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1024062

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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
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 NHS Trust leaders on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	201741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regularly engages with stakeholders, agencies, arms-length bodies, and other Government Departments about European Union exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 August 2018, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care wrote to all National Health Service organisations, general practitioners, community pharmacies and other service providers.</p><p> </p><p>The letter set out what the health and care system needs to consider in the period leading up to March 2019, including:</p><p>- the continued supply of medical products in the event of no deal; and</p><p>- business continuity plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care also wrote to health and care providers on 7 December 2018 to update them on the Government's preparations for a potential no-deal Brexit. The letter provides an update on what the health and care system needs to consider in the period leading up to March 2019. It includes plans relating to the continued supply of:</p><p>- medicines and vaccines;</p><p>- medical devices and clinical consumables;</p><p>- blood and other products of human origin; and</p><p>- non-clinical consumables, goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>The letter also contains information on the health and care workforce, research and clinical trials, and business continuity plans.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 17:39:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1024063

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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	Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
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 pharmaceutical companies on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	201742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has now agreed the Withdrawal Agreement with the European Commission. As a consequence, the Department does not expect market access to medicines for the United Kingdom to change under the terms of that agreement during the implementation period, which will run from March 2019 until December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As a responsible Government, however, we continue to prepare proportionately for all scenarios, including the unlikely outcome that we leave the European Union without any deal in March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 August 2018, the Department wrote to all pharmaceutical companies that supply prescription only medicines and pharmacy medicines to the UK that come from, or via, the EU or European Economic Area (EEA) asking them to ensure a minimum of six weeks additional supply in the UK, over and above existing business-as-usual buffer stocks, by 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, we have received very good engagement from industry who share our aims of ensuring continuity of medicines supply for patients is maintained and able to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term in the event of a no-deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 December, we wrote again to those companies to inform them of the Government’s updated border planning assumptions and planned response to those.</p><p> </p><p>We followed that up with a request for more detailed information about their current supply routes in order to support the rerouting of medicines required in a no deal scenario</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 17:42:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1024064

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to implementing contingency plans in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	201743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>We do not want or expect a no deal scenario. However, it is the duty of a responsible Government to continue to prepare for a range of potential outcomes, including the unlikely event of no deal. Extensive work to prepare for a no deal scenario, including contingency planning, has been under way for over two years and we are taking necessary steps to ensure the country continues to operate smoothly from the day we leave.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget 2018 confirmed an additional £500 million of cross-Government European Union exit funding for 2019/20 so that departments can continue to prepare effectively for exiting the EU. This means that the the Government will have invested over £4 billion in preparing for EU exit since 2016. This funding will help departments manage pressures and contingencies arising from EU exit preparations which fall in the 2019/20 financial year, as well as ensuring that the United Kingdom is prepared to seize the opportunities available when the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is preparing for all eventualities and the resources available to support preparations are kept under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 17:34:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1024066

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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: Drugs
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 refrigerators are being built as part of contingency plans in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	201745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to build any refrigerators as part of the contingency planning.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/12/2018 16:16:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1023324

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 195079 on Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination, whether the modelling paper used by Public Health England to support the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in its advice on the pneumococcal vaccination programme will be (a) made publicly available and (b) reviewed by external experts in advance of any ministerial decision being made on a change to the pneumococcal vaccination schedule.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	201209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Modelling prepared by Public Health England supported the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice to move to a 1+1 schedule for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and outlines the expected impact of the change. This model has been submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal, and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 201210 question first answered 17/12/2018 17:46:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1023325

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180205 on Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination, whether the expected number of cases of pneumococcal disease following the advice to change the vaccination schedule will be (a) made publicly available, (b) communicated to patient groups and (c) open to peer review in advance of any ministerial decision being made on a change to the pneumococcal vaccination schedule.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	201210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>Modelling prepared by Public Health England supported the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice to move to a 1+1 schedule for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and outlines the expected impact of the change. This model has been submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal, and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 201209 question first answered 17/12/2018 17:46:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017456

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Health Services
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 publish all meetings his Department has had with external stakeholders on the long-term plan for the the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197629 197630 197631 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017457

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Health Services
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 publish details of all the meetings he has chaired on the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197628 197630 197631 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017459

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which meeting requests his Department has declined in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197628 197629 197631 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017460

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Health Services
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 publish details of the meetings he has held with private (a) health companies and (b) organisations in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197628 197629 197630 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth