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927961

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advanced satellite monitoring and drone technologies his Department has made available to support implementation of the Blue Belt policy around the (a) Ascension Islands and (b) British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	155729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no funded programmes relating to satellite monitoring or drone technologies that support the implementation of Blue Belt policy around the Ascension Islands and British Indian Ocean Territory.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/06/2018 17:01:05 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

926974

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 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 proportion of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area is legally designated as a fully no-take area.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	155231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands sustainable use MPA, established to deliver defined conservation outcomes, covers 86% of the maritime zone. No commercial fishing licences are granted across the remaining 14% of the maritime zone.</p><p>There are a number of legal provisions in place for the effective management and conservation of the South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands sustainable use MPA including: no-take zones from the coast to 12 nautical miles around Shag Rocks and South Georgia and 3 nautical miles from the South Sandwich Islands coast covering 2%; an additional pelagic no-take zone extending 12 nautical miles South Sandwich Islands coast; total ban on commercial bottom trawling; depth restrictions on fishing for the Marine Stewardship Council certified toothfish fishery protecting 92% of the sea floor habitats; and prohibitions on krill fishing during the summer breeding period (1 November to 31 March).</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/06/2018 16:38:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

926978

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 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 proportion of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area is permanently closed to krill fishing.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	155233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands sustainable use MPA, which covers 86% of the maritime zone, permits sustainable, highly precautionary fishing activities to take place. No commercial fishing licences are granted across the remaining 14% of the maritime zone.</p><p>There are permanent pelagic no-take zone around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, from the coast out to 12 nautical miles. Through the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, krill fishing is restricted around South Sandwich Islands to 15% of the scientifically determined total allowable catch for the region, deemed highly precautionary. In addition to these international measures domestic regulations also prohibit fishing during the breeding period of the krill-eating penguins, seals and other natural predators and natural exclusion by sea ice in winter further restricts human activity.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/06/2018 16:36:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

926980

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	South Sandwich Islands: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any commercial fishing for krill has taken place within the South Sandwich Islands Exclusive Economic Zone in the last 25 years.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	155235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands sustainable - use Marine Protected Area (MPA) Permits, highly precautionary fishing activity. No commercial fishing for Antarctic krill has been undertaken in the last 25 years.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/06/2018 16:28:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

926981

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	South Sandwich Islands: Biodiversity
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 assessment his Department has made of biodiversity in the South Sandwich Islands.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	155236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The South Sandwich Islands are remote and as a consequence data-poor in comparison to other Subantarctic regions. There is also a very real threat to the ecology of the South Sandwich Islands from volcanism, with recent eruptions from the volcanoes on Zavodovski, Saunders and Bristol.</p><p>Recent scientific work indicates that unlike penguin colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula, the penguin colonies on the South Sandwich Islands are stable. To further enhance our understanding of the South Sandwich Islands, the UK's Blue Belt initiative has funded a scientific expedition to visit the South Sandwich Islands in late January 2019, allowing information to be collected on a variety of topics, including on krill and on the benthic communities that inhabit the seabed. UK scientists are also leading work within international scientific research programmes to improve our understanding of this and the wider Southern Ocean region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/06/2018 16:21:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

926982

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Fisheries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands' total annual revenues came from commercial fishing operations licensed to operate within the (a) South Georgia and (b) South Sandwich Islands Exclusive Economic Zone in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	155237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The financial accounts of Government of South Georgia &amp; the South Sandwich Islands are freely available on their website.</p><p>For 2016, the latest year for which accounts have been published, the total annual revenue from the sale of commercial fishing activities in South Georgia was 73% of the (£5,586k) and for South Sandwich Islands 1.8% (£134K). These figures do not include associated economic activity such as harbour fees and non-revenue outcomes such as scientific research.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 27/06/2018 16:26:19 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

882727

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Dermatitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults with atopic dermatitis in (a) Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency, (b) England and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	135789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>This data is not available, however, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence estimates that atopic dermatitis (atopic eczema) is a common skin condition that affects between 2–10% of adults.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/04/2018 16:18:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

882728

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Skin 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 his Department is taking to ensure patients in England with (a) skin conditions and (b) atopic dermatitis are able to access to new innovative treatments.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	135790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that provides guidance on the prevention and treatment of ill health and the promotion of good health and social care. NICE has published a range of guidance products for the management of skin conditions, including technology appraisals, guidelines and quality standards, which can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/skin-conditions/skin-conditions--general-and-other#technology-appraisal-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/skin-conditions/skin-conditions--general-and-other#technology-appraisal-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service commissioners are legally required to fund treatments recommended by NICE in its technology appraisal guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes the issue of ensuring rapid access to innovative therapies very seriously, which is why on 3 November 2017, we published our response to the Accelerated Access Review. We set out plans to give patients quicker access to life-changing treatments and make the United Kingdom the best place in the world for industry to invest and innovate.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/04/2018 15:39:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

882729

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Medical Treatments: Innovation
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 effectiveness of the Early Access to Medicines Scheme in ensuring that patients have access to promising and innovative medicines as early as possible.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	135791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Since the Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) was launched in 2014, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has awarded 50 promising innovative medicines designations and 21 positive scientific opinions as part of the scheme. NHS England records show that 1,100 patients in England have accessed treatment through EAMS.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the independent review of the EAMS the Government has made a number of improvements. Partners have worked together to provide updated guidance on the benefits and entry requirements for EAMS and are developing further guidance on collecting real world data in the National Health Service to further inform value assessment in a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal.</p><p> </p><p>We have also established the EAMS task group to provide a forum for industry to engage and make suggestions to the Government, the devolved administrations and arm’s length bodies regarding EAMS as per the recommendations of the 2016 review.</p><p> </p><p>We are also applying the learning from EAMs to the development of the Accelerated Access Pathway. Due to launch shortly, this will be a streamlined route to market which will help get the most innovative treatments to patients faster.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/04/2018 15:38:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

882730

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Medical Treatments: Innovation
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 effectiveness of the Early Access to Medicines Scheme in encouraging pharmaceutical companies to launch promising and innovative medicines in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	135792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Life Sciences Industrial Strategy set out our vision of being a world-leader in developing and bringing to market innovative medicines to improve life-chances of United Kingdom patients. It highlighted the importance of evolving and simplifying the access system for new medicines by implementing, and building on, the findings of the Accelerated Access Review.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) is an essential part of delivering on this ambition. It has been effective in encouraging companies to bring their products to the UK and market them. The figures below show increasing engagement from industry as the scheme has progressed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Promising Innovative Medicines awarded</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Scientific Opinions awarded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The EAMS task group has been established to provide a forum for industry to engage with the Government, the devolved administrations and arm’s length bodies, driving further improvements to the scheme and making the UK a more attractive place to test and deliver new pharmaceuticals.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/04/2018 15:40:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith