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1230614

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Smoking: Public Houses
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 of adults smoking in beer gardens in the presence of children aged under 16 on the health of those children.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	84340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made to date.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 14:02:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1230619

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Electronic Cigarettes: 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of vaping on the transmission on covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	84341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>There is currently no evidence that COVID-19 is more likely to be transmitted via passive exposure to cigarette smoke or e-cigarette vapour. However, being in close proximity to anyone with an active infection would carry a risk of infection regardless of whether they are smoking or vaping.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 13:22:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1228726

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of dental surgeries have been able to return to operating at full capacity.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	82419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Dental practices have been able to open for face to face National Health Service care, including routine care, from 8 June. The guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement to NHS contract holders was clear that the pace of the restart should be only as fast as possible compatible with maximizing safety for patients and dental staff. Dental practices must follow Public Health England guidance on infection protection control procedures (IPC) and appropriate levels of personal protective equipment.</p><p>No dental practices are currently delivering at full capacity due to the greater IPC required to safely deliver dental care while COVID-19 is circulating in the community.</p><p>A copy of the IPC guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/910885/COVID-19_Infection_prevention_and_control_guidance_FINAL_PDF_20082020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/910885/COVID-19_Infection_prevention_and_control_guidance_FINAL_PDF_20082020.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 13:13:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 44329 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1228727

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Dental 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 assessment he has made of the effect on public health of people not being able to access dental surgeries during the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	82420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>To meet the Government social distancing measures and to contain the spread of COVID-19 all routine dentistry was suspended during the height of the pandemic. All face to face urgent care was restricted to over 600 urgent dental centres (UDCs) to minimize risk of transmission and all clinically necessary treatments were still available in UDCs during the lockdown period.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement advised patients to get in touch with NHS 111 or their usual dentist who provided remote advice and triaged patients needing treatment to the UDCs across England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 13:08:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1228750

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Dental Services: Laboratories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will help support dental laboratories by paying them their average lab element fees.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	81724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>During the suspension of routine dentistry during the pandemic peak there was almost no demand for dental laboratory products. Demand continues to be significantly reduced post lock down as there is continued reduced activity in both National Health Service and private dentistry due to the need for heightened infection controls.</p><p>Dental laboratories do not receive funding from the NHS. Dentists, whether NHS or private, contract directly with laboratories as third party suppliers. It is therefore not possible for the NHS to direct NHS funding to laboratories for work not commissioned by dentists. However as private companies, laboratories were and are entitled to the full range of financial support from the Treasury available to private sector businesses and individuals affected financially by COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 12:59:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1228802

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 his Department has budgeted for the 2020-21 flu vaccination campaign; how many doses have been ordered; and from (a) which companies and (b) where the vaccines will be produced.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	81513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England’s media spend for the 2020 - 2021 influenza vaccination campaign budget is £4.15 million. The Department has agreed to procure 7.65 million additional doses of seasonal flu vaccine to date and continues to work with suppliers to increase the size of this additional stock. This is in addition to the stock that general practitioners and pharmacists have ordered directly from manufacturers for the adult programme.</p><p>The contracts for the additional vaccine are with Aventis Pharma Limited (T/A Sanofi), Mylan UK Healthcare Ltd, GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd and Seqirus UK Ltd.</p><p>Production of the vaccine will include a number of processes. Some aspects include processing in the United Kingdom and some overseas.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 13:48:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 44268 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1228897

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Dental 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 steps he is taking to ensure that dentists will soon be able to provide (a) services that involve the use of aspirators and (b) other services currently not permitted during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	81860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Dentists are already able to provide all treatments, including aerosol generating procedures, where they can do so safely. NHS England and NHS Improvement has issued a series of guidance notes setting out the personal protective equipment and infection control procedures required to deliver the full range of dentistry safely while COVID-19 is still circulating in the community. Routine National Health Service dental treatment was suspended during the pandemic peak and face to face urgent care was restricted to over 600 urgent dental centres to minimize risk of transmission. NHS England and NHS Improvement guidance at the end of May authorized a restart of NHS care including routine care from all practices from 8 June. Dentists have been encouraged to reopen as fast as possible as is compatible with safety.</p><p>Detailed guidance has been issued to dentists as they reopen for face to face care. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/preparedness-letters-for-dental-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/preparedness-letters-for-dental-care/</a></p><p>All dentists, whether offering NHS or private care, are responsible for ensuring the care they offer is safe. Dentistry is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and the General Dental Council as well as, for NHS dentistry, NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 81861 question first answered 23/09/2020 13:17:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 44301 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1228898

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Dental 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, if he will provide clearer guidance to dentists on what services they are able to provide during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether dentists are permitted to make their own risk assessments on what services they can deliver.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	81861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Dentists are already able to provide all treatments, including aerosol generating procedures, where they can do so safely. NHS England and NHS Improvement has issued a series of guidance notes setting out the personal protective equipment and infection control procedures required to deliver the full range of dentistry safely while COVID-19 is still circulating in the community. Routine National Health Service dental treatment was suspended during the pandemic peak and face to face urgent care was restricted to over 600 urgent dental centres to minimize risk of transmission. NHS England and NHS Improvement guidance at the end of May authorized a restart of NHS care including routine care from all practices from 8 June. Dentists have been encouraged to reopen as fast as possible as is compatible with safety.</p><p>Detailed guidance has been issued to dentists as they reopen for face to face care. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/preparedness-letters-for-dental-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/preparedness-letters-for-dental-care/</a></p><p>All dentists, whether offering NHS or private care, are responsible for ensuring the care they offer is safe. Dentistry is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and the General Dental Council as well as, for NHS dentistry, NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 81860 question first answered 23/09/2020 13:17:32 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 44302 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1228899

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Dental 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, with reference to guidance for dentists on the requirement to have air circulation equipment during the covid-19 outbreak, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to dentists who need to purchase that equipment.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	81862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Dental practices have been able to open for face to face National Health Service care, including routine care, since 8 June. The guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement to NHS contract holders was clear that the pace of the restart should be only as fast as possible compatible with maximizing safety for patients and dental staff.</p><p>Dental practices must follow Public Health England guidance on infection protection control procedures (IPC) and appropriate levels of personal protective equipment. IPC recommendations include minimizing risk of transmission during or following aerosol generating procedures. However, the guidance does not require dentists to buy equipment to force air changes. The guidance sets out the length of time a room needs to be rested between treatments and the circumstances where that time can be reduced by forcing air changes. It is for practices to consider whether they wish to reduce that time. For their NHS activity dentists are receiving their full funding during this restart period without any expectation that they deliver a given number of treatments. The requirement is that they are open to patients and deliver as much care as they safely can, given their individual surgery set ups. Where the dentistry provided is private not NHS any investment in equipment or practice is a matter for the dentist concerned.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 13:04:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 44303 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1229026

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Gambling
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 steps needed to treat gambling-related harm as a public health matter.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	82540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is carrying out an evidence review on the prevalence of gambling and associated health harms and their social and economic burden. It is expected to be published in March 2021. The full scope of the PHE gambling-related harms evidence review can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gambling-related-harms-evidence-review/gambling-related-harms-evidence-review-scope" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gambling-related-harms-evidence-review/gambling-related-harms-evidence-review-scope</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 13:58:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden