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1607951

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
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 outline the (a) decision-making process and (b) eligibility criteria used to determine which NHS Trusts received funding for Breast Cancer Screening Units in the financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	174193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>All National Health Service Breast Screening services were eligible for the fund, if there was commitment in agreement with NHS England, to increase breast screening activity and improve efficiencies and programme resilience.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 31/03/2023 09:15:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 66753 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1566126

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Multiple Myeloma: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of countries that have approved CAR-T therapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	120845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 120846 question first answered 18/01/2023 11:19:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1566127

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Immunotherapy
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 an estimate of the number of countries which have currently approved CAR-T therapy, broken down by condition.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	120846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 120845 question first answered 18/01/2023 11:19:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1566128

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Immunotherapy
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 hospitals in England currently have the capability to undertake CAR-T therapy; and what steps he plans to take to increase the availability of this therapy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	120847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 13 National Health Service centres that are able to provide Chimeric Antigen Receptors Cell Therapy (CAR-T) for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for children and young people up to the age of 25 years old or are able to provide CAR-T for adults with large B-cell lymphoma.</p><p>In October 2021, NHS England wrote to all allogeneic transplant centres in England who were not CAR-T providers to invite them to express an interest in becoming a commissioned provider of CAR-T services in adults.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/01/2023 12:22:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 48225 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1354573

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Dementia: Music
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 effect of music-based interventions on people living with dementia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	46928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned research on living well with dementia from the National Institute for Health Research, which includes the methods and effectiveness of music therapy. NHS England and NHS Improvement have published guidance for social prescribing link workers to expand music prescriptions, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmusicfordementia.org.uk%2Fadvice-resources%2Ftoolkits-resources%2Ftoolkits-resources-for-social-workers-and-link-workers%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CTom.Mostyn%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cce101ec6d4bd4860d8b408d976b17c1a%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637671326928270846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=MhIUFC7%2Fu5%2Fd5tP82wc4GQ6cVqerUraCv89EzDFRaiU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://musicfordementia.org.uk/advice-resources/toolkits-resources/toolkits-resources-for-social-workers-and-link-workers/</a></p><p> </p><p>We will be setting out our strategy on dementia for England for future years in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 46929 47075 47076 question first answered 16/09/2021 09:12:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 21775 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1354574

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Dementia: Music
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 include in the National Dementia Strategy explicit recognition of the benefits of music-based interventions in the care of people living with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	46929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned research on living well with dementia from the National Institute for Health Research, which includes the methods and effectiveness of music therapy. NHS England and NHS Improvement have published guidance for social prescribing link workers to expand music prescriptions, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmusicfordementia.org.uk%2Fadvice-resources%2Ftoolkits-resources%2Ftoolkits-resources-for-social-workers-and-link-workers%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CTom.Mostyn%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cce101ec6d4bd4860d8b408d976b17c1a%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637671326928270846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=MhIUFC7%2Fu5%2Fd5tP82wc4GQ6cVqerUraCv89EzDFRaiU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://musicfordementia.org.uk/advice-resources/toolkits-resources/toolkits-resources-for-social-workers-and-link-workers/</a></p><p> </p><p>We will be setting out our strategy on dementia for England for future years in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 46928 47075 47076 question first answered 16/09/2021 09:12:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 21768 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1282058

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
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	Carers: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to identify people who are defined as adult carers and therefore qualify for priority covid-19 vaccination; and whether individuals who think they qualify should notify their GP.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	145736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the vital role that unpaid carers play and the Government is developing bespoke guidance for this group, set out in a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) which has been developed in close cooperation with carers organisations and local authorities. This guidance will be published in due course. The SOP will provide guidance on the process to support the identification and vaccination of adult unpaid carers as part of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. It is intended to support local authorities, the vaccination programme, carers organisations and unpaid carers themselves to understand the actions they should take to ensure equitable access to and uptake of vaccination by eligible unpaid carers as per the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 148918 question first answered 01/03/2021 17:27:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 79922 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1258116

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Test and Trace Support Payment
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 local authorities (a) have spent and (b) will have spent by the end of December 2020 the self isolation payment funds they have received; and whether he plans to provide additional funding to those local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with the 314 local authorities in England to monitor payments made under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme. Information on the payments made by local authorities will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided additional funding and will continue to provide funding as necessary to local authorities. On the launch of the scheme in September 2020, the Government provided an initial £50 million to local authorities. To reflect rising incidence levels, the Government provided a further £20 million in January 2021 and increased funding by a further £39 million in February 2021. This will ensure local authorities can continue to make payments and support people on low incomes to stay at home and self-isolate when required to do so.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 22 February, the Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme will continue into the summer and will be expanded to cover parents who are unable to work because they are caring for a child who is self-isolating.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/03/2021 10:20:35 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 67812 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1258117

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Coronavirus: 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 funding he plans to allocate to local authorities to support them in carrying out mass covid-19 testing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Funding available to local areas will be estimated based on the number of tests they aim to deliver. Total funding per test is set at a maximum of £14.00 for all local authorities participating in the community testing programme. However up to £6 of materials per test can be sourced from centrally procured arrangements in place. This funding per test is expected to cover all reasonable costs associated with the programme including site costs, workforce costs, personal protective equipment requirements, communication and marketing, logistic and other delivery costs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/03/2021 13:05:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 67813 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1258118

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Coronavirus: 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 plans he has to provide indemnity insurance to local authorities for costs incurred as a result of false negative results from mass covid-19 testing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>We have agreed to provide contingent liability cover for clinical negligence and product liability for local authorities and Directors of Public Health carrying out testing as part of the community testing programme.</p><p>People should continue to abide by the current restrictions which apply even when someone has a negative test result.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/02/2021 13:05:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts