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1125020

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date	07/05/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of UK relations with Iran; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s relationship with Iran is complex and based on a long history. Maintaining a bilateral relationship with Iran provides an opportunity to hold discussions on a range of issues, including our consular cases, human rights and Iran’s role in the region. We do not agree on everything, and there are many areas in which we have real concerns, but through dialogue we seek to influence Iran’s views on the subject that matter to the UK. I have no plans to make a statement at this time. ​</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/05/2019 16:26:29 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125104

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Business: Artificial Intelligence
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 guidance his Department has issued to businesses on preparing their workforce for the effect of the introduction of Artificial Intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data innovation. We have committed to improving the UK's system for training in digital skills and lifelong learning, to ensure that working people have the support they need to benefit from the opportunities offered by automation towards a higher-wage future. Government is in regular discussion with business and business representative organisations, including issues affecting the workforce.</p><p>The AI Sector Deal brings together commitments from Government, Industry and Academia in a £0.95bn package of support to promote the adoption and use of AI, supported by up to £110 million government investment, which includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>New prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent, underpinned by up to £50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget; and</li><li>Industry-funding for new AI Masters places.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Government is investing £406 million in maths, digital and technical education, and in the 2018 Autumn Budget, my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an initial £100 million to start the roll out of the National Retraining Scheme, an ambitious, far-reaching programme to drive adult learning and retraining.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/05/2019 08:48:23 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125105

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to businesses in the healthcare sector on preparing their workforce for the effect of the introduction of Artificial Intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is leading on the Prime Minister’s Mission to ‘Use data, Artificial Intelligence and innovation to transform the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases by 2030.’ We hope that as we work towards this overall goal, we can ensure that patients experience better care, clinicians deliver better care, commissioners are better able to commission data-driven technologies and the United Kingdom is a great place to do business in artificial intelligence for health and care.</p><p>We are working in partnership with organisations across the National Health Service, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Office for Life Sciences, Office for Artificial Intelligence and Better Regulation Executive to engage with businesses in the sector so that we benefit from the potential for artificial intelligence to improve care, deliver better outcomes, contribute to efficiency in the health and care system and contribute to the wider economy. In September 2018, we published the Code of Conduct for Data-Driven Health and Care Technology, which clearly sets out the behaviours we expect from those developing artificial intelligence and related technologies. The Code was updated in February 2019 based on feedback, including from industry partners, and we are working with them to develop case studies showing good practice in complying with the Code. We are also developing tools to help businesses comply the Code of Conduct.</p><p>We are also working closely with Health Education England as they follow through on the recommendations made by the Topol Review ‘Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future.’</p><p>In March 2019, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its Evidence Standards Framework for Digital Health Technologies, outlining the evidence required by businesses to demonstrate the effectiveness and economic impact of digital health technologies.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/05/2019 16:32:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125106

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) staff and (b) funding the Government provides to the World Trade Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s assessed contribution to the WTO for 2019 is 7,446,595 Swiss francs. The UK also supports and funds several projects, such as those run by the International Trade Centre (a joint agency of the WTO and UNCTAD), the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (a multi-donor trust fund) and the WTO Standards and Trade Development Facility which all focus on helping developing countries engage and participate in global trade. The UK funding for these projects is £55.25 million between 2016 and 2023.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the United Kingdom is represented at the World Trade Organization by Julian Braithwaite, our Ambassador and Permanent Representative in Geneva. The Ambassador and his team play an active role in the work of the WTO, which is a member-led organisation. Since July 2016 the Government has increased its resourcing for the UK Mission to the UN and Other International Organisations in Geneva.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 13/05/2019 16:58:09 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125107

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current location of the Heavy Equipment Transporters.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Army has a fleet of 91 Heavy Equipment Transporters. They are operated by military personnel of 19 Tank Transporter Squadron, Royal Logistic Corps, with our commercial partners and are based in Bulford.</p><p>The fleet is currently operating in the UK and Europe in support of UK and allied operations and exercises. We do not routinely comment on specific locations for individual capabilities as to do so would compromise operational security or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/05/2019 15:48:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125108

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimate he has made of the deployment period for the Heavy Forces.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>For reasons of operational security, the Ministry of Defence does not disclose detailed information regarding the readiness of formations and units. That readiness will be constructed from many components, including training, the preparedness of personnel, and logistic enablers. The speed of deployment would also be dependent on the nature of the threat, capabilities required and geography of deployment.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/05/2019 16:01:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125110

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans she has to forward base the UK's Heavy Forces.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The British Army maintains the ability to deploy its Challenger 2 main battle tanks throughout Europe, with a number currently deployed in Estonia as part of NATO's enhanced Forward Presence. This is assisted by the Government's announcement last year that a residual Army presence in Germany will be maintained as a foundation on which to enhance readiness on mainland Europe; a number of main battle tanks are already forward based there. Defence is continuing to examine how we might forward deploy Army capability in the future but no conclusions have been reached.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 251200 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:11:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125111

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Heavy Armoured Brigades her Department plans to have in the British Army Future Force Structure.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review set out the Government's intent for the Army to deliver, as part of Joint Force 2025, a warfighting division drawn from two armoured infantry brigades and two new strike brigades.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/05/2019 16:11:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1125112

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the deployability of the Main Battle Tank throughout Europe.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The British Army maintains the ability to deploy its Challenger 2 main battle tanks throughout Europe, with a number currently deployed in Estonia as part of NATO's enhanced Forward Presence. This is assisted by the Government's announcement last year that a residual Army presence in Germany will be maintained as a foundation on which to enhance readiness on mainland Europe; a number of main battle tanks are already forward based there. Defence is continuing to examine how we might forward deploy Army capability in the future but no conclusions have been reached.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 251198 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:11:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching