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1146345

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Catering: Hygiene
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many food establishments there are in England; and of those, how many have not been inspected by the relevant local authority on the latest date for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL17840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>At 31 March 2019 the number of registered or approved food establishments reported in England was 511,297 and the number of those not yet rated was 24,897.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:46:17 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1147626

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	North Manchester Hospital
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much capital money will be allocated for the (1) rebuilding, and (2) refurbishment, of North Manchester General Hospital in each of the next five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL17952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>On Sunday 29 September, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the next stage in our strategic investment in the National Health Service, with the Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP) to ensure that our health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose for decades to come. The Prime Minister set out on Wednesday 2 October his plan that “in the next ten years we will build 40 new hospitals in the biggest investment in hospital infrastructure for a generation.” As a step towards this, we have committed funding for six new hospitals as well as seed funding to support the initial stage of a further 34 building projects.</p><p>North Manchester General Hospital scheme is one of the projects that are green-lighted to proceed to the next level of their development plan. A total pot of £100 million of seed money is being made available to help kick start the next stage of developing these plans. All schemes however will need to present a clear investment case to move onto the next stage, and funding will be subject to future spending reviews. Other projects will be able to bid into this and other future waves too.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:45:55 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1146343

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Catering: Hygiene
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to require food establishments in England to display the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme information that they are supplied with by local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL17838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is operated by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Food businesses covered by the scheme are provided with stickers showing their rating. Those in Wales and Northern Ireland are already required by law to display the stickers at their premises, while those in England are encouraged to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA considers that mandatory display should extend to England and is finalising an evidence-based case for a statutory scheme which will be submitted for ministerial consideration and ultimately cross-Government approval.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:45:34 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1148085

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Hospitals: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated total cost of the 40 hospital building projects announced on 29 September.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL18013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>On Sunday 29 September, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care formally announced the next stage in our strategic investment in the National Health Service, with the Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP) to ensure that our health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose for decades to come. On Wednesday 2 October, the Prime Minister then set out his plan that “in the next ten years we will build 40 new hospitals in the biggest investment in hospital infrastructure for a generation.” As a step towards this, we have committed funding for six new hospitals as well as seed funding to support the initial stage of a further 34 building projects.</p><p>The package of funding includes:</p><p>- £2.7 billion for six new hospital projects to be delivered in our first phase of major hospital rebuilds (HIP1);</p><p>- £100 million to support for 21 major projects (£5 million each) comprising 34 hospital sites go to the next stage of developing their plans to be delivered in the second phase of major hospital rebuilds, subject to business case development and future spending reviews. Other projects will be able to bid into this and other future waves too. (HIP2); and</p><p>- £200 million investment for state-of-the-art MRI, CT and breast cancer screening machines, to update or replace our most out of date diagnostic equipment, across over 80 trusts.</p><p>The Health Infrastructure Plan also outlines our plans for a new system for ensuring funding reaches the frontline when and where it is needed, with national infrastructure to support this, and clear accountability for how it is spent. These plans include proposals for assisting trusts, including allowing some access to early funding and streamlining the business case process.</p><p>As part of our rolling investment programme, we have confirmed that there will be future phases of the Health Infrastructure Plan, with opportunities for the NHS to put forward further new hospital projects for the next phases of the programme. We also recognise that there may some more schemes suitable for investments that are not currently part of HIP1 and HIP2. These should continue developing their plans and priorities for local NHS infrastructure, and where exceptionally strong schemes come to light before HIP3, we will consider these in the context of available funding.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:45:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1147625

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Genito-urinary Medicine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what cross-departmental discussions have taken place about drawing up a comprehensive sexual health strategy to tackle the rise in sexually transmitted infections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL17951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The development of a national sexual health strategy is a key recommendation in the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on sexual health, which was published on 2 June 2019. The Government is currently considering the report’s recommendations and will publish a formal response shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:44:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1147653

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Farms and Slaughterhouses: Inspections and Veterinary Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in ensuring that there will be sufficient numbers of fully-qualified (1) official veterinarians, and (2) meat hygiene inspectors, employed (a) in abattoirs, and (b) on farms, in the UK after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
	uin	HL17979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is continuing to monitor the situation by surveying staff and is in regular discussion with the delivery partner who provides the majority of official veterinarians and meat hygiene inspectors who undertake official controls in abattoirs. Whilst the recruitment landscape remains challenging, the FSA has contingency plans to ensure the effective delivery of official controls in abattoirs continues once the United Kingdom has left the European Union so that food businesses’ operations in abattoirs are supported and that food is safe.</p><p>The FSA is responsible for delivery of official controls in relation to primary production of milk and will continue to discharge its responsibilities by increasing capacity and capability in this area. The FSA is not responsible for the delivery of other official controls at farm level, this is being carried out by staff from the Animal and Plant Health Agency and local authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:44:28 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1147652

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using (1) smartphone bookings, (2) text reminders, (3) evening appointments, and (4) accessible locations, for cancer screening appointments; and what assessment, if any, they have made of whether such measures would increase (a) the uptake of such screenings, and (b) early diagnosis.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL17978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England recognises the importance of delivering public health services, including screening, which people find easy to access. This is why the NHS Long Term Plan and detailed improvement actions are about ensuring services are easy and convenient for people to use in order to deliver the Long Term Plan ambition on cancer to see 55,000 more people surviving cancer for five years in England each year from 2028.</p><p>The actions plans include real-world case studies which have demonstrated improvements in local areas. These case studies sit alongside widely published evidence which has been proven to deliver improvements in uptake. We expect these actions to have a positive impact on the uptake of screening.</p><p>Sir Mike Richards’ Review of Screening report is due to be published shortly which will identify additional opportunities to improve the uptake of breast, bowel, and cervical screening. In addition, NHSX is looking at possible improvements to screening IT systems, which should support the delivery of cancer screening programmes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:41:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1146341

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Flour: Folic Acid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many submissions were received to the Proposal to add folic acid to flour consultation document by the closing date; and when they expect to publish a response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL17836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The folic acid fortification consultation closed on 9 September 2019 and we received 1,442 responses. A post-consultation update is also available on the consultation webpage online only.</p><p>We are currently in the process of analysing the consultation responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:40:58 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1147651

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the uptake of checks for breast, bowel, and cervical diseases; and whether they intend to publish guidance to NHS trusts in England about ways in which such trusts can increase the uptake of such checks.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL17977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to improving the uptake of national cancer screening programmes, for breast, bowel, and cervical cancer.</p><p>In January, NHS England published its Long Term Plan, which outlined its ambition to deliver improvements in the uptake of national cancer screening programmes. To support this process, NHS England has developed improving uptake action plans, which can be used by providers and the wider health system, to improve the performance of screening programmes.</p><p>The uptake action plans include proposals for reviewing and extending appointment hours (for example for breast cancer screening) and using data to inform strategies for improving uptake in those populations of greatest need. These plans are already available to commissioning teams and will be updated and reissued throughout the year.</p><p>National Health Service regions are currently developing implementation plans to deliver on these commitments. To provide robust oversight and assurance of delivery, NHS England has established national programme boards for each cancer screening programme area.</p><p>In addition, we expect the Sir Mike Richards’ Review of Screening report, due to be published soon, to identify additional opportunities to improve the uptake of breast, bowel, and cervical screening.</p><p>Further, Public Health England has been running ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaigns since 2011. These are designed to raise the public’s awareness of specific cancer symptoms; encourage people with those symptoms to go to the doctor; and diagnose cancer at an earlier stage, and therefore make it more treatable, and thereby improve cancer survival rates.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:40:48 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1146920

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the one per cent increase in the local authority Public Health Grant, announced in the Spending Round 2019, published on 4 September, on sexual health services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL17894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Local authority public health grant allocations for 2020/21 will be published in due course. It will be for local authorities themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties.</p><p>Local authorities are required by regulations to provide comprehensive open access sexual health services, including provision for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment and contraception.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 08/10/2019 16:40:11 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood