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1127654

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Allergies
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 have allergies in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of people who have allergies is not held.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 11:22:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127656

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle excessive credit card charges.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April 2014, regulation of the consumer credit market was transferred to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers and to take action against firms and individuals that do not meet its standards.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA conducted an extensive study of the credit card market from 2014-2016. In its final report, the FCA said that competition is working well for the majority of consumers, but expressed concerns about the scale, extent, and nature of problem credit card debt. The FCA then announced a package of remedies in February 2018, including: giving customers more control over credit limits; encouraging customers to repay more quickly; earlier identification of customers at risk of financial difficulty; and, help for customers in persistent debt, with escalating measures at 18, 28, and 36 months.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the FCA’s remedies to tackle persistent debt in the credit card market, and will continue to work closely with the FCA to ensure all customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/05/2019 12:53:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127657

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Birds and Eggs: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the theft of (a) wild birds and (b) wild bird eggs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes wildlife crime, including the illegal taking of wild birds and their eggs, seriously. All wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which provides a powerful framework for the conservation of wild birds, their eggs, nests and habitats. There are strong penalties for offenders, including imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/05/2019 09:18:09 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127658

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Fish: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent ulcerative dermal necrosis in fish.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Fish Health Inspectorates, the official services for the control of diseases of aquatic animals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, investigate reports of outbreaks of ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN) in wild fish, and suspicion in farmed fish. There have been no confirmed reports of UDN in the UK since 2012, and UDN is not subject to official disease control measures.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/05/2019 13:47:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127659

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Opioids: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent people becoming addicted to opioid painkillers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Painkillers including opioids are important to help people manage pain, but they must be treated with caution and the Government is taking action to protect people from addiction and inappropriate prescribing. Public Health England is reviewing problems associated with prescription medicine use, including opioids. In the interim we have introduced prominent addiction warnings for all opioid medicines and are making sure prevention and social prescribing are at the heart of our Long Term Plan to cut down on over-prescribing.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256398 question first answered 29/05/2019 10:41:45 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127664

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC takes into account whether people who receive universal credit have been sanctioned when calculating their annual income.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	256406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is not a taxable benefit, therefore Universal Credit is not included when calculating an individual’s annual taxable income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2019 13:20:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127665

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Infectious Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the spread of superbugs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of tackling superbugs. This is why, in January 2019, it published the United Kingdom’s 20 year vision for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), accompanied by a five year National Action Plan. The UK wants to see a world in which AMR is contained and controlled by 2040 and recognises that it cannot achieve this alone. It will require coordinated One-Health action across all sectors, all over the world. The UK will continue to play its part by modelling best practice and innovative approaches at home, sharing good practice and learning from others, and supporting progress internationally.</p><p>The UK five year national action plan sets out challenging five year ambitions.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 10:48:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127666

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Children: Maintenance: Motherwell and Wishaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) liability and (b) deduction from earnings orders have been issued in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	256408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>This question had been interpreted as relating to actions taken by the Child Maintenance Service.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested regarding liability orders is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The exact information requested regarding deduction from earning orders issued is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, you may find the following table useful: this provides the number of paying parents on the Child Maintenance Service Collect &amp; Pay service who, at the end of each calendar quarter:</p><ul><li>were paying Child Maintenance via a Deduction from Earnings order; and</li><li>had an address in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter Ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Paying Parents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/05/2019 15:51:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127668

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the urine test for cervical cancer will be adopted by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to adopt urine testing into the National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHS CSP), the United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has not been asked to assess the evidence for urine testing against its criteria.</p><p>Proposals for any major modifications to an existing screening programme, such as a move to offer urine testing as the primary screen test in the NHS CSP would require a formal submission to the UK NSC as per its published review process. Proposals for modifications are accepted by the UK NSC throughout the year. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process/appendix-d-how-to-submit-a-proposal-to-the-uk-nsc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-evidence-review-process/appendix-d-how-to-submit-a-proposal-to-the-uk-nsc</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 11:18:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1127673

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Anosmia
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 the UK have anosmia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	256415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of people who have anosmia is not held.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 10:51:19 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon