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1108652

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Cancer: 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 effect of leaving the European Research Area on access to EU framework programme funding for UK-based cancer research projects.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	239229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>European Union Framework Programme funding for United Kingdom-based projects, including those on cancer research, will not necessarily be linked to the UK’s involvement in the European Research Area.</p><p> </p><p>If we leave with the Withdrawal Agreement, UK participants will still be eligible for funding from Horizon 2020, including for cancer research projects. As a responsible Government, we are continuing to prepare for a ‘no deal’ scenario. In a ‘no deal’ scenario, the Government has committed to fund all successful UK bids to Horizon 2020 submitted before the end of 2020 and for the lifetime of projects. This guarantee will enable UK researchers and businesses to continue to access funding required to participate in Horizon 2020 and will support ongoing world-leading collaboration, including in cancer research.</p><p> </p><p>Looking beyond Horizon 2020, in any scenario we want to continue to back the UK research and innovation community by supporting the provision of opportunities for world-class collaborative research. We are continuing to seek a relationship with the European Union on science and innovation including the option of future association to excellence-based EU research and innovation funding programmes.</p><p> </p><p>National Institute for Health Research cancer research expenditure has risen from £101 million in 2010/11 to £136 million in 2017/18. This constitutes the largest investment in a disease area. A large proportion of this funding comprises support for the delivery of Cancer Research UK-funded research in the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:13:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1108655

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Dyspraxia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the (a) time taken to receive and (b) quality of assessments for dyspraxia of CCGs opting not to fund dyspraxia assessments with Dyspraxia UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	239251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. Commissioning decisions are made locally by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCGs are best placed to do this as they are clinically led organisations that have both the local knowledge and local accountability to make commissioning decisions in the best interests of their populations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:14:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1108671

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Barts Health NHS Trust: Breast Cancer
	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 trends in the number of symptomatic breast appointments in Barts Health NHS Trust in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	239164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides a summary of referrals to Barts Health NHS trust for suspected breast cancer under the national two week wait operational standards, both for urgent general practitioner suspected cancer and for the symptomatic breast two week standard.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Symptomatic Breast Referrals</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19 (Year to Date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barts Health</p></td><td><p>2,920</p></td><td><p>2,763</p></td><td><p>3,318</p></td><td><p>2,736</p></td><td><p>1,706</p></td><td><p>2,247</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:07:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1108672

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of women were invited for screening at Central and East London Breast Screening Service within three years of their previous appointment in each month in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	239165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:06:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1108673

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	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 screening sessions have been delivered by Central and East London Breast Screening Service (a) in Homerton Hospital and (b) at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health and Wellbeing Centre in each week in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	239166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 239167 question first answered 04/04/2019 11:08:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1108674

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which months in the last two years Central and East London Breast Screening Service has met its target of less than 2 per cent of screenings being subject to technical recalls.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	239167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 239166 question first answered 04/04/2019 11:08:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1108675

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Health Services: British Nationals Abroad
	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 the affordability of travel insurance for (a) disabled people and (b) people with existing conditions in the event that UK citizens are no longer eligible for the European Health Insurance Card after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	239180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>On 19 March 2019, I laid a written ministerial statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=HCWS1429" target="_blank">HCWS1429</a>) on the Department’s plans for the continuity of reciprocal healthcare arrangements in the event we exit the European Union without a deal. This statement includes specific guidance on European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs).</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that people with some pre-existing conditions rely on the EHIC to be able to travel. In a no deal scenario, these may no longer be valid in some EU Member States, and in European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states for those visitors not in scope of the EFTA Citizens’ Rights Agreements and travelling after exit day.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom Government has proposed to EU Member States and EFTA states that we should maintain the existing healthcare arrangements, including an EHIC type arrangement with similar benefits, in a no deal scenario until 31 December 2020, with the aim of minimising disruption to UK nationals and EU and EFTA state citizens’ healthcare provision. However, it is not possible for the UK Government to guarantee access unilaterally to healthcare abroad, as this depends on reciprocity from Member States.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has advised UK nationals living in or travelling to EU Member States to check up to date information on GOV.UK and NHS.UK and ensure they have taken the necessary steps to prepare. This information is available on the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/healthcare-when-travelling-abroad/travelling-in-the-european-economic-area-eea-and-switzerland/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/healthcare-when-travelling-abroad/travelling-in-the-european-economic-area-eea-and-switzerland/</a></p><p> </p><p>It is already the case that we advise people to obtain comprehensive travel insurance when working, studying or travelling to the EU and the rest of the world. This will remain our advice in all circumstances. When travelling abroad, individuals are responsible for ensuring their travel insurance covers their healthcare needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has engaged closely with partners such as the Association of British Travel Insurers and organisations representing people with long-term health conditions, such as Kidney Care UK and the British Lung Foundation, to understand the impacts on some patient groups with long-term conditions, as well as to help develop the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Act 2019. This legislation will provide us with the power to fund and implement comprehensive reciprocal healthcare arrangements after we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 239181 question first answered 04/04/2019 12:33:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1108676

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Health Services: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from charities on travel insurance for disabled people and people with existing conditions in the event that the arrangements in place for the European Health Insurance Card come to an end after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	239181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>On 19 March 2019, I laid a written ministerial statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=HCWS1429" target="_blank">HCWS1429</a>) on the Department’s plans for the continuity of reciprocal healthcare arrangements in the event we exit the European Union without a deal. This statement includes specific guidance on European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs).</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that people with some pre-existing conditions rely on the EHIC to be able to travel. In a no deal scenario, these may no longer be valid in some EU Member States, and in European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states for those visitors not in scope of the EFTA Citizens’ Rights Agreements and travelling after exit day.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom Government has proposed to EU Member States and EFTA states that we should maintain the existing healthcare arrangements, including an EHIC type arrangement with similar benefits, in a no deal scenario until 31 December 2020, with the aim of minimising disruption to UK nationals and EU and EFTA state citizens’ healthcare provision. However, it is not possible for the UK Government to guarantee access unilaterally to healthcare abroad, as this depends on reciprocity from Member States.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has advised UK nationals living in or travelling to EU Member States to check up to date information on GOV.UK and NHS.UK and ensure they have taken the necessary steps to prepare. This information is available on the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/healthcare-when-travelling-abroad/travelling-in-the-european-economic-area-eea-and-switzerland/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/healthcare-when-travelling-abroad/travelling-in-the-european-economic-area-eea-and-switzerland/</a></p><p> </p><p>It is already the case that we advise people to obtain comprehensive travel insurance when working, studying or travelling to the EU and the rest of the world. This will remain our advice in all circumstances. When travelling abroad, individuals are responsible for ensuring their travel insurance covers their healthcare needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has engaged closely with partners such as the Association of British Travel Insurers and organisations representing people with long-term health conditions, such as Kidney Care UK and the British Lung Foundation, to understand the impacts on some patient groups with long-term conditions, as well as to help develop the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Act 2019. This legislation will provide us with the power to fund and implement comprehensive reciprocal healthcare arrangements after we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 239180 question first answered 04/04/2019 12:33:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1108708

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
	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 a response to Early Day Motion 2069 entitled Registration Fees at the Health and Care Professions Council.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	239265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is independent from Government and is funded by registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis. Fees are set at an appropriate level to cover the cost of regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans at this time to publish any further response relating to the HCPC’s proposed fee rise.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 04/04/2019 12:27:11 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1108719

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Meningitis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the final report of the Meningitis Working Party will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	239202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The report by the Meningococcal Working Group was published on 2 July 2018. We also made a commitment to publish the responses from a number of organisations who had been asked to confirm what action they will take in response to the recommendations by the Meningococcal Working Group.</p><p> </p><p>We have collated the responses, and in February 2019 circulated a draft copy for organisations to update their responses, if required. We will publish a summary of responses in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/04/2019 11:18:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy