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1050446

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies his Department has contracted to deliver electronic tagging services; and what the (a) value and (b) duration is of each of those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	214068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>Electronic monitoring is a vital tool in protecting the public by robustly monitoring offenders in the community and defendants on bail. Electronic Monitoring provides a proportionate and value-for-money alternative to prison in support of the subjects’ journey through rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>The Electronic Monitoring service is delivered through contracts with the following suppliers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Service </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract Duration </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract Value</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forecast spend over the life of the contract </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita Business Services</p></td><td><p>Electronic Monitoring - Field Services (Bridge Services Contract)</p></td><td><p>6 years from 01/02/2015</p></td><td><p>£309,600,000</p></td><td><p>£219,000,000 (Average: £36.5m per annum)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S Monitoring Technologies</p></td><td><p>G4S Electronic Monitoring Hardware (BAU)</p></td><td><p>04/11/2016-03/11/2019</p></td><td><p>£15,000,000</p></td><td><p>£12,900,000 (Average: £4.3m per annum)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telefonica UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>Electronic Monitoring - Network</p></td><td><p>6 years 10 months from 01/08/2014</p></td><td><p>£3,200,000</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000 (Average: £440k per annum)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/02/2019 16:51:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 99527 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1278146

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	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 he has to ensure that people attending appointments to receive the covid-19 vaccination have priority access to car parking.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	140087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>National Health Service guidance on operating vaccination centres explains that providers of should ensure that they are accessible to all members of their community, take reasonable steps to improve access and reduce potential inequalities for people eligible to receive vaccinations. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2021/01/C1034-operating-framework-information-and-guidance-on-operating-vaccination-centres-v1.1-20-january-21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2021/01/C1034-operating-framework-information-and-guidance-on-operating-vaccination-centres-v1.1-20-january-21.pdf</a></p><p>All NHS regions will undertake a site review of vaccination centres, which will include an impact assessment, to ensure that they can deliver requirements for accessibility under the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/02/2021 11:35:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 77000 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1188460

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is collecting data on the gender of people (a) reporting symptoms of, (b) returning a positive test for, (c) admitted to hospital with, (d) requiring intensive care as a result of, (e) requiring ventilation as a result of and (f) dying of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	37872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Data on the sex of people reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms to the National Health Service 111 and 999 telephone services and 111 online is collected through the NHS Pathways Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard. This provides a count of the number of assessments, rather than the number of people reporting symptoms. Further information is available on the NHS Digital website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mi-potential-covid-19-symptoms-reported-through-nhs-pathways-and-111-online/latest" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mi-potential-covid-19-symptoms-reported-through-nhs-pathways-and-111-online/latest</a></p><p>Public Health England publishes data on the sex of people in England who have tested positive for COVID-19. Further information is available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/</a></p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing mortality statistics for deaths registered in England and Wales. They publish provisional weekly deaths registrations, including deaths involving COVID-19, which are currently published for deaths registered up to 1 May 2020 and include breakdown by sex. This is available on the ONS website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending1may2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending1may2020</a></p><p>Data on the sex of people admitted to hospital with, requiring intensive care as a result of, or requiring ventilation as a result of COVID-19 are currently not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/05/2020 09:49:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 17097 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1192129

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 publish daily statistics for recovery and discharge of covid-19 patients from hospital.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	41878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The number of people who have been admitted with COVID-19 or discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19 is not currently available or published in the format requested. NHS England is keeping what data it publishes under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2020 13:04:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 20375 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1205260

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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	NHS: Sanitary Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of need for period product provision in NHS facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	61488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any assessment of the level of need for period product provision in National Health Service facilities having been undertaken.</p><p>However, NHS England announced in March 2019 that providers of NHS-funded inpatient hospital services will offer period products to every hospital in-patient who needs them (including for long-term inpatients)</p><p>This is under the terms of the NHS Standard Contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/06/2020 12:31:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 31451 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1225970

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2020
	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 Services and Social Services: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has established a second wave health and social care to prepare for a potential second wave of covid-19 infections.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	76122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>To prepare the National Health Service for winter, the Government is providing an additional £3 billion of funding. This includes funding to allow the NHS to maintain the Nightingale surge capacity and continue to use the extra hospital capacity available within the independent sector.</p><p>Effective local management of any outbreaks is the first line of protection against a second wave that might overwhelm the NHS. To support local authorities, we made £300 million available and they already have robust plans in place to respond to outbreaks.</p><p>We have also made significant strides in our Test and Trace service. We have established one of the world’s largest testing programmes, with capacity at around 350,000 tests every day and we have already traced around 250,000 people who may have unknowingly spread the virus.</p><p>NHS winter preparations include delivering a very significantly expanded seasonal flu vaccination programme for priority groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2020 15:58:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 40844 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1229404

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	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 effect of staff movement between (a) wards in the same hospital, (b) hospitals, (c) outpatient clinics and (d) care homes on the transmission of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	82035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom guidance ‘COVID-19: guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings: infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations’ provides assessment and recommended IPC precautions for operating procedures, staff movements and physical distancing to reduce transmission of COVID-19 between staff and patients in hospital settings.</p><p>Regarding staff movement between care homes, Public Health England conducted a study in London in April 2020 to assess occupational risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection ahead of publication of the Care Home Support Package. The study identified very high rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in staff and residents, most of whom were asymptomatic at the time of testing. The study is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3638267" target="_blank">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3638267</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/11/2020 21:08:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 44316 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1234994

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	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	Public Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether in deciding to use the urgency procedure to lay The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2020 he made an assessment of the serious and imminent threat to public health caused by the inability of the public to access other NHS services providing diagnosis and treatment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	90938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The requirements imposed by these Regulations are a proportionate public health response to the threat of the incidence and spread of COVID-19. In making these amendments we took account of responsibilities including to promote a comprehensive health service, and quality of services.</p><p>Our message is clear – anyone who is concerned or needs treatment should come forward – the National Health Service is open for business.</p><p>NHS guidance sets out a focus on accelerating the NHS’s return to near-normal levels of non-COVID-19 health services making full use of the capacity available in the ‘window of opportunity’ between now and winter.</p><p>Trusts, working with general practitioner practices, should ensure that between them, every patient whose planned care has been disrupted by COVID-19 receives clear communication about how they will be looked after, and who to contact in the event that their clinical circumstances change.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/09/2020 12:37:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 48785 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1235505

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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	Long Covid: Research
	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 allocate resources to the Government's rapid, comprehensive study of long covid.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	91712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Together with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the NIHR has invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), investigating the long-term health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients. To ensure the best use of National Health Service resources for clinical research during the acute phase of the pandemic, the NIHR established a process to prioritise COVID-19 research as Urgent Public Health Research. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is supporting prioritised studies by fast tracking their local set-up, management and delivery. PHOSP-COVID was prioritised through this process on 1 July 2020.</p><p>On 31 July, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care convened a roundtable meeting with researchers and clinicians to establish what more can be done to understand and mitigate the long-term health effects of COVID-19. The Department recognises the need for further research into the longer-term effects of the virus in those who did not require hospitalisation and is currently considering options for future work in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2020 12:28:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49217 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1235566

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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	Endometriosis: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to research on endometriosis.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	91656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>In the last five financial years to 2019-20, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research Innovation (UKRI) have awarded £8.52 million for research into endometriosis. This includes a wide range of projects from basic science through to applied health research into diagnosis, treatment and service delivery.</p><p>Both the NIHR and UKRI welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including endometriosis; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. 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.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2020 12:13:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49203 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher