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1147879

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help strengthen the tax systems of developing countries in order to increase funding for services to support the poorest people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to supporting countries to achieve the Global Goals, including working actively with countries to help raise and manage public revenues, and thereby to invest in their public services and infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2019 we announced a new £47 million package of support to assist developing countries in strengthening their tax systems. This package will provide technical assistance and capacity building support through a number of partners. It will also help contribute to economic growth by helping to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, and by creating a more level playing field for businesses. In addition to this new package of support, the UK has a number of other initiatives underway to help strengthen tax systems; in August 2018 DFID Ethiopia launched a £35 million programme to support the Ethiopian government in transforming the country’s tax system, and HMRC’s Capacity Building Unit provides peer-to-peer expertise to raise the standards of tax systems of developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/10/2019 12:29:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147881

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent advice her Department has issued to the farming sector in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with a deal and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/10/2019 16:08:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147885

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Niraparib
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Glaxo on the ovarian cancer drug Zejula.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 15:24:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147887

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Cochlear Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the new cochlear implant for deafness be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England commissions cochlear implants for patients who fulfil the criteria as described in the recently published he National Institute for Health and Care Excellence report ‘Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness: Technology appraisal guidance’ published on 7 March 2019 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta566" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta566</a></p><p>There are a number of cochlear implant devices currently available. Specific advice about which of the devices currently available meet an individual patients requirements would be provided by a patient’s local specialist cochlear implant centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 10:55:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147889

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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: Foreign Nationals
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 he is taking to tackle health tourism.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to recovering National Health Service charges from overseas visitors and continues to support the NHS in achieving a higher rate of cost recovery from chargeable overseas visitors and migrants and reduce health tourism rates. This has raised over £1.3 billion since 2015, with the total amount identified continuing to rise each year from £89 million in 2012/13 to £464 million in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently announced an investment of £1 million to expand a team of NHS experts whose role is to assist and support NHS organisations to understand the cost recovery rules and ensure they are applied fairly and consistently.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2019, the Government increased the rates of the immigration health surcharge to £400 per year, or £300 for students, to better reflect the actual costs to the NHS of treating those who pay the surcharge. This now generates over £400 million per year for the NHS whilst reducing the administrative burden on the NHS associated with identifying and charging eligible patients.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2017, chargeable patients seeking to access treatment that is not urgent or immediately necessary are required to pay upfront and in full before they receive the treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 12:55:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147891

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Spina Bifida
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with spina bifida in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of reported cases of spina bifida in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of spina bifida registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>These data exclude spontaneous miscarriage before 20 weeks gestation and cases of spina bifida occulta.</p><p> </p><p>Number of reported cases of spina bifida in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported spina bifida cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the estimated number of cases of congenital heart disease in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of CHD registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which can be viewed at the following link</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>This is likely to be an under-estimate of the actual number of cases as milder forms of congenital heart disease are often diagnosed later.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of reported cases of congenital heart disease in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported CHD cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>England Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>4,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 293587 question first answered 08/10/2019 10:58:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147893

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Kenya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his Kenyan counterpart on increasing trade with that country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK enjoys a strong trade and investment relationship with Kenya. In September I discussed bilateral trade with His Excellency Manoah Esipisu the Kenyan High Commissioner to the UK. Ahead of our exit from the EU, the UK intends to maintain duty-free, quota-free access for Kenya’s exports to the UK market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/10/2019 12:46:54 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147895

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Lung Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis by (a) age and (b) gender in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on pulmonary fibrosis diagnoses is provided in the attached document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 11:07:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ293585 response.xlsx title pq293585 table
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147897

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Deaths
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help reduce the number of deaths caused by driving under the influence of alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preventing people from driving under the influence of alcohol. We employ a combined approach of tough penalties and rigorous enforcement along with our highly respected and effective THINK! campaigns to reinforce the social unacceptability of drink driving and to remind people of the serious ramifications of drink driving on themselves and others.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also taken some important steps to tighten drink driving legislation. We have made it a requirement for high-risk offenders to undertake medical tests before they are allowed to drive again, and we have also made sure that drivers over the breath limit cannot escape a conviction by demanding a further blood or urine test.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/10/2019 16:44:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147899

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Heart Diseases: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children in the UK diagnosed with congenital heart disease in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of reported cases of spina bifida in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of spina bifida registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>These data exclude spontaneous miscarriage before 20 weeks gestation and cases of spina bifida occulta.</p><p> </p><p>Number of reported cases of spina bifida in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported spina bifida cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the estimated number of cases of congenital heart disease in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of CHD registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which can be viewed at the following link</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>This is likely to be an under-estimate of the actual number of cases as milder forms of congenital heart disease are often diagnosed later.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of reported cases of congenital heart disease in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported CHD cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>England Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>4,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 293583 question first answered 08/10/2019 10:58:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon