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1505847

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning unpaid work trials at the outset of employment.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	49181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Existing legislation already bans unpaid work trials that are not part of a legitimate recruitment process. They are not permitted if they are simply for the financial benefit of the employer or excessive in length. An unpaid trial lasting more than one day is highly likely to be illegal in all but very exceptional circumstances.</p><p>It is the responsibility of all employers to ensure they are paying their staff correctly and we will continue to take robust enforcement action against employers who fail to pay the minimum wage. Since 2015 we have ordered employers to repay £100 million of unpaid wages to 1 million workers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/09/2022 08:12:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1138814

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Telemedicine: Disability and Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page six of the NHS Long Term Plan implementation framework, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of digital connectivity among (a) older and (b) disabled people, and what steps he is taking to increase the number of those people that have access to new digital NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	277156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of patients with a long-term condition without access to a smart phone is not routinely collected. We are committed to ensuring that all those using the National Health Service have fair and equitable access to high quality, effective healthcare services that are responsive to all patients’ needs.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets a clear directive to offer digital first options for the provision of health and care to meet user needs and create a sustainable health and care system. We will continue to offer people choice in how they access NHS services.</p><p>Our mission is to empower people to participate in their health and care using digital services that meet their needs, target prevention and offer a personalised experience.</p><p>Whilst interaction with many health and care services will shift to digital over the coming years, this shift will not be obligatory for people who are unable or unwilling to do so. As more people move to digital channels, the time of health professionals will be freed up to spend more time with people with greater needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 277155 question first answered 18/07/2019 15:32:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1128304

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Surgical Mesh Implants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency data April 2018 - March 2019 (M12), what estimate he has made of the number of procedures for stress urinary incontinence and prolapse using mesh carried out during the period of high vigilance restriction which paused such surgery.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	257556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes data on finished consultant episodes where a procedure for treatment of urogynaecological prolapse or stress urinary incontinence (insertion) is recorded.</p><p>In year commencing April 2018, data is available up to March 2019. The March 2019 data is provisional.</p><p>The most recent provisional Hospital Episodes Statistics data demonstrates that the number of procedures for insertion from April 2018 is 8,931 in total for all procedures, vaginally inserted mesh or otherwise.</p><p>For vaginally inserted mesh, to which the period of high vigilance restriction relates, there have been approximately 31 total procedures up to March 2019 for the introduction of:</p><p>- tension-free vaginal tape;</p><p>- transobturator tape;</p><p>- vaginal tape NEC;</p><p>- the repair of vault of vagina with mesh using vaginal approach;</p><p>This figure excludes data for the month of July, as guidance on the Pause was issued on 20 July to Regional Directors and Trust Medical Directors. For July, the total figure for insertions is 70, though this includes a period before the Pause came into effect.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/06/2019 16:44:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

1129159

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations made by the Commission on the Future of Surgery, published by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) interoperability and (b) safe data sharing of different data systems.
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	259122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>On 17 October 2018, NHS Digital published the National Health Service digital, data and technology standards framework setting out key expectations for the use of data, interoperability, security and design standards within the NHS at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/nhs-digital-data-and-technology-standards/framework#principles" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/our-work/nhs-digital-data-and-technology-standards/framework#principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Specifically, it sets out that all NHS digital, data and technology services should support Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources-based application programming interfaces to enable the delivery of seamless care across organisational boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also created NHSX - a new unit dedicated to improving the technology experience within the NHS. NHSX has committed to ensure that future IT systems procured or developed by the NHS will adhere to a range of standards covering the content and format of information as well as ensuring any sharing of information meets the highest standards of safety and privacy.</p><p> </p><p>Safe data sharing is vital to the health and care system. We have already put in over £60 million to improve cyber resilience in hospitals and ambulance services and we’re continuing to invest in capabilities to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks in real time. In addition, all organisations that have access to NHS patient data must complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit which includes a single set of standards to help them improve their cyber security and carry out self-assessments to measure how well they are doing, and how much they still need to do.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/06/2019 16:32:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1491629

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Supply Chains: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that UK commercial supply chains do not include (a) products, (b) minerals and (c) organic matter looted from areas of Ukraine occupied by Russia.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	42075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK Government has prohibited the import of all goods that come from non-government controlled Ukrainian territory in Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk.</p><p>HMRC is responsible for enforcement of UK Trade Sanctions and Strategic Export controls working closely with Border Force.</p><p>HMRC has implemented a number of measures which aim to prevent the exportation and importation of restricted goods and has a range of enforcement options.</p><p>The Government has published guidance pages on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/trading-under-sanctions-with-russia#import-control-licensing" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> to ensure business activities are compliant with the current and any forthcoming sanctions against Russia.</p><p>Businesses seeking advice should approach the Export Support Service (ESS), a single point of enquiry for businesses and traders in relation to trading with Ukraine, Russia or Belarus.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/09/2022 13:59:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1127675

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Suicide: Young People
	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 reduce the number of teenage suicides.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	256417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Although relatively rare, the number of suicides amongst children and young people remains a concern. The National Suicide Prevention Strategy highlights children and young people as a group requiring tailored approaches to mental health to reduce their risk of suicide. We published the first Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan in January this year which sets out an ambitious programme for suicide prevention across national and local government. This workplan highlights steps we are taking across Government to reduce suicides in children and young people. The workplan is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772210/national-suicide-prevention-strategy-workplan.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772210/national-suicide-prevention-strategy-workplan.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/05/2019 14:22:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132105

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Suicide: Wolverhampton
	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 trends in the rate of suicide among men in Wolverhampton; and what steps he is taking to improve mental health services in the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	264388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The latest update on suicide prevention from the health scrutiny panel at City of Wolverhampton Council (June 2019), shows that 66 deaths were registered as suicides for the period of 2015-17 and 54 of these (82%) were male.</p><p> </p><p>In ‘Making Wolverhampton a Suicide Safer Community: Wolverhampton Suicide Prevention Strategy 2016–2020’, City of Wolverhampton Council has set the following aims to reduce suicides:</p><p> </p><p>- provide a multi-agency approach to suicide prevention across Wolverhampton;</p><p>- raise awareness of suicide, compelling organisations and the community to take positive action;</p><p>- upskill workforces through information and knowledge enabling them to better understand and respond to poor mental wellbeing and suicide ideation;</p><p>- influence services and policies so that suicide prevention is robustly considered and embedded in routine business; and</p><p>- provide a coordinated suicide support offer which can be accessed by services and communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/06/2019 16:42:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1134948

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	Suicide: Males
	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 reduce the number of adult male suicides.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	269603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing suicides across society and we published the first cross-Government suicide prevention workplan in January 2019, which sets out an ambitious programme for suicide prevention across national and local government.</p><p>The National Suicide Prevention Strategy highlights men, and especially middle-aged and young men, as a hard-to-reach, high-risk group and that is why the Government is investing £25 million to support local suicide prevention plans and is testing a range of approaches to reaching men in local communities.</p><p>We also recently announced up to £600,000 to support local authorities to further improve their plans, including sharing best practice in targeting high risk groups such as men.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/07/2019 13:15:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1134951

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	Suicide: Ethnic Groups and Migrants
	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 his Department has made of the suicide risk among (a) immigrants and (b) each ethnic minority group.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	269605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Ethnicity and immigration status is not recorded at the time of death registration so this information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/07/2019 13:30:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1140319

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Suicide: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of school students attempting suicide after receiving a mental health referral but before starting treatment in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	279119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such estimate.</p><p>Suicide prevention is a priority for this Government. We published the first ever cross-Government suicide prevention workplan, in January 2019 and we are supporting young people with mental health problems at an earlier stage through bringing education and mental health closer together in schools-based mental health support teams.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 10:15:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West