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1081710

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date	04/03/2019
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	Diabetes
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 ensure that healthcare professionals adopt the principles set out in the 2018 NHS England guidance entitled Language Matters: Language and diabetes to enable positive interactions between people living with diabetes and physicians.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>‘Language Matters: Language and diabetes’ has been disseminated to all stakeholders via NHS England’s communication networks. NHS England will ensure it is used as a key reference point, where applicable, in future publications.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 16:32:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081711

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on course to meet its annual immunisation targets for at-risk groups in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Various at-risk groups are immunised with an influenza vaccine and/or a pneumococcal-polysaccharide-vaccine (PPV).</p><p> </p><p>Each year influenza vaccination takes place in the autumn before influenza starts to circulate. For the 2018/19 influenza season, the targets for those aged under 65 in a clinical risk group and pregnant women was at least 55%. Provisional data for the period 1 September 2018 to 31 January 2019 indicated uptake was 46.9% for those in clinical risk groups and 45% for pregnant women in the 2018/19 season. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake-in-gp-patients-monthly-data-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake-in-gp-patients-monthly-data-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>There are no formal coverage targets for PPV. PPV coverage estimates are published annually. The next report will be published in May 2019 and will include data for the period April 2018 – March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 16:25:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081712

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Vaccination
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 the Government is taking to improve vaccination coverage rates throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England, in partnership with NHS England and the Department, is undertaking many steps to improve vaccination coverage in England. These steps are reviewed and monitored regularly through a regular tripartite meeting mechanism.</p><p> </p><p>These steps include initiatives to improve access to the immunisation programme; communication with the public; data to better identify underserved individuals and populations; and training for healthcare professionals. An example of this is the ‘Help Us Help You’ flu vaccination campaign which can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/81-help-us-help-you/resources" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/81-help-us-help-you/resources</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 16:24:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081713

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 an assessment of the reasons why uptake rates among groups eligible for the free influenza vaccine are low.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong>Provisional data for flu season 2018-19 (autumn to spring) shows that flu vaccine uptake in those aged 65 and over is at similar levels to previous years and close to the World Health Organization target of 75%.</p><p> </p><p>Vaccine uptake in the children’s programme is at the highest level since the introduction of the programme for two and three-year olds vaccinated in general practice and for children offered the vaccine in primary school.</p><p> </p><p>For pregnant women and for those in at risk groups eligible for flu vaccine, the vaccination uptake is slightly lower compared to last year. There are many reasons for this. Many patients do not appreciate how serious flu can be and the importance of protecting themselves.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/vaccine-uptake</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 16:22:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081715

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 increase vaccination uptake rates among carers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Unpaid carers who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or who are the main carer of an older or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill, are eligible for a free flu vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>They can get their vaccine from their general practitioner (GP) or pharmacy. Every year the Chief Medical Officer writes to third sector organisations representing carers to ask them to encourage their members to get vaccinated.</p><p> </p><p>Flu vaccination is also recommended for frontline social care workers to help protect staff and those that they care for. In addition to occupational health schemes in place locally, frontline social care workers who work directly with vulnerable clients are eligible to receive flu vaccine from their GP or pharmacy in a scheme funded by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors the vaccine uptake for the flu programme for carers.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 16:21:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1081721

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken any recent assessment on trends in the level of economic inactivity in socio-economic groups.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	228060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest available data, covering Oct-Dec 2018, shows the rate of economic inactivity being 20.9% – a record low. This rate has fallen since 2010 for every region and country of the UK. These statistics are for the 16-64 age group, which is the Office for National Statistics’ headline rate for economic inactivity.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS does not publish statistics on economic inactivity split by socioeconomic group.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:36:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1081732

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of whether universal credit claimants paid weekly, fortnightly or on a four-weekly basis for part-time work may receive a lower annual benefit than those who are paid on a last day of the month-basis for the same number of hours worked.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	228068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit awards are assessed and paid on a monthly basis. There is, therefore, no annual entitlement, as many claimants’ circumstances change from month to month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:34:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant