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1472086

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date	22/06/2022
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	Exports: Horticulture
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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including UK ornamental horticulture and landscaping in the Government's global export strategy.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	22542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>With production of ornamentals being worth £1.4 billion in the UK at farm-gate in 2020, the Government recognises the importance of the ornamental horticultural industry sector to our economy. Last year the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group published their 'Unlocking green growth: A plan from the ornamental horticulture &amp; landscaping industry'. This identifies how barriers to the sector's growth can be unlocked through a collaborative approach between government and industry, with one of the opportunities for the sector's growth identified as the inclusion of UK ornamental horticulture and landscaping as part of the government's global export strategy. We are working with industry and across government to explore how this can be achieved.</p><p>Exports of ornamentals were worth £68 million in 2020. DIT works closely with the Commercial Horticulture Association (CHA), providing support to horticultural exporters from across the UK (including tree and plant growers, ornamental horticulture and landscaping). Jointly, DIT and CHA have developed a capability brochure showcasing UK capability in horticulture, which is available on the Agri-Tech UK portal <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agritech-uk.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmma.Pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C64dee4d3971f42a8364208da5d9c85bf%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637925224087402294%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C7000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HoXPijFAngI8wUxowgszBQMEfOw8ER3wSeH34MFy3OM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.agritech-uk.org</a>. The portal is used by DIT commercial officers overseas to support companies listed in the searchable company directory expand their business overseas.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/07/2022 07:36:59 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472415

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent tax rebate companies from taking a proportion of money owed to a person in a tax rebate.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	23323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>Individuals can claim tax repayments directly from HMRC, which has introduced new digital services to make this easier. If they claim directly, as many individuals do, they get to keep the full amount of the payment they are due.</p><p> </p><p>Around 500,000 individuals use third-party repayment agents annually to claim tax refunds. Many individuals value this service, understand and accept the fee structure, and are repeat users. The government recognises this and does not want to prevent individuals who want to use repayment agents from doing so.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government recognises concerns that some individuals are being charged excessive fees, and that the terms and conditions under which services are provided have not been made clear.</p><p> </p><p>The government launched a consultation “Raising standards in tax advice: protecting customers claiming tax repayments” on 22 June 2022, which proposes measures to protect the public from unscrupulous repayment agent practises. This consultation will close on 14 September 2022. This forms part of the government’s agenda to raise standards in the market for tax advice.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/06/2022 14:57:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1472416

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison sentences given to offenders; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer sentences for offenders.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The government’s top priority is protecting the public; it is essential that we have a sentencing framework that delivers this and ensures victims and the wider public have confidence that the punishment fits the crime in every case.</p><p>In 2020, the Government published a Sentencing White Paper and consequently delivered measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Measures include ending automatic halfway release from prison for serious crimes, making a Whole Life Order the starting point for a premeditated murder of a child and a new power to refer high-risk offenders to Parole Board in place of automatic release.</p><p>While prisons keep people safe by taking dangerous criminals off our streets, we recognise that they can only bring down crime and keep the public safer in the longer-term if they properly reform and rehabilitate offenders. We therefore published the Prisons Strategy White Paper in December 2021 where we re-iterated our commitment to help individual turn their backs on crime and we will spend £200 million a year by 2024-25 to improve prison leavers’ access to accommodation, employment support and substance misuse treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/06/2022 13:26:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472417

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Skin Diseases: Young 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 was the most common skin condition affecting people under the age of 21 that was treated on the NHS in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. Skin conditions are predominantly treated in a primary care setting, for which data is not collected. While the most severe cases or those requiring inpatient procedures would require treatment in a secondary care setting, NHS Digital provisionally estimates that in 2021/2022, pilonidal cysts were the most common skin condition requiring hospital admission in people under the age of 21 years old.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 30/06/2022 10:11:51 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472418

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Breast Cancer and Diabetes
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 help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer for people with type one diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>Those with type 1 diabetes are at no further risk of developing breast cancer than the general population.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/07/2022 11:13:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472419

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	White Fish: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the rise in the price of cod on fishmongers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is working with representatives across the UK seafood and catching sector, and the fish and chip shop sector to understand the impacts relating to increases in the cost of living, recognising the multitude of issues and challenges the wider industry faces.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/07/2022 13:51:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472420

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	General Practitioners
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 steps his Department has taken to encourage GPs to return to face-to-face appointments.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement’s guidance states that general practitioner practices must provide face to face appointments, alongside remote consultations and patients’ input for consultation type should be sought. Preferences for face-to-face care respected unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  Excluding COVID-19 vaccinations, 63% of general practice appointments were conducted face-to-face in April 2022.</p><p>We have made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity during the pandemic, in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 29/06/2022 15:19:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472421

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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 Credit
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 received Pension Credit in the 2020-21 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities is responsible for Pension Credit in Northern Ireland. Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit in Northern Ireland are available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/northern-ireland-benefit-statistics-summary-february-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/northern-ireland-benefit-statistics-summary-february-2021</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/06/2022 11:26:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472424

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 recent estimate he has made of the proportion of oil and gas from new licences in the North Sea that will come to the UK market.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	23259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Authority publishes projections of oil and gas production in the UK, including comparisons with forecasts of demand, at <a href="http://www.nstauthority.co.uk/data-centre/data-downloads-and-publications/production-projections" target="_blank">www.nstauthority.co.uk/data-centre/data-downloads-and-publications/production-projections</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on current UK oil and gas production and supply are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oil-and-oil-products-section-3-energy-trends" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oil-and-oil-products-section-3-energy-trends</a> and <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gas-section-4-energy-trends" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gas-section-4-energy-trends</a> respectively.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 23260 question first answered 01/07/2022 11:41:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1472425

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 powers the Government has to ensure that oil and gas extracted in the North Sea comes into the UK market.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	23260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Authority publishes projections of oil and gas production in the UK, including comparisons with forecasts of demand, at <a href="http://www.nstauthority.co.uk/data-centre/data-downloads-and-publications/production-projections" target="_blank">www.nstauthority.co.uk/data-centre/data-downloads-and-publications/production-projections</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on current UK oil and gas production and supply are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oil-and-oil-products-section-3-energy-trends" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oil-and-oil-products-section-3-energy-trends</a> and <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gas-section-4-energy-trends" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gas-section-4-energy-trends</a> respectively.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 23259 question first answered 01/07/2022 11:41:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas