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1130540

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Biodiversity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the contribution that green bridges make to biodiversity.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Green bridges are structures designed to provide wildlife and non-motorised users with easy and safe crossing of main roads and railways.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, Natural England published a review of the literature on green bridges. The review looked at 53 case studies from Europe and North America and found evidence that, in the majority of cases, green bridges were utilised by wildlife, although an assessment of their effectiveness in conserving wildlife populations was limited by the lack of long-term monitoring data. Guidance on the design of green bridges was also published by the Landscape Institute based on research undertaken by Natural England.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the Government published research which included an assessment of the A21 Scotney Caste Green Bridge, constructed by the then Highways Agency, which found that of all incidences of bats crossing the road to and from the Scotney Castle Estate, 97 per cent used the green bridge. At least five bat species were recorded foraging over the bridge which was also used by deer, badger and breeding dormice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will keep the evidence for the effectiveness of these structures under review as new green bridges are planned and implemented.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/06/2019 11:08:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130541

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Biodiversity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which key performance indicators his Department uses to assess progress in improving the UK’s biodiversity.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>Domestic biodiversity policy is a devolved matter. The UK government has a range of performance indicators for England, although we do also work with the devolved administrations to compile indicators at UK scale for international reporting.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2019 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs-single-departmental-plan/department-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs-single-departmental-plan-may-2018" target="_blank">Single Departmental Plan</a> which includes biodiversity performance indicators for England, including: extent of marine protected areas and condition of protected sites and priority habitat.</p><p> </p><p>In May of this year, the Government published a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/25-year-environment-plan" target="_blank">new indicator framework</a> for the 25 Year Environment Plan, setting out a transparent, comprehensive framework that shows how the environment in England is changing and whether it is improving over time. These indicators include diversity and health of our seas, wildlife and wild places, and nature on land and water.</p><p> </p><p>To support reporting of progress across the whole of the UK, the government publishes a set of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/biodiversity-indicators-for-the-uk" target="_blank">UK Biodiversity Indicators,</a> updated annually. These measure long term trends in the UK’s biodiversity and progress against our international commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/06/2019 09:52:58 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130447

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Financial Services: 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 assessment he has made of recent trends of the level of foreign direct investment into the UK FinTech industry in the (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2016-17 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The information regarding FDI is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Last year British FinTech’s attracted more venture capital funding than any other European country once again totalling $1.73 billion across 261 deals.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/06/2019 13:15:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130448

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK FinTech industry paid the Exchequer in tax revenue in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2016-17 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes annual statistics relating to income tax, VAT and corporation tax by industry (including the Financial and Insurance Activities Sector). However, HMRC cannot identify receipts from the UK FinTech industry specifically.</p><p> </p><p>For other taxes, industry-level information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>For business rates, the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government collects data only at local authority level and is unable to provide a breakdown by industry.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/06/2019 07:46:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130107

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Multiple Sclerosis: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the provision of at least one dedicated MS nurse in each London borough.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	260605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of services for people with the multiple sclerosis (MS) are planned and commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups. Action is led locally to ensure the solutions put in place reflect the needs of individual communities and recruitment and retention of National Health Service staff is a local matter. To support local commissioners plan and deliver services for people with MS, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published clinical guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance sets out that people with MS are cared for with a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. This should involve professionals who can best meet the needs of the person with MS and who have expertise in managing MS including, including MS nurses. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg186/resources/multiple-sclerosis-in-adults-management-pdf-35109816059077" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg186/resources/multiple-sclerosis-in-adults-management-pdf-35109816059077</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services, including some services for patients with MS. NHS England has published a service specification for neurological care that includes an exemplar service specification for neuromuscular conditions that sets out what providers must have in place to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. This includes the provision of care from a multidisciplinary team which includes specialist nurses. The service specification for neurological care can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260606 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:52:31 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1130108

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Multiple Sclerosis: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of specialist MS nursing care available to residents of the London Borough of Newham.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	260606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of services for people with the multiple sclerosis (MS) are planned and commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups. Action is led locally to ensure the solutions put in place reflect the needs of individual communities and recruitment and retention of National Health Service staff is a local matter. To support local commissioners plan and deliver services for people with MS, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published clinical guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance sets out that people with MS are cared for with a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. This should involve professionals who can best meet the needs of the person with MS and who have expertise in managing MS including, including MS nurses. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg186/resources/multiple-sclerosis-in-adults-management-pdf-35109816059077" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg186/resources/multiple-sclerosis-in-adults-management-pdf-35109816059077</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services, including some services for patients with MS. NHS England has published a service specification for neurological care that includes an exemplar service specification for neuromuscular conditions that sets out what providers must have in place to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. This includes the provision of care from a multidisciplinary team which includes specialist nurses. The service specification for neurological care can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260605 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:52:31 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1129867

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the May 2019 Royal United Services Institute report into international financing of UK right-wing extremist organisations entitled Fundraising for Right-Wing Extremist Movements: How They Raise Funds and How to Counter It.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	259925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a strong reputation for tackling terrorist financing, using a range of disruptive tools and capabilities to prevent the movement of terrorist finance into and out of the UK. The Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force brings together the financial sector with government to better detect and disrupt terrorist funding.</p><p>The 2017 Criminal Finance Act also strengthened law enforcements ability to identify, investigate and disrupt terrorist finance activity and work effectively with private sector partners.</p><p>The Government remains committed to tackling Right-Wing Extremism and extremist fundraising. We continue to consider all emerging evidence and analysis of financing for extremist causes, including that of the Extremism Analysis Unit.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 259926 question first answered 14/06/2019 13:51:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1129869

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will put in place a strategy to support the (a) identification and (b) disruption by Government bodies of fundraising for (i) those organisations identified in the May 2019 Royal United Services Institute report entitled Fundraising for Right-Wing Extremist Movements: How They Raise Funds and How to Counter It and (ii) other right-wing extremist movements.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	259926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a strong reputation for tackling terrorist financing, using a range of disruptive tools and capabilities to prevent the movement of terrorist finance into and out of the UK. The Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force brings together the financial sector with government to better detect and disrupt terrorist funding.</p><p>The 2017 Criminal Finance Act also strengthened law enforcements ability to identify, investigate and disrupt terrorist finance activity and work effectively with private sector partners.</p><p>The Government remains committed to tackling Right-Wing Extremism and extremist fundraising. We continue to consider all emerging evidence and analysis of financing for extremist causes, including that of the Extremism Analysis Unit.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 259925 question first answered 14/06/2019 13:51:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1130014

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
	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 implications for his policies of the Public Health England sexually transmitted infection data, published June 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>It is concerning to see the increase in sexually transmitted infections, and we would encourage people to practice safe sex by using condoms and to access their free, local sexual health services if they consider themselves to be at risk of infection. Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p>Data published by Public Health England show that more people are accessing sexual health services, with attendances increasing by 7% between 2017 and 2018. This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, online services are increasingly being commissioning to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260587 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:59:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1130015

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Sexually Transmitted Infections: Health Services
	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 ensure that (a) local and (b) national services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of sexually transmitted infections are delivered to those groups with greatest sexual health needs.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	260587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>It is concerning to see the increase in sexually transmitted infections, and we would encourage people to practice safe sex by using condoms and to access their free, local sexual health services if they consider themselves to be at risk of infection. Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p>Data published by Public Health England show that more people are accessing sexual health services, with attendances increasing by 7% between 2017 and 2018. This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, online services are increasingly being commissioning to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 260586 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:59:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson