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1241157

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	NHS: Reorganisation
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 potential merits of the organisational integration of NHS England and NHS Improvement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	100451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Since 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement have been working collaboratively to enable them to work more effectively with commissioners and providers in local health systems; to speak with one voice to set clear and consistent expectations; to use collective resources more efficiently; and to remove unnecessary duplication. In 2019, the Health and Social Care Committee supported legislative proposals to merge NHS England and NHS Improvement into a single body which would be responsible for the management of the sector, making best use of its collective resources for the greatest benefit for patients. The Government is committed to supporting and enabling the National Health Service to work effectively together, and where this requires legislative change, we will bring forward proposals in due course. We are continuing to work closely with the system, building on NHS England’s publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, to ensure that the NHS is best placed to deliver the best possible care to patients.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/10/2020 12:04:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1241210

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Surgery: Waiting Lists
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 his Department has to (a) clear the backlog of and (b) reduce the size of waiting lists for elective care procedures.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	100558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>Local providers have been asked to produce plans for how they will meet the key actions outlined in the phase 3 guidance issued by NHS England at the end of July. The ambition is to recover elective services in October to 90% of last year’s levels for admissions and 100% for outpatients. In September, the National Health Service carried out 80% of the planned hospital inpatient procedures which it delivered last year, as well as 96% of last year’s level of computerized tomography (CT) scans and 86% of MRI scans.</p><p>We will do everything possible to tackle waiting lists between now and winter, but this must be done in a safe and managed way ensuring that we maintain the capacity for any further surge in COVID-19 activity.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2020 09:19:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1241258

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Hospitals: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what enforcement powers he has to require hospital trusts to make disabled parking bays free.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	100272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>These new requirements are being mandated through the NHS Standard Contract, to make car parking more consistent across England. The 2020/21 contract asked the National Health Service in England to do all it can to implement them from April 2020, and requires it to do so from January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/10/2020 08:38:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1241288

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Dementia: Research
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 steps his Department has taken to implement the Government’s commitment to double dementia research funding to over £160 million a year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	100517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and the United Kingdom research community is playing a significant role in the global effort to find a cure or a major disease-modifying treatment by 2025.</p><p>The Government’s 2020 Challenge contained the commitment to spend £300 million on dementia research over the five years to March 2020. This commitment was delivered a year early with £341 million spent on dementia research over the four years to 31 March 2019. We are currently working on ways to boost significantly further research on dementia at all stages on the translation pathway including medical and care interventions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/10/2020 07:46:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 53714 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1241329

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	NHS Trusts: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS Trusts Estates Returns Information Collection 2019-20 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	100400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the collection and publication of the Estates Returns Information Collection 2019-20 has been delayed. Its publication date has yet to be confirmed for 2021 but the National Health Service intends to publish as soon as is practicable. This includes the level of backlog maintenance. Data for 2018-19 and previous years is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 100401 question first answered 14/10/2020 12:01:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1241331

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	NHS Trusts: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse was of tackling the maintenance backlog in NHS Trusts in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	100401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the collection and publication of the Estates Returns Information Collection 2019-20 has been delayed. Its publication date has yet to be confirmed for 2021 but the National Health Service intends to publish as soon as is practicable. This includes the level of backlog maintenance. Data for 2018-19 and previous years is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 100400 question first answered 14/10/2020 12:01:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1241342

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Hospitals: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been paid to private hospitals to be on standby for use by the NHS for patients with covid-19 since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	100431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service patients are benefitting from an unprecedented partnership with private hospitals as we battle the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked with the independent sector to secure all appropriate inpatient capacity and other resource across England.</p><p>It is currently not possible to estimate the cost to the public purse on how much has been paid to private hospitals to be on standby for use by the NHS for patients with COVID-19 since March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2020 09:25:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

1241368

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the biggest pay rise given to someone in his Department was in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	100318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The largest pay rise given to someone in the Department in the last 12 months was 3% of base salary and £2,121 in cash terms.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/10/2020 11:52:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1240724

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Tinnitus: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on research on the causes of, and treatment for, tinnitus in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	99526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including tinnitus. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p>NIHR support for tinnitus research was over £1.8 million between 2015/16 and 2019/20. This included funding for research projects, and funding for NIHR managed infrastructure to support tinnitus research. Current NIHR funding includes £15 million over five years from April 2017 to support deafness and hearing loss research in NIHR’s Manchester, University College London, and Nottingham Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs). The Nottingham BRC has a core research theme on tinnitus and noise sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/10/2020 07:49:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 53727 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1240906

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Health Services: 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 training was given to Covid-19 Clinical Assessment Service call handlers prior to the commencement of their roles, as of August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	99683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Service does not employ call handlers. It is staffed by general practitioners who assess and provide clinical advice to patients with COVID-19 symptoms.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 96971 96972 question first answered 19/10/2020 09:23:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor