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1124277

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:14:59
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:30:45 13/05/2019 13:55:02
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	identifier	250004
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 13:23:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities monitor the number of new build homes that comply with optional accessibility standards set out in building regulations.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 250004
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	250004
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We have strengthened the policy for securing accessible housing, by expecting local planning authorities to use the Government’s optional technical standards for accessible and adaptable housing when preparing their plans, where this would address an identified need for such properties. Our planning guidance sets out the role of local planning authorities in monitoring the implementation of plans. Authorities can include the provision of accessible housing when preparing their Authority Monitoring Reports, but this is not mandatory.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 13:23:46
	creator	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1124303

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:16:26
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:31:43 13/05/2019 13:55:08
	hansard heading	Community Land Trusts
	house id	1
	identifier	249886
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 13:23:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to support Community Land Trusts in making homes more affordable.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249886
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249886
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government supports the community-led housebuilding sector – of which community land trusts are an important part – through the annual £60 million Community Housing Fund. The Fund is delivered outside London by Homes England and within London by the Greater London Authority. Capital and revenue grants are available to community-based groups wishing to take forward schemes to build locally affordable housing. Through the Fund, the Government is also supporting a consortium of the major stakeholder groups (including the National Community Land Trust Network) to develop a network of technical advisors to support community-based groups though the process of developing their housebuilding schemes.</p><p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. Decisions on funding for 2020-21 onwards are a matter for the Spending Review, which will take place this year.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 13:23:16
	creator	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1124380

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:19:31
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:34:38 07/05/2019 16:19:03
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Secondment
	house id	1
	identifier	249912
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/05/2019 15:47:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249912
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249912
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>No staff from this department have been seconded to the Department for Exiting the European Union or the Department for International Trade during the last three years.</p><p>There have been eighteen outward loans to the departments in question during the last three years as shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of outward loans by host department and the year commenced</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Exiting the European Union</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 07/05/2019 15:47:01
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124373

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:19:14
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:34:23 10/05/2019 09:45:03
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Secondment
	house id	1
	identifier	249905
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/05/2019 09:13:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249905
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249905
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Civil Service is focused on delivering the government’s most pressing priorities, and this includes departments sharing staff and working together on joint projects.</p><p>Since January 2019, the department has been part of a coordinated resourcing exercise across the Civil Service to support preparations for leaving the EU without a deal. As part of this exercise, the department seconded 2 people to the Department for Exiting the European Union and 1 person to the Department for International Trade.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/05/2019 09:13:51
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124206

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:06
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	03/05/2019 13:25:07 13/05/2019 16:50:10
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Romford
	house id	1
	identifier	249875
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 16:18:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many animal cruelty (a) offences and (b) convictions there were in Romford constituency in each year since 2012.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249875
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249875
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of defendants prosecuted and offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the Metropolitan Police Force area and the North East London local justice area, from 2012 to 2017, can be viewed in the table. Information specifically related to Romford is not available so the North East London Local Justice Area (which includes Romford) has been provided.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings and cautions data for 2018 is planned for publication on 16 May 2019.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 16:18:24
	creator	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1124261

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:14:19
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 14:55:19 09/05/2019 17:42:01
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	249995
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 17:10:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service has spent from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2008 and 2016.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249995
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249995
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HMCTS has published the value of consultant expenditure annually in its Annual Report and Accounts since it was formed on 1 April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore only able to provide comparable data for HMCTS since its formation (along with the restated comparative figures from 2010-11).</p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>2012-13</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a></p><p>2013-14</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>2014-15</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>2015-16</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>2016-17</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p> question first answered 09/05/2019 17:10:08
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124263

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:14:25
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 14:55:21 13/05/2019 15:39:05
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	249996
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 15:07:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2008 and 2011.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249996
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249996
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Consultancy spend data for the Ministry of Justice for the periods 2010-11 to 2016-17 is available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following links.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for the periods 2008-09 and 2009-10 is not centrally held.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 15:07:55
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124264

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:14:27
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 14:55:23 13/05/2019 15:39:03
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	249997
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 15:07:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2011 and 2014.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249997
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249997
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Consultancy spend data for the Ministry of Justice for the periods 2010-11 to 2016-17 is available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following links.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for the periods 2008-09 and 2009-10 is not centrally held.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 15:07:55
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124265

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:14:29
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 14:55:26 13/05/2019 15:39:02
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	249998
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 15:07:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2014 and 2016.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249998
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249998
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Consultancy spend data for the Ministry of Justice for the periods 2010-11 to 2016-17 is available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following links.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for the periods 2008-09 and 2009-10 is not centrally held.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 15:07:55
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124338

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:17:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:33:04 14/05/2019 16:11:06
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Hepatitis
	house id	1
	identifier	249814
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/05/2019 15:39:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS England's plan to eliminate Hepatitis C in England by 2025, especially with regard to the prison service.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249814
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249814
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We recognise the unique opportunity that custody offers to identify and encourage individuals with Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) to engage in treatment. NHS England are responsible for commissioning and delivering health services in prisons and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are responsible for enabling access to healthcare services for those in custody. We are fully supportive of the work being done by NHS England and Public Health England to meet the 2025 target for the elimination of Hepatitis C in England.</p><p> </p><p>An opt-out policy for BBV testing was introduced in 2013, under the previous National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare in England (NPA) between NHS England (NHSE), Public Health England (PHE) and HMPPS (then NOMS). Full implementation of the opt-out testing policy for BBVs in all adult prisons in England was achieved in March 2018. Since opt-out testing was introduced, the uptake of BBV testing in prisons has increased from a baseline of 4% to 29%. This figure is an aggregate for all prisons, with some far exceeding the average uptake. This shared commitment to tackling the spread of infectious diseases, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV, in prisons was reaffirmed in the new NPA between NHSE, PHE, HMPPS, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and MoJ, published in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with our health partners to identify points of attrition and barriers to testing uptake, as well as with organisations, such as the Hepatitis C Trust, to raise awareness among prison staff and prisoners about the importance of testing for BBV.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the process by which defendants access essential medication whilst in the custody of the Prisoner Escort and Custody Services to ensure that it is fit for purpose and to consider further improvements. Additionally, current processes for Discharge Planning will be enhanced as a part of the Hepatitis C Pathways work being carried out by NHS England. This will ensure that individuals diagnosed with Hepatitis C who leave prison, transfer between prisons and attend court have their medication with them and have detailed instructions about accessing treatment specialists in the community. Treatment for Hepatitis C uses high value drugs, and ensuring that the full course follows the individual through the criminal justice system is a high priority for NHS England. Current processes will also be augmented by Hepatitis C Trust community peer workers engaging with people leaving prison, and through enhanced continuity of care arrangements under RECONNECT as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> question first answered 14/05/2019 15:39:22
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