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1125036

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
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 environmental impact of freezing fuel duty since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	251386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The consumption of fuel is highly price inelastic. Therefore, fuel duty freezes only have a marginal impact on the amount of fuel purchased, and therefore limited impact on emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Households spend a significant amount of their total spending on transport fuels, and fuel costs are a major factor in helping the competitiveness of British businesses. Duty on fuel remains at 57.95ppl. The government is also taking action to reduce emissions and improve air quality through Vehicle Excise Duty and the Company Car Tax system.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/05/2019 14:31:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1122414

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU students enrolling on UK higher education courses in the academic year 2020-21 will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) financial support.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	246531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246532 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1122415

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the (a) fee status and (b) loan eligibility of EU undergraduate students commencing courses at English higher education providers in the 2020-21 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	246532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245750 245994 245995 246531 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1121437

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: British Students Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the financial effect on students in receipt of personal independence payments (PIP) caused by her policy that students in receipt of PIP who are studying abroad must return to the UK every 12 weeks in order to not lose their rights to their benefits.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	244132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The rules allowing for temporary absence abroad apply to Attendance Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment and were subject to consultation in 2012 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/dla-reform-and-pip-completing-the-detailed-design" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/dla-reform-and-pip-completing-the-detailed-design</a>). Under that consultation we had originally proposed a temporary absence rule of four weeks. However, respondents to the consultation told us that the time period was too short and would negatively impact on certain people such as:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Full time students studying abroad as part of their degree course</li><li>People volunteering abroad</li><li>Disabled athletes travelling to race meetings/competitions</li><li>Those undertaking summer internships</li><li>Disabled people who require extra time to travel and recuperate</li></ul><p> </p><p>As a consequence of this consultation, and the suggestions received, we amended our proposal so that a period of 13 weeks would be allowed. This period of time was chosen in part to cover term time absences for students and also to allow people a longer period to visit families living abroad where a long journey may be required.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/04/2019 12:57:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1121439

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the availability of ID scanning centres for EU citizens applying for settled status who do not have Android mobile phones in (a) Cambridge, (b) the East of England and (c) across the country.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	244133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The application process for the EU Settlement Scheme is straightforward and user-friendly, and it is accessible on any smartphone, tablet or computer using internet browsers.</p><p>There are multiple ways to have identity documents checked, including using the EU Exit: ID Document Check app or by posting identity documents to the Home Office. There are currently 50 locations nationwide where applicants can have their passport scanned and verified.</p><p>The ID document scanning service is provided at the discretion of each local authority. The Home Office would encourage as many local authorities as possible to offer the service, and we continue to work with local government bodies across the UK to increase the provision of this service by local authorities, including in the East of England.</p><p>Details of the service and the locations where this service is available can be found on Gov.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-id-document-scanner-locations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-id-document-scanner-locations</a></p><p>The Home Secretary also announced that the EU Exit ID Document Check app will be available on iPhones by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2019 14:13:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1121519

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s (a) anticipated growth rate, (b) allowed growth rate and (c) anticipated rebate payment percentages will be for the current (i) Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access and (ii) statutory scheme to control costs of branded health service medicines in each year of the operation of both schemes.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	244134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the initial growth forecast for the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access and Statutory Scheme to control costs of branded health service medicines in each year of the operation of both schemes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Voluntary Scheme</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial forecast growth rate of Voluntary Scheme Measured Sales</p></td><td><p>5.91%</p></td><td><p>7.16%</p></td><td><p>8.90%</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td><td><p>9.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Scheme Allowed Growth Rate</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial payment percentage for Voluntary Scheme members</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated 2020 future payment percentage for Voluntary Scheme members</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Scheme</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Initial forecast growth rate of Statutory Scheme Measured Sales</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Scheme payment %</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>14.7%</p></td><td><p>20.5%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Statutory Scheme allowed growth rate:</p><p>“The payment percentages are calculated to limit the growth rate of branded health service medicines sales consistent with the average annual growth rate agreed in the 2014 voluntary scheme, which was an average of 1.1% per annum growth.”</p><p>These figures are published in the following publications:</p><p>Page 13 of the 2019 Voluntary Scheme Annex 3 which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761835/voluntary-scheme-for-branded-medicines-pricing-and-access-annexes.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761835/voluntary-scheme-for-branded-medicines-pricing-and-access-annexes.pdf</a></p><p>Page 8 of the Statutory Scheme Impact Assessment which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761064/impact-assessment-2018-statutory-scheme-branded-medicines-pricing.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761064/impact-assessment-2018-statutory-scheme-branded-medicines-pricing.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/04/2019 12:50:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1110574

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Innovate UK: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April to Question 237126 on Innovate UK: Grants, what proportion of Innovate UK grant funding has been awarded to (a) SMEs and (b) large companies since 2004 in each sector.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	242858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Since 2004, Innovate UK has allocated funding to the following sectors.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Large business</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>£840,714,248</p></td><td><p>£61,394,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agri-Tech</p></td><td><p>£10,425,603</p></td><td><p>£90,178,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy</p></td><td><p>£140,484,835</p></td><td><p>£153,132,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>£27,631,824</p></td><td><p>£268,619,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Science</p></td><td><p>£3,605,908</p></td><td><p>£28,233,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Materials and Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£6,653,473</p></td><td><p>£37,208,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Space</p></td><td><p>£6,358,779</p></td><td><p>£14,382,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>£229,587,823</p></td><td><p>£221,127,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sectors</p></td><td><p>£1,481,329,743</p></td><td><p>£1,306,782,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>2,746,792,236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,181,060,497</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/04/2019 15:37:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1105781

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Water: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to tackle water scarcity.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	910087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises continued action is required, and it is committed to a ‘twin track approach’ of managing water demand, including leakage reduction, and increasing supply, in parallel. The Government’s National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure, currently undergoing parliamentary scrutiny, will streamline the planning permission process. The Government will also be launching a call for evidence on an ambitious target for per capita consumption in May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 28/03/2019 17:58:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1105169

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Innovate UK: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of Innovate UK grant funding has been awarded to (a) SMEs and (b) large companies since 2004; and what the amount awarded has been by sector over that period.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	237126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Innovate UK (part of UK Research and Innovation) is successfully delivering significant cross-cutting programmes, such as the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund and supporting the Industrial Strategy ambition to raise total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK’s total funding to businesses since 2004 was <strong>£4,927,852,733. </strong></p><p> </p><p>A breakdown is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total funding to SMEs* (including non-core)</p></td><td><p>£2,181,060,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total funding to Large (including non-core)</p></td><td><p>£2,746,792,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-core funding refers to funding given to Innovate UK by other government departments to deliver specific programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total funding to SMEs* (excluding non-core)</p></td><td><p>£1,909,487,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total funding to Large (excluding non-core)</p></td><td><p>£1,502,060,647</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*based on “self-declared” enterprise size</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grant funding (total)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>£902,108,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agri-Tech</p></td><td><p>£100,604,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy</p></td><td><p>£293,617,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare</p></td><td><p>£296,251,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Science</p></td><td><p>£31,839,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Materials &amp; Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>£43,862,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Space</p></td><td><p>£20,741,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>£450,715,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sectors</p></td><td><p>£2,788,112,136</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/04/2019 16:34:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1104920

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
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	Health Services: Cambridgeshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of trends in the level of population growth in Cambridgeshire on local health services.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	236452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for decisions on the weighted capitation formula used to allocate resources between clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), including those covering Cambridgeshire. This process is independent of Government. NHS England takes advice from the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA), a group of academics and other experts.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published five-year CCG allocations 2019-20 to 2023-24 on 8 February 2019:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/ccg-allocations-2019-20-to-2023-24-core-services/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/ccg-allocations-2019-20-to-2023-24-core-services/</a></p><p> </p><p>For the latest round of allocations covering 2019-20 to 2023-24, NHS England accepted all recommendations made by ACRA, including changes in the way population estimates (as provided by the Office for National Statistics) and projections are used.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/04/2019 15:24:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner