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1344062

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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
	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 control the transmission of the South African variant of covid-19 in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	28188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The Beta variant accounts for a relatively small amount of COVID-19 cases and is on the list of current variants of concern (VOC) monitored by Public Health England and forms part of the wider approach to dealing with VOCs. This includes the continuous tracking and identification of new strains and assessing their impact on the United Kingdom population.</p><p> </p><p>In response to VOCs, including the Beta variant, support measures have been made available to local authorities, including surge testing, enhanced contact tracing, faster standard tracing for all cases in the area as well as direct reporting into a national incident management structure to ensure a consistent and timely response.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/07/2021 09:47:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1344063

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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
	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 people have acne in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	28189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 July 2021 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-01/25819" target="_blank">25819</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 10:31:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1342884

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2021
	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
	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 people (a) over 60, (b) between 50 and 60 and (c) under 50 have been infected by covid-19 in each of the last two months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	25816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in people aged over 60 years old, between 50 and 60 years old and under 50 years old in England in May and June 2021.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>May 2021</p></td><td><p>June 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 60 years old</p></td><td><p>3,551</p></td><td><p>9,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 to 60 years old</p></td><td><p>4,835</p></td><td><p>15,837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 50 years old</p></td><td><p>46,942</p></td><td><p>201,566</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/07/2021 12:58:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1309120

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	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	001Doctor.uk
	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 reason 001 Doctors was removed from and then subsequently included in the Government's approved list of covid-19 test providers in the Test to Release scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	181119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 11:28:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 97406 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1307991

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	001Doctor.uk
	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 make an urgent assessment of the quality of the services provided by the company, 001Doctor.uk, listed on the Government’s website as a provider of tests under the Government’s quarantine procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	178782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 11:10:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1251826

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	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 (a) publish a plan for the functioning of competent authorities to reconcile the public health and environmental effects of 5G technologies and (b) consult on that plan before the European Electronic Communications Code 2018 is transposed into UK law.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	114988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has led on this work in the context of the European Electronic Communications Code Directive. The Directive was finalised and published in December 2018 after negotiations and is required to be transposed into domestic legislation by 21 December 2020. A public consultation was launched in July 2019, closing in September 2019 with a Government response published in July 2020. The draft transposition statutory instrument was laid in Parliament via the affirmative procedure on 12 October and passed by Parliament on 10 November. No further body was required to be created or designated as a competent authority as part of transposition as Ofcom acts as the telecommunications regulator in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/11/2020 16:10:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1184445

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2020
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	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 implication for his policies of the petition presented to the Prime Minister in January 2020 by the International Appeal to stop 5G on Earth and in Space.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	27979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care through Public Health England (PHE), provides advice on 5G safety. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport leads on 5G policies. The overall exposure to radio waves from the introduction of 5G is expected to remain low relative to international guidelines and there should be no consequences for public health. PHE continues to review the evidence to support their advice; which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p>Recent Ofcom measured emission levels from 5G-enabled mobile phone base stations remain at small fractions of the guideline level. Ofcom are consulting on a proposed legal requirement for compliance with the international guidelines for public exposure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 19/03/2020 17:25:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1182306

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has commissioned any research studies on the potential effects of 5G on the ability of the human body to absorb oxygen.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	24247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department funds research on the effects on health of electromagnetic fields and mobile technologies through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Public Health England (PHE).</p><p>Most notable current research commissioned by NIHR includes the ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health and the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones at Imperial College London.</p><p>Whilst no specific research has been commissioned on the potential effects of 5G on the ability of the human body to absorb oxygen, PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence in respect of electromagnetic fields, including radio waves from developing wireless communication systems such as 5G.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/03/2020 17:44:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1180995

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	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 his Department has made of the effect on health of long-term exposure to wireless radiation from 5G technology; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	21139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) advises it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area. However, the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to international guidelines and, as such, there should be no consequences for public health.</p><p>Information about these guidelines and the evidence reviews supporting PHE’s position, including considerations of the evidence as to whether health effects from exposure to radio waves might occur in the long term, can be viewed at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p>PHE is committed to monitoring the evidence applicable to 5G and other radio technologies, and to revising its advice, should that be necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/03/2020 15:47:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 9622 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1180079

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	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 the health risks posed by 5G roll out.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	20023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) advises it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area. However, the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to international exposure guidelines and, as such, there should be no consequences for public health.</p><p>Information about these guidelines and the evidence reviews supporting PHE’s position are provided at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health/5g-technologies-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p>PHE is committed to monitoring the evidence applicable to 5G and other radio technologies, and to revising its advice, should that be necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/03/2020 16:47:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart