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1381751

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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: Screening
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 his Department has made of effect of the change in uptake of free lateral flow tests in England since the introduction of collect codes to pick up tests from pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	81005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2021 answer text <p>We are monitoring the impact of this change with a view to making an assessment in the new year, allowing us to take into account the impact of the Omicron variant.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 30/12/2021 14:09:23 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381753

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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: Screening
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 his Department has made of the number of free lateral flow test kits issued in England in each week to date since 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	81006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of lateral flow device tests dispatched in England in each week since 1 August 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Week commencing</p></td><td><p>Number of tests dispatched</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 August 2021</p></td><td><p>17,960,791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 August 2021</p></td><td><p>17,389,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 August 2021</p></td><td><p>18,779,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 August 2021</p></td><td><p>26,567,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 August 2021</p></td><td><p>22,026,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 September 2021</p></td><td><p>24,938,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 September 2021</p></td><td><p>24,938,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 September 2021</p></td><td><p>22,022,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 September 2021</p></td><td><p>19,666,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 October 2021</p></td><td><p>21,799,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 October 2021</p></td><td><p>23,554,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October 2021</p></td><td><p>23,554,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 October 2021</p></td><td><p>14,625,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 November 2021</p></td><td><p>21,422,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 November 2021</p></td><td><p>18,433,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 November 2021</p></td><td><p>22,120,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 November 2021</p></td><td><p>22,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 10/01/2022 12:02:10 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381754

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason some covid-19 test sites have stopped providing free home lateral flow test kits for collection.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	81007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Lateral flow device (LFD) tests are no longer available from local tests sites in England, as home testing has become the preferred method. As with polymerase chain reaction test kits, these are sent free of charge to the home or the address specified. Home testing enables those who are shielding, self-isolating, have mobility issues, live in very rural areas or are waiting for elective surgery and key workers, to order LFD tests from GOV.UK to take in their own home.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 81008 question first answered 10/01/2022 13:33:05 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381755

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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: Screening
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 covid-19 test sites have stopped providing free home lateral flow test kits for collection.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	81008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Lateral flow device (LFD) tests are no longer available from local tests sites in England, as home testing has become the preferred method. As with polymerase chain reaction test kits, these are sent free of charge to the home or the address specified. Home testing enables those who are shielding, self-isolating, have mobility issues, live in very rural areas or are waiting for elective surgery and key workers, to order LFD tests from GOV.UK to take in their own home.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 81007 question first answered 10/01/2022 13:33:05 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381263

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Care Workers: Vetting
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 the requirement for DBS or criminal record checks for people who work as private, directly employed care workers.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	80307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/11/2021 14:18:40 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381102

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	Ophthalmic Services
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 improve uptake of routine eye care check-ups via community optometry.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	79383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Free National Health Service sight tests are available for eligible groups, including children, people aged 60 years old and over, people on low incomes and those at risk of eye disease. NHS.UK sets out the importance of regular sight tests and provides information about entitlement to free tests. The Department also used social media to promote the importance of sight tests during National Eye Health week in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/12/2021 16:55:40 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 34915 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381103

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	Ophthalmic Services
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 his Department has made of the capacity of the NHS to meet demand for ophthalmology services.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	79384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement’s National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation programme is assisting local systems to redesign and improve outpatient ophthalmology services and improve the use of technology to support patients outside of hospital and meet future demand.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/11/2021 17:20:06 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1381118

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
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 school children received a (a) first and (b) second dose of the human papillomavirus vaccination in each month from April 2019 to September 2021 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	79385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The UK Health Security Agency publishes an annual report on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage by academic year cohort in the United Kingdom. The latest report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hpv-vaccination-coverage-in-adolescent-females-and-males-in-england-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hpv-vaccination-coverage-in-adolescent-females-and-males-in-england-2019-to-2020</a></p><p>The report shows that 64.7% of Year Nine females completed the two-dose HPV vaccination course in 2019/20. HPV vaccine coverage for the priming dose in 2019/20 was 59.2% in Year Eight females and 54.4% in Year Eight males. National HPV vaccine coverage data for the academic year 2020/21 will be published in winter 2021.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 29/11/2021 17:23:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1379388

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Staff
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 findings of the Royal College of Physicians’ 2020 Physicians Census published by the Royal College of Physicians’ on 15 November 2021, that 48 per cent of advertised consultant posts were unfilled in 2020, what comparative estimate he has made of the size of the (a) NHS workforce and (b) demand for NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	76695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has made no such comparative estimate.</p><p>In July 2021 the Department commissioned Health Education England to review long term strategic trends for the health and registered social care workforce. This will renew the long-term strategic framework for the health workforce, to ensure we have the right skills and behaviours to deliver high quality clinical services and standards of patient care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2021 17:21:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1379389

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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: Recruitment
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 expand the medical workforce.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	76696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>We have funded an additional 1,500 undergraduate medical school places each year for domestic students in England or a 25% increase over three years. This expansion was completed in September 2020 and has delivered five new medical schools in England. In addition, we have temporarily lifted the cap on medical school places for students who completed A-Levels in 2020 and in 2021 and who had an offer from a university in England to study medicine, subject to their grades. We have no immediate plans to further increase the number of places.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/11/2021 15:19:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth