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433138

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	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	Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the creation of painting and decorating opportunities in the construction sector.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	18208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Late payment remains an important issue for small businesses in the UK. The Government is taking significant steps to assist small businesses to recover late payment debts.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Through the Enterprise Bill, currently before Parliament, we will legislate to establish a Small Business Commissioner to help small business resolve disputes with large companies, tackling, in particular, late payment. The Commissioner will act as a disincentive to unfavourable payment practices, and build the confidence and capabilities of small businesses to help them to assert themselves in contractual disputes and negotiate more effectively with larger businesses.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This is part of a package of measures to tackle late payment. We have also legislated for new transparency measures in the public and private sectors. This will allow full public scrutiny of payment performance.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have also strengthened the Prompt Payment Code to ensure it is a recognised and demonstrated beacon of best practice, and we recently consulted on proposals to give representative bodies wider powers to challenge grossly unfair payment practices.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Government promotes fair payment practices in construction through legislation (the &quot;Construction Act&quot;), the use of public procurement (promoting prompt payment to Tier 3 and the use of Project Bank Accounts), and by working with the industry through voluntary measures (such as the Prompt Payment Code and the Construction Leadership Council's Payment Charter).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Payment Charter includes a commitment of zero retentions by 2025. To support this work, the Government recently announced a review of the practice of cash retentions under construction contracts.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK's payment culture.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Opportunities in painting and decorating will be created through the steps Government is taking to increase demand in the construction industry, including its support for housebuilding in England.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Last week the Chancellor announced that the public housing budget for England is to double to over £2 billion per year, and the Housing Bill sets out plans to build 1 million homes in England by 2020.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To deliver Government ambitions for construction it is vital to attract new people to the industry. The government is committed to significantly increasing the quantity and quality of all apprenticeships in England to 3 million starts by 2020; the construction industry will have a significant part to play in achieving this target.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, skills policy (including apprenticeships policy) is a devolved matter and, in Northern Ireland (NI), is the responsibility of the Department of Employment and Learning.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Minister of Employment and Learning, Dr Stephen Farry, published <em>Securing our Success, </em>a new NI Strategy on Apprenticeships in June 2014. This Strategy aims to reform the system of apprenticeships in NI, introducing them in a much broader range of occupational areas and establishing them as an attractive route to gaining higher level qualifications including at degree level and above.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Construction Skills Network Report for NI suggests that there will be an annual recruitment requirement of 100 painters and decorators over the next five years, within a total requirement of 1,490 construction trades each year.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Construction Industry Training Board NI has a role to encourage the adequate training of those employed or intending to be employed in the construction industry and to improve the skills and productivity of the sector. NI’s six Further Education Colleges provide professional and technical training for the painting and decorating trades.</ins></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/01/2016 15:08:11 question first ministerially corrected 11/01/2016 16:04:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 37693 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1315565

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Borders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the number of EU border checks completed in Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with his EU counterpart on taking a more pragmatic approach towards the Northern Ireland Protocol.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	2986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol (‘the Protocol’) is a unique solution to complex challenges. To work, it must be given effect in a pragmatic, practical and proportionate way. That is how we ensure it can meet its core purposes: to uphold the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in all its dimensions, safeguard Northern Ireland’s integral place in the United Kingdom, and prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>This has been the basis on which the UK Government has continued to give effect to its obligations under the Protocol, conscious of the need to minimise its impact on everyday lives in Northern Ireland - as the Protocol itself sets out.</p><p> </p><p>There have been difficulties in the operation of the Protocol, and we are working through the structures of the Withdrawal Agreement to seek to resolve these. <ins class="ministerial">The UK and EU were able to use the Ireland/Northern Ireland Specialised Committee on 26 March to take stock of outstanding issues. Lord Frost and Vice President Šefčovič, and their respective teams, remain in close contact as we move forward.</ins> Issues remain, but our aim is to find common sense, risk-based approaches that enable us to agree a pragmatic way forward that substantially eases the burdens on Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/05/2021 11:00:54 question first ministerially corrected 27/05/2021 15:04:53 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 1872 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

450075

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department made at the pre-replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Tokyo on 17 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	903412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Secretary of State for International Development has had no discussions on the 1955 tax treaty between the UK and Malawi with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Issues relating to tax treaties are a matter for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department’s Director General for Policy and Global Programmes attended the pre-replenishment meeting of the Global Fund in Tokyo, at which he urged all countries to contribute their fair share to the 2017-2019 Global Fund replenishment to support the delivery of the global goals.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/02/2016 16:34:20 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2016 16:41:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 43152 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1293256

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	Hospitals: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of people of hospital being treated for (a) covid-19 and (b) other reasons in each region of the UK in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Data on the percentage of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and for other reasons is attached. Data is only available for England from August 2020 – January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/03/2021 15:17:57 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2021 17:53:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ160659 - final data - Copy.xlsx title Admissions data 2020-2021 previous answer version 87907 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1386553

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	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	Breast Cancer: 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 improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of breast cancer in younger women.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	90419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan’s ambitions for early diagnosis includes improvements for breast cancer patients of all ages. Rapid diagnostic centres (RDCs) have two models: for specific symptoms, which will include most women with suspected breast cancer; and for non-specific symptoms. As of October 2021, there were<ins class="ministerial"> 159</ins> <del class="ministerial">179</del> live RDC pathways in England, compared to 12 in March 2020. Of these, nine are for breast cancer symptoms, with evaluation showing that breast cancer has been diagnosed through non-specific symptom pathways.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets the ambition to offer personalised care to all cancer patients and transform follow-up care, giving people choice and control over the way their care is planned and delivered, includes younger patients with breast cancer. NHS England’s Cancer Quality of Life Survey identify patients’ views on their care and if any new services are needed. The first data from this survey was published in October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/12/2021 17:04:09 question first ministerially corrected 04/01/2022 12:07:38 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 39791 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1421154

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2022
	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	Lymphoedema
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with lymphoedema in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	121749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital have provided a count of patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Lymphoedema, recorded for each year from 2016-17 to <del class="ministerial">2021-21</del> <ins class="ministerial">2020-21 </ins>(inclusive).</p><p>The data represents activity in NHS Hospitals in England and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p>It is important to note that in any given year a patient will only be counted once, but it is possible that the same patient may be counted in multiple years.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Number of patients</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20,521</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22,928</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018/19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26,394</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29,688</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">25,512</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/02/2022 09:29:45 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2022 10:10:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 51598 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

448320

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each age group and gender were diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome <ins class="ministerial">(IBS)</ins><del class="ministerial">(IBD)</del> in each of the last five years is not collected.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The two main forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis only affects the large intestine whereas Crohn's disease affects the whole of the digestive system.</del></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that <ins class="ministerial">IBS prevalence in the general population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. Recent trends indicate that there is also a significant prevalence of IBS in older people.</ins> <del class="ministerial">ulcerative colitis has an incidence in the United Kingdom of approximately 10 per 100,000 people annually, and a prevalence of approximately 240 per 100,000. This amounts to around 146,000 people in the UK with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. In addition to this, there are currently at least 115,000 people in the UK with Crohn's disease.</del></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:22 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2016 14:58:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 43583 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1468033

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	13727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance. The forecast was last revised at Spring Statement 2022, with the latest estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion for the entire package, which includes the Loan Charge.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019, the Government commissioned an Independent Review into the Loan Charge, led by Lord Morse. The Government accepted 19 of the 20 recommendations made by the review. Changes to the Loan Charge were estimated to reduce the forecast yield by £745 million at Budget 2020.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will go to the employer to settle the tax due or collect the Loan Charge in the first instance. Approximately 80 per cent of the £3.3 billion HMRC brought into charge through DR settlements between Budget 2016 and the end of March 2021 was from employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC will consider other options to collect the tax where collection from the employer is not possible, such as when the employer no longer exists or is based offshore.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 3 June 2022, HMRC had processed approximately <del class="ministerial">1900</del> <ins class="ministerial">2100</ins> applications, of which approximately 1300 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Approximately <del class="ministerial">600</del> <ins class="ministerial">800</ins> of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 15/06/2022 16:07:03 question first ministerially corrected 17/10/2022 16:20:30 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller previous answer version 6499 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

708491

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	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	Livestock Worrying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of dog attacks on sheep flocks in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	66758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on dog attacks on sheep and other livestock is not routinely collated by Defra. However, details of the number of people prosecuted under the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 for each of the last four years for which details are available can be found in the attached table.</p><p>Defra and the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE) recently met police forces, farming and rural interests to discuss the situation. Under the auspices of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, five police forces are collaborating to pilot more systematic data collection of incidents and good response practices</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2017 14:44:08 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2017 12:30:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name 66758 - dog attacks on sheep flocks.pdf title 66758 - dog attacks on sheep and other livestock previous answer version 40195 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

581979

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Kurds: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Kurdistan regional government on support for its army in tackling Daesh.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	45868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The British Defence Attaché in Baghdad and Defence Advisor in Erbil regularly discuss these issues with representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government and Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs. <del class="ministerial">I will discuss these issues with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government during my forthcoming visit to the region.</del></p><p> </p><p>The UK is steadfastly supporting the Kurdish Peshmerga as they fight, alongside other Iraqi forces, to defeat Daesh in Iraq. The UK has trained more than 6,000 Kurdish Peshmerga in infantry fighting skills, gifted 1,000 Vallon counter-IED detectors, provided more than 50 tonnes of non-lethal support, 40 heavy machine guns, nearly half a million rounds of ammunition and £600,000 worth of military equipment. We have also delivered over 300 tonnes of weapons and ammunition on behalf of other Coalition nations. In addition, the Kurdish Peshmerga benefit from RAF intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance capability and airstrikes - Tornado, Typhoon and Reaper have flown more than 3,000 missions in Iraq, carrying out over 1,000 successful strikes against Daesh targets, and in support of Iraqi forces.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/09/2016 14:55:13 question first ministerially corrected 20/09/2016 09:50:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 12157 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon