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registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Perinatal Mortality
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 MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance State of the Nation Report published in September 2023, what steps he is taking to reduce perinatal mortality (a) among babies from (i) deprived areas and (ii) Black and Asian backgrounds and (b) in general.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	200433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving perinatal outcomes and working towards the Government’s Maternity Ambition to halve the 2010 rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths. In March 2023, NHS England published its three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. The plan outlines how NHS England will make maternity and neonatal care safer, more personalised, and more equitable for all.</p><p>NHS England also published its Equity and Equality guidance for Local Maternity Systems which focuses on actions to reduce disparities for women and babies from ethnic minorities and those living in the most deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/10/2023 16:36:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1563562

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
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 potential impact of the high travel costs for parents of babies in neonatal care for extended periods; and whether the existing NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme provides adequate support to such parents.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	114698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>We have made no specific assessment. Visitors to patients in hospitals cannot claim their travel costs through the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme and there are no plans to review the scheme’s qualifying criteria.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 09/01/2023 09:22:40 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1563563

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
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 of the funding to deliver the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme has been distributed to NHS trusts in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	114699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The information on funding distributed to National Health Service trusts to deliver the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme (HTCS) is not held centrally as funding is included within NHS Trusts’ baselines. No central monitoring is undertaken on who is in receipt of funds allocated through HTCS, or on how the money is spent. The scheme is administered by the NHS locally.</p><p>As part of its review into non-emergency patient transport services (NEPTS), including HTCS, NHS England has developed a National Minimum Data Set to monitor provision of NEPTS, including elements of HTCS, at integrated care system (ICS) level.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 114700 114701 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:05:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1563564

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Government requires NHS Trusts to publish under the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	114700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The information on funding distributed to National Health Service trusts to deliver the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme (HTCS) is not held centrally as funding is included within NHS Trusts’ baselines. No central monitoring is undertaken on who is in receipt of funds allocated through HTCS, or on how the money is spent. The scheme is administered by the NHS locally.</p><p>As part of its review into non-emergency patient transport services (NEPTS), including HTCS, NHS England has developed a National Minimum Data Set to monitor provision of NEPTS, including elements of HTCS, at integrated care system (ICS) level.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 114699 114701 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:05:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1563565

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what monitoring his Department carries out of who is in receipt of funds allocated through the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme, and what oversight he has of how this money is spent.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	114701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The information on funding distributed to National Health Service trusts to deliver the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme (HTCS) is not held centrally as funding is included within NHS Trusts’ baselines. No central monitoring is undertaken on who is in receipt of funds allocated through HTCS, or on how the money is spent. The scheme is administered by the NHS locally.</p><p>As part of its review into non-emergency patient transport services (NEPTS), including HTCS, NHS England has developed a National Minimum Data Set to monitor provision of NEPTS, including elements of HTCS, at integrated care system (ICS) level.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 114699 114700 question first answered 24/01/2023 12:05:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1563566

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Maternity Services: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on appointing a National Neonatal Safety Champion.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	114702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>We have no current plans to appoint a National Neonatal Safety Champion.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:23:28 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1563567

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Maternity Services: Safety
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 potential role of localised Neonatal Safety Champions in improving outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	114703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>There has been a requirement for localised Neonatal Safety Champions to be appointed alongside their maternity counterparts since 2019. They are responsible for supporting the provision of multidisciplinary perinatal services, the implementation of the Neonatal Critical Care Review, representing safety needs of their services at board level, and ensuring the safe delivery of care provision.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:19:06 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1537399

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Medical Equipment: Energy
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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that households which use (a) home-oxygen and (b) other medical equipment are not prevented from doing so by rising energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	74749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>Certain National Health Service specialised services provide rebates on energy costs for patients using medical equipment at home, such as home oxygen concentrators.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/11/2022 17:43:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1537400

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
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 extend the remit of the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme to include parents attending hospital to care for a baby in neonatal care, recognising that they are not visitors to their baby, but essential caregivers.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	74750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 15/11/2022 14:01:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1537401

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the qualifying criteria for the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	74751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the qualifying criteria.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/11/2022 12:31:02 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall