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1001986

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the average amount of time taken for (a) probation officers and (b) other public sector employees to reach the top of the pay scale.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	188252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Our probation staff do a vital and challenging job reforming offenders and protecting the public.</p><p>In 2017, HMPPS benchmarked the pay ranges within the NPS and found them appropriate and in alignment with other public sector workforces. The time taken for new staff to reach the top of their probation pay scale is judged against them acquiring the unique and necessary skills and competencies to be a proficient probation officer. This is not comparable to the time taken to progress in other public sector roles.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:30:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1180128

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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	Hospitals: Television
	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 reduce the costs to patients of hospital television services.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	20045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service providers are locally responsible for the provision of bedside television and similar services. The Department is not party to the contracts which exist between the service providers and the individual NHS trusts. If patients do not wish to or are unable to afford the cost of the bedside television, they should still be able to watch the free to view television in the hospital day room or communal areas.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/03/2020 12:56:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1240469

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Health Education: Advertising
	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 Government has spent on advertising campaigns promoting public health messages in each month since February 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	99103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold financial data at the level requested to provide the information.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/10/2020 10:48:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 53054 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1243943

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2020
	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	Tinnitus: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate increased funding to tinnitus research.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	104184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including tinnitus. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/10/2020 14:04:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1274321

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	Clinical Trials
	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 support Trial Development Days run by (a) the National institute for health research (NIHR) and (b) Cancer Research UK to offer advice and understanding of the methods that are required for clinicians to meet the standards for acceptance for the NIHR grant.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	134110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service (RDS) provides advice and support to research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and care grant applications to the NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes offering specialist advice on all aspects of an application. There is online research support resources available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/researchers/apply-for-funding/how-to-apply-for-project-funding/" target="_blank">https://www.nihr.ac.uk/researchers/apply-for-funding/how-to-apply-for-project-funding/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/01/2021 16:45:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1307687

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Brain: Tumours
	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 that the remainder of the £40 million funding for brain tumour research announced by his Department as part of the establishment of the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission Brain Tumour Research is disbursed to support scientific research on brain tumours; and if he will provide funding to increase the number of NHS staff qualified to provide services and support to brain tumour patients.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	179486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is continuing to encourage applications for research in this difficult area. The NIHR is also planning and funding workshops via the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission to support researchers in submitting high quality research applications in order to increase this small research community.</p><p>Spending Review 2020 provides £260 million to continue to increase the National Health Service workforce and support commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan, including continuing to take forward the Cancer Workforce Plan - Phase One. Full details on funding allocations towards NHS workforce budgets, including Health Education England, in 2021-22 will be published in due course. This will cover the whole cancer workforce including those providing services for brain cancer patients.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2021 10:52:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 96602 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1327951

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2021
	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	Ambulance 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 he has made of the potential merits of including the ambulance service as an emergency service rather than an essential service.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	7267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The ambulance service is an emergency service. National Health Service ambulance trusts are category one responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/06/2021 08:23:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1361870

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Exercise
	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 make it his policy to ensure that NICE publishes the ME/CFS Guidelines in their current form to help prevent harm from Graded Exercise Therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	59949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for publishing its final guidance. NICE issued a statement on 20 October stating that it will publish its updated guideline on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome following a meeting of its guidance executive on 26 October.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2021 13:41:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1362251

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether tax paid into the UK is a consideration when awarding Government contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	60505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Public Contract Regulations 2015 introduced an obligation for public bodies to exclude suppliers from a procurement where the supplier has been found guilty of breaching its obligations in relation to payment of taxes and this has been established by a judicial or administrative decision. Central procurement policy requires any business bidding for central Government contracts over £5 million to self-certify whether there have been any occasions of non-compliance with regard to their tax obligations. The aim of the procurement policy is to promote tax compliance. Suppliers that engage in non-compliant activity risk losing access to larger Government contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Many businesses, including those delivering Government contracts, operate on an international basis and parts of those businesses will be operating in countries outside of the United Kingdom. Their tax liability will be subject to the rules of the tax jurisdiction in which they are operating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2021 13:34:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1363657

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria are used for declaring the NHS as overwhelmed at an unstainable level.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	63866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government monitors all the relevant data on a regular basis and will make a judgement based on a range of indicators, informed by advice from the Government’s scientific and clinical experts.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/11/2021 16:58:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel