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830135

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the level of business interest in the great.gov.uk digital platform.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Great.gov.uk is a digital platform with a suite of digital tools built to help UK businesses expand their reach overseas and secure their place on the global stage.</p><p>UK and overseas marketing activity and DIT’s commercial partnerships are used to promote the platform.</p><p>In the 14 months since great.gov.uk was launched in November 2016, great.gov.uk has been visited by nearly 2.8 million unique users. Of these:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Invest tool, which promotes the UK as an obvious destination for inward investment, has received over 764,000 online visits with over 1,200 enquiries</li><li>The Export Opportunities tool has received over 67,000 responses from UK businesses to 13,000 published export opportunities, which have been gathered and published by our network of in-post Embassy and High Commission trade experts, as well as overseas partner stakeholders</li><li>The Trade Profile tool has published over 2,600 verified UK business profiles, presenting them to a wide network of prospective overseas buyers and partners</li><li>The Export Readiness tool, which went live in December 2017 and helps UK businesses see how export-ready they are, and presents them with tailored information has already been used by 710 companies.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Activity is planned to promote this platform further to the UK and overseas businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2018 11:00:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830137

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Commonwealth countries on future trade and investment between the UK and Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade regularly engages with his counterparts from Commonwealth countries, including at recent bilateral meetings at the 11th WTO MC11 Ministerial Conference meeting on 11 – 14 December 2017 and at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on 23 – 26 January.</p><p>Given the importance we place on increasing intra-Commonwealth Trade and Investment and the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, the Secretary of State and the Ministerial team will continue to have these discussions.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2018 16:49:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830140

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to harness digital technology to deliver educational services.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with the education sector as well as researchers and the education technology industry to target the key challenges and highlight the opportunities that technology presents to empower teachers, leaders and providers to make better-informed decisions about the use of technology across education.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling specific challenges, we recently announced a £7.7 million curriculum fund to encourage the development of high quality and knowledge-rich teaching resources. These resources, which could include digital as well as traditional materials, will help teachers deliver the government’s new curriculum while reducing workload and giving them more time to focus on teaching.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing £84 million of new funding over the next five years to deliver a comprehensive programme to improve the teaching of computing and drive up participation in computer science, particularly amongst girls.</p><p> </p><p>At the last budget, we announced a £30 million National Retraining Scheme fund to deliver digital skills training using edtech and artificial intelligence so that students and trainees can benefit from this emerging technology, wherever they are in the country.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/02/2018 11:42:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830144

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how catapult networks will support the delivery of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Catapult network exists to transform the UK’s capability for innovation in emerging technologies, promoting commercialisation and so future economic growth. The network forms a key part of the innovation ecosystem for delivering the Industrial Strategy. We are using the recent review of the network to improve the strategies, governance and performance management of the Catapults to maximise their impact.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 11:00:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830145

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to promote tax simplification.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to having a tax system that is simple to understand and easy to comply with. At Budget the government took a number of practical steps to simplify the tax rules for businesses and charities which included:</p><ul><li>Extending the option of using mileage rates to property businesses,</li><li>Ending receipt checking on subsistence costs and</li><li>Simplifying the Gift Aid donor benefits rules for charities.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These measures build on the action taken by the government since 2010 to simplify the tax system including:</p><ul><li>Establishing the Office of Tax Simplification and then putting it on a permanent, statutory basis</li><li>Implementing around half of the OTS’s recommendations since 2010.</li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:49:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830146

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role financial technology plays in promoting financial inclusion; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Financial technology plays an important role in promoting financial inclusion and capability. Banks and fintech firms use new technology to make it easy for consumers to save and invest money, receive better financial advice, and access cheaper, more appropriate loans and overdrafts.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/01/2018 14:51:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

830170

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to increase the efficiency of customs clearance processes.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	124836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The new CDS (Customs Declaration Service) will replace the current customs declaration computer system (CHIEF) in January 2019. CDS will provide businesses engaged in international trade with a robust, modern and flexible customs declaration service.</p><p> </p><p>‘The Customs Future Partnership Paper’ published on 15 August 2017 sets out the Government’s aspirations for future customs arrangements with the EU. The two new models proposed are:</p><p>- A highly streamlined customs arrangement</p><p>- A new customs partnership with the EU</p><p> </p><p>The precise nature of any new customs arrangement will be determined in negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:47:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

786996

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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	Inland Waterways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits to waterways management of the proposals by the Inland Waterways Association to transfer management of the waterways from the Environment Agency to the Canal and River Trust.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	112204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Defra has not received proposals from the Inland Waterways Association for the transfer of the management of the waterways from the Environment Agency to the Canal and River Trust.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/11/2017 16:22:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

750414

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to strengthen relations with Commonwealth partners.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	900355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Strengthening our relationship with the Commonwealth and all its members is a priority for the Government, as part of our vision for a Global Britain. We look forward to hosting an ambitious and dynamic Commonwealth Summit in 2018 and are working with Commonwealth partners to deliver it.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2017 13:47:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

705878

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Science and Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage investment in innovative UK science and technology projects.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	908969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>As my Rt Honerable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at Autumn Statement, the government is significantly increasing investment in R&amp;D, rising to an extra £2 billion a year by 2020-21; the largest increase in any parliament since at least 1979.</p><p> </p><p>This includes an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, which will support collaborations between businesses and the UK’s world-leading science base.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure the UK remains an attractive place for businesses to invest in innovative research, and that the next generation of discoveries are made, developed and produced in Britain.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/02/2017 15:04:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie