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1669704

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
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 patients have been waiting over 18 months for NHS treatment as of 13 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	1617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The latest published NHS England statistics (September 2023) show the total number of patients waiting more than 18 months (78 weeks) was 10,196. Thanks to the incredible work of NHS staff, this figure has reduced by just under 92% since the peak of September 2021.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 16:52:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1669215

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 13 September 2023 to Question 198352 on Dental Services: Cornwall, how funding recovered from NHS dentists may be spent by his Department.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	1380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England has provided guidance for integrated care boards (ICBs) that requires dental funding to be ringfenced, with any unused resources re-directed to improve National Health Service dental access in the first instance. A schedule setting out the dental ringfence has been issued to ICBs. NHS England’s 2023/24 revenue finance and contracting guidance, which provides more detail, is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/2023-24-revenue-finance-and-contracting-guidance/</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 12:10:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 1081 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1668848

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Children
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 has made an assessment of the impact banning vaping for children will have on adults.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made as it is already illegal to sell vapes to children.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 12:54:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 1020 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1668904

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising
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 potential merits of introducing the same restrictions on advertisements for vaping as exist for tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to bringing forward legislative proposals to tackle youth vaping as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was announced in the King’s Speech on 7 November.</p><p>The Bill will restrict the sale and marketing of vapes to children, including restricting vape flavours, packaging, product presentation and display. Details of the full range of proposals under consideration are set out in the Government consultation “Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping” which closes on 6 December 2023. More information on the consultation is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-smokefree-generation-and-tackling-youth-vaping</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 1191 question first answered 16/11/2023 13:22:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1668906

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes
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 potential merits of introducing the same restrictions on where people can use vaping products as exist for tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to bringing forward legislative proposals to tackle youth vaping as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which was announced in the King’s Speech on 7 November.</p><p>The Bill will restrict the sale and marketing of vapes to children, including restricting vape flavours, packaging, product presentation and display. Details of the full range of proposals under consideration are set out in the Government consultation “Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping” which closes on 6 December 2023. More information on the consultation is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-smokefree-generation-and-tackling-youth-vaping</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 1190 question first answered 16/11/2023 13:22:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1669010

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	HIV Infection: Ethnic Groups
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 encourage (a) research and (b) targeted interventions into factors driving HIV transmission within the black community.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	1251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The HIV Action Plan is the cornerstone of our approach in England to drive forward progress and achieve our goal to end new HIV transmissions, AIDS and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030. A key principle of our approach is to ensure that all populations benefit equally from improvements made in HIV outcomes, including black communities.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Health Security Agency publishes a yearly monitoring and evaluation report, which sets out key indicators to track progress towards our ambitions in the HIV Action Plan, including by ethnicity, and these data help us to understand where services can be improved and made more accessible to key populations. The next report will be published on 1 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissions HIV prevention interventions through our national HIV prevention programme, including targeted work with black African communities, and commission research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, which welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 15:25:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1669011

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	HIV Infection: Ethnic Groups
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 take steps to provide healthcare providers with cultural competency training for black individuals seeking HIV-related services.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	1252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to provide healthcare providers with cultural competency training. Individual employers providing HIV care are responsible for ensuring their staff are trained and competent to carry out their role.</p><p> </p><p>The standard of training for health care professionals is the responsibility of respective independent statutory regulatory bodies who set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses. It is the responsibility of Higher Education institutions to write and teach the curricula content that enables their students to meet the regulators’ outcome standards.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:01:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1669012

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	HIV Infection: Ethnic Groups
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 has made an assessment of the comparative effectiveness of different strategies to empower women for the purposes of tackling gender-based disparities within the Black community that may contribute to HIV transmission.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	1253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made but it is a key principle of our approach, as set out in the HIV Action Plan, to ensure that all populations benefit equally from improvements made in HIV outcomes, including women in black communities. This includes scaling up HIV testing in targeted, high-risk populations and increasing equitable access to and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).</p><p>HIV Prevention England delivers a nationally co-ordinated programme of HIV prevention work designed to complement locally commissioned HIV prevention in areas with high HIV prevalence and for communities at risk of HIV transmission, with a particular focus on Black African women.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:02:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1669013

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	HIV Infection: Ethnic Groups
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 take steps to partner with (a) media outlets and (b) influencers to promote information on HIV and safe sex practices within the black community.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	1254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>HIV Prevention England (HPE) is the national HIV prevention programme for England and is funded at £3.5 million over three years by the Department, as part of the Government’s HIV Action Plan.</p><p>The programme aims to support communities who are disproportionately affected by HIV, in particular gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men and Black African heterosexual men and women. The Department has appointed Terrence Higgins Trust, a national charity that provides services related to sexual heath and HIV, to deliver the programme from 2021 to 2024. HPE delivers a nationally co-ordinated programme of HIV prevention work, including public campaigns such as National HIV Testing Week, that is designed to complement locally commissioned prevention activities in areas of high HIV prevalence. HPE also aims to improve knowledge and understating of HIV transmission and reduce stigma within affected communities.</p><p>HPE works with a wide range of models and their network of influencers and develops its strategies based on comprehensive data, audience insight and knowledge from local partners within England, which ensure a wide range of patient’s voices and experiences are represented including those within the black community. Campaigns are promoted using a multi-channel approach including specialist channels relevant to the audiences and targeting via digital platforms and social media.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:04:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1669093

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	HIV Infection: Disease Control
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 are taking steps to (a) support community-based organisations that work directly with at-risk populations to provide targeted HIV prevention and support services, (b) encourage research and development on HIV prevention, (c) encourage (i) social media platforms, (ii) influencers and (iii) celebrities to promote accurate information on HIV, safer sex practices and testing, (d) support black-led organisations that focus on HIV prevention, education and support and (e) consult with black-led organisations on HIV prevention strategies.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	1247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>HIV Prevention England (HPE) is the national HIV prevention programme for England and is funded at £3.5 million by the Department. The programme aims to support communities who are disproportionately affected by HIV, including gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men and Black African heterosexual men and women. The Department has appointed Terrence Higgins Trust, a national charity who provide services related to sexual heath and HIV, to deliver the programme from 2021 to 2024. HPE delivers a nationally co-ordinated programme of HIV prevention work, including public campaigns such as National HIV Testing Week, that is designed to complement locally commissioned prevention activities in areas of high HIV prevalence. HPE also aims to improve knowledge and understating of HIV transmission and reducing stigma within affected communities.</p><p>HPE works with a wide range of models and their network of influencers and develops its strategies based on comprehensive data, audience insight and knowledge from local partners within England which ensure a wide range of patient’s voices and experiences are represented including with black-led organisations. Campaigns are promoted using a multi-channel approach including specialist channels relevant to the audiences and targeting via digital platforms and social media.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:12:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi