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1678949

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Gene Therapies: Fees and Charges
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 has had discussions with the NHS on the potential merits of providing access to licensed gene therapies manufactured in the UK free of charge on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	7672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions with NHS England. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on whether all new medicines, including gene therapies, should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NHS is legally required to make funding available for NICE recommended treatments, usually within three months of the publication of final guidance. NICE has been able to recommend several gene therapies for use on the NHS, often subject to commercial agreements proposed through the NICE appraisal process, that are now available for the treatment of eligible patients.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/01/2024 10:30:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken

1678951

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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 and Physician Associates: Regulation
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 potential impact of instructing the General Medical Council to regulate (a) physician and (b) anaesthesia associates on the quality of care.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	7635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Introducing statutory regulation for these roles will enhance patient safety. Regulation will provide a standardised framework of governance and assurance for clinical practice and professional conduct, to enable anaesthesia associates (AAs) and physician associates (Pas) to make a greater contribution to patient care.</p><p> </p><p>The assessment of the appropriate regulatory body for PA and AA regulation was completed in 2019 following a public consultation. Most respondents to the consultation were in favour of the General Medical Council (GMC) taking on regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation by the GMC will mean that the organisation will have responsibility and oversight of doctors, AAs and PAs, allowing them to take a holistic approach to the education, training and standards of all three roles. This will enable a more coherent and co-ordinated approach to regulation and, by making it easier for employers, patients, and the public to understand the relationship between these roles and doctors, help to embed them in the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/01/2024 10:35:58 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1678952

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Nepal: Reconstruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support reconstruction in Nepal.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	7636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Following the recent earthquake in Nepal, the UK supported the initial humanitarian response through the distribution of prepositioned relief items, support to broader UN coordination and through contributions to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Disaster Response Emergency Fund. Subsequently, the UK has made contributions of £200,000 to the World Food Programme to help deliver unconditional humanitarian cash to 1,730 families, and a contribution of £200,000 to the Start Fund Nepal which is working with local governments to construct temporary shelters, providing winterisation support to affected communities and helping the most vulnerable and marginalised groups.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/01/2024 15:06:38 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1678957

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Pregnancy: Mental 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 has made an estimate of the number of people accessing perinatal mental health services by NHS inclusion groups since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	7732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The attached tables show the number of people accessing perinatal mental health services by age, ethnicity and indices of Deprivation deciles from 2019/20 to 2021/22. Data prior to 2019/20 is not included as the analysis of perinatal services did not exist prior to this year and as such would be subject to data quality considerations. Data for 2022/23 is due to be published on 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/01/2024 10:26:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name PQ7732 Tables.xlsx title Information for PQ7732
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1678981

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Primary Health Care: Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board with the additional £8m funding required to pay for the projected increase in demand in primary care for Locally Commissioned Services for this financial year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	7541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department sets NHS England’s budget, with funding increasing to £162.5 billion in 2024/25.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for allocating healthcare resources to integrated care boards (ICBs) to meet the healthcare needs of their populations. ICBs then decide how that funding is spent within the local integrated care system. Allocations are determined using an independently recommended ‘weighted capitation’ formula to produce a target allocation or ‘fair share’, including for primary care, which accounts for population size.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/01/2024 10:47:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1678984

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	Physician Associates
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 has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of requiring physician associates to work under a named registered medical practitioner.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	7697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>Both in training, and subsequently qualified practice, physician associates (PAs) must work with a dedicated medical supervisor which will be a consultant, general practitioner, or other senior medical personnel.</p><p> </p><p>Training to become a PA involves supervised practice with real patients in clinical attachments. The dedicated medical supervisor is responsible for the supervision and management of a student’s educational progress throughout the clinical placements of the course. However, any professional in a placement location who is competent to do so may train, supervise, and assess a PA student in a particular skill, procedure, or competence. This includes practising PAs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/01/2024 10:28:00 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1678985

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	China: Buddhism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the persecution of Buddhists in Tibet.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	7703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>We consistently raise human rights issues at senior levels with the Chinese authorities. The Foreign Secretary did so in his introductory call with China's Foreign Minister on 5 December. We continue to raise Tibet in multilateral fora such as the Human Rights Council, in which last year we urged China to reverse its ongoing, serious, and systematic human rights violations in Tibet. Through these statements we have specifically highlighted UN reports that boarding schools are being used to assimilate Tibetan children into Han culture. In addition, we continue to coordinate with international partners to increase international attention on the human rights situation in Tibet, such as for the G7 Foreign Ministers' statement in November.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/01/2024 15:08:03 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1678987

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced to prison for theft in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	7473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for theft offences, common assault and battery, and assault of an emergency worker in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To see how many defendants were sentenced to immediate custody for theft offences, navigate to ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab, select ‘Theft offences’ in the ‘Offence group’ filter, and select ’06: Total immediate custody’ in the ‘Sentence Outcome’ filter.</p><p> </p><p>To see how many defendants were sentenced to immediate custody for common assault and battery, navigate to ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab, select ‘105 Common assault and battery’ in the ‘Offence’ filter, and select ’06: Total immediate custody’ in the ‘Sentence Outcome’ filter.</p><p> </p><p>To see how many people were sentenced to immediate custody for assaulting an emergency worker, navigate to ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab, select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’ in the ‘Offence’ filter, and select ’06: Total immediate custody’ in the ‘Sentence Outcome’ filter.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 7474 7475 question first answered 08/01/2024 15:40:33 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1678988

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Prison and Probation Service's publication entitled Strategy for Care-Experienced People, if will he make it his policy to publish an update to that publication that focuses on race and ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	7649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>We are updating our strategy for people with care experience in the criminal justice system, to ensure we are using care-experienced people’s time in the criminal justice system to support them to lead crime-free lives.</p><p>This will include a focus on race and its role in shaping the experiences and outcomes of those with care experience in the criminal justice system, and will link to wider departmental efforts to address racial disproportionality in the criminal justice system.</p><p>We are aiming to publish this strategy in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/01/2024 14:25:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1678995

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
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	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 assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on prevention of the Cancer Research UK publication entitled, Longer, better lives: A manifesto for cancer research and care.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	7548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Cancer Research UK report which rightly highlights progress made against cancer. We have invested over £100 million into cancer research in 2021/22 through the National Institute for Health and Care Research. We are working closely with research partners in relevant all sectors and are confident the Government's continued commitment to cancer research will help us to continue to make progress, leading to continued improvements for cancer patients.</p><p>Cancer is being diagnosed at an earlier stage, more often, with survival rates improving across almost all types of cancer and the National Health Service seeing and treating record numbers of cancer patients over the last two years.</p><p>Our Major Conditions Strategy will set out how we will improve cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment and we have opened 135 community diagnostic centres offering over five million additional tests, including for cancer.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/01/2024 10:46:34 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman