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1131374

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2019 to Question 252480, if he will publish the name and location of each of the 47 sites which are empty and being disposed of by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	263028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>A copy of the list showing the names and locations of the 47 sites which are empty and being disposed of by the Ministry of Defence is attached.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/06/2019 15:14:20 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Vacant Site List_F.xlsx title MOD sites by location being disposed off or empty
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1544054

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Service Industries: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and what proportion of services exports were made by businesses with a headcount of (a) 250 or more, (b) between 50 and 249, (c) between 10 and 49 and (d) less than 10 employees in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	92074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 21 November is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 24/11/2022 12:03:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ92074.pdf title Response
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1522505

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate HMRC has made of the number of companies that have stopped trading in the European Union since the end of the Brexit transition period; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	63100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 14 October is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/10/2022 11:01:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name UKSA_Response_to_PQ63100.pdf title Brexit Transition
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1626969

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	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	Neuroblastoma: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated for research into treatment of neuroblastoma in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	184561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>A table is attached showing the research funding into treatment of neuroblastoma.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is also supporting delivery in the health and care system of neuroblastoma research, funded by research funding partners in the charity and public sectors. For example, over the last 10 years, the NIHR Clinical Research Network has supported approximately 27 neuroblastoma related studies.</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including neuroblastoma. As with other Government funders of health research, the NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The level of research spend in a particular area, is driven by factors including scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/05/2023 15:19:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name Table - spending .xlsx title Research funding
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1249732

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Export Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many companies were in receipt of UK export finance in each of the last five years by (a) region of the UK, (b) type of business (c) size of the business by annual turnover and (d) in total; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	112984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The number of businesses that UK Export Finance (UKEF) supported over the last five years is shown in the table below. UKEF does not hold information about individual companies’ annual turnover centrally, but the table shows the numbers and proportions of supported businesses that were small and medium-sized enterprises. It should be noted that the figures in the table refer to individual companies that received help. Some of those companies may have received more than one instance of UKEF support throughout the year in question but are only counted in the table once.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total exporters supported, of which:</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Direct support under a UKEF product</li></ul></p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Companies who secured business with a project supported by UKEF</li></ul></p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>N/A*</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Private market assist</li></ul></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Direct support and private market assist</li></ul></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of SMEs</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%age of SMEs</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Information not collected for these years</p><p>The volume of business that UKEF supports year-on-year is a reflection of private sector liquidity and risk appetite as much as of its activity and success. UKEF complements rather than competes with private sector finance and insurance providers. If support is available from a commercial bank or insurer, UKEF does not seek to displace this. In many cases, UKEF will work with companies and financial service providers to find a solution from the commercial sector (which UKEF reports as a ‘private market assist’)</p><p>The breakdown of UKEF’s support by business sector is included in the Annual Report and Accounts for each year, which are available online. The relevant information for the various years can be find at the following locations:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>URL</p></td><td><p>Page</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a>.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a>.</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a>.</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a>.</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The regional breakdown of businesses that received direct support under a UKEF product is only collated centrally in respect of short-term business deals. The figures held are shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/11/2020 17:51:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart attachment 1 file name Regional breakdown.docx title UKEF - Regional Breakdown
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

722956

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Jainism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had on including Jainism as a religious category in the UK census; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	71418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 14:50:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ71418 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ71418
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

661616

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by each local authority on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards cases in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17 to date; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on local authority expenditure on their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an impact assessment on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are published annually by NHS Digital. Information on the number of applications to each local authority and the outcome of those applications is available at:</p><p> </p><p>- 2014/15 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>- 2015/16 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data relating to 2016/17 will be published by NHS Digital in autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Additional funding was provided to local authorities for their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2015 and was allocated using the Relative Needs Formula. The amount provided to each local authority is provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 58331 58332 58347 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:29:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS funding per LA.docx title PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS fund
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

661618

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the additional £25 million provided by his Department in 2015-16 to support local authorities in their deprivation of liberty safeguards work each local authority received.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on local authority expenditure on their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an impact assessment on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are published annually by NHS Digital. Information on the number of applications to each local authority and the outcome of those applications is available at:</p><p> </p><p>- 2014/15 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>- 2015/16 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data relating to 2016/17 will be published by NHS Digital in autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Additional funding was provided to local authorities for their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2015 and was allocated using the Relative Needs Formula. The amount provided to each local authority is provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 58330 58331 58332 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:29:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS funding per LA.docx title PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS fund
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

661619

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate his Department has made of the financial cost to a local authority of a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on local authority expenditure on their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an impact assessment on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are published annually by NHS Digital. Information on the number of applications to each local authority and the outcome of those applications is available at:</p><p> </p><p>- 2014/15 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>- 2015/16 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data relating to 2016/17 will be published by NHS Digital in autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Additional funding was provided to local authorities for their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2015 and was allocated using the Relative Needs Formula. The amount provided to each local authority is provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 58330 58332 58347 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:29:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS funding per LA.docx title PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS fund
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

661620

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments each local authority in England made in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17 to date; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on local authority expenditure on their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an impact assessment on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are published annually by NHS Digital. Information on the number of applications to each local authority and the outcome of those applications is available at:</p><p> </p><p>- 2014/15 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18577/dols-eng-1415-ann-a.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>- 2015/16 - <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21814/dols-eng-1516-annx-c.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data relating to 2016/17 will be published by NHS Digital in autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Additional funding was provided to local authorities for their role in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2015 and was allocated using the Relative Needs Formula. The amount provided to each local authority is provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 58330 58331 58347 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:29:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS funding per LA.docx title PQ58437 Gareth Thomas additional table - DoLS fund
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas