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date	11/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Sciences: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 12 of the life sciences sector deal, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the £20 million of planned patient capital investment in the life sciences sector will provide benefits for the (a) public finances and (b) NHS.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	118242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>At Budget, the Government announced the outcome of the Patient Capital Review, setting out an action plan to unlock £20 billion of new investment to finance growth in innovative firms. The Government will set-up a new £2.5 billion subsidiary of the British Business Bank, expand tax-relief schemes and remove regulatory barriers to encourage long-term investment from pension funds. The subsidiary of the British Business Bank will operate on a commercial basis and will be set up with the intention to float or sell it once it has a sufficient track record. This action plan will benefit a range of sectors including the life sciences sector to commercialize research, develop new technologies and support other forms of innovation.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 6 December, the Government and the life sciences sector have agreed a transformative billion-pound Sector Deal worth close to £2.5bn of investment in innovative new treatments and medical technologies that will improve patient lives and drive economic growth in the UK. The Deal commits an expected £1.5bn from private and charitable sectors. The Life Sciences Sector Deal Implementation Board will agree implementation plans for each section of the Deal including agreed success metrics. The NHS will be represented on that board.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/12/2017 17:04:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

772039

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Coinage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to each new coin introduced into circulation in the last 30 years, what has been the period between its introduction and its predecessor being no longer legal tender.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	108173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The period between the introduction of a new coin and its predecessor being demonetised, over the last 30 years, has ranged between 6-8 months.</p><p> </p><p>The new 10p was introduced on 30 September 1992, and its predecessor (the florin) was demonetised on 30 June 1993, co-circulating for eight months. The new 5p was introduced on 27 June, and its predecessor was demonetised on 31 December 1990, six months later.</p><p> </p><p>The new, smaller 50p was introduced on 1 September 1997. Its larger predecessor was demonetised on 28 February 1998, after a period of six months. The new £1 coin was introduced on 28 March 2017 and was demonetised six months later on 15 October 2017</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/10/2017 11:32:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

428344

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with whom did the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency share licence data in 2014-15; and what payments were received for such data sharing.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	16479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) discloses personal data from its registers to authorised third parties with a legitimate reason for requesting it. Data is only disclosed where it is fair and lawful to do so and in compliance with the Data Protection Act. Comprehensive safeguards are in place to ensure that DVLA data provided to third parties is requested for specific purposes and is used appropriately. Information on the organisations that the DVLA discloses data to can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with</a></p><p>In 2014/15, the DVLA received £15.1m from data sharing activities. The DVLA’s data release charges are set to recover the cost of providing the information. While DVLA is permitted to charge a fee for the release of information under the reasonable cause provisions, it is not permitted to profit from it. The fees are set to recover the related administrative costs and so that it is the applicant and not the taxpayer who funds this activity.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/11/2015 14:46:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

426615

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards are in place to avoid mistakenly withdrawing motor tax following erroneous or malicious notification of cars being exported or going off road.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	15142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) requires specific information or documentation before it will process a notification that a vehicle has been exported or taken off the road.</p><br /><p>In order to be able to make such notifications electronically (where such a service is available) a unique reference number from the vehicle registration certificate and/or vehicle excise duty renewal letter must be used. This helps to ensure that it is the registered keeper of the vehicle making the notification.</p><br /><p>If the notification cannot be made electronically, the registered keeper must use the appropriate section of the vehicle registration certificate or write to the DVLA.</p><br /><p>When the off road or export notification has updated the DVLA’s records, a refund of any remaining vehicle excise duty will be issued to the registered keeper. Unexpectedly receiving this payment should prompt the keeper to contact the DVLA if they did not make the notification themselves.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/11/2015 17:23:04 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

349041

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with vehicle hire companies on the ending of the physical paper driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The photocard licence remains a physical document. The changes which took place on 8 June abolished the paper counterpart to the driving licence. Old style paper licences remain valid.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has actively engaged with the vehicle rental industry about the abolition of the paper counterpart to the driving licence. Recently, this has included weekly conference calls with the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) and also a number of workshops with a large number of car hire company representatives.</p><p> </p><p>A comprehensive range of publicity materials was developed specifically for the vehicle rental sector and its customers. These were intended to help businesses to prepare themselves and their customers for the change. These communications were also provided to Lease Europe, which is the European equivalent of the BVRLA.</p><p> </p><p>The full range of publicity material is online at <a href="http://dvla.dft.gov.uk/dvla-aoc-toolkit.html" target="_blank">http://dvla.dft.gov.uk/dvla-aoc-toolkit.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2015 15:19:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

349042

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information campaign was in place to publicise the end of the physical paper driving licence; and what feedback has been received on the effectiveness of that campaign.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The photocard licence remains a physical document. The changes which took place on 8 June only abolished the paper counterpart. Old style paper licences remain valid.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) utilised media, online and direct mail channels. It also engaged directly with trade organisations and car hire companies who may need to check the status of drivers. Since March 2015, the DVLA has written directly to 640,000 professional bus and lorry drivers and sent information to around a million drivers each month. Information on GOV.UK about the change has been viewed over 2.6 million times and 40 pre-planned broadcast interviews were undertaken on 8 June.</p><p> </p><p>The information that was previously on the counterpart is still available to the police, courts and insurance companies via a dedicated system.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2015 15:23:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah