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1462948

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Asthma
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 people have been admitted to hospitals in England as a result of exacerbations of their asthma in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested. The following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of asthma in English National Health Service hospitals and NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector from 2017/18 to 2020/21. Data for 2021/22 is not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>78,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>84,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>84,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>39,216</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 2308 question first answered 19/05/2022 11:22:15 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1462949

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Asthma
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 people have been admitted to hospitals in England as a result of exacerbations of their asthma in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested. The following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of asthma in English National Health Service hospitals and NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector from 2017/18 to 2020/21. Data for 2021/22 is not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>78,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>84,343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>84,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>39,216</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 2307 question first answered 19/05/2022 11:22:15 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1462977

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Palliative Care
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 introduce new guidance on the duty in the Health and Care Act 2022 to commission palliative care services; and whether that guidance will be statutory.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	2627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement plan to introduce new statutory guidance to support integrated care boards (ICBs) in the duties under the Health and Care Act 2022, including the provision of palliative care. In addition to the statutory guidance, NHS England and NHS Improvement will work with stakeholders to consider how ICBs can be supported in the discharge of these duties. This includes determining any further additional technical guidance and tools required to support commissioners on the provision of palliative and end of life care services, according to the needs of the local population. All guidance developed will take account of appropriate best practice guidance, including the World Health Organization’s definition of palliative and end of life care and guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 2628 2629 question first answered 19/05/2022 11:17:44 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1462978

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Palliative Care
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 introduce new guidance on the duty in the Health and Care Act 2022 to commission palliative care services and for that guidance to include reference to support the wishes of patients and their families.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	2628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement plan to introduce new statutory guidance to support integrated care boards (ICBs) in the duties under the Health and Care Act 2022, including the provision of palliative care. In addition to the statutory guidance, NHS England and NHS Improvement will work with stakeholders to consider how ICBs can be supported in the discharge of these duties. This includes determining any further additional technical guidance and tools required to support commissioners on the provision of palliative and end of life care services, according to the needs of the local population. All guidance developed will take account of appropriate best practice guidance, including the World Health Organization’s definition of palliative and end of life care and guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 2627 2629 question first answered 19/05/2022 11:17:44 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1462979

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Palliative Care
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 introduce new guidance on the duty in the Health and Care Act 2022 to commission palliative care services and for that guidance to specify an expectation that palliative care services should be available in every setting, on a 24/7 basis, by telephone and in person, through a single point of contact.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	2629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement plan to introduce new statutory guidance to support integrated care boards (ICBs) in the duties under the Health and Care Act 2022, including the provision of palliative care. In addition to the statutory guidance, NHS England and NHS Improvement will work with stakeholders to consider how ICBs can be supported in the discharge of these duties. This includes determining any further additional technical guidance and tools required to support commissioners on the provision of palliative and end of life care services, according to the needs of the local population. All guidance developed will take account of appropriate best practice guidance, including the World Health Organization’s definition of palliative and end of life care and guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 2627 2628 question first answered 19/05/2022 11:17:44 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1462997

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Ambulance Services: Shropshire
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 improve ambulance response times in Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	2430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) is introducing a team to triage lower priority cases and diverting patients to other services to reduce attendances at accident and emergency (A&amp;E). Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officers are working with hospital staff to improve the flow of patients and coordinate one ambulance crew to care for to four patients, releasing other crews to respond to patients. A Same Day Emergency Centre at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital receives ambulances directly, improving handover times at A&amp;E. A £9.3 million upgrade at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will also deliver additional capacity. Further expansion plans are also being developed to manage the demand in A&amp;E.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/05/2022 08:43:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1463004

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Air Pollution: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has analysis to show by how much particulate matter emissions need to be reduced in order to reduce premature deaths caused by air pollution in the UK by half.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	2344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>No specific analysis has been undertaken. However, the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants has assessed the long-term exposure to man-made air pollution in the United Kingdom, based on studies reporting associations of mortality risk with fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. It was estimated that for a one microgram per cubic metre reduction in nitrogen dioxide, approximately 420,000 to 903,000 life years could be saved in the UK over the next 106 years, associated with an increase in life expectancy at birth of two to five days.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/05/2022 08:42:46 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1463019

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Healthy Start Scheme
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 increase the value of healthy start vouchers in response to the increasing cost of infant formula.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	2528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>While there are no current plans to do so, the value of the Healthy Start scheme is kept under review. From April 2021, the value increased from £3.10 to £4.25, providing additional support to pregnant women and families on lower incomes to make healthy food choices.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/05/2022 08:46:18 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1463028

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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: 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, if he will include steps to improve survival rates for pancreatic cancer in his Department's forthcoming Ten Year Cancer Plan.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	2401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Officials are analysing response to call for evidence to inform the development of the 10 Year Cancer Plan, which will be published later this year. The Plan will address all types of cancer, including those which are rare and less survivable, such as pancreatic cancer.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/05/2022 08:43:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1463048

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Disease Control
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 publish his Department's negotiating position on a new convention, agreement, or other international instrument under the auspices of the World Health Organisation on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response; and if he will make an (a) oral and (b) written statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	2464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom supports a new international instrument to strengthen pandemic prevention and preparedness. The purpose of the instrument is to strengthen global cooperation in order to better protect the UK from the health, social and economic impacts of pandemics. We want to agree UK priority areas such as improving transparency, timely data sharing and supporting equitable access to vaccines and treatments.<br><br>We are clear that the UK would not sign up to any instrument that compromises the UK’s sovereignty. That includes any instrument which compromises the UK’s ability to take domestic decisions on national restrictions or other measures. On the contrary, our support for a new pandemic instrument is intended to strengthen our ability to prevent, detect and respond to future health threats without the restrictions seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK has led from the front on learning to live with COVID-19 and will continue to do so at the forthcoming G7 and World Health Assembly.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 19/05/2022 17:32:52 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker