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1132410

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a freephone number that universal credit claimants can use when attempting to make phone contact with her Department from abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	265570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>You can dial all of the 0800 numbers from abroad using the 0044 prefix. If a claimant does find themselves needing to dial an 0800 number from abroad, then they may incur charges at the standard international rate. This cost will vary depending on where they are calling from.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2019 12:30:10 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1191780

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the £16,000 savings threshold for eligibility for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	41570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>A key principle of UC is that it supports people who do not have assets available to meet their basic needs. While it is important to protect the incentive to save for claimants on low earnings, people with substantial capital can take responsibility for their own support. This is to ensure that we can maintain our focus on getting money to citizens who need it and safeguarding the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>If capital exceeds £16,000 there will be no entitlement to UC, unless the capital can be disregarded, for example personal injury compensation payments. Capital above £6,000 will reduce the amount of UC paid by £4.35 per month for every £250 of capital or part thereof.</p><p> </p><p>If someone has money in their account that is to be used for business purposes, for example for paying tax, it will not be counted towards their capital, but they may be asked to prove that the money is for business purposes. People should make clear in their application the savings that are business assets, and note it in their online journal.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/05/2020 15:11:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 19214 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1193765

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the under-occupancy charge during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	44017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) policy has helped to contain growing housing support expenditure, encourage mobility within the social rented sector, strengthen work-incentives and make better use of available social housing. There are currently no plans to change this policy. It would not be practical to make such temporary adjustments to the size criteria, which require regulatory changes, to reflect self-isolation or shielding when the household, property and rental costs have not changed.</p><p> </p><p>Previously, Housing Benefit claimants who live in the social rented sector generally had their rents met in full and their entitlement was not affected by whether or not they under occupied their homes. However, this was no longer considered sustainable and from April 2013 Housing Benefit for working-age tenants in the social rented sector has been restricted. These restrictions apply where people live in a property that is too large for their needs.</p><p> </p><p>As with all spending decisions difficult choices have to be made about priorities and where to focus additional resources. Those unable to meet a shortfall in their rent can seek assistance via the Discretionary Housing Payment (DHPs) scheme. DHPs can be paid to those in receipt of Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their rental housing costs.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have just announced an extra £40 million for DHPs in 2020/21 in England and Wales.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/05/2020 16:58:15 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1245156

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in discretionary housing payments was allocated between March and July (a) 2020 and (b) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	106448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>Since 2013 the Department has requested that Local Authorities provide details of their use of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funds. This monitoring information is collected twice yearly; in the middle and at the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The returns are published on-line, and the information to the end of March 2020 is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-2019-to-2020/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-analysis-of-end-of-year-returns-from-local-authorities-april-2019-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-2019-to-2020/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-analysis-of-end-of-year-returns-from-local-authorities-april-2019-to-march-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>DHPs for Scotland were devolved from 1 April 2017, information and statistics on the use of DHPs in Scotland are available here: <a href="https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Social-Welfare/dhp" target="_blank">DHPs in Scotland</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/10/2020 13:10:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1245157

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in 2020-21 discretionary housing payments had been distributed nationally as of August 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	106449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>We have provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payment (DHPs) funding to Local Authorities (LAs) to support vulnerable claimants with housing costs in the private and social rented sector in England and Wales for 2020/21. This includes an extra £40m as announced last year at the spending round.</p><p> </p><p>Each year the Department publishes the annual LA allocations; the current year allocations are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-circulars-2020/s22020-2020-21-discretionary-housing-payments-government-contribution-for-english-and-welsh-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-circulars-2020/s22020-2020-21-discretionary-housing-payments-government-contribution-for-english-and-welsh-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p>Since 2017 DHPs have been fully devolved in Scotland; the Scottish Government is responsible for informing Scottish LAs of their individual allocations.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/10/2020 13:40:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1523766

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	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 Records: Disclosure of Information
	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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the practice of limiting the access of patients’ health records between the National Health Services of the devolved Administrations.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	65965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>‘Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data’ sets out the importance of a United Kingdom-wide data focus to ensure the public have confidence in the health and care system. Legal routes are available to allow the sharing of health data in the UK to support individual care and to improve health outcomes. We are working with the devolved administrations to ensure that health and care data can be accessed safely and effectively.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 13:00:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 27468 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1566073

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Health Services: Cooperation
	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 implications for patient care of (a) levels of communication and (b) information sharing facilities between the NHS in England and health services in the devolved nations.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	121063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>At an operational level, there are arrangements in place to support the sharing of information across borders. Organisations share information where appropriate to inform good decision-making, support healthcare and minimise risk to patients.</p><p>Legal routes are available to allow the sharing of health data in the United Kingdom to support individual care and to improve health outcomes. We are working with the devolved administrations to ensure that health and care data can be accessed safely and effectively. We have established an agreed processes to manage cross-border healthcare with Wales for patients who live on the English and Welsh border.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/01/2023 16:36:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1610607

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Pregnancy: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to assess the long-term health implications of the mixture of Dicyclomine and Doxylamine in the previous pregnancy drug Debendox.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	180740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not plan to assess the long-term health implications of the mixture of Dicyclomine and Doxylamine in the previous pregnancy drug Debendox. This medicine was withdrawn for commercial reasons from the market in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s.</p><p>MHRA remains alert to emerging evidence concerning the safety and efficacy of all medicines, taking action to protect the public when necessary. We encourage anyone to report side effect or adverse reactions to medicines they may have taken, however long ago, via the Yellow Card scheme.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/04/2023 13:33:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1643493

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2023
	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	Amyloidosis: 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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of access to Dara-CyBorD in (a) England and (b) Scotland for people diagnosed with AL amyloidosis.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	188756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. The availability of medicines on the National Health Service in Scotland is a matter for the devolved administration. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing guidance for the NHS in England on the use of daratumumab plus bortezomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone (Dara-CyBorD) for the treatment of newly diagnosed systemic amyloid light-chain amyloidosis in adults. NICE’s draft recommendations published in December 2022 did not recommend use of Dara-CyBorD and are currently subject to an appeal lodged by the company and Myeloma UK.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/06/2023 16:18:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1649973

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2023
	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	Nabiximols
	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 ensure an (a) adequate and (b) equitable supply of Sativex for people with multiple sclerosis to integrated care boards.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	192400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>There are currently no reported supply issues concerning the licensed cannabis-based medicine Sativex. The Department has well-established processes to manage and mitigate medicine supply issues, working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England, Devolved Governments and others operating in the supply chain, to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p>The decision on whether to prescribe Sativex must be taken by a specialist clinician on a case-by-case basis and funding of this medicine is subject to local National Health Service decisions.</p><p>On 6 September 2021, NHS England issued a reminder to NHS trusts and commissioners (now integrated care boards) of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance relating to Sativex and their responsibilities. Data from the NHS Business Services Authority indicates that dispensing of this drug in the community has almost doubled between September 21 (205 items) to March 2023 (402 items), according to the latest available data.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/07/2023 09:59:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle