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1542886

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of pension tax rules have on the (a) working hours and (b) levels of retirement of doctors in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	88954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Pensions tax relief is one of the most expensive reliefs in the personal tax system. In 2020/21 Income Tax and employer National Insurance Contributions relief cost £67.3 billion. The annual and lifetime allowances help to ensure that the highest earning pension savers do not receive a disproportionate benefit. 99 per cent of pension savers make annual contributions below £40,000, the level of standard annual allowance, while 91 per cent of individuals currently approaching retirement have a pension below the lifetime allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that hard-working NHS staff do not find themselves reducing their work commitments due to the interaction between their pay, their pension, and the relevant tax regime. On 22 September, the Government announced it will change elements of the NHS Pension Scheme to help retain doctors, nurses and other senior NHS staff, to increase capacity. These changes include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Changing pension rules regarding inflation</li><li>Encouraging NHS Trusts to explore local solutions for senior clinicians affected by pension tax charges, such as pension recycling</li><li>Implementing permanent retirement flexibilities and extending existing temporary measures to allow our most experienced staff to return to service or stay in service longer.</li></ul><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced the Government will introduce measures to support and grow the NHS workforce and improve performance across the health system. To support this the government committed to publishing a comprehensive NHS workforce strategy, including independently verified workforce forecasts, next year.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/11/2022 11:09:31 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

709413

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will respond to the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund report, entitled A Major Road Network for England, published in October 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	66980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We are looking carefully into the issues raised by the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund report, and recognise that its recommendations are worthy of serious consideration.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/03/2017 14:24:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

714909

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M3 and M4
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to build a new north-south transport corridor linking the M3 and the M4.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	909581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been made on whether to build a new north-south transport corridor between the M3 and the M4. However, the Department is considering this proposal as part of its work to inform the next Road Investment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 30/03/2017 15:22:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1007898

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of delay repay decisions.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	191961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Train operators are expected to have fair and transparent processes for considering Delay Repay applications as set out in detail in their Passenger’s Charter. The train operators use industry delay data provided by Network Rail, who have an obligation to ensure that this delay data is accurate.</p><p> </p><p>If any passenger is unhappy with the decision taken by the train operator with regards to a Delay Repay claim, then they will shortly be able to take this up with the new Rail Ombudsman.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/11/2018 11:07:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1007900

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Reading-Basingstoke Railway Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 904102, when his Department plans to review the need for the electrification of the Reading to Basingstoke line.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	191962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans for a review by the Department of the need for electrification of the Reading to Basingstoke line. As previously stated in the Answer of 1 March 2018, a feasibility assessment identified that electrification of this line is not required to deliver improvements to passengers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/11/2018 12:01:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1059376

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on the introduction of an automated delay repay compensation scheme that is interoperable across train operating companies.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	909230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State in October, the Government will mandate new franchises to introduce simple “one-click” automated claims systems, available via smartphones and smartcard registration. This will make it easier for passengers to claim compensation when they have suffered delays.</p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging “one-click” compensation to be introduced across all DfT train operators.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/02/2019 15:06:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1089470

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled, Identifying the Multimodal Strategic Freight Network and the Value of Improving its Operation, published by the UK Major Ports Group, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the cost of bottleneck junctions in (a) Bramley, Hampshire and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	233019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>In Control Period 5 (2014-2019), Government made available £235m through the Strategic Freight Network fund, investing in projects to support rail freight growth. The route out of the Port of Southampton is benefiting from a programme of investment to enable longer freight trains to operate between there and the North / Midlands.</p><p>There is funding available in Control Period 6 (2019-2024) for continued improvements to the rail network. Government is working with Network Rail and the freight industry to develop options for investment over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/03/2019 15:25:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1121886

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of an automated delay repay compensation scheme that is interoperable across train operating companies.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	245899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department requires operators of new franchises to provide automated Delay Repay compensation processes that make claiming swift and simple and is working with the rail industry and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to deliver more automated claims processes across all DfT-let franchises. The Delay Repay compensation scheme has now been rolled out to all but one of these franchises. Since announcing ‘one-click’ compensation in October 2018, the Government has also introduced a requirement for new franchises to introduce simple one-click automated claims systems, available via smartphones and smartcard registration, to make it easier for passengers to claim compensation when they have suffered delays.</p><p> </p><p>In practice, train operating companies work with one another to ensure that the Delay Repay compensation scheme works in an interoperable way between franchises. For example, if a passenger submits their claim for compensation to an operator other than the one responsible for the delay, then the operator receiving the claim should forward this to the one that was responsible for the delay and advise the passenger that they have done this.</p><p> </p><p>We can advise that South Western Railway (SWR)’s compensation offering was improved earlier this month with the announcement of Automated Delay Repay, which is a new simpler way of claiming compensation for Season ticket holders using SWR Touch smartcards and for holders of Advance tickets purchased through SWR’s website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-help/refunds-and-compensation/automated-delay-repay" target="_blank">https://www.southwesternrailway.com/contact-and-help/refunds-and-compensation/automated-delay-repay</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/04/2019 10:08:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1670385

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2023
	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	Tumours: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE assessments of rare tumour type treatments consider both the failure rate of radiotherapy and the success rate of new treatments.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	2190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>In its evaluations of new health technologies, including for rare diseases, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) takes into account all health-related costs and benefits, including evidence of comparative outcomes against existing treatment options such as radiotherapy. Full details of the process and methods used by NICE in undertaking evaluations are set out in NICE health technology evaluations: the manual, published on the NICE website and available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nice.org.uk%2Fprocess%2Fpmg36%2Fchapter%2Fintroduction-to-health-technology-evaluation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMD.Support%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C333109cf26904e79aba608dbe7825f03%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638358319347196670%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hNltwwubSKJyLzQAyiKcpnHhf45seq1SehLv59TkbCo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg36/chapter/introduction-to-health-technology-evaluation</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/11/2023 16:42:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1670389

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2023
	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	Commercial Clinical Trials in the UK Review
	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 her Department has taken to implement the (a) significant actions under problem statement 6 and (b) other recommendations of the Lord O'Shaughnessy review of commercial clinical trials.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	2192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government will soon publish a full response to the Lord O’Shaughnessy independent review into commercial clinical trials.</p><p>The response will include an update on progress and implementation of the initial five headline commitments and foundational actions that the Government made in May 2023 as well as all other recommendations in the review.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/11/2023 16:03:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena