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793115

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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	British Virgin Islands: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the tourism industry in the British Virgin Islands.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	114900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Tourism is a delegated responsibility to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Government. Within their 'Territorial Recovery and Development Plan', the BVI Government have made an assessment, of the steps required, working alongside the private sector to support the tourism sector's recovery.</p><p>The British Government remains committed to working with the Governments of the BVI and other affected Overseas Territories as they develop their longer-term recovery plans.</p><p>At the World Bank meetings last month the UK announced a private sector task force to mobilise business to play a prominent role in the reconstruction of the Overseas Territories. The task force will identify and implement practical steps to increase flows of private sector financial support for reconstruction in the region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2017 14:22:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

771693

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Kurds: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for UK foreign policy of the political situation in Kurdistan since the referendum in that region on 25 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	901191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We regret the Kurdish referendum on independence and continue to respect the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq. Any political process towards independence should be agreed with the Government of Iraq. We are urging all parties, including Iraq’s neighbours, to maintain calm and avoid statements and actions that could be perceived as inflammatory, particularly in light of events in Kirkuk. Iraq’s future lies in dialogue.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/10/2017 15:14:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

670293

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of its January 2016 pledge to spend up to £500 million a year on tackling malaria.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	59225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>UK support contributed to a halving of global malaria death rates since 2000. DFID continues to be a global leader in malaria control. UK aid is saving lives around the world, including through our support to the Global Fund (our replenishment commitment will fund 40 million bednets), UNITAID (to increase access to new diagnostics and medicines), research to accelerate the development of drugs, diagnostics and insecticides, and helping countries scale up their own national malaria control programmes.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/01/2017 14:32:34 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

427033

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Housing: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities can limit community housing developments proposed in the dispersal policies of a local plan due to the lack of sufficient infrastructure, shops, services or employment to support such a development.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	15674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects local planning authorities to meet the objectively-assessed needs for market and affordable housing in their area, insofar as it is consistent with other policies in the Framework. As part of the plan-making process we expect authorities to consider what infrastructure is needed to support development, and work with neighbouring authorities and transport providers, to develop plans for how it can be provided. The cumulative impact of development, and the need for infrastructure to support development, are material considerations in decisions on individual proposals.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 16/11/2015 14:08:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

421041

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 progress has been made on (a) processing farmers' 2015 Basic Payment Scheme applications and (b) tackling the challenges of getting information supplied by farmers in paper form back onto an online validation process; and what resources have been committed to carry out this work to date.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	11734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Good progress is being made on processing Basic Payment Scheme 2015 applications including capturing changes that were made on the paper forms along with any new requirements of the scheme onto the Rural Payments IT system. We currently have access to around 800 people to perform this processing work.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/10/2015 10:02:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

421042

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 effect the switch to a paper-based application system for the Basic Payment Scheme has had on (a) claim validation and the verification of claims and (b) the delivery of timely payments from 1 December.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	11735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The move to the paper based application approach for the Basic Payment Scheme 2015 has not had an impact on the validation and verification of claims and the Rural Payments Agency remain on track to make the majority of payments in December.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/10/2015 09:57:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

388123

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on (a) the proportion of Discretionary Housing Payment funding spent by each local authority, (b) how many and which local authorities returned such funding allocated to them, (c) how much funding each such local authority returned and (d) what the average amount of such funding was which was returned in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	6049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The information held by the Department on the proportion of Discretionary Housing Payment funding spent and returned by each local authority and the average amount of funding returned in the last three years is provided in the table which I will place in the House library.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2015 13:54:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

178135

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Sheep: 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 proportion of sheep movement returns have been made (a) electronically and (b) on paper in each month since online returns were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	223629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Animal Reporting and Movement Service (ARAMS) was launched on 1 April 2014. The Government’s target was to capture 70% of sheep/goat movements electronically within the first year of operation and to increase the proportion of electronic movements recorded (the date the movement was recorded on ARAMS) to 80% within 5 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of paper vs. electronic moves recorded each month so far on ARAMS is:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Percentage recorded on the Animal Reporting And Movement Service (ARAMS)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Paper %</p></td><td><p>Electronic %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April </strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>69.97%</p></td><td><p>30.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>79.10%</p></td><td><p>20.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>69.44%</p></td><td><p>30.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>47.48%</p></td><td><p>52.52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>40.38%</p></td><td><p>59.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>40.45%</p></td><td><p>59.55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>45.57%</p></td><td><p>54.43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>36.52%</p></td><td><p>63.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>31.93%</p></td><td><p>68.07%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>29.52%</p></td><td><p>70.48%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/02/2015 13:17:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

178136

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Sheep: Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people and organisations have registered online for the sheep electronic identification database.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	223630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>As at 6 February 2015 (10.30 am) the following registrations to use the new Animal Reporting and Movement Service (ARAMS) for England have been made:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Assembly Centre Portal</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Animal and Plant Health Agency</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abattoir Portal</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abattoir Third Party</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARAMS Bureau Admin</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARAMS Bureau Operator</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collection Centre Portal</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collection Centre Third Party</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farmer Portal</p></td><td><p>7456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farmer Third Party</p></td><td><p>455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority Super User</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Portal</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market Third Party</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural Payments Agency</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Show Portal</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/02/2015 12:58:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

178137

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Sheep: Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sheep farmers in the UK have the ability to read sheep electronic identification tags.
tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
uin	223631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>There are a range of options available to sheep keepers to manage individual recording. Electronic tags can be read by eye (manually recording the visible individual animal number) or electronically using an electronic reader. Keepers may also choose for electronically identified sheep, which must be individually recorded, to be read on their behalf at central point recording centres (CPRCs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say how many sheep farmers in England have the ability to read electronic sheep tags electronically as this is dependent on the number of keepers that have purchased EID readers. Defra does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/02/2015 13:23:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi