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1258674

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	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	Abortion: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how members of the public can submit a written or email submission in response to his Department’s consultation document on Home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	125929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>Following a commitment made in Parliament earlier this year, we have now launched a three month consultation on whether to make permanent the current temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women. We welcome feedback from anyone with an interest or view on this subject, particularly from those who have been directly affected by the current temporary measure.</p><p> </p><p>Responses can be submitted online to the consultation at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion</a></p><p> </p><p>If an individual is unable to complete the online form, they can contact our correspondence team at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://contactus.dhsc.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/12/2020 12:22:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 68434 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1270907

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Contact Tracing: Travel Requirements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) that UK borders prevent the transmission into the country of covid-19 and (b) border security and airport staff (i) adequately check people who pass through e-gates and (ii) enforce the completion of passenger locator forms by all passengers.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	128849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>Border Force are working closely with PHE to implement all published guidance on passengers entering the UK.</p><p>We also working with carriers to ensure passengers are aware of the requirements when they book flights and that passengers fill out the passenger location form prior to travel. The vast majority of arriving passengers are complying with all the requirements of the Covid-19 related health regulations at the border. All travellers, including those from exempt destinations, are required to show a complete passenger locator form on arrival into the UK unless they fall into a small group of exemptions. If travellers refuse to provide their contact details, they could be fined up to £100 in the first instance.</p><p>All passengers going through the UK border, including those using eGates, are required to adhere to the PHE requirements. On arrival Border Force conduct spot checks on passenger locator forms which include contact details, passport number and address while in the UK</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/12/2020 15:29:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1271377

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	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	Abortion: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2020 to Question 125929 on Abortion: Drugs, how people without access to a computer can submit a written submission in response to his Department’s consultation document on home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	129947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s preferred method of response to the consultation is via submission online at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/home-use-of-both-pills-for-early-medical-abortion</a></p><p>However, people who are unable to access the online form can submit a written submission to the consultation to the following address:</p><p>Abortion Consultation</p><p>Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit</p><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p><p>39 Victoria Street</p><p>London</p><p>SW1H 0EU</p><p>United Kingdom</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/01/2021 12:56:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 72715 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1274799

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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	Liver Diseases
	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 he is taking to reduce the number of hospital admissions as a result of alcohol-related liver disease.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	134327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and Improvement, with support from Public Health England (PHE), is helping acute hospitals with the highest rates of alcohol harm to establish or improve specialist alcohol care teams.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is supporting work to increase opportunities for the earlier detection of alcohol-related liver disease in people drinking at or above high-risk levels. This includes a new commissioning for quality and innovation scheme to incentivise increased cirrhosis and fibrosis tests for alcohol dependent patients in acute and mental health services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/01/2021 12:02:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1274983

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Death Certificates: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates cited covid-19 as a (a) primary cause and (b) contributory cause of death in each month since November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	134328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/01/2021 17:47:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ134328 - Response.pdf title Response to PQ134328
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1274985

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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	Influenza
	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 confirmed hospital admissions for influenza there have been in each month since January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	134329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Data on confirmed hospital admissions for influenza is not collected on a monthly basis.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/01/2021 14:58:59 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 73526 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1276741

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK Classic Car Industry is supported in the event of future restrictions on the use of petrol and diesel cars.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	137867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The government is going further and faster to decarbonise transport by phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030 and, from 2035, all new cars and vans must be zero emissions at the tailpipe. Owners of existing petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans, including classic cars, will still be able to use these vehicles and buy and sell them on the used market.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/01/2021 13:56:17 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1276742

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2021
	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	Business: Recruitment
	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 (a) funding and (b) incentives are available to support businesses to recruit new members of staff.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	137868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has set out a plan for recovery that focusses on backing business, improving skills, and creating jobs. For example, the £30 billion Plan for Jobs provides new funding to ensure more people will get tailored support to help them find work. This includes launching the £2 billion Kickstart Scheme fund and investing £2.9 billion in the Restart programme over 3 years to support and encourage the UK’s labour market. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is also doubling the number of jobcentre Work Coaches to provide intensive support for both young people and the newly unemployed.</p><p> </p><p>Additional measures include committing £8 million for digital skills boot camps, increasing apprenticeship opportunities, expanding sector-based work academies programme (SWAPs), launching the Job Finding Support Service, and increasing the funding for the Flexible Support Fund by £150 million in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses can also access tailored advice through our Freephone Business Support Helpline, online via the Business Support website or through their local Growth Hubs in England. Furthermore, the Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the Government and hosted on the Enterprise Nation website, offers small firms access to free, one-to-one advice with an expert adviser to help them through the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for long-term recovery. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/01/2021 17:24:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1278629

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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	Liver Diseases
	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 he is taking to help reduce the number of hospital admissions for alcohol-related liver disease.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	140728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement, with support from Public Health England (PHE), is helping acute hospitals with the highest rates of alcohol harm to establish or improve specialist alcohol care teams. PHE is supporting work to increase opportunities for the earlier detection of alcohol-related liver disease in people drinking at or above high-risk levels.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a new commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) scheme to incentivise increased cirrhosis and fibrosis tests for alcohol dependent patients in acute and mental health services. The 2020-21 CQUIN is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-guidance-for-2020-2021/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-guidance-for-2020-2021/</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/01/2021 14:25:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 76969 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1281238

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2021
	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	Influenza
	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 confirmed hospital admissions for influenza there have been in each year since January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	144581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>Public Health England records cases of severe influenza with data from a sentinel network of National Health Service trusts which report voluntarily on a weekly basis on hospitalisation to all levels of care for laboratory confirmed influenza. However, as this data comes from a sentinel network of trusts, a stable network of trusts that participate every season and commit to providing weekly data, it is therefore not designed to capture all hospitalisations of influenza in England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/02/2021 14:20:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess