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1179739

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary schools in England have a dedicated music teacher.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	19896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/02/2020 16:42:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1179068

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for issuing new guidance for the operation of community buses under sections 19 and 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	18920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department will update its guidance on the ‘exclusively non-commercial purposes’ exemption to EU Regulation 1071/2009 on operator licensing in line with the High Court judgement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/03/2020 17:06:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1179069

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Crossings: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been recorded as taking place on or in the vicinity of pedestrian crossings in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	18921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of reported road accidents with a personal injury within 50 metres of a pedestrian crossings in Great Britain between 2016 and 2018 can be found in the below table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Reported road accidents with a personal injury within 50 metres of pedestrian crossings</strong><strong>¹<sup>,</sup>²</strong><strong>, Great Britain, 2016-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>25,829</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>25,348</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>25,235</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: DfT, STATS19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1. Includes human controlled crossings by school crossing patrols and by other authorised</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>persons, zebra crossings, pelicans, puffins, toucans or other similar non-junctions,</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>pedestrian phases at traffic signal junctions, footbridges or subways, and central refuges</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>2. Excludes cases where road crossing type was undefined</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/03/2020 16:57:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1178764

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
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	NHS: Agency Workers
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 individual contractors businesses have been assessed under IR35 rules for the supply of agency staff to NHS Trusts.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	15113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Information on how many individual contractors’ businesses have been assessed under IR35 rules for the supply of agency staff to National Health Service trusts is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/02/2020 14:41:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1177347

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Cancer: Buckinghamshire
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 improve waiting times for cancer treatment in Buckinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	14745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to improving survival rates for cancer and we have committed to the new 28-day faster diagnosis waiting times standard. Implementation in all trusts including Buckinghamshire, subject to Government approval, is planned from spring 2020.</p><p>Buckinghamshire is included in plans to develop Rapid Diagnostic Service models as part of the Long Term Plan for Thames Valley to improve and speed up cancer diagnostics and patient experience. During 2019, they established a non-site specific (also referred to as vague symptom) pathway for general practitioners (GPs) with Buckinghamshire NHS Trust to fast track such patients.</p><p>Cancer is a priority for this Government and in October 2018 we announced a package of measures that will be rolled out across the country with the aim of seeing three quarters of all cancers detected at an early stage by 2028 (currently just over half). This is part of the Long Term Plan for the National Health Service and forms part of how the Government will achieve its ambition to see 55,000 more people surviving cancer for five years in England each year from 2028.</p><p>The Long Term Plan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/02/2020 17:07:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1176847

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: Pest 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 her Department is taking to ensure the timely issuance of new general licences for the control of pest birds in England.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	13603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State granted general licences for the lethal control of certain wild birds in June 2019, which are valid until 29 February 2020. Since June 2019, Defra has been undertaking a review of these general licences, including a public survey which generated over 4,400 responses, a review of scientific evidence and a series of workshops with licence users and other stakeholders. The Secretary of State will make an announcement soon on licensing arrangements from 1 March.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 12/02/2020 16:29:36 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1174244

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps HS2 Ltd takes to assess barn owl activity on sites under construction as part of High Speed Two enabling works.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	9795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has undertaken extensive wildlife surveys across the route, which includes barn owls. In addition, HS2 Ltd has a Barn Owl Mitigation Plan (developed after consultation with wildlife groups including the RSPB) to ensure that best practice guidelines are followed to minimise any adverse effects of HS2 on barn owls and maximise potential benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/02/2020 14:39:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1169003

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What the timeframe is for the review of HMRC's IR35 Tax Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	900052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced today further details about the review of the off-payroll working rules reform. As set out at Budget 2018, the reform is due to be extended to all sectors from April 2020. The review will address any remaining concerns from businesses and individuals about how the upcoming reform will be implemented, and will focus on steps the Government can take to ensure smooth and successful implementation. The self-employed are not in scope of the rules; and the review will consider whether any additional support for businesses is needed to ensure that the self-employed are not affected.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 900051 question first answered 07/01/2020 17:27:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1168354

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will bring forward a priority review of the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>We will provide an update on whether the project should continue in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/01/2020 16:23:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1168355

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Buckinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HS2 Ltd were authorised to begin enabling works at the Calvert Jubilee nature reserve; and whether all works have been halted at that site.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>There has been a recent incident in Calvert Jubilee nature reserve where some (non-ancient woodland) vegetation was inadvertently cleared without the landowner’s consent. In this case HS2 Ltd believed they understood who owned the land and had obtained their consent in advance of these works taking place. However, after further investigation it has become clear that their ownership information was incorrect, and that the land in question was in fact owned by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire &amp; Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd have written directly to the Trust to unreservedly apologise for this error and to discuss the matter further with them.</p><p> </p><p>No further works will take place at this site until a full investigation has been carried out by HS2 Ltd. HS2 Ltd are putting in place additional assurance measures to prevent a repeat of this incident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/01/2020 11:51:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith