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1669392

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date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether senior officials from her Department have travelled to China since January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	1418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Senior officials have travelled to China since January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 16/11/2023 17:47:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1669418

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on artificial intelligence in each financial year since 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Defence AI Centre is currently monitoring over 250 AI-enabled projects across Ministry of Defence. However, AI is a general-purpose enabling technology, not a capability in and of itself. The Department's overall spend is therefore difficult to calculate as cost data is typically integrated within broader programme costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/11/2023 17:40:57 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1669419

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on research on (a) hybrid propulsion and (b) power generation in the (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Defence Science and Technology invests 1.2% of the defence budget (~£440 million) in next generation and generation after next technologies. Defence will invest over £6.6 billion in R&amp;D over this Spending Review period.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence is unable to disclose per year breakdown of research spend due to commercial and national security sensitivities. It is also not possible to provide specific details on spend per year per technology owing to the nature of these programmes and the Department's federated approach to capability development.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/11/2023 17:44:10 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1669420

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) robotics, (b) automation and (c) human-machine teaming for land domain system technologies in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Robotics, Automation and Human-Machine Teaming are all enabling technologies and are not a capability in and of themselves.. It is therefore not possible to provide figures for investment in each individual technology across the Department - they may be used in part of a project or programme but not accounted separately.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 16/11/2023 17:43:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1669432

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Clinical Trials
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 her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) new clinical trials have the support they need to recruit patients and (b) patients are made aware of clinical trials as a potential way to access new medicines.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	1458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR invests in expertise, specialist facilities, a research delivery workforce and support services to support recruitment to clinical trials. The NIHR Clinical Research Facilities support the delivery of early phase trials and the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Patient Recruitment Centres support delivery and participation in later phase clinical trials.</p><p>The NIHR also provides the online platform 'Be Part of Research' which allow users to search for and register interest in clinical trials, matching people to trials of relevance to them.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:23:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1669465

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Surgical Hubs: Staff
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 her Department plans to take to ensure surgical hubs are fully-staffed with (a) allied health professionals and (b) other staff.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Action is being taken to increase and support the existing NHS workforce capacity. The Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) surgical hub programme has published workforce guidance designed to assist providers and integrated care systems (ICSs) in planning the workforce requirements for new or expanded surgical hubs. The guidance outlines key enablers for successful workforce recruitment, retention and planning, as well as helpful operational tools such as e-rostering and staff passports. The guidance focuses on surgical and theatre teams as well as on the wider hub team including allied health professionals.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:28:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1669471

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of installing HEPA filters in early years educational settings.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	1547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>To date, department officials are not aware of any studies looking at the impact of using air conditioning units (ACU) specifically in early years settings. However, there is strong evidence from laboratory studies of the efficacy of high-efficiency particulate absorbing (HEPA) filtration technology at removing airborne viruses and particulate matter from the air. In addition, department officials sit on the working group for a project looking at the implications and potential benefits of fitting primary schools with air cleaning technology: the Bradford classroom air cleaning technology (class-ACT) trial. This was funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and managed through the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The study is run from the Centre for Applied Education Research which is based at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK. The trial has concluded and the academic leads intend to publish the results in a peer-reviewed journal in due course.</p><p>The department recognises that good ventilation helps to create a healthy indoor environment for staff and students. Letting fresh air into indoor spaces can help remove air that contains virus particles which reduces the risk of respiratory illness, as well as improving pupils’ alertness and concentration.</p><p>Between September 2021 and April 2023, the department delivered over 700,000 CO<sub>2</sub> monitors to over 45,000 state-funded settings, including early years, further education, childminders operating in groups of four or more, and children’s homes that offer places to 6 or more. This means that all eligible settings now have an assigned CO<sub>2</sub> monitor for every teaching and childcare space to help them manage their ventilation.</p><p>For settings that identified spaces with sustained high CO<sub>2</sub> readings (1500ppm or more) through their monitors, an application process was made available for department-funded ACUs that utilise HEPA technology. This policy was informed by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies’ (SAGE) Environmental Modelling Group, which advises that ACUs have limited benefit in spaces that are already adequately ventilated and should only be considered where the ventilation is inadequate and cannot be easily improved. The department has subsequently delivered over 9,000 ACUs to over 1,300 settings between January 2022 and April 2023. This included eligible early years settings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 16/11/2023 17:36:07 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1669492

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs
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 she has made of the adequacy of the level of supplies of ADHD medication for (a) children and (b) adults.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	1646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of disruptions to the supply of medicines used for the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While some issues have now been resolved, we know that there are currently disruptions to the supply of some other medicines, primarily driven by issues which have resulted in capacity constraints at key manufacturing sites. These issues are expected to resolve in early 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We understand how frustrating and distressing medicine shortages can be and we want to assure patients that we are working intensively with the respective manufacturers to resolve the issues as soon as possible and to ensure patients have continuous access to ADHD medicines in the United Kingdom, in the short and long term.</p><p> </p><p>We have issued communications to the National Health Service to advise healthcare professionals on management of patients whilst there continue to be disruptions to supplies. Patients are advised to speak to their clinician regarding any concerns they have and to discuss the suitability of treatment with alternative medicines.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:12:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1669540

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Heart Diseases: 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, whether she plans to increase the specialist cardiology workforce in (a) primary and (b) secondary care.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	1606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 3,738 full time equivalent doctors working in the specialty of cardiology in the National Health Service in England. This is 666 (21.7%) more than in 2019. Within this there are 1,653 full time equivalent consultants working in the speciality of cardiology, 278 (20.2%) more than in 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP), published by NHS England on 30 June 2023, sets out our aim to double the number of medical school places in England to 15,000 places a year by 2031/32. It also sets out how we will work towards this expansion by increasing places by a third, to 10,000 a year, by 2028/29. The LTWP commits to an adequate growth in foundation placement capacity, as those taking up these new places begin to graduate, and a commensurate increase in specialty training places that meets the demands of the NHS in the future. This will substantially increase the potential pipeline for the cardiologist workforce in primary and secondary care.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:20:39 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1669548

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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	Anaesthesia Associates
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 she has made of the impact of the number of anaesthesia associates on the quality of care.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	1659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP), which was published on 30 June 2023, sets out an expansion of new and extended roles to increase the breadth of skills within multidisciplinary teams, better meet the needs of patients, their families and unpaid carers, and enable more care to be delivered in primary and community settings. The National Health Service is determined to continue to invest in training opportunities and the development of career paths for the whole workforce. The LTWP set out that training places for anaesthesia associates (AAs) will increase to 250 by 2028/29. This will support our ambition to increase places to 280 a year by 2031/32.</p><p>We strongly recommend that employers only consider recruiting AAs who are on the AA Managed Voluntary Register (MVR) which is currently held by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA). It enables supervisors and employers to check whether an individual is qualified and safe to work in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:25:16 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor