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1125730

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out studies on the effect on men of a partner electing to have and having an abortion, particularly in relation to men's mental health.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	252572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned research on the effect on men of a partner electing to have and having an abortion.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 15:37:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1125732

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Health Education: Schools
	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 has taken to check the scientific veracity of the new Abortion and Abortion Care Fact Sheet for schools.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	252573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is aware that an Abortion and Abortion Care Fact Sheet has been produced for schools to inform factually accurate, evidence-based education about abortion. The factsheet is based on the latest research and is published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the national medical authority on abortion. It is for individual schools to determine whether they use the factsheet.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 15:35:58 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1087078

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Foetuses: Analgesics
	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 Answers of 6 February 2019 and 26 February 2019 to Question 214478 on Foetuses: Surgery and Question 223137 on Abortion, which establish a variation in practice for some procedures in the womb for the administration of pain relief for unborn babies of 20 weeks, for what reasons there are such variations in practice; what steps he is taking to tackle such variations in practice; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	231425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not set clinical practice. It is for clinicians to determine whether it is appropriate to provide fetal pain relief. Decisions will be informed by the individual circumstances of each case and consideration of appropriate professional guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/03/2019 13:49:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1087083

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Down's Syndrome: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of NHS hospitals that offer non-invasive pregnancy testing onsite; and what steps are being taken to monitor the effect of that onsite provision on the birth rate of babies with Down's syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	231429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The national evaluative roll out for non-invasive pregnancy testing (NIPT) as a contingent screening test is yet to be implemented into the NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme. Therefore, no information is held on the effect of NIPT on the birth rate of babies with Down's syndrome or the number of National Health Service hospitals that offer non-invasive pregnancy testing onsite.</p><p> </p><p>Once NIPT is rolled out, data on the choices women make regarding screening and/or diagnosis will be collected. Data will also be collected on the pregnancy outcomes of women who choose to have screening, including babies born with Down’s syndrome.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/03/2019 13:47:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1087267

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Down's Syndrome
	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 18 February 2018 to Question 217546, on Down's Syndrome, what plans she has to address the effect of her Department's description of Down's Syndrome as an abnormality on (a) people with Down's Syndrome who read or hear that description and (b) familities who read or hear that description of a member of their family either before or after birth.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	231430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme offers screening to all eligible pregnant women in England to check the baby for 12 fetal anomalies which include Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes. Fetal anomalies are described as structural abnormalities of the developing fetus.</p><p> </p><p>The characteristics, causes and complications of Down’s Syndrome are described on NHS.UK and there is additional information on the support available to families expecting, or who have had a baby with Down’s Syndrome.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England provides a Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme Handbook which offers practical guidance to support healthcare professionals in the operational delivery of the screening pathway. NHS England encourages clinical staff to refer to these sources of information when explaining Down’s Syndrome to families.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme requires that there is equal access to uniform and quality-assured screening across England, and women are provided with high quality information so they can make an personal informed choice about their screening and pregnancy options. Education and training resources are available for staff covering all stages of the process, from informing women of test availability, through to understanding and supporting their decisions.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/03/2019 16:22:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce