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1696534

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policy on the use of foodbank signposting slips at Jobcentres on vulnerable households.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	902039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>On 19 February we introduced a new food charity signposting slip to replace the one previously used.</p><p>This does not change DWP signposting policy but improves the signposting slip to comply with our obligations under GDPR.</p><p>Our Jobcentres continue to provide customers with guidance to find additional support, including signposting to emergency food support when appropriate.</p><p>The new slip does not include any personal data. It also now provides claimants with information on where they might access emergency food locally, and wider sources of support.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/03/2024 17:00:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1685900

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to permit universal credit data to be shared with local authorities operating a selective licensing housing scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	12040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>DWP is committed to maximising the use of its data, where it is appropriate and legal to do so to meet the primary objectives of:</p><p> </p><p>- reducing fraud and error</p><p>- creating the right incentives to get more people into work</p><p>- protecting the most vulnerable in our society and</p><p>- delivering fairness to those claiming benefit and to the taxpayer</p><p> </p><p>DWP already shares data with Local Authorities where we have legal powers and a legal basis to do so and where the sharing can be done in compliance with all other UK GDPR requirements.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/02/2024 12:08:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1685901

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit (UC) claimants are in receipt of UC housing allowance in (a) Easington constituency and (b) County Durham as of 30 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	12041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>Statistics for the number of households on Universal Credit with a housing entitlement in payment, by parliamentary constituency and by local authority, are published every three months on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>, and are currently available to August 2023, with statistics to November 2023 due to be published on Tuesday 13th February 2024 at 09:30am.</p><p> </p><p>Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest user and, if needed, can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/02/2024 11:00:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1422958

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fly-tipping: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will revise sentencing for fly-tipping to include a community service element to all sentences in addition to fines.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	125097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Ending the menace of fly-tipping is a priority – and measures such as digital waste tracking and improvements to waste licensing will significantly enhance our ability to prosecute waste criminals. Whilst sentencing is a matter for the independent courts, they already have powers to impose punishments of up to five years imprisonment and an unlimited fine, in the most serious instances, as well as community orders, when they see it as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/02/2022 13:27:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1352933

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) steps his Department has taken and (b) recent progress has been made towards increasing cancer survival rates.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	43483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the National Health Service Long Term Plan ambition to increase survival rates, so that an additional 55,000 people survive their cancer for 5 years or more each year by 2028.</p><p>We continue to focus on delivering earlier diagnosis, which will help to improve survival rates, through projects such as our Targeted Lung Health Check programme and implementation of Rapid Diagnostic Centre pathways.</p><p>NHS England and Improvement invested an additional £150m in imaging and endoscopy equipment in 2020-21. The £325 million capital funding from the 2020 Spending Review in diagnostics will also help to speed up diagnostics and improve patient outcomes.</p><p>The NHS is also working to improve survival outcomes by introducing cutting-edge new treatments. The pandemic has allowed us to accelerate activity in some key areas such as the adoption of new technologies and treatment methods, and we will continue to look for opportunities to further increase our efforts.</p><p>Based on the latest data available up to 2017, one-year survival rates for all cancers combined are at a record high in the UK. Between 2003 and 2018, the one-year survival for all cancers combined increased from 63.6% to 73.9%. Between 2003 and 2014, the five-year survival for all cancer combined increased from 45.7% to 54.6%.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/09/2021 16:37:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 19913 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1352939

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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	Cancer: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding is being made available to help increase cancer survival rates.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	43487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>This is being supported by £325 million of investment in NHS diagnostics. In July 2021, the National Health Service announced a further £20 million made available to Cancer Alliances to accelerate cancer diagnosis and enable management of high referral volumes. This is being supported by £325 million of investment in NHS diagnostics. The NHS Long Term Plan also sets out further plans for the transformation of cancer services and to increase cancer survival rates.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/09/2021 16:41:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 19924 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1351229

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Health 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 steps he is taking to help improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients after diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	40849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing three quarters of cancers at Stage one or two by 2028. NHS England and NHS Improvement are taking a multi-pronged approach which includes accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment, through their rollout of Rapid Diagnostic Centres and the new Faster Diagnosis Standard and the investment in new equipment such as the £325 million capital funding for National Health Service (NHS) diagnostics, which is enough to replace over two thirds of imaging equipment over 10 years old. The investment in this Long Term Plan commitment will help improve early diagnosis and detection of pancreatic cancer.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have recently announced that they will commission an audit in pancreatic cancer to help to reduce variations in treatment and improve patient outcomes. Scoping for this audit has begun, and the first data is expected in 2023.</p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer describes best practice in the care and treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer, including supporting their nutritional needs. Whilst NHS organisations and clinicians should take guidelines and quality standards into account, it is the responsibility of clinicians to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of each patient.</p><p>The “Help Us to Help You” campaign encourages people with symptoms to come forward. Cancer referrals in April and May 2021 were at an all-time high. An additional £1bn funding has been made available to the NHS in 2021/22 to support the start of this recovery of elective activity, including the recovery of cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 40850 40851 question first answered 06/09/2021 16:53:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1351230

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Pancreatic Cancer: 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, if he will take steps to ensure that pancreatic cancer patients receive treatment within 20 days of diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	40850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing three quarters of cancers at Stage one or two by 2028. NHS England and NHS Improvement are taking a multi-pronged approach which includes accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment, through their rollout of Rapid Diagnostic Centres and the new Faster Diagnosis Standard and the investment in new equipment such as the £325 million capital funding for National Health Service (NHS) diagnostics, which is enough to replace over two thirds of imaging equipment over 10 years old. The investment in this Long Term Plan commitment will help improve early diagnosis and detection of pancreatic cancer.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have recently announced that they will commission an audit in pancreatic cancer to help to reduce variations in treatment and improve patient outcomes. Scoping for this audit has begun, and the first data is expected in 2023.</p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer describes best practice in the care and treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer, including supporting their nutritional needs. Whilst NHS organisations and clinicians should take guidelines and quality standards into account, it is the responsibility of clinicians to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of each patient.</p><p>The “Help Us to Help You” campaign encourages people with symptoms to come forward. Cancer referrals in April and May 2021 were at an all-time high. An additional £1bn funding has been made available to the NHS in 2021/22 to support the start of this recovery of elective activity, including the recovery of cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 40849 40851 question first answered 06/09/2021 16:53:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1351231

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis
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 additional funding available to help improve early diagnosis and detection of pancreatic cancer.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	40851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing three quarters of cancers at Stage one or two by 2028. NHS England and NHS Improvement are taking a multi-pronged approach which includes accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment, through their rollout of Rapid Diagnostic Centres and the new Faster Diagnosis Standard and the investment in new equipment such as the £325 million capital funding for National Health Service (NHS) diagnostics, which is enough to replace over two thirds of imaging equipment over 10 years old. The investment in this Long Term Plan commitment will help improve early diagnosis and detection of pancreatic cancer.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have recently announced that they will commission an audit in pancreatic cancer to help to reduce variations in treatment and improve patient outcomes. Scoping for this audit has begun, and the first data is expected in 2023.</p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer describes best practice in the care and treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer, including supporting their nutritional needs. Whilst NHS organisations and clinicians should take guidelines and quality standards into account, it is the responsibility of clinicians to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of each patient.</p><p>The “Help Us to Help You” campaign encourages people with symptoms to come forward. Cancer referrals in April and May 2021 were at an all-time high. An additional £1bn funding has been made available to the NHS in 2021/22 to support the start of this recovery of elective activity, including the recovery of cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 40849 40850 question first answered 06/09/2021 16:53:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1346852

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
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 radiotherapy machines currently used by the NHS are more than 10 years old.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	33205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2021, approximately 63 Linear Particle Accelerators (LINACs) in routine National Health Service use were aged 10 years or more. Approximately two thirds of these have a locally agreed replacement plan that is due to be implemented in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 32554 question first answered 26/07/2021 11:44:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 15311 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris