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638043

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports: Swindon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value of exports emanating from Swindon was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	53280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the geographical area including Swindon are published as per below:</p><p> </p><p>a) <strong>Swindon Growth Hub</strong> - These figures cover trade in goods only for 2015. The Swindon Growth Hub is defined as an area that incorporates all of SN and BA postcodes – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>b) <strong>HMRC Regional Trade Statistics database</strong> – These figures cover trade in goods only since 1996. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>c) <strong>ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports</strong> – These are experimental statistics covering trade in services during 2011-2014. These data are on a different basis than the HMRC data in (a) and (b) above. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata</a></p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier attachment 1 file name 31006 - Copy of HMRC Swindon Growth Hub.xlsx title Swindon Growth Hub 2 file name 31006 - Copy of ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports.xls title ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports question first answered 21/11/2016 17:53:24 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 15:41:15 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 21671 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

573606

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people from (a) North Swindon and (b) England have participated in the National Citizen Service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	44588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The NCS Trust does not collect data at a constituency level. Therefore, the figures in the table below are for the local authority area of Swindon. Details of participation rates have been held at local authority level since 2012. The participation rates set out below also include a small number of participants from Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>There was considerable national growth in the programme in 2015 – exact figures on 2015 NCS participation will be published in the independent evaluation in due course.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Swindon</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>England and Northern Ireland</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,434</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">117</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26,003</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39,994</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">181</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57,789</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Swindon</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>England and Northern Ireland</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,434</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">117</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26,003</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39,994</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 07/09/2016 15:54:29 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2016 13:06:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 9630 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

99723

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were taught in schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted in (a) 2010 and (b) the last date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	211002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:08:31 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

622734

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which governments of non-EU countries he has discussed future trade agreements since his Department was created.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	50688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We will take advantage of all the opportunities available to us to ensure that Britain becomes the global leader in free trade once we leave the EU. As the Prime Minister has recently said, countries including Canada, China, India, Mexico, Singapore and South Korea have already told us they would welcome talks on future free trade agreements. And we have already agreed to start scoping discussions on trade agreements with Australia. More recently, my Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade announced the establishment of a UK-New Zealand trade policy dialogue that will cover market access and trade policy issues of mutual interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 04/11/2016 13:40:24 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

778138

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of trends in the level of foreign direct investment into the licensed hospitality industry in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	109818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Neither the Department for International Trade (DIT) nor the Office for National Statistics (ONS) breaks down the level of foreign direct investment into the licensed hospitality industry.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 03/11/2017 12:23:57 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

106224

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect changes to fuel duty have had on the price of petrol in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	213242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Government has abolished the previous government’s fuel duty escalator, cut fuel duty by 1 pence per litre in March 2011 and scrapped four planned increases over the parliament. As a result of this Government’s actions, average pump prices are currently 16 pence per litre lower than they would have been under the previous Government’s fuel duty plans, and will be nearly 20 pence per litre lower by the end of the parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/11/2014 14:52:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751681

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to install defibrillators in all departmental and public buildings.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	4839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that better provision of defibrillators, and increasing the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, could help save more lives of those who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting. Therefore, we encourage organisations to consider purchasing a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment, particularly where there are high concentrations of people.</p><p> </p><p>In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government has provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:32:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751795

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of bowel cancer screening for people under the age of 30.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	4837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made regarding availability of bowel cancer screening for people under the age of 30. Bowel screening is offered to men and women aged 60-74 years old with an average risk of developing the condition. High risk screening falls outside the United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) remit; which is to offer whole population screening to asymptomatic people.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals with symptoms or those considered to be high risk should speak to their general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p>The UK NSC has an open process by which stakeholders and/or members of the public may submit a proposal to the Committee, providing robust peer reviewed evidence to support a change to an existing programme. This would include a modification such as a change to the screening age. Submissions relating to existing programmes are accepted throughout the year. More information about the UK NSC’s process is available on its website.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/07/2017 15:07:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757690

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Coffee: Sugar
	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 coffee companies on reformulating products to reduce their sugar content.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	8796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Since March 2017, Public Health England (PHE) has instigated a specific programme of engagement with all of the food industry (retailers and manufacturers) and this has included businesses that provide the food purchased and consumed out of home (such as coffee and sandwich shops). This engagement has focussed on encouraging industry to reformulate products to reduce their sugar content, as part of the wider sugar reduction programme set out in ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action'. The issues discussed at these meetings have included the expectation that businesses will undertake work to meet the 20% reduction in sugar by 2020, and has covered businesses’ achievements to date and discussion of any technical challenges faced in terms of making current and future changes.</p><p> </p><p>Further discussions will continue to take place over the coming months to ensure that these businesses play their role in helping to reduce sugar consumption. A list of PHE’s industry and other stakeholder engagement on this agenda was published in March and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement</a></p><p> </p><p>Further updates on engagement will also be published at regular intervals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/09/2017 15:09:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757691

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a decision has been made on what sensitivity threshold the faecal immunochemical test will be set at when it is introduced into the bowel cancer screening programme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	8797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>No final decision has been taken yet on the sensitivity threshold for the faecal immunochemical test on its introduction to the bowel cancer screening programme from April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with partners in Public Health England and the Department to inform this decision and is working through its regional teams to assess capacity in relation to a number of thresholds. The Department is confirming the process for decision making, which is likely to conclude this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 14:23:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson