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1180967

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date	26/02/2020
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	Vaccination: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of directing UKRI to fund research into platform vaccine and diagnostic tools to support the development of vaccines during a potential pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	21237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>We work with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Department for International Development, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to support research on platform vaccine technologies and diagnostic tools that can be utilised as a rapid response during a pandemic. These form a component of the current DHSC and UKRI COVID-19 rapid-response call for proposals to address the threat of this novel coronavirus. Platform vaccines and diagnostics are an integral part of UKRI’s current approach for the development and translation of research findings into tangible benefits, with research funded across UKRI councils</p><p> </p><p>DHSC and UKRI lead the UK Vaccine Network which brings together funders, industry and academia to identify and target investment opportunities for the most promising vaccines and vaccine technologies, including platform vaccine and diagnostic tools to combat infectious diseases with epidemic potential and to address structural issues related to the UK’s vaccine infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Network two vaccine manufacturing hubs have been established to streamline vaccine manufacturing. A £10 million award to Professor Robin Shuttock at Imperial College London aims to revolutionise the vaccine manufacture, stabilisation and storage, reducing costs, increasing efficiency and improving prevention of existing and new diseases. A £7 million award to Professor Tarit Mukhopadhyay at University College London aims to establish the UK as a global centre for vaccine discovery, development and manufacture, while also ensuring that new vaccine manufacturing processes can be used in low and middle income countries.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 03/03/2020 16:02:27 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1180968

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Public Health: Emergencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve data sharing agreements between countries in the case of a global health emergency.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	21238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) implements a clear policy on data sharing in the context of public health emergencies that all countries are encouraged to comply with. The IHR encourage States to share information with WHO before a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is declared. Data can be made publicly available if a PHEIC is declared, if there is evidence of international spread of infections or other harmful agents or if there is an immediate need for international control measures.</p><p>Since the Coronavirus outbreak began, the UK has engaged internationally with affected countries to raise the importance of providing the WHO promptly with comprehensive &quot;line-list&quot; demographic and geographic information. The British Government encourages all countries to comply with requirements of International Health Regulations, which includes sharing of data in case of public health emergencies. Through Official Development Assistance, We are also supporting 6 Lower-Middle Income Countries to improve their compliance with International Health Regulations .</p><p>The UK also has other bilateral or multilateral relationships where we share information. These include the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/03/2020 16:06:34 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1180311

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Surrey and Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of surgery rates for people with pancreatic cancer in Surrey and Sussex and those rates in other areas of England; and what steps his Department plans to take to improve surgery rates in Surrey and Sussex.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	20451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>This information is not available as requested, and so no assessment has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/03/2020 16:02:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1180312

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Surrey and Sussex
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 levels of late diagnosis rates for people with pancreatic cancer in Surrey and Sussex; and what steps he is taking to ensure that people in those counties receive an earlier diagnosis for pancreatic cancer.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	20452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The latest NHS England data shows that the late diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer in Surrey and Sussex increased between 2016 and 2017, from 78.2% to 81.9%.</p><p>Early diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer in England increased by 2.9 percentage points between 2014 and 2017, from 21.0% to 23.9%, and improving early diagnosis of cancer is a top priority for the National Health Service. That is why of one of the core ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan is to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage 1 or 2 by 2028 to save 55,000 lives a year. Cancer Alliances in England are using the Rapid Diagnostic Cancer model to improve the diagnostic experience for patients who are suspected of having particular cancers including pancreatic cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/03/2020 15:57:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1179302

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
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 help ensure that young carers and their families are (a) identified and (b) adequately supported so that those young people can be helped to achieve at school.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	18575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting young carers so that they are properly protected from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities and are supported to achieve their full potential. Consistent identification remains challenging, with many being ‘hidden’ and therefore unrecognised and/or unsupported.</p><p>Changes through the Children and Families Act 2014 simplified the legislation relating to young adult carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners. This included promoting whole family approaches which triggers both and adult support services into action – assessing why a child is caring, what needs to change and what would help the family to prevent children or young people from taking on this responsibility in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education also provides schools with £2.4 billion each year in additional funding through the pupil premium to support disadvantaged pupils. We expect schools to make effective use of their pupil premium budgets. Schools know their pupils best and will spend the grant accordingly to meet pupil needs, which includes where needs are based on a parent’s health issues or disability.</p><p> </p><p>We published the Children in Need Review conclusion in 2019. This sets out our approach to helping schools and children’s social care improve the educational outcomes of children in need, including those young carers assessed as being in need of help and protection.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 28/02/2020 16:33:46 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1179304

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will guarantee the long-term funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing that unit's funding to enable its expansion to investigate cyber-enabled wildlife crime.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	18576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office will be providing specific funding of £136,000 to support the work of the National Wildlife Crime Unit in 2020/21. This will be in addition to specific funding for the Unit provided by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the funding central Government will be providing police forces in England and Wales to tackle all types of crime, including wildlife crime.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about Home Office funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2021 will be taken as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/03/2020 17:07:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1177755

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Economic Growth
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 steps he is taking to encourage local growth in (a) Crawley and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to levelling up the entire country and giving towns, cities and communities across the UK real power and investment to drive the growth of the future and unleash their full potential.</p><p>We have taken action to encourage local growth in Crawley that includes:</p><ul><li>The opportunity to receive up to £25 million from the Towns Fund as one of the 100 places selected to develop a Town Deal with Government;</li><li>£24 million from the Local Growth Fund, supporting infrastructure, regeneration and skills projects;</li><li>Advice and support to 40 Crawley small businesses in the last financial year from Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership’s Growth Hub.</li></ul><p>Across the UK the Government is supporting local partners to deliver local economic growth and prosperity through:</p><ul><li>£12 billion of investment by 2021 through the Local Growth Fund in England in infrastructure, skills and innovation projects;</li><li>Devolving powers and funding to eight Metro Mayors, with ongoing negotiations for new devolution deals across the North;</li><li>Commitments to the Northern Powerhouse, Midlands Engine and Oxford-Cambridge Arc, as well as local industrial strategies being developed by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) across England to drive growth across their areas;</li><li>Town Deals from the £3.6 billion Towns Fund and investment in our High Streets;</li><li>City and Growth Deals worth £10 billion in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;</li><li>Developing a UK Shared Prosperity Fund to tackle inequality and deprivation in each of our four nations.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:12:37 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1174874

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on having the benefits system for current and former service personnel administered by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	10355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. In 2000, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) took on the administration of the War Pension Scheme from the Department for Work and Pensions as a discrete Scheme with benefit recipients who were already confirmed as veterans or widow/ers. However, the MOD is not resourced to take on the administration of the entire benefits system for all Service personnel and veterans and I have seen no evidence to suggest that such a change is required. In addition, there would be very significant logistical and administrative barriers to overcome, were such a change to be effected; MOD officials advise that over four million veterans records would have to be digitised to create a definitive database of all veterans.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 06/02/2020 12:45:09 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1174207

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M23: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned completion date is of the M23 construction works.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	9649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State confirmed at Transport Parliamentary Questions on 30 January that all stretches of Smart Motorway that are currently being worked on will not be opened until we have the outcome of the stocktake.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/02/2020 12:16:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1174208

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M23: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a review of the effect on the safety of the hard-shoulder of the M23 smart-motorway works.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	9650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport heard the concerns about smart motorways and asked the Department to carry out, at pace, an evidence stocktake to gather the facts quickly and make recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>While I would not want to pre-judge the results of that work, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/02/2020 12:18:16 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith