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984758

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will model the effect on the UK economy of (a) a 50 per cent reduction in and (b) the abolition of Air Passenger Duty.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	177668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The government monitors all taxes, including Air Passenger Duty. The aviation sector in the UK continues to grow, with passenger numbers up by over 15% since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>APD raises over £3 billion in revenue every year. Abolishing or cutting APD would put pressure on the government to increase taxes elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:23:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

984759

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Frontier Economics report finding that Britain’s airports could gain up to 65 connections in the event that air passenger duty is abolished.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	177669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The government takes new evidence into consideration when making policy decisions. The aviation sector in the UK continues to grow, with passenger numbers up by over 15% since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>APD raises over £3 billion in revenue every year. Abolishing or cutting APD would put pressure on the government to increase taxes elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/10/2018 10:32:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1007018

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with the Institute for Apprenticeships on the concerns made by the business community on the consultation process into the review of the apprenticeship funding bands.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	191384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) are an independent body, it is for them, rather than for the department, to lead on the process for reviewing funding bands for existing standards and on consultation with the business community.</p><p>The IfA has worked with employer trailblazer groups throughout the review process. The IfA has also discussed the management standards directly with business stakeholders who have made representations.</p><p>The remaining outcomes of the review of funding bands will be published on GOV.UK by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 191383 191385 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:47:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1007021

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timescale is for the decision on the remaining apprenticeship funding band changes proposed by the Institute for Apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	191385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) are an independent body, it is for them, rather than for the department, to lead on the process for reviewing funding bands for existing standards and on consultation with the business community.</p><p>The IfA has worked with employer trailblazer groups throughout the review process. The IfA has also discussed the management standards directly with business stakeholders who have made representations.</p><p>The remaining outcomes of the review of funding bands will be published on GOV.UK by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 191383 191384 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:47:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1039028

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Asparaginase
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Erwinase will be available for the treatment for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia between January 2019 and March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	207238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Erwinase is produced by Porton Biopharma Ltd (PBL) and is licensed and distributed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals under a global licencing agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Due to increased demand for Erwinase and because PBL are manufacturing at capacity, until increases in capacity are brought into beneficial use there will be occasional stock-outs.</p><p> </p><p>The product is currently in stock in the United Kingdom. The Department has been informed, it is likely there will be a short stock-out in early February 2019 and then a further batch is planned to be released to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, who are responsible for the packaging/distribution and allocation of worldwide product supply, anticipated to reach the UK market by mid-February 2019 which should last until the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and Public Health England (PHE) are in close contact with, and have been kept informed by the PBL management of short periods of interrupted supply. PBL have and will be implementing a series of initiatives to increase capacity and better supply the market in both the short and long term. PBL are fully aware of the consequences that the unavailability of Erwinase has on patients and are absolutely committed to working with all involved to resolve any issues and be able to supply this critical medicine.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and PHE will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:18:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1017502

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	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	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 (a) leukaemia, (b) non-Hodgkin lymphoma, (c) Hodgkin lymphoma and (d) myeloma cases were diagnosed at each cancer stage in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	197620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/12/2018 15:38:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1002558

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Cancer: 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 ability of the NHS long-term plan to (a) tackle the evolving challenges of cancer and (b) ensure that people are able to access personalised and tailored support after they have finished cancer treatment itself.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	188796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan provides an excellent opportunity to look at how cancer and other services can be further improved over the next decade. The plan is currently in development and will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:29:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

987802

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on assessments for children who may have dyslexia.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	179182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Schools are required under the Children and Families Act (2014) to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils or students they support, and guidance is set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice<em>. </em>This includes arranging for appropriate tests where the school’s own assessments indicate that this is necessary</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/10/2018 12:16:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1010759

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Christianity: Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church Commissioners have had on maintaining the Christian community in the Middle East.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	193461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Church of England continues to work alongside the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem to support the Christian community in Jordan, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. The Church also partners and engages with development and mission agencies working to support Christian communities overseas. Regular pilgrimage visits are made by parishes and dioceses of the Church of England, mainly to those holy sites that are not in conflict zones and which often involve meetings with local Christians</p><p><br>Westminster Abbey will be holding a special service on the 4th December at which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will attend to offer encouragement to Christians throughout the region and to celebrate the contributions they make to their communities</p><p><br>The Archbishop of Canterbury made an official visit to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories in 2017, the primary purpose of which was to affirm the Christian community in the Holy Land, to identify and explore challenges relating to religious freedom and to give encouragement to St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem. The Archbishop also met with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian politicians during his visit</p><p><br>During the November parliamentary recess I joined a small group of MPs on a regional visit to see for myself the challenges faced by the Christian community in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. We visited a number of projects that are funded or supported by the Anglican Church, including hospitals and schools. Speaking with the different communities gave a helpful perspective on the significant challenges to the daily lives and movements of people.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 22/11/2018 16:11:52 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1023287

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Free Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to pursue (a) reform of the World Trade Organisation and (b) free trade.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	201197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a strong supporter of the rules-based multilateral trading system and reducing the barriers to trade and investment in support of business and consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the bedrock of rules-based free trade and the UK welcomed the commitment made at the recent G20 Summit to support the necessary reform of the WTO to improve its functioning. DIT will continue to champion discussions on WTO reform through the EU, at international fora and in our bilateral engagements, in particular the importance of updating rules on digital trade and ensuring that the WTO dispute settlement system is not undermined.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to pursue free trade including through an ambitious programme of trade negotiations and enhanced market access. While we are looking to forge new agreements, the Government is also seeking continuity for our existing EU free trade agreements as we leave the European Union. These give us the platform to build and strengthen already-successful trading relationships.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 14/12/2018 14:53:31 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith