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45022

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) direct and (b) indirect bilateral funding arrangements his Department has with governmental or non-governmental projects and bodies in Argentina.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	193646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not at present provide bilateral funding to Argentina.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

48108

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will establish an Aircraft Noise Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	196176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering the recommendations made by the Airports Commission, including the recommendation to create an independent noise authority. The Government will respond to the Interim Report as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

947507

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing for a route whereby schools in difficulty which have been converted to academy status can revert to local authority control; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	168014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to consider returning schools back to local authorities.</p><p>Indeed, as of March 2018, over half a million pupils now study in sponsored academies that are rated Good or Outstanding; they typically replaced underperforming maintained schools.</p><p>The department firmly believe that becoming an academy can bring enormous benefits to schools and their pupils; coming together in a multi-academy trust, sharing expertise, working collaboratively, driving improvements.</p><p>Hundreds of schools every year continue to voluntarily choose to become an academy and join a multi academy trust.</p><p>The department is working on a range of methods and tools for building trust capacity and assessing risk.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 09:42:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

969032

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2018 to Question 168014 on Academies, whether academy schools that are in deficiency can be considered for education authority oversight.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	171337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Financial accountability for academies is founded on a clear framework which is regulated by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).</p><p>The ESFA has a robust intervention strategy to ensure, where financial concerns are identified, that appropriate and proportionate action is taken swiftly. The ESFA will intervene in a way that is proportionate to the risk and preserves the effective education of children.</p><p>The department is satisfied that these arrangements provide robust financial oversight for academy trusts and we have no plans to change them.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/09/2018 11:38:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

872272

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Medical Treatments
	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 availability of treatments for patients diagnosed with Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	134186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The following treatments are routinely available, having undergone Technical Appraisals by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). They were previously accessible through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p>- Blinatumomab for relapsed refractory (r/r) Philadelphia negative acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); and</p><p>- Ponatinib for Philadelphia positive ALL in patients in whom imatinib is not clinically appropriate (which might cover some r/r).</p><p> </p><p>The following treatments are currently under consideration by NICE:</p><p> </p><p>- CAR-T (Tisagenlecleucel-T and also Axicabtagene ciloleucel) for previously treated B-cell ALL in people aged 3 to 21 at initial diagnosis;</p><p>- Inotuzumab ozogamicin for treating r/r ALL; and</p><p>- Blinatumomab in other extended indications in ALL.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the following treatments are currently accessible through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p>- Clofarabine for treating ALL in children after two therapies; and</p><p>- Nelarabine for treating ALL after two therapies.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number and proportion of patients with refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia who have been unable to access treatments for that condition is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 134187 question first answered 03/04/2018 13:25:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

872273

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: Medical Treatments
	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 and what proportion of patients with Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia have been unable to access treatments for that condition.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	134187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The following treatments are routinely available, having undergone Technical Appraisals by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). They were previously accessible through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p>- Blinatumomab for relapsed refractory (r/r) Philadelphia negative acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); and</p><p>- Ponatinib for Philadelphia positive ALL in patients in whom imatinib is not clinically appropriate (which might cover some r/r).</p><p> </p><p>The following treatments are currently under consideration by NICE:</p><p> </p><p>- CAR-T (Tisagenlecleucel-T and also Axicabtagene ciloleucel) for previously treated B-cell ALL in people aged 3 to 21 at initial diagnosis;</p><p>- Inotuzumab ozogamicin for treating r/r ALL; and</p><p>- Blinatumomab in other extended indications in ALL.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the following treatments are currently accessible through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p>- Clofarabine for treating ALL in children after two therapies; and</p><p>- Nelarabine for treating ALL after two therapies.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number and proportion of patients with refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia who have been unable to access treatments for that condition is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 134186 question first answered 03/04/2018 13:25:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

456514

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on reducing Air Passenger Duty.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	29288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In the absence of any taxation of international aviation fuel and no VAT on international or domestic flights, Air Passenger Duty (APD) ensures that the aviation sector plays its part in contributing towards general taxation and helping to bring down the deficit. In 2014-15, APD raised £3.2bn, an important part of the Government’s tax revenues.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the Government has recently made reforms to APD to cut the longest haul rates and exempt children, reducing the tax burden by £1.5 billion over the period 2015-2020.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes, APD is kept under review with any changes announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/03/2016 11:51:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

600767

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Routes: Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for further evaluation of the possibility of establishing direct flights from the UK to Erbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	48356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport would welcome the commencement of direct flights to the United Kingdom from Erbil International Airport, once the security situation permits that. The current advice to UK civil aviation operators from the Department, contained in a Notice to Airmen, is that they should not overfly Iraqi territory.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 20/10/2016 13:07:00 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

596062

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Routes: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations the Government has made to the US Department of Transportation on progress made on authorising Norwegian Air UK Ltd services from Gatwick and other British airports to the US, as permitted by the EU-US Air Transport Agreement in December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	47550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government made a formal representation on this issue to the US Department of Transportation on 11 February 2016, which is recorded in the US DoT docket DOT-OST-2015-0261. Ministers and officials continue to make representations on this matter as and when opportunities arise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/10/2016 14:55:12 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

713029

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Traffic Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reform airspace policy.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	68729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>On 2nd February the Government launched a consultation on UK Airspace Policy. The consultation period began on 2nd February and will run until 25th May 2017</p><p> </p><p>The Government wishes to support airspace modernisation in order to deliver benefits for the UK economy, passengers and communities affected by aircraft noise. The proposals in this consultation aim to strike a balance between unlocking the economic and social benefits of modernised airspace, and addressing the local impacts of aviation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working on a new Aviation Strategy that will set out the Government’s vision for the wider aviation sector. This will replace the 2013 Aviation Policy Framework (APF) and will be subject to a separate consultation process. The consultation on UK Airspace Policy forms a key pillar in the development of the Aviation Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/03/2017 13:21:17 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

747096

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to reduce toxic cabin air incidents affecting flight crew and passengers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	2317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining the safety record of UK aviation is something we take very seriously. That is why concerns raised about cabin air have been investigated at length over a number of years. These scientific research projects have not been able to confirm a link between perceived cabin air quality and illness.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Aviation Health Unit within the Medical Department of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will continue to monitor issues around cabin air as part of their wider role as specialist adviser to the Government on aviation health issues.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 07/07/2017 08:52:30 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

769006

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Airguns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what opportunities her Department is planning for interested stakeholders and members of the general public to participate in the forthcoming review of the regulation of air weapons in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	107286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>I announced a review of the regulation of air weapons on Monday 9 October. Details of the scope of the review and how to participate will be set out shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/10/2017 16:10:06 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

831192

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Airguns: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the gun licensing regime to air weapons that have a muzzle energy of more than one joule.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	125200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>We are reviewing the regulation of air weapons in England and Wales. We have asked for the views of interested parties by 6 February 2018 on a range of issues, including manufacturing standards, secure storage and whether current arrangements are sufficient to prevent children gaining access to air weapons. As part of the review, we are looking at the arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland where air weapons with a muzzle energy of more than one joule are subject to licensing regimes. We will publish the outcome of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/02/2018 17:30:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

785118

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	Animal Breeding: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish draft regulations on single animal establishment licences.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>We intend to lay draft regulations on animal activity licensing schemes before Parliament early next year. Since the end of the public consultation last year and the publication of the Next Steps document setting out the way forward in February 2017, Defra has been working closely with key sectors and stakeholders to refine the regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/11/2017 16:17:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

420219

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's document, Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals for 2014, will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	10770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>The Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals for 2014 has been pre-announced on GOV.UK for publication on Thursday 22 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/10/2015 13:12:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

57632

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what scientific purposes she has licensed procedures on animals that were likely to cause severe suffering since 2010; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of animals experiencing severe suffering in scientific procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	198600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information asked for is not held centrally and could only be obtained at <br>disproportionate cost.<br><br>The Government only authorises procedures on animals after rigorous checks. <br>Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 there is a statutory <br>requirement for scrutiny by, in the first instance, the Animal Welfare Ethical <br>Review Body at the Establishment where the work will be performed, and then an <br>assessment is made by the Home Office Inspectorate. In addition, projects are <br>referred to the Animals in Science Committee for scrutiny where they propose <br>the use of non-human primates in severe protocols and other projects that ministers <br>consider require further consideration. <br><br>One of the key factors in the assessment of licence applications is the <br>harm-benefit analysis, which has been part of our assessment process since <br>1986. The parameters considered in this analysis are described in Appendix I of <br>the Operational Guidance to the 1986 Act. A harm-benefit analysis determines <br>whether the proposed harms to the animals are justified by the likely benefits to be <br>delivered from the project. Inspectors give advice on minimising harms during <br>their assessment of project licence applications. Licensees have a legal <br>responsibility to ensure that work is undertaken on animals in the least severe <br>manner possible whilst delivering their scientific objectives. This year we <br>are undertaking a review of the harm-benefit analysis process, with advice from <br>the Animals in Science Committee, to determine if there are further refinements <br>we can make to the process.<br><br>I am committed to working to reduce the number of animals used in scientific <br>procedures. The Coalition Commitment delivery plan &quot;Working to reduce the use <br>of animals in research&quot; was published in February 2014. In particular, the Home <br>Office Inspectorate is working with the Royal Society for the Prevention of <br>Cruelty to Animals on methods of refinement of the most severe models to avoid <br>or reduce animal suffering. This has included careful consideration of models <br>of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, seizures, rheumatoid arthritis <br>and sepsis. Inspectors are actively promulgating the recommendations from each <br>of these reports.<br><br>In addition, the Home Office has published advisory notes on recording and <br>reporting actual severity, as required by the transposed European Directive <br>from 2013. From data collected we will provide clarity on the burden of harm <br>and, over time, should give an indication of the effectiveness of refinement <br>methods, particularly for the most severe procedures.<br><br>It is imporant to note that procedures classified as severe represent only a <br>small percentage of total procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 10/06/2014 12:51:22 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

57633

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will measure changes in the number of animals used in scientific procedures in the UK following publication of Working to reduce the use of animals in scientific research in July 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	198633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain <br>for 2013 will be published on 10 July 2014.<br>I will be publishing a progress report on the Coalition Commitment &quot;Working to <br>reduce the use of animals in research&quot; in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 10/06/2014 12:48:16 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

57634

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many animals have experienced severe suffering in scientific research funded by the Government since 2010; and if he will provide funding aimed at developing scientific advances allowing the reduction or avoidance of severe suffering of animals used in procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	198601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the information you have requested. The Home Office has published advisory notes on recording and reporting actual severity. From data collected, the Home Office will provide clarity on the burden of harm and, over time, should give an indication of the effectiveness of refinement methods, particularly for the most severe procedures.</p><p>It is important to note that procedures classified as severe represent only a small percentage of the total.</p><p>The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) was established by the Government in May 2004 to advance and promote the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of animals used in research and testing (the 3Rs). The NC3Rs primarily receives Government funding through BIS from the science and research ring-fenced budget via the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The projected budget for the NC3Rs is £7.88m in 2014/15 and £7.84m in 2015/16.</p><p>BBSRC also provides further funding for the 3Rs under its responsive mode schemes, and the MRC and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council support research projects which contribute to the development of new knowledge and new methods that help replace or refine animal use. However, figures on future spend are not available.</p><p>For a detailed breakdown of past funding I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion on 11 March 2014, Official Report, column reference 167W.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 16:06:30 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

634149

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy and independence of retrospective reporting by researchers performing scientific procedures on animals, as a method for assessing the severity of suffering experienced by animals subjected to such procedures; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	52550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Project licence holders or suitably qualified individuals acting on their behalf are expected to classify actual severity at the end of the series of procedures based on day-today observations of the animals, and submit the data to the regulator as part of the annual returns process. The regulator has published guidance on the assessment and reporting of the actual severity experienced by animals that have undergone regulated procedures. The first requirement to report actual severity to the regulator was from 1 January 2015 for procedures ending in 2014 and are published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals</a></p><p>The Home Department has not conducted a systematic review of the available data from 2014 and 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/11/2016 17:05:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

783223

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated animal procedures conducted in 2016 were funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the proportion of regulated animal procedures which are funded, or part-funded, by registered charities.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/11/2017 15:08:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

783224

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce use of live animals in experiments.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that animal research and testing is carried out only where no practicable alternative exists, and under controls which keep suffering to the minimum. This is achieved through robustly applying the principles of the 3Rs which require that, in every research proposal, animals are replaced with non-animal alternatives wherever possible; that the number of animals used is reduced to the minimum needed to achieve the results sought; and that, for those animals which must be used, procedures are refined as much as possible to minimise their suffering.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/11/2017 14:47:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

78520

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2013, what procedures are included in the direct diagnosis category.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	206313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2014 answer text <p>The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain 2013 report a total of 52,444 procedures were conducted on 6,725 animals with ‘Direct diagnosis’ as the primary purpose. This represents a 3% increase on the total number of procedures, in this category, in 2012 and a 1% increase on the number of animals, in this category, in 2012. Most procedures reported under the category ‘Direct diagnosis’ involve the collection of blood or blood products from either non-immunised animals or animals immunised against various antigens. The procedure of blood collection is classified as being of low severity and, with appropriate licence authority, may be repeated <br>many times in the same animal. The products from these procedures, including whole blood and antisera, are used in diagnostic tests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 206312 question first answered 25/07/2014 16:59:36 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

78521

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2013, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the changes in the number of procedures in the fundamental biological research category.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	206311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain 2013 report a total of 1.16 million procedures were conducted on animals with ‘Fundamental biological research’ as the primary purpose. This is a reduction of 11% over the figure for 2012. The change in the number of procedures carried out in this category, in any particular year, depends on many factors. These factors include: investment in fundamental biological research; strategic decisions taken by funding bodies; global economic trends; scientific innovation; and, the development and uptake of validated alternative technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/07/2014 17:07:29 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

78522

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2013, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the large number of procedures in the direct diagnosis category.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	206312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2014 answer text <p>The Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain 2013 report a total of 52,444 procedures were conducted on 6,725 animals with ‘Direct diagnosis’ as the primary purpose. This represents a 3% increase on the total number of procedures, in this category, in 2012 and a 1% increase on the number of animals, in this category, in 2012. Most procedures reported under the category ‘Direct diagnosis’ involve the collection of blood or blood products from either non-immunised animals or animals immunised against various antigens. The procedure of blood collection is classified as being of low severity and, with appropriate licence authority, may be repeated <br>many times in the same animal. The products from these procedures, including whole blood and antisera, are used in diagnostic tests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 206313 question first answered 25/07/2014 16:59:36 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

78529

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest period between inspection visits made to any UK establishment licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (as amended 2012) currently is for establishments deemed by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit to be of (a) high, (b) medium and (c) low risk.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	206182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2014 answer text <p>To identify the longest period between inspection visits made to any UK establishment licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (as amended 2012) can only be established at disproportionate cost.<br><br>The Home Office Inspectorate follows a risk-based approach in deciding how often to visit an establishment. The risk assessment is specific to each establishment taking account of the factors as published in the 2012 Animals in Science Regulation annual report. Visiting frequency varies from at least once per year for a low risk establishment carrying out little or no research, through to some 40 times per year for large, high risk establishments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/07/2014 17:02:39 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

783221

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, how many project licence applications the Home Office rejected in 2016, 2015 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep records of project licence applications that have been rejected or withdrawn at either the concept or the drafting stage of the application process. The Secretary of State has not rejected any of the recommendations for granting project licences made by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit inspectors between 2014 and 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/11/2017 14:48:45 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

524954

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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	Animal Products: Imports
	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 she plans to prohibit the import of trophies from any CITES Appendix I or Appendix II listed species.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	40644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Under international rules set by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a hunting trophy from a species listed on Appendix I or Appendix II of the Convention can be exported only if the exporting country is satisfied that the hunt was both legal and sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>Importing controls are implemented at an EU-wide level and the UK works with other EU Member States to agree a collective approach. In light of growing concerns about the sustainability of the hunting of some species, stricter controls on the import of hunting trophies of six species, including lions and African elephants, have been introduced. As a result, the import of hunting trophies of certain species from certain countries is currently prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that properly managed, legal and sustainable trophy hunting can play a part in species conservation efforts, including by providing an important source of funding for conservation in some countries. In view of this, we have no plans to introduce legislation banning the import of all trophies of Appendix I and II species. We will however continue to monitor the impact of trophy hunting and will work to put in place greater protection, including prohibiting imports, if this is shown to be needed.</p><p> </p><p>For example, in recognition of the real concerns about the impact of trophy hunting on lion conservation, I announced in Parliament on 24 November 2015 that the Government will ban lion trophy imports by the end of 2017 unless there are improvements in the way hunting takes place in certain countries, judged against strict criteria. We will work with our European and international partners, and experts in the field, to reach a common approach to this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/06/2016 12:07:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

437970

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes there are for companies who will not be covered by the Apprenticeship Levy to assist with the creation of apprenticeship positions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	19944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>All employers in England will be able to access funding for apprenticeships after the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in 2017. We will set out further details about how this will operate in due course, including any programmes available for employers who will not pay the levy.</p><br /><p>We will also continue to offer employers an apprenticeship recruitment service through Find an Apprenticeship on gov.uk. We are continuing the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) to support more small firms to take on 16-24 year old apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/01/2016 16:06:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

92020

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Argentina
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department holds on a proposed lending programme to Argentina from the World Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	209517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The World Bank Group has a Country Programme Strategy for Argentina which sets out planned areas for cooperation from 2015 to 2018. No new loan proposals for Argentina have been presented to the World Bank Board since 2012. We are keeping the situation under close review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK does not currently support any new World Bank lending to the Government of Argentina.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/10/2014 16:50:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

93624

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Argentina
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to continue to oppose loans to Argentina from international institutions including the World Bank and IDB.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	210639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Last year, the Secretary of State instructed the UK’s representatives at the Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank to vote against all new proposals for financial support to the Government of the Republic of Argentina presented by these institutions, while reserving the right to support proposals that can demonstrate exceptional benefits to the poorest people of Argentina. Our position on this has not changed. These are the only Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), in which the UK is a shareholder and from which the Government of Argentina borrows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/10/2014 15:12:18 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

642381

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reported commercial aircraft cabin and flight deck smoke or fume events there have been in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	54127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collect specific data on the frequency of incidents of commercial aircraft cabin and flight deck smoke, or fume events. As such, no estimates have been made.</p><p> </p><p>Serious incidents are counted amongst data for safety related events. In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 376/2014, safety-related events which endanger or which, if not corrected or addressed, could endanger an aircraft, its occupants or any other person have to be reported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).</p><p>The Regulation requires that the reporting, analysis and follow-up to such occurrences remain confidential.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Regulation does permit information to be released on request to interested parties that have a genuine safety related need for the information. An application can be made at <a href="http://www.caa.co.uk/srg1605" target="_blank">www.caa.co.uk/srg1605</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 30/11/2016 17:06:33 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

642394

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations the Government has received from the aviation sector on priorities for its negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	54290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, and the Minister for Aviation, Lord Ahmad have all held meetings with aviation industry stakeholders to discuss matters relating to our forthcoming exit negotiations. The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising for our aviation industry. Until we leave, EU aviation rules will continue to apply in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 30/11/2016 17:04:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

777957

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what representations the Government has received from the aviation sector on priorities for its negotiations on the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	109700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with the aviation sector to ensure it continues to be a major success story for the UK economy. Ministers and officials from across Government have met widely with the sector since the referendum, covering the full spectrum of issues affecting the industry.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 02/11/2017 17:04:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

804627

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union what representations the Government has received from the aviation sector on priorities for the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	902943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As I said in my answer to Oral Question 902942 on 14 December, I can confirm to my hon. Friend that the Government are working closely with the aviation sector to ensure that it continues to be a major success story for the UK economy. Ministers and officials in our Department and in the Department for Transport have met widely with representatives of the sector since the referendum in 2016, covering the full spectrum of issues affecting the industry.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:45:23 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

670363

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Beer: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase British beer exports.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	59136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is committed to increasing exports of British food and drink, including beer. We offer a range of services and support for both new and experienced exporters and we work closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and industry bodies such as the British Beer and Pub Association to help British brewers in their export efforts.</p><p>We are developing export campaigns in high growth markets where there is potential for increasing sales of British beer and we continue to help British brewers enter those markets and expand internationally. For example, in November last year we organised the first ever UK Beer and Cider Pavilion at the Food and Hotel China trade show in Shanghai. Over 30 British brands were represented.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 17/01/2017 17:34:47 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

225438

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the public purse from sales of beer since April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	226465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Receipts from duties on beer that is released for consumption in the UK are published in Table 5 of our monthly alcohol bulletin:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on VAT paid by consumers on beer is not available. HM Revenue &amp; Customs do not collect data on VAT receipts by individual goods or services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2015 17:06:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

174759

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bile Duct Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned into cholangiocarcinoma.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	221396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned any research relating specifically to cholangiocarcinoma. The National Institute for Health Research Imperial Biomedical Research Centre has a £3.6 million gastroenterology and hepatology research theme (2012-17). This includes research on cholangiocarcinoma biomarkers and imaging.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 27/01/2015 12:35:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

528906

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2015 on the proportion of blood cancer patients who visited their GP more than twice before being referred to secondary care for diagnosis; and what support and guidance his Department has provided to GPs to enable them to identify the symptoms of blood cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	41284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>It is important that people with cancer have the best possible experience throughout their cancer pathway and are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Cancer Taskforce published its report <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes – A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em> in July 2015, and identified a key priority of establishing patient experience as being on a par with clinical effectiveness and safety. In May 2016 the National Cancer Transformation Board published <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes:</em> <em>Taking the Strategy Forward</em> outlining the detailed steps being taken to make this a reality.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the Government announced that by 2020, the 280,000 people diagnosed with cancer every year will benefit from a tailored recovery package. The packages will be individually designed to help each person, including those with blood cancer, live well beyond cancer. In April 2016 NHS England published guidance for commissioners on commissioning and implementing the recovery package effectively.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients whose symptoms may indicate cancer and urgently refer them as appropriate, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated suspected cancer referral guideline in June 2015. The guideline includes new recommendations for haematological cancers. NICE noted that more lives could be saved each year in England if GPs followed the new guideline, which encourages GPs to think of cancer sooner and lower the referral threshold. Following publication of the updated guideline, the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has worked in collaboration with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) on a programme of regional update events for GPs to promote the new guideline. RCGP and CRUK have also worked to develop three summary referral guidelines for GPs to enable them to adopt the guideline. These are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-development-tools/nice-cancer-referral-guidelines" target="_blank">www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-development-tools/nice-cancer-referral-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 41285 41329 question first answered 05/07/2016 15:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

528908

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2015 on the proportion of blood cancer patients that understood the explanation given to them at diagnosis; and if he will take steps to increase support for such patients at the point of diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	41285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>It is important that people with cancer have the best possible experience throughout their cancer pathway and are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Cancer Taskforce published its report <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes – A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em> in July 2015, and identified a key priority of establishing patient experience as being on a par with clinical effectiveness and safety. In May 2016 the National Cancer Transformation Board published <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes:</em> <em>Taking the Strategy Forward</em> outlining the detailed steps being taken to make this a reality.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the Government announced that by 2020, the 280,000 people diagnosed with cancer every year will benefit from a tailored recovery package. The packages will be individually designed to help each person, including those with blood cancer, live well beyond cancer. In April 2016 NHS England published guidance for commissioners on commissioning and implementing the recovery package effectively.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients whose symptoms may indicate cancer and urgently refer them as appropriate, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated suspected cancer referral guideline in June 2015. The guideline includes new recommendations for haematological cancers. NICE noted that more lives could be saved each year in England if GPs followed the new guideline, which encourages GPs to think of cancer sooner and lower the referral threshold. Following publication of the updated guideline, the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has worked in collaboration with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) on a programme of regional update events for GPs to promote the new guideline. RCGP and CRUK have also worked to develop three summary referral guidelines for GPs to enable them to adopt the guideline. These are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-development-tools/nice-cancer-referral-guidelines" target="_blank">www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-development-tools/nice-cancer-referral-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 41284 41329 question first answered 05/07/2016 15:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

528917

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to adapt the cancer recovery package and investigate new models of care for blood cancer patients who are (a) given treatment and (b) put on a watch and wait regime after diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	41329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>It is important that people with cancer have the best possible experience throughout their cancer pathway and are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Cancer Taskforce published its report <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes – A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em> in July 2015, and identified a key priority of establishing patient experience as being on a par with clinical effectiveness and safety. In May 2016 the National Cancer Transformation Board published <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes:</em> <em>Taking the Strategy Forward</em> outlining the detailed steps being taken to make this a reality.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, the Government announced that by 2020, the 280,000 people diagnosed with cancer every year will benefit from a tailored recovery package. The packages will be individually designed to help each person, including those with blood cancer, live well beyond cancer. In April 2016 NHS England published guidance for commissioners on commissioning and implementing the recovery package effectively.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients whose symptoms may indicate cancer and urgently refer them as appropriate, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated suspected cancer referral guideline in June 2015. The guideline includes new recommendations for haematological cancers. NICE noted that more lives could be saved each year in England if GPs followed the new guideline, which encourages GPs to think of cancer sooner and lower the referral threshold. Following publication of the updated guideline, the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has worked in collaboration with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) on a programme of regional update events for GPs to promote the new guideline. RCGP and CRUK have also worked to develop three summary referral guidelines for GPs to enable them to adopt the guideline. These are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-development-tools/nice-cancer-referral-guidelines" target="_blank">www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-development-tools/nice-cancer-referral-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 41284 41285 question first answered 05/07/2016 15:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836016

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	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 emergency presentations there were of blood cancer; what proportion of those presentations were of all diagnoses of blood cancer; and what proportion those were of the total of all emergency presentations of cancer in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, the latest year for which data are available, the percentage of patients diagnosed after an emergency presentation in England for all blood cancers was 28% (7,626 of 26,869).</p><p> </p><p>There has been a fall in the percentage diagnosed through this emergency presentation route over the last 10 years for some of these cancers: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (26% in 2006 down to 13% in 2015), multiple myeloma (37% down to 31%), and other haematological malignancies (37% down to 25%). The proportion over time in the other groups remained relatively stable.</p><p> </p><p>As a proportion of all emergency diagnoses, the proportion of blood cancers diagnosed as an emergency was 12% in 2011 and 13% in each of 2012-2015.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126372 question first answered 08/02/2018 14:30:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836017

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	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 an assessment of trends in the instances of blood cancer being diagnosed after an emergency admission; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, the latest year for which data are available, the percentage of patients diagnosed after an emergency presentation in England for all blood cancers was 28% (7,626 of 26,869).</p><p> </p><p>There has been a fall in the percentage diagnosed through this emergency presentation route over the last 10 years for some of these cancers: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (26% in 2006 down to 13% in 2015), multiple myeloma (37% down to 31%), and other haematological malignancies (37% down to 25%). The proportion over time in the other groups remained relatively stable.</p><p> </p><p>As a proportion of all emergency diagnoses, the proportion of blood cancers diagnosed as an emergency was 12% in 2011 and 13% in each of 2012-2015.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126371 question first answered 08/02/2018 14:30:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836018

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether diagnostic centres established as a result of the Cancer Strategy for England take specific account of blood cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The wave two of the Accelerate, Coordination and Evaluation (ACE) programme is testing a new multi-disciplinary diagnostic centre approach to diagnosing patients with vague or unclear but concerning symptoms, often characteristic of hard to diagnose cancers like blood cancers. This approach aims to ensure that patients can receive a suite of tests, reducing the risk that patients receive multiple different referrals for the same problem. The ACE programme has established ten pilot Rapid Diagnostic Assessment Centres across five areas of the country.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 15:33:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836019

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people diagnosed with blood cancer have had access to a clinical nurse specialist in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>NHS England does not collect this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 14:39:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836020

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	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 to include blood cancer diagnoses as part of the cancer dashboard.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England and NHS England developed the first iteration of the cancer dashboard in response to recommendations in the Independent Cancer Taskforce report ‘Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015-2020’. This includes data on breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers. Further cancer sites (including blood cancer) were not included because of the risk of making patients identifiable when viewing data for individual hospitals or clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>A second iteration of the dashboard is being developed by NHS Digital and NHS England with a wider ambition to include rarer cancers and cancers with a lower incidence, such a blood cancers, as the dashboard develops.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 14:41:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836021

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance, Haematological cancers: Improving outcomes (NG 47); and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Currently there has been no assessment of NG47.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 14:38:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

836022

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	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 NHS specialist haematological cancer posts have been vacant in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>In December Health Education England published a cancer workforce plan for England which sets out how the National Health Service will ensure it has access to the cancer workforce it needs to 2021. The cancer workforce plan is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Cancer%20Workforce%20Strategy%20Graphs%20and%20tables%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Cancer%20Workforce%20Strategy%20Graphs%20and%20tables%20FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 15:37:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

837754

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	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 most recent results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, what steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to improve the training for healthcare professionals to ensure that people with blood cancer understand their diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	126785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England, alongside NHS England, has recently published the Cancer Workforce plan, which sets out the steps to transform the cancer workforce in line with the independent cancer taskforce recommendations. This will aim to improve patient outcomes and deliver a better patient experience across all tumour types, including haematological cancers. The report sets out the plan for improving the training of healthcare professionals, as well as recruitment and retention plans. The report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/news-blogs-events/hee-news/health-education-england-unveils-plan-transform-future-nhs-cancer-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/news-blogs-events/hee-news/health-education-england-unveils-plan-transform-future-nhs-cancer-workforce</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 15:29:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

860743

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what proportion of patients referred to a multidisciplinary diagnostic centre have been (a) suspected of having blood cancer and (b) diagnosed with blood cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	132100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>An evaluation is currently being prepared on the work of the multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres, which will include further information on blood cancer patient referral and diagnosis numbers. A final report will be published in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2018 15:32:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

872380

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Blood Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132100, on Haematological Cancer, whether he or NHS England plan to publish information on the work of multidisciplinary diagnostic centres before December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	134294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The 10 multidisciplinary diagnostic centres or ‘rapid assessment and diagnostic centres’ have been described in the Progress Report on the cancer strategy published by NHS England in October 2017 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-cancer-transformation-programme-2016-17-progress.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-cancer-transformation-programme-2016-17-progress.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The evaluation of the centres is being undertaken by the Accelerate, Co-ordinate, Evaluate Partnership, which will publish its final report in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/03/2018 13:55:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith