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714980

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Air Ambulance Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding was provided to air ambulance organisations in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	69895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Air ambulance services are independent charities, and do not receive direct funding from the Department of Health or NHS England. Local air ambulance charities may receive resources from ambulance trusts or other National Health Service bodies but information on these NHS resources is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/04/2017 16:49:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

693291

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the changes to the modelling of the recording of hospital admissions attributed to alcohol in the last 10 years; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce such admissions.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	65046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Alcohol-related hospital admissions are used as a way of understanding the impact of alcohol on the health of a population. Public Health England (PHE) uses two main measures for reporting alcohol-related hospital admissions:</p><p> </p><p>- narrow measure: where an alcohol-related disease, injury or condition was the primary reason for a hospital admission or an alcohol-related external cause was recorded in a secondary diagnosis field; and</p><p>- more recently a broader measure has been developed which measures pressures from alcohol on health systems. For this indicator, the alcohol-attributable fractions are applied in order to estimate the number of admissions rather than the number of people.</p><p> </p><p>PHE publishes this data and provides tailored data packs for each local authority to support their local decision making to reduce alcohol-related harm and help to reduce alcohol-related hospital admissions.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, there are a range of actions underway to tackle alcohol harm, and which aim to prevent alcohol-related hospital admissions. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- a new national programme to incentivise screening and provide appropriate interventions to all in patients in National Health Service hospitals is being rolled out over the next two years;</p><p>- many Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint areas have used PHE’s menu of preventative interventions to guide their decisions on local action to reduce alcohol harm and hospital admissions; and</p><p>- more widely, PHE’s One You campaign includes tools to help those people who want to reduce their consumption of alcohol, and the NHS Health Check continues to promote interventions to reduce harm and offer alcohol treatment for people who need help to recover from dependence.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/03/2017 11:35:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

714993

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Airports: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the criteria are for granting of planning permission on strategic airfield sites to be reviewed.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	69868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>All applications for planning permission, including any that are called in by the Secretary of State, must be determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework is a material consideration in planning decisions and the Framework’s policies for delivering sustainable development must be considered as a whole. Where relevant, this would include the policy for airports and airfields (that are not subject to a separate national policy statement), which expects local planning authorities to take account of their growth and role in serving business, leisure, training and emergency needs. Planning guidance supporting the Framework makes clear that local authorities should consider the interconnectivity between airfields of different sizes and that they should have regard to the Aviation Policy Framework.</p><p>Airfields are considered alongside all other relevant planning considerations by the decision-taker in determining a planning application.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 24/04/2017 14:30:46 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

520801

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish all responses received to the Chief Medical Officer's consultation on the revised alcohol guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	37848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>As with all consultations of this sort, individual responses to consultations are treated as confidential so not usually published.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department will provide a summary of all the responses for each of the consultation questions in the Government response to the advice that the UK Chief Medical Officers’ guidance.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/06/2016 13:21:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

714979

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Aviation: Emergency Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will assess the potential merits of donating a fleet of 10 single piston-engine, high-wing aircraft to the UK Civil Air Patrol on the condition that they provide support to emergency services on a voluntary basis.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	69872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Government is grateful to all those who voluntarily offer their support to the emergency services and communities in emergencies. It currently has no plans to provide hardware to UK Civil Air Patrol.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/04/2017 14:11:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

581261

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Gliding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of volunteer gliding schools in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	906255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>I am fully supportive of Air Cadets having access to opportunities for gliding. To achieve this we require a laydown of Volunteer Gliding Squadrons that meet the needs of all of our Cadets.</p><p> </p><p>However, we continue to consider if there are viable site options in Wales which can be explored further, and I am due to meet with my hon. Friend shortly to discuss this matter.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 16:54:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

391696

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Science: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether it is his policy that the science ring-fence will remain in place.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	8211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to the hon. Member for Coventry South (Jim Cunningham) to PQ UIN 8264.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2015 12:33:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

715205

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Aviation: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the potential merits of creating a levy or tax-free training scheme for general aviation on the condition that pilots qualifying through such a scheme must volunteer for charitable purposes such as air ambulances and civil air patrols.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	69870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>If an employer provides work-related training to an employee it is tax and National Insurance contributions free.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship levy was launched on 6 April 2017. It will help to reverse the trend of employers’ underinvesting in training and put control of funding for apprenticeships in employers’ hands. Employers have already developed new apprenticeships standards in aviation which include Airside Ground Specialist and Aviation Operations Manager, with the Commercial Airline Pilot standard currently in development.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/04/2017 11:59:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

576723

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to tackle tax avoidance in the property market.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	45187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2013 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) set up a dedicated Counter Avoidance Directorate, bringing together technical, policy and operational expertise from across the Department into one place, in order to concentrate their focus on tackling marketed tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a team within the Counter Avoidance Directorate that focuses on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance. Budget 2013 contained a package of measures to tackle avoidance of SDLT. Since 2013 HMRC has settled over 4,000 enquires into this type of avoidance bringing in over £200 million additional tax.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/09/2016 09:42:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

438817

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on humanitarian assistance in (a) Syria and (b) neighbouring countries receiving Syrian refugees in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Byron Davies
	uin	902755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>In the financial year 2014/15, the UK spent just under £150 million in humanitarian assistance inside Syria and around £125 million in the surrounding region. This has provided lifesaving support and helped ensure Syrian children can remain in education.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 16/12/2015 13:28:02 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower