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1003576

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for the Civil Legal Advice housing and debt telephone service in order to ensure continued provision of specialist advice and assistance through contracted firms and that those firms are properly paid for the services they provide.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	189790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>An assessment of the Civil Legal Advice housing and debt telephone service will be made as part of the Post-Implementation Review of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which we intend to publish by the end of the year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 16:59:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1003577

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying the so-called escape fee to the Civil Legal Advice scheme to ensure that advisers are paid above the fixed fees that apply where costs exceed the national fixed fee by a multiplier of three, in line with other parts of the Legal Aid system.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	189791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There is already an escape fee built into the payment mechanism for the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) scheme. For Discrimination and Special Education Needs cases that fee is set by the service provider, submitted as part of their contract bid and for Family and Housing the LAA set that price at £46 per hour.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:33:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1003743

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Cannabis: 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 plans he has to increase the (a) knowledge and (b) awareness among GPs of the benefits of medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	189815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has rescheduled cannabis-based products for medicinal use from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. Doctors on the specialist register of the General Medical Council may now prescribe these products where there might be potential benefit to individual patients. General practitioners will not be able to prescribe but the Government has commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce guidance for all clinicians by October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:38:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1003816

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Sports: Wales
	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 spending on (a) Olympic legacy and (b) other programmes has resulted in consequential funding for Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	189818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Block Grant Transparency publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-december-2017-publication) sets out details of all additions to the Devolved Administrations’ budgets since the 2015 Spending Review. The Barnett Formula will have been applied to all changes to the DCMS budget at both Spending Reviews and at Fiscal Events in the normal way as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy.</p><p> </p><p>Companies from across the country have been directly engaged in legacy infrastructure and projects - for example, South Wales based Pro Steel were awarded contracts as part of the transformation of the Olympic Stadium roof post-2012 Games, they secured a £1m loan to enable them to compete for the work from Finance Wales. Pro Steel were also awarded a subcontract by BAM Nuttal for transformation work in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park post games consisting of re-purposing and construction of a bridge in the north of the Park near the Velodrome. They were also awarded the contract to make modifications and strengthening works to another bridge, and supply and installation of a third bridge.</p><p> </p><p>Last week I met with my counterparts in Wales and Scotland to discuss the many opportunities the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games presents to the whole of the UK. The department and I look forward to continuing to work closely with the devolved nations to ensure the many opportunities the Games presents - from hosting the Queen's Baton Relay to providing a base for athletes to train - are seized across the country.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 29/11/2018 11:30:15 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1019445

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Nabiximols
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England have been prescribed Sativex in each year since 2010
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	198333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital reports that it does not hold information on the number of people in England who were prescribed Sativex in the years specified.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital does, however, hold data about prescription items dispensed by doctors and community pharmacies in England, which is detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cannabis (Sativex)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,204</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for Cannabis (Sativex) as listed in the British National Formulary in Section 10.2.2 – Skeletal muscle relaxants, using the classification system prior to edition 70.</li><li>NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, including mental health trusts, or private prescriptions.</li><li>NHS Digital does not hold data about prescriptions written but not dispensed.</li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:52:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1037890

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: 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 NHS prescriptions have been issued for patients to use medical cannabis since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	206441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medical cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206442 206443 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:13:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

732575

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Fairtrade Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on Fairtrade certification.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	1227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK government is a strong supporter of Fairtrade. From 2010 to 2016, DFID provided £18 million to Fairtrade International to support their work and strengthen the global Fairtrade system. This includes Fairtrade producer and worker organizations that contribute to inclusive economic, environmental and social development in their communities around the world. DFID continues to actively engage with Fairtrade on a variety of projects and campaigns, such as supporting the pilot of Fairtrace, a technology based supply chain mapping programme run with Fairtrade’s supply chain assurance partner, FLOCERT.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2017 14:44:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	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

732581

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HM Courts and Tribunal Service hears appeals relating to the Child Support Agency as quickly as possible.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	1219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service will continue to work closely with the Tribunal judiciary to deal in a timely way with all categories of appeal it receives. Since appeal receipts have started to rise, steps are under way to increase the capacity and the performance of the Tribunal. These include reviewing listing practices, and recruiting over 400 judicial office holders to provide long-term capacity.</p><p>Information about the timeliness of Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) appeals is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period January to March 2017, can be viewed at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017-and-2016-to-2017.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 29/06/2017 09:00:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	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