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1683149

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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: Equality
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 equalities impact assessments her Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	10251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Under the Public Sector Equality Duty, otherwise known as the Duty, all public authorities, including Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. Whilst ‘equality impact assessments’ may be produced, there is no legal requirement for duty assessments to be recorded in a specific format.</p><p>We do not centrally monitor assessments in this area but are confident that we are meeting the Duty in our decision-making processes. As a Department, we promote awareness of the Duty, via a number of channels, and the relevant analytical and other tools are available to policy professionals, to help ensure compliance with the Duty.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 24/01/2024 11:31:38 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676646

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	IVF: East Midlands
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 (a) cycles of IVF were funded and (b) people received a cycle of IVF in the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland integrated care board in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 6038 6039 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676647

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	IVF
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 (a) cycles of IVF were funded and (b) people received a cycle of IVF in each NHS region in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 6037 6039 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676648

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	Fertility: 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, how much the NHS spent on IVF and fertility treatment in (a) real and (b) cash terms in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 6037 6038 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1670399

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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	Cystic Fibrosis: 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, with reference to the recommendation from NICE that modulator therapies used to treat cystic fibrosis should no longer be funded on the NHS, when she plans to make a decision on this matter: and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that life-saving treatment is made available for children with cystic fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	2211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. NICE ensures that the price that the NHS pays for medicines represents value and it recommends the vast majority of medicines for use on the NHS, often as a result of commercial arrangements proposed during the NICE evaluation process. The NHS is legally required to fund medicines recommended by NICE.</p><p>Since 2019, NHS patients have been able to access Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio through an interim access agreement between NHS England, the company (Vertex), NICE, and the UK Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The agreement makes the medicines available for a limited time at a reduced price, while further information has been collected to inform a NICE appraisal. On 15 November 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved a new licence extension and children as young as two years old with cystic fibrosis are now eligible to receive Kaftrio through the interim access agreement.</p><p>NICE is currently consulting on its draft recommendations on the use of Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio and has not yet published its final recommendations. NICE continues to work with stakeholders to address the issues highlighted by the committee in the draft guidance. Under the terms of the interim access agreement for the cystic fibrosis medicines, Orkambi, Symkevi and Kaftrio, eligible children and adults with cystic fibrosis can continue to receive ongoing treatment and be initiated onto treatment with these medicines, as clinically appropriate, while NICE concludes its evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 22/11/2023 15:41:27 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1249528

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
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 gender reassignment and gender affirmation operations were carried out by the NhS in each year since 2000 for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	113221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished consultant episodes (FCE) where a main or secondary procedure for gender reassignment has been recorded for each year from 2000-01 to 2019-20.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,407</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under on consultant within one healthcare provider.</li><li>Figures so not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</li></ol> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2021 16:32:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232926

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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: Staff
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 members of staff in their Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	87647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion, gender, LGBT or race’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks, such as the Equality Matters network for race and PRISM network for LGBT+ matters. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service. In the Department, Champion roles include a LGBT+ Champion and Race Champion as well as Champions for other protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:38:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232028

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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: Training
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 the Department spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	86149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows how much the Department has spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 – March 2020</p></td><td><p>£12,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 – March 2019</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 – March 2018</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 – March 2017</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 – March 2016</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Required Unconscious Bias online training for all staff which is accessed via Civil Service Learning forms part of the Civil Service Learning offer. Although we pay a yearly subscription cost for all Civil Service Learning, we are not able to provide a breakdown of spend for the required Unconscious Bias online training for all staff accessed via Civil Service Learning.</p><p>In addition to online training, in 2019-20 we held and paid for face to face Unconscious Bias workshops as part of Senior Civil Service and management training programmes.</p><p>Whilst our records show a spend of £12,234 for April 2019 to March 2020, learning on Unconscious Bias is built into other learning programmes, such as our line management training offer. This includes workshops on ‘Leading Inclusive Teams’ and ‘Building Effective Teams’. It is not possible to extract the amount spent on Unconscious Bias where this forms part of a broader training offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:29:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230110

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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: Staff
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 roles in his Department have either equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	83929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2020 12:12:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230127

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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: Staff
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 members of staff in NHS England have equality, diversity or inclusion in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	83944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>To provide the highest standard of care it is vital that the National Health Service workforce reflects the diverse communities that it serves. With regards to current employees of NHS England with either of the three characteristics ‘Equality, Diversity or Inclusion’ in their job title, there are 28 employees and one secondee who fit this description.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/09/2020 16:52:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien