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1255168

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	New Businesses: Females
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 steps he is taking to support women starting and growing businesses.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	909395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>All Government’s business support schemes are open to eligible businesses including female entrepreneurs.</p><p>The Start-Up Loans programme has provided more than 31,000 loans, worth over £245m, to female entrepreneurs as of October 2020.</p><p>Additionally, we continue to work with the private sector to deliver the eight initiatives of the Rose Review. Great progress has been made over the past year with joint NatWest and Be the Business launching the ‘Rose Review Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring Programme’ on 27 October.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/11/2020 16:14:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

1255169

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office on civil service impartiality and diversity and inclusion.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	909397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The Civil Service is committed to developing inclusive workplaces. We are refreshing our approach based on new evidence of what works.</p><p>The focus will be on embedding best practice, ensuring the Civil Service acts as an exemplar employer.</p><p>Senior officials are consulting Departments and staff on the new approach, and are working closely with Ministers from across Departments who have an interest.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/11/2020 14:36:48 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

1255285

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Investment Income: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses of changes in the level of dividend taxes.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>Dividend tax is paid by individual shareholders rather than businesses. Dividend taxes were changed in 2016 and again in 2018. In 2016 the dividend tax credit was abolished and replaced with a new £5,000 allowance, and an increase of 7.5 percentage points was also introduced in each tax band. Over 75 per cent of dividend taxpayers either gained from or were unaffected by these changes, and about one million individuals benefited from a tax reduction on their dividend income due to the new Dividend Allowance. The full impacts were set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/533150/TIIN_Dividends_Allowance_-_updated.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/533150/TIIN_Dividends_Allowance_-_updated.pdf</a></p><p>This change was made to help address the incentive for some people to set up a company and make payments as dividends rather than as wages simply to reduce their tax bill. The changes simplified, reformed and modernised dividend taxation, helping to create a fairer tax system.</p><p>In 2018, the Dividend Allowance was reduced from £5,000 to £2,000 to ensure support for investors was targeted more fairly. About two thirds of all those with dividend income were unaffected by this measure. Only those individuals and households who were in receipt of dividend income between £2,000 and £5,000 were affected. The full impacts were set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-dividend-allowance-reduction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-dividend-allowance-reduction</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/12/2020 14:09:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255286

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for London: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's negotiations with the Mayor of London for a bail-out for Transport for London (TfL), what assessment he has made of TfL's capacity to deliver major capital projects such as proposals to build over London Underground station car parks.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a further extraordinary funding and financing package for TfL of up to £1.7bn to ensure the continuation of public transport services in London.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this deal, by 11 January 2021 TfL will produce a single, comprehensive management plan with options as to how a trajectory to financial sustainability by 2023 can be achieved, including their contribution to capital projects within London. As transport in London is devolved, it is for the Mayor and TfL to assess the merits of capital projects in which they wish to invest, and their capacity to deliver such projects.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 30/11/2020 17:48:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255287

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of Transport for London's capacity to manage its projects to build flats over station car parks.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a further extraordinary funding and financing package for TfL of up to £1.7bn to ensure the continuation of public transport services in London.</p><p>As part of this deal, by 11 January 2021 TfL will produce a single, comprehensive management plan with options as to how a trajectory to financial sustainability by 2023 can be achieved, including their contribution to capital projects within London. As transport in London is devolved, it is for the Mayor and TfL to assess the merits of capital projects in which they wish to invest, and their capacity to deliver such projects.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 04/12/2020 13:57:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255288

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals in the Planning for the Future White Paper, published in August 2020 on prioritisation of brownfield over (a) greenfield and (b) agricultural land.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to prioritise brownfield redevelopment. The reforms put forward in our White Paper <em>Planning for the Future </em>made clear that local authorities need to give preference to the re-use of suitable brownfield and under-used land wherever possible, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Brownfield redevelopment is being boosted by funding such as the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund, the £4.1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, and the £400 million Brownfield Fund.</p><p>We recognise the importance of greenfield and agricultural land. The Framework makes clear that local authorities should recognise the character and beauty of the countryside and the benefits from natural capital and ecosystem services, including woodland and our best and most versatile farmland.</p><p>The White Paper consultation closed on 29 October 2020 and we are currently considering the responses received. The Government will publish a response which will set out any decisions and associated proposed implementation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:46:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255289

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Dementia: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other bodies on the higher risk of dementia in people over 50.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department has had no recent discussions with the Royal College of Nursing on the higher risk of dementia in people over 50. We regularly work with a wide range of organisations, including dementia charities, to promote dementia risk reduction and healthy ageing.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/12/2020 12:03:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1255290

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Coronavirus: 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, what support is being provided to people who have suffered lung damage as a result of contracting covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>Breathlessness is one of the main symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome. In October, NHS England announced that more than 40 clinics will be set up in England to offer a specialist response to the issues faced by patients experiencing post-COVID-19 syndrome.</p><p>Respiratory Networks are already involved in the response to COVID-19 and these networks may be used to assist with help being offered at the new post-COVID-19 clinics.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/12/2020 13:46:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1255291

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Hay Fever
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have hay fever in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>This data is not held.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/12/2020 09:52:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1255292

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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 myalgic encephalomyelitis/ CFS by (a) age and (b) gender in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>This data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/12/2020 11:43:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon