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	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools enrolled on the National School Breakfast Programme have been issued breakfast food orders this academic year since 7 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	122574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting school breakfast provisions. Accordingly, it is investing up to £24 million to extend the National School Breakfast Programme until July <ins class="ministerial">2023</ins><del class="ministerial">2022</del>. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better assist their attainment, wellbeing and readiness to be taught.</p><p>As of 22 December 2021, 1,245 schools signed up for the programme, and 847 schools placed food orders. The government will continue to work with its supplier, Family Action<strong>,</strong> to monitor relevant data and consider suitable occasions to share more information on the programme as it progresses.</p><p>Despite the number of challenges faced by schools due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the department has noted positive levels of interest in the programme. The enrolment process for the programme is still underway. The department has extended free breakfast provision beyond April 2022, allowing schools to receive free provisions until the end of July 2022. As a result, any school signing up to the programme now is still able to benefit from two terms worth of free food.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2022 11:41:37 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2022 12:39:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 54500 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1485080

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Broadband and WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 256 on Schools: Digital Technology, what factors are used to determine a priority area; and if he will publish further details on the work being undertaken by his Department with commercial providers to accelerate gigabit capable broadband rollout to schools.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	28421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Up to £150 million will be invested in our Connect the Classroom programme to upgrade schools that fall below our Wi-Fi connectivity standards in priority areas. At this time these are educational establishments within our 55 Education Investment Areas<ins class="ministerial"> (EIAs)</ins>, which include the places where attainment is currently weakest. <del class="ministerial">The qualifying criteria within these areas can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1051431/Education_Investment_Areas_selection_methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1051431/Education_Investment_Areas_selection_methodology.pdf</a>.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The qualifying criteria within these areas is:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">All schools in our 24 Priority EIAs, as part of our intensive investment to address entrenched causes of underperformance and barriers to improvement; and</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Those within EIAs below the Ofsted rating of Good, i.e. rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate at their last assessment. These schools are most in need of the benefits improved connectivity can offer, so that they have more tools at their disposal to ensure high-quality teaching and drive improvement.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-investment-areas-selection-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-investment-areas-selection-methodology</a>.</ins></p></ins></p><p>Further details on the government’s separate programme to accelerate the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband to schools can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-rural-primary-schools-to-get-huge-broadband-upgrade" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-rural-primary-schools-to-get-huge-broadband-upgrade</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2022 16:41:07 question first ministerially corrected 16/08/2022 09:32:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 15207 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1566002

	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	Whipps Cross Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department has not made a decision on the scheme-specific business case for the redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	121043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Whipps Cross Hospital is one of the Pathfinder schemes within the New Hospital Programme, these will be the first of the larger and more complex schemes to be taken forward. Decisions on specific business cases for schemes which are expected to <ins class="ministerial">be funded</ins><del class="ministerial">commence</del> after 2025 are dependent on the approval of the programme wide business case.</p><p>The New Hospital Programme continues to work closely with Barts Health NHS Trust to develop their new hospital scheme at Whipps Cross Hospital in line with the national programme approach to standardisation which will reduce end to end delivery timescales for individual schemes. The national approach will ensure efficient delivery of the new hospitals and provide value for money so that patients and staff have access to world class facilities.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 47296 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 47596 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 17/01/2023 16:25:24 question first ministerially corrected 26/01/2023 10:05:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1582931

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	General Practitioners
	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 fully-qualified GPs were working in General Practice in England in (a) 2019 and (b) the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	137924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has considered the link between changes to the volume-based rebate payments in our medicine pricing schemes and various kinds of investment, along with any associated impacts on employment in the life sciences industry in the United Kingdom, in our impact assessment of recent updates to the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, which operates alongside the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government’s 2023 impact assessment of updates to the statutory scheme is available at the following link:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to the impact of medicine price regulation schemes on the level of foreign direct investment into the UK’s life sciences research and development, the evidence on this issue is uncertain. The impact assessment considered this issue, and sets out the Government’s assessment that, while price regulation schemes such as VPAS may be a consideration in the decision to locate such investments, these are complex decisions based on multiple factors. Supply side factors such as the availability of skilled labour are considered likely to be of greater significance.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to the impact of price regulation on the placement of clinical trials in the UK, the Government’s assessment is that price control schemes in general are more likely to impact decisions about the location of late-stage than early-stage trials, as the location of late-stage trials may be more influenced by commercial considerations about where to launch a new medicine. However, VPAS includes strong commercial incentives to launch new products in the form of freedom of list pricing and exemptions from payments for innovative medicines containing a new active substance.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested is publicly available and can be accessed here: </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/31-december-2022.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Notes</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Data includes estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· In December 2022, 2.1% of fully qualified GP FTE was estimated where practices had not provided fully valid staff records.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Before July 2021, data was only available quarterly for the following months: March, June, September and December.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Full-time equivalent (FTE) refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">TARGET DATE 09/02/2023</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Figures shown do not include staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Figures include GP partners, salaried GPs, GP retainers and GP regular locums.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:35:51 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2023 13:35:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 62066 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1551695

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	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	Nurses: Migrant Workers
	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 overseas nurses were working in (a) the NHS and (b) each NHS England Hospital Trust in each year since 2015; and whether he has made an estimate of the cost of (a) recruitment and (b) visas for overseas nurses in year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	110780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Tables showing the number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurses and health visitors with a non-United Kingdom nationality in National Health Service hospital trusts and core organisations in August of each year since 2015 is attached.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment of the cost of recruitment for overseas nurses or visas has been made. However, in October 2021, NHS England commissioned a review by the Nuffield Trust, which estimated the cost of recruiting a nurse from overseas at approximately £10,000 to £12,000. Since August 2020, nurses have paid reduced visa fees through the Health and Care Visa.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/12/2022 17:22:57 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:26:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses-HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22.xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse previous answer version 43937 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Nurses&HVs by nationality group and organisation Aug15 to Aug22 .xlsx title Number of headcount and full-time equivalent nurse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1541441

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2022
	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	Huntington's Disease: 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 he will make an assessment of the adequacy of public funding for the research of (a) adult- and (b) juvenile-onset Huntington’s disease.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
	uin	85019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government primarily funds research into rare conditions, such as Huntington’s disease and Juvenile-onset Huntington’s disease, via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).</p><p>From 2017/18 to 2021/22, funding for research into Huntington’s disease was £32.6 million and in 2021/22, expenditure was £<ins class="ministerial">4.9</ins><del class="ministerial">4.5</del> million. The NIHR and UKRI welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including adult Huntington’s disease and Juvenile-onset Huntington’s disease. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR and UKRI award funding through open competition to ensure the highest quality research is funded.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/11/2022 17:00:35 question first ministerially corrected 29/11/2022 11:41:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 35887 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1568760

	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	NHS: Staff
	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 an estimate of the number of NHS staff who have emigrated to work in Australia in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	127844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There are no plans to make an estimate.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The department does not hold an estimate of the information requested.</ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 50765 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 51754 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2023 16:17:40 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2023 09:22:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1586279

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	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	Fenwick Hospital
	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 hold back the proposed sale by the NHS of the site and buildings of the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst until (a) documentation is produced specifying (i) who owns the title and (ii) what the terms were under which the original gift of ownership to the Lyndhurst community came under control of the NHS in 1948 and (b) sufficient time has been given to the League of Friends of the Fenwick Hospital further to develop plans for its future and assemble financial support to implement them.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
	uin	146747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The future use of Fenwick Community Hospital is subject to the plans set out by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board <del class="ministerial">who are the legal owners of the land and buildings. It</del> <ins class="ministerial">and NHS England and </ins>is not a matter for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.</p><p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board and NHS England have offered a meeting to League of Friends and Julian Lewis MP, in order that all information relating to the legal title of the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst can be shared and discussed. Following this meeting, date to be confirmed, a decision relating to the auction sale of the site and its timing can be made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 56928 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 57380 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 24/02/2023 11:50:44 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1550004

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2022
	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	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Staff
	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 adequacy of staffing levels within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	106487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">While Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) are not commissioned from pharmacies, from November 2021 to October 2022, 2,221,117 SMR appointments were booked in general practice.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No specific assessment has been made. Staffing levels are determined locally and are informed by national guidance for safe staffing.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">SMRs optimise patient care in a number of ways, including by reducing medicine wastage. However, no specific assessment has been made of this impact, as it is among a number of benefits. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has assessed the evidence for interventions to optimise the use of medicines in developing its guideline ‘Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes’, which has informed NHS England’s commissioning policy.</del></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/12/2022 16:19:48 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2022 09:17:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 42107 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1525013

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	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	Midwives: Greater London
	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 (a) retention rate of midwives and (b) the number of vacancies for midwives at Barts Health NHS Trust.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	68508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>NHS England retains oversight of local workforce plans and is updated on vacancy rates. However, recruitment and retention is undertaken at trust level.</p><p>In 2022, an additional £127 million has been invested in the National Health Service maternity workforce and improving neonatal care, including in <ins class="ministerial">West Ham</ins><del class="ministerial">York Central</del>. This is in addition to the £95 million invested in 2021 to fund a further 1,200 midwives and 100 consultant obstetricians. The NHS People Plan focuses on improving the retention of NHS staff by prioritising staff health and wellbeing. In 2022/23, £45 million has been allocated to support the continuation of 40 mental health hubs, the Professional Nurse Advocates programme and expanding the NHS Practitioner Health service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 28474 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 29289 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 11:32:07 question first ministerially corrected 01/11/2022 16:28:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown