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846076

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the period of bereavement support payments beyond 18 months for bereaved spouses with young children.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment is intended to help people with the additional costs in the acute period immediately following a bereavement, rather than providing an income replacement. Income-related benefits are more suited for longer-term assistance with everyday living expenses. Unlike the suite of bereavement benefits it replaced, Bereavement Support Payment is paid in addition to any other benefits the recipient is entitled to, thus helping those on the lowest incomes the most.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/02/2018 11:05:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846084

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Rare Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper, UK strategy for rare diseases: implementation plan for England, published on 29 January 2018, what steps he is taking to increase cross-border collaboration (a) within the UK and (b) between the UK and the EU in developing approaches to treatment and management of rare diseases.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The activities described in the Department’s ‘UK Strategy for Rare Diseases: implementation plan for England’ are those that are shared between the Department and a number of partner organisations in implementing the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases. This implementation plan applies to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Rare Disease Policy Board, which has representation of all four United Kingdom nations, oversees the implementation of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases across the UK. The UK Rare Disease Policy Board publishes on a biennial basis an update on the implementation activities across the whole of the UK. The next report was published on 28 February 2018 and will highlight, in greater detail, initiatives and achievements across the four nations over the past two years, as well as look at UK-wide developments and challenges in the rare diseases landscape that will be important in the forward look to 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is involved in European Reference Networks, virtual centres of knowledge, skills and expertise in the field of rare diseases and complex conditions, which provide a platform to create partnerships between healthcare providers. The UK participates in 23 out of the 24 networks (involving 113 separate UK groups) and leads six networks.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/03/2018 15:08:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846086

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Orphan Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS England and NICE revise their appraisal criteria for the NICE Highly Specialised Technologies as a result of the Scottish Medicines Consortium’s review of the definition of orphan and ultra-orphan designation route to include condition prevalence criteria; and if he will ensure that they publish those prevalence criteria.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have no plans to review the criteria for the selection of topics for referral to NICE’s Highly Specialised Technologies (HST) programme. The topic selection criteria for HST are published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/topic-selection" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/topic-selection</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/03/2018 15:09:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846144

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Patients: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidelines his Department has in place for medical staff dealing with hospital deaths where the deceased has requested to be preserved using cryonics.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to medical staff dealing with hospital deaths where the deceased has requested to be preserved using cryogenics. There are no current plans to amend the Human Tissue Act or bring forward legislative proposals in this area.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 128839 128840 question first answered 28/02/2018 14:53:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846145

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the draft Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 to include the regulation of cryopreservation of (a) complete bodies and (b) heads.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to medical staff dealing with hospital deaths where the deceased has requested to be preserved using cryogenics. There are no current plans to amend the Human Tissue Act or bring forward legislative proposals in this area.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 128838 128840 question first answered 28/02/2018 14:53:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846146

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals for the regulation by the Human Tissue Authority on the removal of (a) bodies and (b) heads for cryopreservation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to medical staff dealing with hospital deaths where the deceased has requested to be preserved using cryogenics. There are no current plans to amend the Human Tissue Act or bring forward legislative proposals in this area.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 128838 128839 question first answered 28/02/2018 14:53:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

845522

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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 Government plans to (a) ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and (b) deposit the instrument of ratification at the UN in New York.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) on the 16 December 2004. The WHO FCTC adopted the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products on 12 November 2012. The Government is fully committed to the Protocol. It is current UK Government policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all the legislation required for implementation has been passed by Parliament. A Command Paper setting out the UK’s plans to ratify the World Health Organization Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products now needs to be laid before Parliament. Preparations, led by HM Revenue and Customs, are underway and they expect to proceed shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/02/2018 12:17:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

834599

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: United Arab Emirates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which British cyber-security companies undertaking cyber-security projects in the United Arab Emirates are funded or subsidised by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	126047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is supporting UK business to export their world-leading capability across the globe. This includes supporting the not-for-profit accreditation organisation CREST to establish a global presence, including the UAE and wider Gulf.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/02/2018 15:00:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

834600

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons low earning families are not able to claim working tax credits or universal credit if they are using tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	126048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Childcare offer targets greater levels of support at those on lower incomes, but also offers support to parents with middle and higher incomes, who may also struggle with the cost of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare costs are taken into account when Universal Credit and tax credits are calculated, and these benefits offer more generous support with childcare costs (up to 70% under tax credits or up to 85% under Universal Credit) than Tax-Free Childcare to families on lower incomes.</p><p> </p><p>Parents who receive tax credits or Universal Credit can choose whether to continue receiving those benefits or to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the help that parents can get with childcare costs can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/02/2018 13:59:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

834612

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make the use of Trident conditional upon not being used at 10 knots per hour or more or at a height of less than 200 metres above land.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	126060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that we do not comment on matters relating to the activity or operations of our deterrent for the purpose of safeguarding national security.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 06/02/2018 16:03:29 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day