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442505

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date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that sufficient tradesmen are trained to support an increase in housing construction.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to significantly increasing the quantity and quality of all apprenticeships in England to 3 million starts by 2020; the construction industry will have an important part to play in achieving this target.</p><br /><p>Development of skilled labour can only be achieved with engagement of the industry. Construction employers in England are engaged in the Trailblazer process to develop apprenticeship standards that are fit for business, and we have announced a new apprenticeships levy which will put investment in training, and apprenticeships specifically, on a long-term, sustainable footing.</p><p>Initiatives, by the Construction Leadership Council, or through the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) are seeking to encourage more young people into construction careers. This work includes the launch of the GO-Construct website and work with the National Careers Service and Construction Ambassadors for schools.</p><br /><p>The CITB and CITB Northern Ireland have also developed a range of initiatives. In England these include working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Armed Forces resettlement service, Local Enterprise Partnerships and the Home Builders Federation, to encourage experienced individuals into the sector. The CITB continues to work closely with the Home Builders Federation to support skills initiatives.</p><br /><p>However, as noted in my answer to PQ UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-11-30/18208/" target="_blank">18208</a> skills policy (including apprenticeships policy) is a devolved matter. In Northern Ireland, it is the responsibility of the Department of Employment and Learning.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:41:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442523

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with organisations representing self-employed people on the potential effect on such people of implementing quarterly tax returns from 2020.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce quarterly tax returns for business. The Government is introducing simple, secure and personalised digital tax accounts, removing the need for annual tax returns. Updating HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) through software or apps will deliver a light-touch process, much less burdensome and time-consuming than it is today.</p><p>The Government will consult on the details of these proposals throughout 2016 and will publish a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) in the usual way. This will include an estimate of the impacts on business. The Government routinely publish TIINs for tax policy changes when the policy detail for those changes is finalised or near-finalised.</p><p>HMRC has discussed these reforms with a range of professional bodies and advisory groups representing small businesses and the self-employed. HMRC has also engaged extensively with a range of professional bodies and other stakeholders representing the accountancy profession.</p><p>On 14 December 2015, HMRC set out details of its plans at its annual stakeholder conference, which was attended by a large number of different organisations representing small businesses.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 20852 20876 question first answered 11/01/2016 16:54:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442580

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of tickets for the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016 have been allocated to applicants from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Tickets to the Commemorative Event at the Thiepval Memorial were allocated in pairs to residents of the UK via a random ballot, which gave no weighting to residents of a particular area of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 20930 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:31:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442581

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tickets to the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016 have been allocated to applicants from (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Tickets to the Commemorative Event at the Thiepval Memorial were allocated in pairs to residents of the UK via a random ballot, which gave no weighting to residents of a particular area of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 20929 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:31:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442582

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what process was used for administering the ballot for tickets to the Thiepval Memorial event on 1 July 2016; whether observers were appointed to scrutinise that process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text Applicants were required to submit details online, or via a postal form, between 28 September and 18 November 2015. Once the ballot closed, a computer system randomly selected the successful applicants by their reference numbers - so that no weighting was added to any other factor such as geographic location or date of application.<p>The ballot was administered by an external company, SEE Tickets, with previous experience of the managing ticketing and ballots for large scale events. No additional observers were involved in the draw process.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/01/2016 17:48:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442598

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on religious education as a compulsory part of the school curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The government firmly believes in the importance of religious education (RE).</p><p>RE is a compulsory subject for all pupils up to the age of 18 in state funded schools. For schools without a religious character, the RE curriculum needs to reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:53:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442602

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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 of Prey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue clear guidance that buzzard control licences should be granted to gamekeepers or organisations whenever the criteria for applications for such licences are met.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Licences to control buzzards are issued by Natural England on the Secretary of State’s behalf in accordance with the Government’s policy on wildlife management. Following the recent McMorn judgment in the High Court, which quashed a licencing decision taken in 2014 relating to buzzards, Natural England is revising the guidance on dealing with these types of application and once completed, the guidance will be publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 12:50:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442642

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	Travel: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to promote take-up of travel insurance by UK citizens travelling abroad.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text Encouraging British nationals intending to travel overseas to take out adequate insurance for their trip remains a crucial part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s ‘Know Before You Go’ communications campaign. We continue to run specific campaigns on this issue and to disseminate insurance messaging in our broader travel safety activity. We launched an insurance campaign as recently as 7 January, ahead of ‘Sunshine Saturday’ on 9 January, a travel industry initiative during which millions of people were expected to book a holiday abroad in 2016. Last year we issued proactive messaging on insurance in May, July and August, making use of social, print, online and other online media as well as our network of partners from, and with an interest in, the travel industry. Harnessing the influence of these partner organisations will continue to help us reach travellers with insurance messaging, which is why I urged our ‘Know Before You Go’ partners to continue working with us on this issue during an event I hosted at the FCO in December 2015. answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/01/2016 12:17:13 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442651

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tolvaptan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of when Tolvaptan will be available through the NHS to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>Tolvaptan (Jinarc) became available through the National Health Service following its launch in the United Kingdom in June 2015.</p><br /><p>In October, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published technology appraisal guidance recommending tolvaptan as a treatment for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease where certain conditions are met.</p><br /><p>NHS commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended by NICE technology appraisals within three months of the NICE technology appraisal guidance being published.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/01/2016 15:48:45 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

442652

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that antibiotics are prescribed in proportion to the severity of the illness.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England is undertaking work to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in general practice through low cost and scalable interventions designed by behavioural scientists. In addition, Public Health England has developed the Antibiotic Guardian campaign to improve behaviours around the use of antibiotics amongst both the public and healthcare professionals.</p><br /><p>Furthermore, in August 2015 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines on the effective use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics) in children, young people and adults. It aims to change prescribing practice to help slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and ensure that antimicrobials remain an effective treatment for infection.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng15" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng15</a>.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2016 15:05:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon