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998563

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of his Department's ability to meet the universal service obligation for superfast broadband coverage in Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	907406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Universal Service Obligation was set in secondary legislation in March 2018 and is now being implemented by Ofcom so that by 2020 everyone will have the legal right to high speed broadband of at least 10Mbps. It is designed as a safety-net to ensure no-one is left behind.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of superfast broadband coverage, thanks to £1.7bn investment of public money in the Broadband Delivery UK Superfast programme, 95% of Hampshire now has access to at least 24 Megabits per second.</p><p> </p><p>We also have ambitions for full fibre coverage, which will deliver future-proof broadband connections. We announced £200 million of funding in the Budget to trial a model to deliver full fibre to premises in rural and remote areas. This is the first step of an ‘outside-in’ approach which seeks to ensure rural areas will be connected at the same pace as the rest of the country.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/11/2018 18:01:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

997831

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Eyesight: Surgery
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 his Department is taking to ensure that there are means of recourse against private sector providers for patients experiencing long-term side effects as a result of laser eye surgery performed by private providers.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	185689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Public and private sector providers of laser eye surgery are required by law to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for regulation and doctors in the United Kingdom are required to register with the General Medical Council (GMC). The CQC and the GMC have a range of powers for addressing failures in care.</p><p> </p><p>Providers are also expected to follow the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on photorefractive (laser) surgery. The CQC, NICE and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists are all clear that the risks and complications of such procedures should be discussed with patients beforehand.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the number of people experiencing long-term side effects as a result of laser eye surgery because this data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 185690 185691 question first answered 05/11/2018 11:08:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

997849

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Eyesight: Surgery
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 his Department is taking to ensure that providers of laser eye surgery clearly outline the risks of that procedure to patients prior to such surgery taking place.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	185690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Public and private sector providers of laser eye surgery are required by law to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for regulation and doctors in the United Kingdom are required to register with the General Medical Council (GMC). The CQC and the GMC have a range of powers for addressing failures in care.</p><p> </p><p>Providers are also expected to follow the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on photorefractive (laser) surgery. The CQC, NICE and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists are all clear that the risks and complications of such procedures should be discussed with patients beforehand.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the number of people experiencing long-term side effects as a result of laser eye surgery because this data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 185689 185691 question first answered 05/11/2018 11:08:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

987764

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he will make it his policy to ensure that mobile operators share a proportion of the 5G radio spectrum with local communities that seek to build and deploy 5G base stations.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	179261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>In the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, the Government set out that spectrum sharing might enable more efficient use of spectrum and could help to maximise the potential benefits of 5G to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The design of auctions to assign spectrum for 5G or other services is a matter for Ofcom, the UK's independent spectrum regulator which is accountable to parliament</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2018 16:38:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

987765

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Official Development Assistance is spent on protecting endangered species.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	179262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>There is no exact figure for the proportion of overseas development assistance spent on protecting endangered species. DFID is supporting a range of activities to support tackling IWT and to conserve nature and wildlife, including by reducing poverty, strengthening borders and creating green corridors, including committing over £600m funding between 2011-2021. This includes:</p><p>- £150m for the Global Environment Facility from 2018 to 2022 (as well as £100m from Defra) – this includes the world’s biggest fund on tackling IWT, the Global Wildlife Programme, of which the UK has contributed $17m (approximate £13m) during the same period.</p><p>- £46m from 2013 to 2021 countering Illicit Financial Flows in Africa and mobilising international action against corruption.</p><p>- £328m from 2011 to 2021 to support work in the forestry sector, increasing trade in legal timber and reducing the demand for illegal and unsustainable food and timber products.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/10/2018 15:07:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

986434

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of coverage provided by 5G-ready infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	178518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to providing the world-class digital infrastructure the UK needs to compete and grow in the modern economy. The Government wants the UK to be a world leader in 5G and to ensure that the majority of the population have access to a 5G signal by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>As 5G is still in its developmental stage it has yet to be rolled out. However, definitive standards are due to be agreed in 2019 and incremental deployment is expected over the following decade.</p><p> </p><p>In the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, the Government set out that it expects 5G to be rolled out in phases around the country, and for Mobile Network Operators to deploy 5G equipment first on existing sites.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/10/2018 10:58:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

984628

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on using Official Development Assistance to help protect endangered species.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	906952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers in my department, the Foreign Office, and Defra meet regularly, and together we are using UK ODA to fight the illegal wildlife trade. We are working to ensure the London Conference on the illegal wildlife trade this week will deliver tangible actions that help stamp out this destructive, billion dollar criminal industry.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/10/2018 13:27:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

984979

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Nature Conservation: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK Overseas Development Assistance is allocated to training park rangers for the protection of endangered species.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	177767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>We cannot provide this as a percentage of Overseas Development Aid (ODA) spend, as ODA spend varies in line with the 0.7% commitment. However through Defra’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund around £18.5million has been allocated to 61 projects in developing countries. Defra Challenge Fund projects focused on training rangers are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Combatting illegal wildlife trade in the W-Arly-Pendjari landscape - ZSL</li><li>Increasing capacity for anti-poaching and enhancing human-elephant coexistence - Tanzanian Elephant Programme</li><li>Developing elephant eco-guardians: fundamental for co-ordinated anti-poaching/trafficking initiatives in Mali - Wild Foundation, Mali Elephant Project</li><li>Counter-Poaching Training Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa - Tusk Trust.</li></ul> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/10/2018 14:51:09 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

969502

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help people move on from their first property and move up the housing ladder.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	171698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014, the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98% of people who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. These changes benefit those moving up the housing ladder</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Government has delivered 1.1 million additional homes in England, including over 375,000 affordable homes.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced that it will invest an additional £15.3 billion in housing over the next five years, bringing the total financial support over this period to at least £44 billion.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/09/2018 15:07:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

969503

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the marriage allowance.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	171699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Consistent increases by this government to the personal allowance have also increased the Marriage Allowance, as it is linked. The personal allowance increase announced at Autumn Budget means that in 2018-19, an individual will be able to transfer £1,190 to a partner, compared to £1,060 in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>This means that in 2018-19 the Marriage Allowance is worth £238 per year, or £900 if backdated up to 4 years.</p><p> </p><p>This government is showing continuing commitment to the Marriage Allowance, and announced at Autumn Budget 2017 an extension to allow claims on behalf of deceased partners.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/09/2018 15:10:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena