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1124221

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Ophthalmic Services: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to allocate funding to IT connectivity for primary care optical practices to ensure safe and efficient referrals to hospital eye departments.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
	uin	249879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to allocate funding to enable IT connectivity between primary care optical practices and hospital eye departments. NHS England is continuing to work with the eye care sector and other key stakeholders on this area of work and will be considering priorities for IT investment later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 13/05/2019 16:07:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

1603419

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	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	Shellfish: EU Law
	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 review by Seafish entitled Review of the application of the Official Control Regulations for shellfish, published June 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that review's findings; and what progress has been made by the Food Standards Agency on implementing the Review's recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
	uin	163883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has assessed the recommendations set out in the Seafish Review and in collaboration with shellfish stakeholders has prioritised those considered workable within the existing legal framework. Proposals which require legislative change are not considered feasible at the present time. To date, the FSA has introduced two new criteria for handling high results, updated protocols to confirm that appropriately validated alternative test methods can be used for official control purposes and communicated that local authorities can delegate official control sampling to third parties.</p><p>The FSA is also working on further revisions to its approaches, including reviewing the timeframe for resampling and reopening production areas after high results. This work is complex and takes time. It is imperative that any changes introduced ensure continued food safety and maintain the confidence of consumers and trading partners.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/03/2023 16:22:33 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1247926

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	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	Mckinsey and Company
	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 his Department's contract with McKinsey to work on an ongoing review of NHS technology leadership, how many of the consultancy's staff are working on that contract; and what daily rates are paid to those consultants.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	110109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Contract Award Notices for contracts awarded to McKinsey for their services to the Department across the Test and Trace Programme have been or will be published on Contracts Finder. As part of our strategic workforce planning activities the number of consultants engaged is constantly under review and subject to change.</p><p>The pay rates of individual consultants engaged from each supplier is commercially sensitive information. However, the payment rates are as per the Crown Commercial Service Framework rate card with discounts attained depending on value and length of role.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/12/2020 16:55:03 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1687756

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	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	Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
	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 she has made of the number of diagnoses of postural tachycardia syndrome since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	13338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made no estimate of the number of diagnoses of postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), although we know that PoTS UK has estimated the prevalence of PoTS to be 0.2%. Further information on the estimated prevalence is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.potsuk.org/pots-for-medics/gp-guide/" target="_blank">https://www.potsuk.org/pots-for-medics/gp-guide/</a></p><p>Services for PoTS are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their services meet the needs of their local population. NHS England does not hold information on the services that provide a PoTS service for adults or children in England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 13339 question first answered 14/02/2024 16:27:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1687757

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	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	Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: 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, whether she plans to establish a patient care pathway for postural tachycardia syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	13339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made no estimate of the number of diagnoses of postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), although we know that PoTS UK has estimated the prevalence of PoTS to be 0.2%. Further information on the estimated prevalence is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.potsuk.org/pots-for-medics/gp-guide/" target="_blank">https://www.potsuk.org/pots-for-medics/gp-guide/</a></p><p>Services for PoTS are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their services meet the needs of their local population. NHS England does not hold information on the services that provide a PoTS service for adults or children in England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 13338 question first answered 14/02/2024 16:27:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1029341

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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: 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 staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>On 20 December 2018 the Department employed 1,589 civil servants. On 23 June 2016 the Department employed 1,974 civil servants.</p><p> </p><p>Civil servants are defined as employees, fixed term appointments and loans into the Department. These figures do not include agency workers, contractors and consultants.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/01/2019 12:24:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1035347

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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	Department of Health: Brexit
	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 additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Delivering the deal negotiated with the European Union remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. However, the Government must prepare for every eventuality.</p><p> </p><p>Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it is not possible to provide an accurate break-down of the additional staff required in the event of deal and no-deal exit scenarios specifically.</p><p> </p><p>The resources available are under constant review and the Department is equipping itself with the resources it needs to deliver a smooth and orderly exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/01/2019 16:01:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1568614

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	127797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>Human Resources (HR) hold meetings with the Department’s recognised trade unions on at least a monthly basis. As part of this engagement, routine human resources information is shared with the trade unions. In addition to this, trade unions have access to HR information published on the Department’s internal intranet as well as a range of HR information, including transparency publications, which is published and publicly available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/01/2023 14:40:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1569013

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2023
	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	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, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data gathered is shared with union representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	128659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department collects data to enable monitoring of our policies and action plans in compliance with 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code. The Department holds regular meetings with the trade unions on a monthly basis where routine information is shared. In addition, trade unions can access a range of Human Resources information published on the Department's intranet.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes detailed workforce data covering age, gender, ethnic origin, disability, and other protected characteristics as part of the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty Report that is publicly available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/02/2023 12:49:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579635

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Minimum Wage
	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 and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	129896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no employees paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage. The minimum salary for our national pay range is £21,250. This equates to £11.05 per hour which is above the 2023 national living wage of £10.42 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/02/2023 15:18:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens