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867044

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date	19/03/2018
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	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on negotiating a new Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	133162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Informal discussions have already begun with industry regarding future medicines pricing arrangements. Formal negotiations will begin during 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/03/2018 11:48:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

867045

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date	19/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allocate funding from the public purse to (a) businesses and (b) Government Departments to replace funding from the European Investment Bank when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	133163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The European Investment Bank, and its offshoot, the European Investment Fund, provide financing for infrastructure investment and growth businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The UK considers that it may prove to be in the mutual interest of all sides for the UK to maintain some form of ongoing relationship with the EIB Group after leaving the EU, and we will explore these options with the EU as part of the negotiations on the future relationship.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ensuring good infrastructure projects and growth businesses can access the finance they need. The UK Guarantees Scheme, which gives government support for private infrastructure finance, has been broadened to offer construction guarantees for the first time, and the British Business Bank will be able to bring forward some of the £400 million additional investment announced at the 2016 Autumn Statement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/03/2018 13:25:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

867046

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
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	Regional Planning and Development: Midlands
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 the timetable is for the launch of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	133164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Midlands Engine Investment Fund is fully launched and the full range of investment types is available to beneficiary businesses across the Midlands. The debt sub funds launched on 29/08/2017 and the equity sub funds launched on 22/02/18. Full details of the fund and how to access finance is contained on the website: <a href="http://meif.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://meif.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 26/03/2018 12:29:46 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

867047

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with (a) the UK financial services sector and (b) multilateral financial institutions on the (i) development and (ii) issue of catastrophe bonds as a tool for mitigating catastrophic risk for developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	133165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>DFID has had strong engagement with the UK financial services sector on the disaster risk financing agenda, for example through the Insurance Development Forum (IDF). The Centre for Global Disaster Protection, recently set up by DFID, has run an Innovation Lab in partnership with the UK financial services sector, which explored the use of innovative risk transfer instruments, including catastrophe bonds, to support building back disaster affected infrastructure to be more resilient.</p><p> </p><p>DFID works closely in partnership with the World Bank on the disaster risk financing agenda – and the World Bank has worked with catastrophe bonds in Mexico, and underpinned the new Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility with a bond. Catastrophe bonds serve as one of a suite of financial tools the World Bank offers to support developing countries mitigate catastrophic risk from disasters.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/03/2018 16:34:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

867048

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary school children were eligible for free schools meals in (a) 2009-2010, (b) 2013-2014 and (c) 2017-2018.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	133166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>For 2010, the number and percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals are 717,060 and 17.3%, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>For 2014, the number and percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals are 755,485 and 17.0%, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>For 2017, the number and percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals are 666,708 and 14.1%, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2018’ statistical release will be released in June 2018, (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/03/2018 16:12:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy