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769893

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	AAT Deficiency: Health Services
	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 implement the recommendations made by the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group on 10 March 2017 on Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsyn services.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group recommended that this become a directly commissioned service by NHS England. Ministers have accepted this recommendation but agreed to NHS England’s request for more time to prepare for a transfer. As such, NHS England has agreed to work towards becoming the responsible commissioner from April 2018 to give NHS England time to identify patients and build an appropriate service specification.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/10/2017 16:29:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

732579

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the banking industry complies with the Access to Banking protocol; and what steps the Government has taken to ensure such compliance since that protocol was introduced in May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	1218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on the opening and closing of individual bank branches are taken by the management team of each bank on a commercial basis without intervention from Government. While banks and building societies need to balance customer interests, market competition, and other commercial factors when considering their strategy, the Government is pleased to see that the industry is committing to further improvements to protect those affected by branch closures. For this reason, the Government welcomed the industry-wide Access to Banking Protocol and Professor Russel Griggs’ independent ‘one year on’ review, published last November.</p><p> </p><p>Building on this, the new Access to Banking Standard came into effect on 1 May. The Standard commits banks to ensure customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customer who need more help.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 29/06/2017 13:44:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

806111

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Marine Protected Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Governments of UK Overseas Territories on creating fully enforced Marine Protected Areas in their waters.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	119312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Communique, agreed by the Overseas Territories at the Joint Ministerial Council, held in November 2017, welcomed the progress towards creating a 'Blue Belt' of protected ocean around the Overseas Territories.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 13:42:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

810214

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Gower constituency had personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The data requested was provided in the answer of 12 September 2017 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-04/6928/" target="_blank">UIN 6928</a>).</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the appeals data provided by the Ministry of Justice in this response referred to claimants’ appeals heard in the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants identified as living in Gower those appeals are attributed to the Llanelli, Port Talbot or Swansea venues.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:38:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

789082

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human eggs were frozen in each of the last five years by centres registered by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority by (a) the slow-cooling method and (b) the process of vitrification.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	112909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it does not hold information on the method of freezing.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:28:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

789091

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have submitted their oocytes for freezing (a) as a result of medical treatment affecting their fertility and (b) for other reasons, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	112889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that data is not collected in the format requested. The HFEA collects data for the total number of women who submitted their oocytes for freezing in each of the past five years, but does not collect the reasons why the oocytes are frozen.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:25:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

810235

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2017 to Question 112909 on in vitro fertilisation, whether his Department plans to extend the 10-year holding period for a healthy woman to freeze her eggs.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 November 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=113114" target="_blank">113114</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/01/2018 16:52:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

789279

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing the 10-year statutory time limit for the storage of frozen eggs and semen with a system of five-yearly reviews; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	113114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The statutory limits for the storage of frozen gametes (eggs and sperm) are set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) Regulations 2009. There are no current plans to review the provisions of these regulations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:27:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

781416

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have de-transitioned in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	110608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2017 15:38:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

789090

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age is of women who have submitted their oocytes for freezing in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	112888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that the average age of women who have submitted their oocytes for freezing in each of the last five years is in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of cycle</p></td><td><p>Average (Mean) Patient Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>34.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data analysed looked at all cycles where the patient stored eggs for their own use.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>2016 only covers the period up until 30 June which is the last date for which we have verified data</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:31:03 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

752806

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of people in Gower constituency who had been categorised as lifelong recipients of disability living allowance and have subsequently been judged ineligible for personal independence payments in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	5326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 5132 5183 5324 5328 5347 5397 question first answered 20/07/2017 12:49:35 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

756100

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Gower
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of constituents in Gower have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) an appeal hearing in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	6928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsideration decisions where the award was changed by year since the introduction of PIP in the Parliamentary Constituency of Gower.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1 - Number of Mandatory Reconsiderations decisions where the award changed by financial year of decision.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Mandatory Reconsideration</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 only)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>#</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 below shows the Number of appeals found in favour of appellant by financial year, data from Ministry of Justice.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Table 2 </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td><td><p>Percentage Found in favour of Appellant (at hearing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘# ‘used for instances where there are less than 5 cases to avoid the release of confidential data</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 12:21:44 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

732582

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Wales Main Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on electrification of the rail line to Swansea.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	1220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>On the Great Western Mainline, electrification works continue along the route to Wales and new intercity trains will start to be delivered later this year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 29/06/2017 12:58:10 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

750960

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Secretary of State will review the advice given to residents in tower blocks in the event of a fire.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	900507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>On 22 June the Prime Minister announced a full public inquiry into the events at Grenfell Tower, to be chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick. The Inquiry is designed to ascertain the causes of the tragedy and ensure that the appropriate lessons are learned.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced a new panel of independent experts to advise Government on the immediate action that is required so the public can be confident everything possible is being done to make sure all buildings are safe as quickly as possible. The panel will also be asked to consider whether there are any changes or clarifications required to existing regulations, and provide advice on possible changes.</p><p><br> In the meantime, residents are encouraged to remain vigilant to the risk of fire and undertake any necessary precautions, for example, checking that their smoke alarms are working.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/07/2017 16:42:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

797977

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK will benefit from the implementation of the EU's Tax Avoidance Directive in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	116884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The agreement of the Anti Tax Avoidance Directive in 2016 was an important step and demonstrates the Government’s commitment to fighting tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>All Member States are required to apply these measures, with the UK having already implemented many of them. This will help ensure a consistent approach to tackling tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to engage with our international partners, including within the EU, to further tackle these issues.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:08:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

756164

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Gower
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to improve broadband coverage in Gower constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	6970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We have committed over £67 million to support broadband delivery in Wales. According to Thinkbroadband, in 2012 only 42% of premises in Gower could access superfast speeds. Currently, over 93% of premises in the constituency have this access, with an estimated 3% added so far in 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/09/2017 16:39:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

797623

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Credit Rating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made on the effect of a hard credit check for on the ability of consumers to switch energy suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	116586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>All energy suppliers are obligated to offer terms of supply to domestic customers, enabling customers to switch energy suppliers. Some suppliers carry out credit checks on new customers to confirm their identity and assess the risk of defaulting on their energy tariff. Suppliers should be clear to consumers when they intend to carry out a ‘hard’ credit check.</p><p>In the non-domestic retail market, suppliers will often carry out credit checks before offering a supply contract to a business consumer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/12/2017 16:21:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

773140

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Caribbean: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with UK mobile telephone operators about waiving mobile roaming charges for military personnel deployed to the Caribbean following the recent hurricanes that have affected the region.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	108533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. A Deployed Welfare Package is usually put in place on operations to ensure Service personnel can stay in communications with those at home. Due to the short duration of this operation, in lieu of a Deployed Welfare Package, all of those deployed have been paid a Local Overseas Allowance. This contributes towards the necessary additional local cost of day-to-day living when Service personnel are required to serve overseas. In this deployment, this allowance was paid in addition to that given to Service personnel who were living under 'field conditions', where their food and accommodation charges are waived.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/10/2017 15:59:00 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

810207

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Gower, (b) Wales and (c) the UK are not eligible for the new state pension due to having less than 10 years of national insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	120673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The New State Pension was introduced for those persons reaching State Pension age on, or after, 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016. Our latest data on the number of qualifying years people have are for the 2015/16 financial year, so we do not yet have any data on the numbers of people reaching State Pension age under the New State Pension with less than 10 years of National Insurance contributions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/01/2018 16:05:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

769684

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Apples: 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, how many (a) Royal Gala and (b) other types of apples that were imported to the UK from non-EU countries in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apple type</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cider</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>20,608</p></td><td><p>21,113</p></td><td><p>15,886</p></td><td><p>19,745</p></td><td><p>16,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20,731</p></td><td><p>21,140</p></td><td><p>17,544</p></td><td><p>21,074</p></td><td><p>17,733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table Source: HMRC</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 107446 107447 107448 107450 question first answered 20/10/2017 13:57:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

769685

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Apples: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Royal Gala and (b) other types of apples were exported to EU member states in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apple type</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cider</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>20,608</p></td><td><p>21,113</p></td><td><p>15,886</p></td><td><p>19,745</p></td><td><p>16,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20,731</p></td><td><p>21,140</p></td><td><p>17,544</p></td><td><p>21,074</p></td><td><p>17,733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table Source: HMRC</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 107446 107447 107448 107449 question first answered 20/10/2017 13:57:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

769681

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Apples: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Royal Gala and (b) other types of apples were exported to non-EU countries in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apple type</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cider</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>20,608</p></td><td><p>21,113</p></td><td><p>15,886</p></td><td><p>19,745</p></td><td><p>16,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20,731</p></td><td><p>21,140</p></td><td><p>17,544</p></td><td><p>21,074</p></td><td><p>17,733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table Source: HMRC</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 107447 107448 107449 107450 question first answered 20/10/2017 13:57:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

769682

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Apples: 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, how many (a) Royal Gala and (b) other types of apples were imported to the UK from EU member states in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apple type</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cider</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>20,608</p></td><td><p>21,113</p></td><td><p>15,886</p></td><td><p>19,745</p></td><td><p>16,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20,731</p></td><td><p>21,140</p></td><td><p>17,544</p></td><td><p>21,074</p></td><td><p>17,733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table Source: HMRC</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 107446 107448 107449 107450 question first answered 20/10/2017 13:57:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

771341

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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	Apples: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support apple growers as part of any post-Common Agricultural Policy arrangements after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will give us the opportunity to design a new system of agricultural support. Over the next few months the Secretary of State will continue to visit the British countryside and working farms to hear industry and the public’s views first hand to continue to inform post-CAP arrangements. This Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support for the duration of this Parliament, providing certainty to farmers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government currently supports horticulture though the LEADER scheme within the Rural Development Programme for England. It expects shortly to open an additional new funding offer for farmers and horticulturalists to invest in a range of innovative equipment to help improve their productivity. This funding will be open to apple growers and could support production for both the domestic and export markets. Also, Defra funds the National Fruit Collection which includes about 3,000 apple varieties. Material from the collection is available to propagators and growers, providing an opportunity to produce heritage varieties for specialist markets and a genetic resource for breeding new varieties. The government also offers financial support to EMR, which runs a breeding programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that in order to stimulate innovative practices and increase productivity of sectors like top fruit, a strong research base is needed. Research can develop new innovative practices such as the 2013 agri-tech project looking into extending the availability and flavour-life of UK apples using innovative photonics. As part of the agri-tech strategy, £160 million has been committed to be co-invested with industry to address challenges in the agri-tech sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/10/2017 16:06:49 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

769683

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Apples
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage farmers to increase the production of apples for (a) home markets, (b) export to the EU and (c) export to non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	107448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>tonnes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apple type</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cider</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>20,608</p></td><td><p>21,113</p></td><td><p>15,886</p></td><td><p>19,745</p></td><td><p>16,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20,731</p></td><td><p>21,140</p></td><td><p>17,544</p></td><td><p>21,074</p></td><td><p>17,733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table Source: HMRC</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 107446 107447 107449 107450 question first answered 20/10/2017 13:57:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi