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1351025

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 Covid Pass
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to recognise further ways of individuals proving double covid-19 vaccination status other than by a NHS letter and the NHS app.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	41242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>We plan to explore how third-party integrations can be facilitated to support COVID-19 status in other apps in the future, including secure identity management credentials which adheres to the emerging international standards.</p><p>In England, the NHS COVID Pass is currently available via the NHS App, NHS.UK and via letter.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/09/2021 13:46:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1332311

registered interest
date	11/06/2021
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	Dental Services: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and young people under 18 and (b) adults waiting for an NHS dentist in Plymouth.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	14212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>There are currently approximately 13,570 adults and 3,615 children on the Devon Dental Helpline waiting list for a National Health Service dentist in Plymouth.</p><p>We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England to increase levels of service as fast as possible, taking into account the ongoing infection prevention and control and social distancing requirements. In resuming services, a careful balance is needed between increasing dental activity and ensuring patients and staff are protected from ongoing infection risk.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/06/2021 14:59:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1332312

registered interest
date	11/06/2021
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	Dental Services: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children and young people under 18 waiting for an orthodontist appointment in Plymouth.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	14213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/06/2021 12:54:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1316854

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
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	Coronavirus: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he revised his estimation of the significance of ventilation in reducing the rate of covid-19 transmission over the course of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>In line with evidence from the World Health Organisation and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), Public Health England (PHE) has revised their estimation of the significance of ventilation in reducing the rate of COVID-19 transmission over the course of the pandemic. This is included as part of PHE’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) recommendations guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/954690/Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_January_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/954690/Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_January_2021.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made specifically of the effectiveness of improving ventilation in mitigating the risk of COVID-19 infection compared to hand washing, social distancing and surface sanitisation. The IPC guidance advises that, if indoors, to ensure rooms have plenty of fresh air by keeping windows and doors open. The guidance also advises using signs and posters to build awareness of good handwashing technique, the need to increase handwashing frequency and to avoid touching your face, and to cough or sneeze into a tissue which is disposed of safely - or into your arm if a tissue is not available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 4698 question first answered 17/06/2021 11:52:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1316855

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
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	Coronavirus: Ventilation
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 effectiveness of improving ventilation in mitigating the risk of covid-19 infection compared to hand washing, social distancing and surface sanitisation.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>In line with evidence from the World Health Organisation and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), Public Health England (PHE) has revised their estimation of the significance of ventilation in reducing the rate of COVID-19 transmission over the course of the pandemic. This is included as part of PHE’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) recommendations guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/954690/Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_January_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/954690/Infection_Prevention_and_Control_Guidance_January_2021.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made specifically of the effectiveness of improving ventilation in mitigating the risk of COVID-19 infection compared to hand washing, social distancing and surface sanitisation. The IPC guidance advises that, if indoors, to ensure rooms have plenty of fresh air by keeping windows and doors open. The guidance also advises using signs and posters to build awareness of good handwashing technique, the need to increase handwashing frequency and to avoid touching your face, and to cough or sneeze into a tissue which is disposed of safely - or into your arm if a tissue is not available.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 4697 question first answered 17/06/2021 11:52:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1316856

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
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	Coronavirus: Ventilation
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 adequacy of the resources the Government has allocated to improving ventilation infrastructure in public spaces during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/06/2021 15:28:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1314909

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	Long Covid: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a strategy on the diagnosis and treatment of long covid.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	1395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>Discussions are continuing regarding the best way to diagnose, support and treat patients with ‘long’ COVID-19. As our knowledge improves, we will continue to adapt our response to meet the needs of patients which may include the publication of a strategy. We will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/06/2021 12:00:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1313933

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	Fisheries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on extending the pre-arrival negative covid-19 tests requirement to crews of foreign fishing boats landing their catches in English ports.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/05/2021 15:47:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1306444

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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: Bevacizumab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he has given to NHS trusts on the cheaper procurement of Avastin to treat cancers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	176036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not issued advice. We understand that a number of patents for Avastin are due to expire over the next few years and other companies plan to place similar medicines to Avastin on to the market to treat the same conditions. These are called biosimilars. We have made no estimate of the number of people in England who are privately funding use of Avastin for cancer treatment as this data is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 176037 question first answered 13/04/2021 08:53:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1306445

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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: Bevacizumab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who are privately funding use of Avastin for cancer treatment.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	176037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not issued advice. We understand that a number of patents for Avastin are due to expire over the next few years and other companies plan to place similar medicines to Avastin on to the market to treat the same conditions. These are called biosimilars. We have made no estimate of the number of people in England who are privately funding use of Avastin for cancer treatment as this data is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 176036 question first answered 13/04/2021 08:53:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard