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1243853

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date	15/10/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the findings by the Royal National Institute of Blind People in their report entitled Turned out 2019 that 68 per cent of blind postal voters and 22 per cent of partially sighted postal voters at the December 2019 General Election had to use assistance from another person to enable them to vote, what plans he has to review the accessibility of the postal vote system.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	104091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that elections are accessible for all those eligible to vote and has already been working with the RNIB to improve the voting process for voters with sight loss.</p><p>It is important for security purposes that a physical poll card is sent to every elector at the property where they are registered, but we have already considered how electoral information might additionally be made available in more accessible format for those who request it.</p><p>Returning Officers already publish details of candidates in the order they will appear on the ballot paper online. We will work with partners in the electoral sector to ensure this information is accessible.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with the RNIB, the Electoral Commission and other relevant organisations to make blind and partially sighted voters aware of the support available to them at the polling station, and to consider what additional support could be provided to help blind and partially sighted people to vote including by post.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 104166 104167 104226 104227 question first answered 22/10/2020 16:55:16 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1243894

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on the potential merits of introducing a 12-month waiver for Air Passenger Duty to support vital trade and connectivity during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	104092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of maintaining a thriving and competitive aviation sector in the UK to deliver connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>Air Passenger Duty is led by HM Treasury. The Department for Transport works closely with HM Treasury and both Departments have engaged closely with the aviation sector to understand their assessment of the outlook for the sector and implications of any sector specific support measures.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/10/2020 13:27:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1243345

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a 12-month waiver on Air Passenger Duty to provide support to the aviation sector, trade and connectivity during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	103484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenging times facing the aviation industry as a result of COVID-19 and firms experiencing difficulties can draw upon the unprecedented package of measures announced by the Chancellor, including schemes to raise capital and support jobs and flexibilities with tax bills. The aerospace sector and its aviation customers are being supported with over £8.5 billion support through the Bank of England’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility, grants for research and development, loan guarantees and support for aerospace exports. The government has also launched a new Global Travel Taskforce to support the travel industry and the safe recovery of international travel.</p><p> </p><p>Airlines’ Air Passenger Duty liabilities will have considerably reduced following the decline in passenger demand caused by COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to consult on aviation tax reform and will provide more detail on next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/10/2020 15:41:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242410

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the care and treatment of patients with heart valve disease; and what plans he has in place to mitigate that effect.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Patients with heart valve disease have been prioritised throughout the pandemic and continue to be through the recovery period. Services in both primary and secondary care have been open throughout and patients have been encouraged to use these services.</p><p>With the learning from the initial wave of the pandemic we are planning for any future waves, meaning we can protect the most vital services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:04:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242411

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of primary care networks on rates of detection of heart valve disease.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of primary care networks (PCNs) on rates of detection of heart valve disease.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:06:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242412

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Consultants
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 the adequate future supply of cardiologists to work in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>As at June 2020, the number of doctors of all grades in the specialties of cardiology and paediatric cardiology in England was 3,600 full time equivalent. Of these, 1,589 were consultants. This is an increase of 1,168, of which 646 are consultants, since 2010. The specialty is popular, with a 96% to 100% fill rate for training posts every year.</p><p>We have increased the number of medical school places by 1,500 over the last three years and have more medical students in training than at any other time in National Health Service history. As part of this record expansion, we opened five new medical schools across the country. This will ensure a significant further increase in the supply of doctors, including a larger pipeline for cardiologists, in coming years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/10/2020 08:21:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242413

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Cardiovascular Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 3.70 of the NHS Long Term Plan, what plans the Government has for the appointment of a national cardiovascular disease policy lead to support primary care networks in establishing greater community detection of heart valve disease.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>NHS England has appointed a National Clinical Director for cardiovascular disease prevention and a National Clinical Director for heart disease.</p><p>They are working closely with the NHS England and NHS Improvement primary care contracting team, to develop the draft specification for the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and early diagnosis Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service which will support primary care networks to improve community detection of heart valve disease.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 12:59:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242414

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Health Services
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 people with heart valve disease symptoms are able to access (a) diagnostic assessments and (b) treatment during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Primary and secondary care have remained open throughout the pandemic and patients have been encouraged to access these services.</p><p>Since 29 April NHS England has prioritised the reintroduction of non COVID-19 services with the aim of recovering as much performance as possible before winter. To aid this, new COVID-19 secure hubs for surgery and diagnostics have been established.</p><p>Further planning is underway to ensure critical services, such as cardiac surgery, are maintained during any future waves.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:03:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1236621

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Wise: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had a (a) telephone and (b) digital appointment with the Pension Wise service since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	93571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Between 1 March 2020 and 22 September 2020, the following number of Pension Wise appointments were held:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Total combined complete/incomplete telephone appointments: 53,370</li><ul><li>Fully completed telephone appointments: 46,928</li><li>Incomplete telephone appointments: 6,442</li></ul><li>Digital appointments (self-service): 30,443</li></ul><p> </p><p>An incomplete appointment is where a customer attended an appointment, but it was not completed fully due to a variety of reasons.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/09/2020 15:23:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1235667

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duty Free Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department conducted an impact assessment of the potential effect of changes to tax-free sales in airports of goods for passengers travelling to non-EU countries announced on 11 September 2020 on the aviation sector.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	91609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Ahead of the end of the transition period, the Government has announced the VAT and excise duty treatment of goods purchased by individuals for personal use and carried in their luggage to or from Great Britain. The following rules will apply from 1 January 2021:</p><p>- Passengers travelling from Great Britain to any destination outside the United Kingdom will be able to purchase duty-free excise goods once they have passed security controls at ports, airports, and international rail stations.</p><p>- Personal allowances will apply to passengers entering Great Britain from a destination outside of the United Kingdom, with alcohol allowances significantly increased.</p><p>- The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales of non-excise goods and the VAT Retail Export Scheme will not be extended to passengers travelling to the EU, and will be withdrawn for all passengers.</p><p> </p><p>The concessionary treatment on tax-free sales currently affects airports that fly to non-EU destinations. The extension of duty-free sales to EU bound passengers will be a significant boost to all airports in England, Scotland and Wales, including Gatwick and smaller regional airports which have not been able to offer duty-free before.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government also recognises the challenges the aviation sector is facing as it recovers from the impacts of Covid-19 and has supported the sector throughout the pandemic, and continues to do so, including schemes to raise capital, flexibilities with tax bills, and financial support for employees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/09/2020 09:53:15 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith