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1086472

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Testicular Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been diagnosed with testicular cancer in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 14/03/2019 16:07:44 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ230728.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086473

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cold weather equipment his Department provides to soldiers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Whether on deployment or exercise, soldiers are supplied with the right equipment for the operational climate. On joining the Army, all soldiers are provided with clothing designed to protect them from all climate conditions experienced in the UK and Western Europe. Soldiers who subsequently deploy to colder climates, such as Estonia, are provided with additional items such as face masks, hats, gloves, cold weather boots, undershirts, thermal jackets and trousers and socks all specifically designed to protect them from the effects of temperatures they will experience.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/03/2019 14:57:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086474

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Breast Cancer: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to young mothers with breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Young mothers with breast cancer should receive personalised care in line with the NHS England Long Term Plan commitments for personalised stratified follow up and personalised care, taking into account the particular needs of people in this situation.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Cancer Programme aims to improve access to cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) for all cancer patients when they need it, including those with secondary breast cancer. Health Education England is also working to expand the number of CNSs and develop clear CNS competencies and routes into training. NHS England is committed to ensuring that more patients have access to a CNS or other specialist from diagnosis onwards to guide them through treatment options and ensure they receive appropriate information and support. 91% of patients reported having access to a CNS in the 2017 Cancer Patient Experience Survey. The new NHS Long Term Plan commitment is that all patients, including those with secondary cancers, will have access to the right expertise and support, including a CNS or other support worker by 2021. This will ensure access to personalised care, including needs assessment, a care plan and health and wellbeing information and support, and will be delivered in line with the NHS Comprehensive Model for Personalised Care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 230735 question first answered 19/03/2019 16:34:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086475

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Pain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a READ code for chronic pain.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Read Codes, a coded thesaurus of clinical terms, have been used in the National Health Service since 1985. However, they were confirmed for retirement in 2014 and updates to the system are no longer being provided.</p><p> </p><p>SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is the clinical terminology that has replaced Read Codes within the NHS. It is a structured clinical vocabulary for use in an electronic health record and is the standard for communication of clinical information between providers of care. SNOMED CT is an approved information standard published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Within SNOMED CT, there are currently 87 concepts, which represent a unique clinical meaning, related to the recording of chronic pain, including chronic back pain, chronic neck pain and chronic pain control. These can be viewed using the NHS SNOMED CT browser at the following link:</p><p><br> <a href="https://termbrowser.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://termbrowser.nhs.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:22:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086476

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Journalism: Safety
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 security and safety of journalists throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Media freedom is under attack across the world. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reported that 80 journalists and media workers were killed in 2018. An additional 300 are currently in detention and 60 are being held hostage. We are very concerned about the high number of countries using restrictive laws to stifle freedom of expression and prevent the functioning of an independent media.</p><p> </p><p>The UK believes that access to fair and accurate information is the lifeblood of democracy. As such we are committed to the promotion of media freedom and the protection of journalists, which is why we have launched a global Media Freedom Campaign for 2019. Our aim is to shine a spotlight on media freedom, and in so doing to raise the cost to those abusing it. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office also funds a number of programmes promoting media freedom overseas through the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 18/03/2019 17:05:26 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086477

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Alcoholism: Females
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 his Department is taking to reduce rates of alcoholism among women.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing their local need for treatment for alcohol dependence and commissioning a range of accessible services to meet these needs, including for alcohol-dependent women.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) works with local authorities to support them in this work by providing them with advice, data and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is supporting NHS England’s tobacco and alcohol commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) scheme, which encourages hospitals to screen all inpatients about their alcohol and tobacco use and offer appropriate interventions. Guidance materials on the CQUIN are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-ill-health-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-ill-health-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE is also working with NHS England to implement a programme targeting people who are alcohol dependent, as part of new prevention measures included in the National Health Service Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s One You campaign aims to motivate people to take steps to improve their health through action on the main risk factors, such as alcohol consumption. The campaign is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/drink-less/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/drink-less/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:27:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086478

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Influenza: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died as a result of a flu-related illness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/03/2019 11:09:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 230734 (1) (2).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086479

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Breast Cancer
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 has made an estimate of the number of secondary breast cancer patients who do not have access to a clinical nurse specialist or other support worker.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Young mothers with breast cancer should receive personalised care in line with the NHS England Long Term Plan commitments for personalised stratified follow up and personalised care, taking into account the particular needs of people in this situation.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Cancer Programme aims to improve access to cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) for all cancer patients when they need it, including those with secondary breast cancer. Health Education England is also working to expand the number of CNSs and develop clear CNS competencies and routes into training. NHS England is committed to ensuring that more patients have access to a CNS or other specialist from diagnosis onwards to guide them through treatment options and ensure they receive appropriate information and support. 91% of patients reported having access to a CNS in the 2017 Cancer Patient Experience Survey. The new NHS Long Term Plan commitment is that all patients, including those with secondary cancers, will have access to the right expertise and support, including a CNS or other support worker by 2021. This will ensure access to personalised care, including needs assessment, a care plan and health and wellbeing information and support, and will be delivered in line with the NHS Comprehensive Model for Personalised Care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 230730 question first answered 19/03/2019 16:34:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086480

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policing and security policies of the ECHR decision in Catt v UK Government.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently in discussions with police and other stakeholders to fully assess the implications of the recent judgment.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2019 14:03:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1086481

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when criminal legal aid remuneration rates were last raised in real terms for legal professionals.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	230737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Criminal defence lawyers play a crucial role in upholding the rule of law and the Government greatly values their contribution.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we spent £1.6bn on legal aid, with more than half on criminal legal aid. In addition, following consultation with the profession, we increased overall funding of the Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) by £23m and brought forward a 1% increase in fees which came into effect along with the new scheme on 31 December 2018. This represents a 10% increase on AGFS spend in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are conducting a fundamental review of criminal legal aid fee schemes, which will report back by the end of Summer 2020. This will go far beyond our previous proposals, including pre-charge advice at the police station, advice and advocacy services in the Magistrates’ Court, and litigation and advocacy services in the Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/03/2019 16:17:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon