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521996

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an additional rate of stamp duty on property purchases by foreign investors.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	38852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Foreign purchasers of UK property are liable to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). Since 1 April 2016 higher rates of SDLT have been charged on purchases of additional residential properties, such as second homes and buy-to-let properties.</p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of the higher rates, properties owned globally are taken into consideration when deciding whether the charges should apply to a given purchase. In addition to this, non-residents contribute to the tax system through SDLT, council tax and potentially capital gains tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes it has the right approach to ensuring all purchasers, including foreign investors, pay their fair share of tax. However, all taxes are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/06/2016 14:35:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

522145

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the cost to the NHS of postage of appointment notifications to patients.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	38670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The National Information Board’s strategy document <em>Personalised Health and Care 2020 </em>(published November 2014) set out the aim to support greater uptake of the use of digital systems in health and care to create a National Health Service paper free at the point of care by 2020. This will remove the system’s reliance on paper and will help reduce postal service costs for the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of appointment letters for patients the new NHS e-referral system, introduced last year, already allows healthcare providers to choose not to send out appointment letters, instead allowing patients to access the information directly from the NHS e-referral system. Patients have an option to print off the details of their appointment if they prefer to have a paper copy of the information. We expect increasing numbers of providers will use this functionality to help contain costs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 06/06/2016 15:15:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

521545

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the (a) use and (b) location of UK-manufactured cluster bombs that were produced before the UK signed the Convention of Cluster Munitions.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	38544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not routinely hold records of the use by other nations or location of UK manufactured defence exports of any type.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 06/06/2016 15:11:47 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

520917

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is taking steps to reduce the number of flights between non-UK airports entering UK airspace.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	37874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is not seeking to reduce the number of overflights in UK airspace. The ability to overfly UK airspace is a freedom of the air which we have granted to other signatories of the International Air Services Transit Agreement as well as non-signatory States on a bilateral basis.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/05/2016 14:00:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

519874

registered interest
date	20/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Directors: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason Companies House publishes the month and year of birth of company directors.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	37754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government considers that the date of birth of company directors is an important identifier for those searching the public companies register as it allows searchers to distinguish between individuals with the same, or similar, names.</p><p> </p><p>Following feedback from company directors about the availability of their full date of birth on the public register, section 96 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires the Registrar of Companies to suppress the “day” element of a director’s date of birth.</p><p> </p><p>This strikes an appropriate balance between ensuring that the information on the public register is of real practical use and reducing the risk that the information becomes a tool for abuse by exposing individuals to the risk of identity theft or fraud.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/06/2016 10:38:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 664 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

518448

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Climate Change: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the potential effect of airport expansion on the UK's climate change goals.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	904995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials are engaging closely with colleagues in the Department for Energy and Climate Change and any decision regarding future airport capacity will take into account the Government’s obligations under the Climate Change Act.</p><p> </p><p>On 14 December 2015 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that the Government would undertake a package of further work, including on measures to mitigate carbon impacts and address sustainability concerns, particularly during construction. This further work will conclude by the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2016 09:35:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

517949

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support the children and families of alcoholics.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	36711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is engaged in a work programme which aims to reduce alcohol-related harm to individuals, families and society. PHE works closely with local authorities to support their work of assessing local alcohol-related need and commissioning services and support to meet that need, including identification and brief advice, alcohol treatment and helping ensure that young people’s substance misuse services target vulnerable young people.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is producing a report on the harm alcohol causes to people other than the drinker, in collaboration with governments in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This report will look at the impact of alcohol on others, including the children of parents with alcohol problems. It is due to published this year.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will also provide estimates of the number of children likely to be affected by their parents’ alcohol use and provide advice to national and local government on where action could have the greatest impact on improving life chances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/05/2016 09:33:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

516826

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Self-employed: Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report entitled, Self-employment review - An independent report by Julie Deane, published in February 2016, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending entitlement to statutory adoption pay to self-employed people.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	36162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering all the recommendations made in Julie Deane’s independent review of self-employment and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/05/2016 16:44:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

515433

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Security
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 of the potential effect on the security of airports of security scanning all bags before they are allowed into an airport building.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	35266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>We regularly assess all threats to aviation security along with appropriate response measures. Following the recent attacks at Brussels Airport, measures were put in place to enhance the protection of public areas at UK airports. We do not currently assess that requiring all bags to be scanned at the entrance to airport building would be an effective and proportionate response, but we will continue to work with airports and the police to keep this and other possible measures under review.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/04/2016 13:43:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

514448

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Biodegradability
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 research her Department is (a) carrying out and (b) encouraging into extending the use of materials that biodegrade more quickly.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	34801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>In October 2014, Defra commissioned the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) project on biodegradable plastic carrier bags – solutions through innovation. The project is contracted to the plastic packing manufacturer Aquapak Polymers Ltd, and is due to report in December this year. The project is testing the biodegradability of a hydrophilic polymer under simulated composting and anaerobic digestion conditions, and in experiments simulating natural conditions, and testing the impact on aquatic life.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/04/2016 14:00:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias