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1586117

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Elections: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of voter ID measures on the levels of voter ID fraud in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	146968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Elections Act 2022 makes no changes to the voter ID measures in Northern Ireland with the exception of the addition of two new documents to the existing list of acceptable evidence that may be produced at the polling station. The two new documents are the Half Fare SmartPass and the biometric immigration document.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission will continue to report on their assessment of any electoral fraud following elections in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 23/02/2023 10:06:17 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585837

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
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	Insomnia: Mental 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, how many people have completed a course of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	143744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of people completing a course of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia is not collected centrally. The Department has not made any recent assessment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 143745 question first answered 20/02/2023 12:03:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585838

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
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	Insomnia: Mental 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, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the use of cognitive behavioural therapy to help treat chronic adult insomnia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	143745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of people completing a course of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia is not collected centrally. The Department has not made any recent assessment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 143744 question first answered 20/02/2023 12:03:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585839

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
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	Insomnia: Mental 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, how many people are on the waiting list to be treated with sleepio.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	143746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Sleepio is not an application that is currently provided centrally by the National Health Service and there is no national waiting list. Sleepio may be commissioned by local organisations.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/02/2023 10:32:30 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585840

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
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	Insomnia: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the impact of insomnia on the level of economic productivity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	143747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>We have no current plans to make a specific estimate.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/02/2023 10:52:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585225

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
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	Fisheries: Northern Ireland
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 recent steps her Department has taken to help support fishing communities in (a) Strangford constituency and (b) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	142702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Since leaving the EU, the UK Government continues to provide £3.1 million annually through the Maritime and Fisheries Fund (NI) to support Northern Ireland fishing stakeholders for investments tailored to the specific needs of the sector and its dependent communities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the £100 million UK Seafood Fund is offering support to fishing communities across the UK including Strangford and Northern Ireland by reforming and modernising infrastructure and delivering science and innovation to inform fisheries management. So far, we have awarded £350,000 in Northern Ireland to projects involving the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute who are working in partnership with industry to provide valuable research.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Seafood Fund is also encouraging new entrants to industry whilst upskilling the existing workforce and a new £2 million funding round is now available to the small-scale coastal fleet in Northern Ireland for the replacement of new engines that will provide much needed support for the catching sector.</p><p>The Department has also worked in UK-EU consultations to secure a good outcome on the management of stocks of interest to Northern Irish fishers, including new access arrangements to fish albacore tuna in EU waters, and increased fishing opportunities for Nephrops in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 20/02/2023 13:10:14 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585227

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Civil Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to provide air defences to Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	142704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK is supporting Ukraine's air defence capabilities, as announced by the Prime Minister in Kyiv in November 2022.</p><p>We have provided thousands of air defence missiles, six Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak missile launchers, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) for use with the US National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAM), electronic warfare equipment and dozens of anti-aircraft guns.</p><p>In addition, the UK has bolstered Ukraine's ability to provide early warning of Russian attacks from the air by gifting dozens of air defence radars.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/02/2023 10:55:54 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1585229

registered interest
date	08/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of potholes on road users in England.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	142706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area, including the fixing of potholes. It is for each local authority to decide how best to do this and it is for local decision makers to determine how to prioritise local spending.</p><p> </p><p>Well-planned maintenance to prevent potholes and other defects from forming in the first place is vital, and the Department for Transport advocates a risk-based, whole life-cycle asset management approach to all aspects of the local highway network, including the road surface.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also encourages good practice in highway maintenance for all local highway authorities and endorses the UK Roads Leadership Group’s (UKRLG) ‘Well Managed Highway Infrastructure: A Code of Practice’.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/02/2023 16:23:10 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1584814

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help promote peace in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>I Refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 10 February to question 138074 from the Hon. Member for Rother Valley.</p><p>The UK uses its UN Security Council role to advance the UN-facilitated political process in line with UNSCR 2254. We support the work of UN Special Envoy to this effect, and are working with him to develop his 'step for step' approach to making progress. The Assad regime and its backers remain intransigent; we urge them to engage in good faith.</p><p>Lasting peace requires accountability. We pursue this through sanctions; raising awareness of crimes committed in Syria; and support for evidence-gathering, including through the UN Commission of Inquiry; the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria; and UK programme partners.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2023 17:17:26 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1584826

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Capivasertib
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the use of the breast cancer treatment capivasertib in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Capivasertib is not yet licensed for the treatment of breast cancer in the United Kingdom. While the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) assesses any submitted applications for new healthcare products and is willing to facilitate the appropriate regulatory processes, the agency cannot actively seek these applications. The MHRA is aware of clinical trials for capivasertib to treat multiple subtypes of breast cancer, including triple negative breast cancer, however we are not able to comment on any company submission or licencing status related to this at this point in time.</p><p>Capivasertib would be considered for appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) if it were to receive a licence from the MHRA. The NHS in England is legally required to fund drugs recommended by NICE, usually within three months of final guidance.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/02/2023 10:17:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon