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1461897

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to reduce the burden of business rates on small and medium businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text With the conclusion of the Business Rates Review at Autumn Budget 2021, the Government has delivered meaningful reform and cuts worth £7 billion to business over the next five years. This includes a multiplier freeze in 2022-23 which will support all ratepayers, large and small, and a new temporary relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses worth almost £1.7 billion in 2022-23. In addition, over a third of properties (700,000) already pay no business rates as a result of 100 per cent relief through Small Business Rates Relief, with an additional 121,000 in the taper. answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/05/2022 15:59:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130450

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text The Government established the Cryptoassets Taskforce – comprised of HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England – in 2018 to explore the risks and potential benefits of cryptoassets and the underlying distributed ledger technology (DLT). The Taskforce’s final report<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> concluded that benefits associated with the use of cryptoassets may arise in the future, but that the most immediate priorities for the authorities are to mitigate the risks posed by cryptoassets to consumers and markets, and to prevent the use of cryptoassets for illicit activity. As part of this, the Government will consult on its approach to cryptoassets this year. In addition, the authorities continue to encourage the responsible development of legitimate DLT and cryptoasset-related activity in the UK.<p> </p><p>[1] Full version of the report is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2019 13:40:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1082272

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have invested in an Innovative Finance ISA; and what assessment he has made of the level of uptake of that ISA.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	228624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text According to HMRC statistics, 31,000 innovative finance ISA accounts were subscribed to during the 2017-18 tax year.<p> </p>The Innovative Finance ISA increases the investment options available to investors and forms part of the wider ISA family. An attractive market for peer to peer lending within ISA already exists, with sufficient providers offering a product which meets the needs of lenders and investors. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/03/2019 14:11:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1437719

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	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	Oral Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make a comparative assessment of prevalence of oral cancer amongst (a) South Asian women and (b) the adult population; and if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a product standard for chewed tobacco products as recommended in the 2006 study entitled Levels of toxins in oral tobacco products in the UK published in the journal Tobacco Control, volume 15, issue 1.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	133974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>‘Oral cancer in England’, published in May 2020, compared the incidence of oral cancer in Asian/Asian British people with other ethnic groups in the adult population, although it made no specific assessment of prevalence in South Asian women. We have no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p>No assessment of creating a product standard has been made. Products standards for tobacco are contained in The Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2016. The Department is due to publish its post implementation review of the Regulations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/03/2022 11:21:04 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1435295

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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	Zoonoses: Disease Control
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that the UK is effectively prepared to tackle zoonotic diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	129100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Zoonotic infections threaten both human and animal health. For zoonotic diseases, we have systems in place to detect and manage outbreaks, for both endemic (those that are already found in the UK) and exotic infections, collaborating closely with the public health agencies.</p><p> </p><p>For <em>Salmonella </em>for example<em>,</em> we have well established National Control Programmes in the poultry sector to protect public health. These mandate regular testing for <em>Salmonella</em> followed by appropriate measures to help control the risk where flocks are found to be positive.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency's scanning surveillance programme is set up to detect a wide range of animal-related disease threats through diagnostic service and the networks of expertise in its Species Expert Groups.</p><p> </p><p>We also carry out horizon scanning for infections not yet in the UK. This helps us prepare for possible future incursions, through the Animal and Plant Health Agency's International Disease Monitoring programme and through collaborative work with UK public health bodies in the Human and Animal Infection and Risk Surveillance group. This group assesses new and emerging infections and advises on suitable mitigations and controls that may be necessary to protect public health.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has an England Disease Contingency Plan for exotic notifiable diseases and our disease control plans are exercised regularly. The contingency plan outlines how we would work with other Government agencies and departments to control zoonotic diseases as well as those which only affect livestock. This is being put to use at the moment, through our response to avian influenza outbreaks.</p><p> </p><p>We have also allocated £200 million to the Animal and Plant Health Agency science campus at Weybridge, as part of previously announced funding in these facilities. This substantial investment recognises the essential role of this government capability, as the first stage of a long term programme of work to safeguard and enhance facilities. This will enable its world-leading scientists to continue at the forefront of research and policy to protect people, the environment and the economy, by boosting our resilience and strengthening our understanding of health risks to, and from, animals and plants.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/03/2022 13:06:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1310721

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Windsor and Maidenhead
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the rollout of full-fibre broadband in (a) Wraysbury, (b) Eton, (c) Old Windsor and (d) Windsor constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	184403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Wraysbury, Eton, Old Windsor and the Windsor constituency fall within areas that are commercially active. Currently 95.5% of the constituency of Windsor have access to Superfast broadband, which is only slightly below the UK average of 96.7%.</p><p>An Openreach Superfast contract has been completed to increase the provision of full-fibre broadband to residents and businesses in Windsor. A Gigaclear contract is also in progress and moving forwards, having previously been held up by a wayleave for Windsor Great Park.</p><p>Windsor constituents have made use of the national Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme too, having applied for 52 vouchers worth more than £102k. Up to £210 million is available through the new UK Gigabit Voucher, launched on 8 April for any eligible homes or businesses.</p><p>Following the launch of Project Gigabit in March, the government will begin the roll out of gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach places in the UK. East Berkshire is part of Lot 26 in phase 2 and Building Digital UK will begin a rolling Open Market Review (OMR) process from June 2021 to give us a national view of commercial build plans for the following three years.</p><p>Telecoms providers will be asked to provide existing and planned coverage at an individual premise level and we will use this information, following appropriate due diligence, to create a complete picture of forecast gigabit-capable infrastructure coverage for the UK. The OMR process will validate and update existing maps to account for any amendments to existing coverage and/or plans for broadband infrastructure.</p><p>The OMR will be followed by a Public Review to ensure that the views of anyone involved in network building are captured and considered. This will be publicised via Gov.uk and the local authority website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 184404 question first answered 28/04/2021 09:45:34 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1310723

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Windsor and Maidenhead
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the pace of full-fibre rollout in (a) Wraysbury, (b) Eton, (c) Old Windsor and (d) Windsor constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	184404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Wraysbury, Eton, Old Windsor and the Windsor constituency fall within areas that are commercially active. Currently 95.5% of the constituency of Windsor have access to Superfast broadband, which is only slightly below the UK average of 96.7%.</p><p>An Openreach Superfast contract has been completed to increase the provision of full-fibre broadband to residents and businesses in Windsor. A Gigaclear contract is also in progress and moving forwards, having previously been held up by a wayleave for Windsor Great Park.</p><p>Windsor constituents have made use of the national Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme too, having applied for 52 vouchers worth more than £102k. Up to £210 million is available through the new UK Gigabit Voucher, launched on 8 April for any eligible homes or businesses.</p><p>Following the launch of Project Gigabit in March, the government will begin the roll out of gigabit-capable broadband to hard-to-reach places in the UK. East Berkshire is part of Lot 26 in phase 2 and Building Digital UK will begin a rolling Open Market Review (OMR) process from June 2021 to give us a national view of commercial build plans for the following three years.</p><p>Telecoms providers will be asked to provide existing and planned coverage at an individual premise level and we will use this information, following appropriate due diligence, to create a complete picture of forecast gigabit-capable infrastructure coverage for the UK. The OMR process will validate and update existing maps to account for any amendments to existing coverage and/or plans for broadband infrastructure.</p><p>The OMR will be followed by a Public Review to ensure that the views of anyone involved in network building are captured and considered. This will be publicised via Gov.uk and the local authority website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 184403 question first answered 28/04/2021 09:45:34 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1184224

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: STEM Subjects
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to encourage girls to study STEM subjects.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	901474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>We want to see more girls studying STEM subjects and are committed to improving the gender balance in computing, maths and physics, where uptake by girls is low. We are funding several interventions in this area. A-levels mathematics students are likely to earn on average 11 per cent more on their salary by the time they are 34, than students who choose not to study maths. Indeed, studying STEM can lead to a wide range of brilliant careers - from computer scientist to Minister for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/03/2020 14:31:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1314754

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2021
	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	World Health Organization: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control criticism of a harm reduction approach to tobacco control implemented by the UK, what plans he has to maintain the current level of UK funding for the WHO.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	1285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>We remain committed to providing assessed contributions to fund the work of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2021 14:13:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1194568

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	British Airways: Coronavirus
	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 effect of the response of British Airways to the covid-19 outbreak on the (a) contractual rights, (b) job security and (c) financial security of its employees.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	45080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that the recent announcement from British Airways will be very distressing news for employees and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is engaging on a regular basis with airlines, unions and Public Health England on the application of public health measures in aviation</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has set out unprecedented support for workers of airline companies. Measures such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are being used across the aviation industry to protect the sector against the Covid-19 economic crisis.</p><p> </p><p>These measures, alongside other Government support measures such as Coronavirus Large Business Loan Interruption Scheme and the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF), are helping airlines of all sizes get through this crisis and beyond. The Chancellor has noted that under exceptional circumstances bespoke support could be provided to airlines.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/05/2020 15:40:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie