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Prior to 2018/19 schools block allocations were not calculated at phase level. The table below shows the total and per pupil schools block funding that Essex received in 2016/17 and 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Per pupil</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total schools block allocation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,392</p></td><td><p>£814.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,347</p></td><td><p>£819.5 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since 2018/19, schools block allocations have been calculated through the national funding formula (NFF), based on individual schools’ characteristics. The following table outlines notional NFF allocations per pupil for Brentwood and Ongar schools in 2018/19 and 2019/20. These figures include the premises and mobility factors so are not directly comparable to the local authority figures provided above. Constituency level per pupil funding data prior to this is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Primary per pupil</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary per pupil</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,821</p></td><td><p>£4,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,892</p></td><td><p>£4,886</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department is unable to provide figures for 2020/21 as spending plans beyond 2019/20 will be set at the next Spending Review and these decisions cannot be pre-empted.</p><p>In addition to funding through the schools block of the DSG, schools also receive funding from separate funding streams and additional grants, such as the high needs blocks of the DSG and the Pupil Premium.</p><p>To provide stability for schools, local authorities will continue to be responsible for designing the distribution of funding in their areas in 2018/19 through to 2020/21. Because of this, the actual amount that schools receive may be different to the amount they are attracting through the national funding formula. Local authorities set their local formula in consultation with schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 17:47:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1081770

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	NHS: Drugs
	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 has taken to secure the supply of (a) methotrexate and (b) hydroxychloroquine in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	228079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the European Union with a deal remains the Government’s top priority; however, as a responsible Government we are planning for every possible outcome, including ‘no deal’. The Department has published guidance to industry and the health and care system to allow them to make informed plans and preparations. This is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that, if everyone does what they need to do, the supply of medicines and other medical products, including methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine, will be uninterrupted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has put in place a multi-layered approach to minimise any supply disruption:</p><p>- securing, via the Department for Transport, additional roll on roll off freight capacity (away from the short straits crossings to Dover and Folkestone) for goods to continue to come into the United Kingdom from 29 March;</p><p>- asking industry to build up stockpiles in the UK before 29 March;</p><p>- buying extra warehouse space for the additional stock to be held in;</p><p>- supporting companies in booking space on aeroplanes for products which require an immediate shipment due to short shelf-life, including medical radioisotopes, or specific storage conditions;</p><p>- making changes to, or clarifications of, certain regulatory requirements so that companies can continue to sell their products in the UK even if we have no deal;</p><p>- strengthening the processes and resources used to deal with shortages in the event that they do occur.</p><p> </p><p>There is cross-Government agreement that all medicines and medical products will be prioritised on these alternative routes to ensure that the flow of all these products may continue unimpeded. For any products that require air freight, we are continuing to work with suppliers to ensure this continues as normal.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:29:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1081781

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of personal independence payment were sent home from their assessment appointments at Independence Assessment Services in 2018 due to staffing issues.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	228088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the number of claimants who attended an assessment appointment for Personal Independence Payment that were sent home unseen by Independent Assessment Service (IAS) due to the unavailability of a Health Professional was 5,700.</p><p>This figure has been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/03/2019 11:38:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1081777

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Parental Leave and Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to extend (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave and pay for parents of (i) very sick and (ii) premature children.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	228084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have now completed the preliminary work on the internal review of the provisions for parents of premature, sick and multiple babies. This work sought to obtain a high-level understanding of the barriers to participating in the labour market that these parents can face.</p><p>The purpose of this preliminary work was to provide initial advice to Ministers, including identifying potential areas for further work.</p><p>I will consider this advice and expect to be in a position to say more about next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/03/2019 17:46:51 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 106416 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1081780

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	Plastic Surgery: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward regulations on who is permitted to administer (a) botox injections and (b) dermal fillers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	228087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the safety of cosmetic procedures through better training for practitioners, and clear information so that people can make informed decisions about their care. The growth in non-surgical treatments increases the need for consumer protection and we are currently working with stakeholders to strengthen the regulation of cosmetic procedures.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is responsible for regulating all medicines and medical devices in the United Kingdom.</p><p>Botulinum injections (commonly known under the brand name ‘Botox’) are prescription-only medicines. A prescriber may delegate responsibility for the administration of the medicine, but they retain responsibility for ensuring that the secondary practitioner provides the treatment safely.</p><p>Currently, a dermal filler may be regulated either as a general product, a medicine or a medical device, depending on its composition and intended use. From May 2020 all dermal fillers, irrespective of their composition and intended use, will be regulated as medical devices under Annex XVI of the Medical Device Regulations (EU 2017/745). Whilst it is outside of the remit of the Regulations to make provisions for who can administer or use medical devices on another person, the Regulations will significantly strengthen the quality assurance and safety of dermal fillers.</p><p>We urge anyone seeking a cosmetic procedure to take the time to find a reputable, insured and appropriately qualified practitioner who is either subject to statutory regulation or on a voluntary register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/03/2019 14:27:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel