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43856

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure provision of adequate rolling stock to serve the Hull-Manchester train route from April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department is working with train operators and the rolling stock companies to ensure that adequate rolling stock is available to provide continued levels of service to passengers on the route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

43857

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that the new Transpennine Express franchise due to begin in 2015 maintains hourly direct services between Hull and Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text The new directly awarded franchise for TransPennine that begins in April 2015 will aim to provide train services at the same level as is currently available to passengers today until the start of the new competed franchise, expected in February 2016. answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1052308

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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	Paramedical Staff: Training
	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 take steps to allow student paramedics to have access to funds from the NHS Learning Support Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	215130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Learning Support Fund was developed in recognition of the compulsory clinical placement hours that student nurses, midwives and allied health professions within the scope of the reforms implemented in August 2017 need to complete in order to graduate from their courses.</p><p> </p><p>The route into paramedicine currently has various education and funding models. Therefore, paramedic training was not included in the scope of the reforms implemented in 2017. Financial support arrangements will be considered as paramedicine becomes an all degree subject, as agreed by the Health and Care Professions Council on 21 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/02/2019 16:13:43 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1056004

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	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	Blood Diseases: Drugs
	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 he is taking to ensure the supply of medications for bleeding disorders in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	217506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Treatments for bleeding disorders include pharmaceutical medicines as well as products derived from donated blood, such as clotting factors. As these are licensed medicines, they will be in scope of our medicine supply contingency plans. Contingency work for blood and blood components is being led by NHS Blood and Transplant.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that these medicines are vitally important to many people in this country. Our contingency plans include sensible mitigations for medicines that come to the United Kingdom from or via the European Union to ensure that the supply of medications for bleeding disorders and other essential medicines for patients is not disrupted.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018, the Department wrote to all pharmaceutical companies that supply prescription-only and pharmacy medicines to the UK that come from, or via, the EU/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>We recognise, however, that certain medicines cannot be reasonably stockpiled. Where these medicines are imported from the EU or EEA, we have asked that suppliers ensure in advance plans to air freight these medicines from the EU in the event of a ‘no deal’ exit.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the stockpiling medicines and alternative air freight remains a critical part of our ‘no deal’ medicine supply contingency plans, we are also supplementing these with additional actions.</p><p> </p><p>We have further secured sufficient roll-on, roll-off freight capacity on alternative routes to enable these vital products to continue to move freely in to the UK. Medicines and other medical products will be prioritised on these routes to ensure that the flow of all these products will continue unimpeded after 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout enacting our plans, we have received very good engagement from industry who share our aims of ensuring that the continuity of supply of medicines and medical products 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’ EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/02/2019 11:34:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1056721

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Blood Diseases: Drugs
	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 access to medication for bleeding disorders in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	218233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care discusses a wide range of issues with a number of stakeholders and other Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>Medicines to treat bleeding disorders are in scope of our medicines contingency plans because these are licensed medicines. Contingency work for blood and blood components is being led by NHS Blood and Transplant.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that these medicines are vitally important to many people in this country. Our contingency plans include sensible mitigations for medicines that come to the United Kingdom from or via the European Union to ensure that the supply of medications for bleeding disorders and other essential medicines for patients is not disrupted. In developing our plans, we have received very good engagement from industry who share our aims of ensuring that the continuity of supply of medicines and medical products for patients is maintained and able to continue unimpeded after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have asked companies to ensure a minimum of six weeks additional supply over and above existing business as usual stocks by 29 March 2019, or to make provision for airfreight of medicines that cannot be stockpiled.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we are working to ensure we have sufficient roll-on, roll-off freight capacity on alternative routes to enable these vital products to continue to move freely in to the UK. Medicines and other medical products will be prioritised on these routes to ensure that the flow of all these products will continue unimpeded after 29 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/02/2019 17:42:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1105918

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	Dermatology: Consultants
	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 the national coverage of consultant dermatologists, particularly in rural or remote areas.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	238299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Dermatology is a highly competitive specialty training pathway and often oversubscribed. Nationally and locally there has been a 100% fill rate in dermatology training for the past four years.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a 22% increase in full time equivalent (FTE) dermatologists (doctors at the consultant grade) in post since September 2010, with 1,049 FTE dermatologists working in the National Health Service in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England and is based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of individual NHS trusts to have staffing arrangements in place that deliver safe and effective care. This includes recruiting the staff needed to support these levels and meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/04/2019 14:06:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1105947

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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: Fire Prevention
	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 he has made of the number of hospital buildings, of all heights, that use combustible cladding or combustible insulation.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	238300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The regulations implementing the ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of certain new high rise buildings, including hospitals, came into force on 21 December 2018. The Government is committed to reviewing the regulations after a year of their operation. The Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government continue to discuss these matters.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held centrally on hospitals or other National Health Service buildings that have combustible cladding.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 238301 question first answered 02/04/2019 11:31:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1105948

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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 Homes and Hospitals: Fire Prevention
	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 his Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on extending the scope of the ban on combustible materials to hospitals and care homes.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	238301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The regulations implementing the ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of certain new high rise buildings, including hospitals, came into force on 21 December 2018. The Government is committed to reviewing the regulations after a year of their operation. The Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government continue to discuss these matters.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held centrally on hospitals or other National Health Service buildings that have combustible cladding.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 238300 question first answered 02/04/2019 11:31:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson