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1235482

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
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 reduce the time taken for close contacts' details to be obtained by email from people who have tested positive for covid-19 through the test and trace system.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	91599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Once entered into the contact tracing system, positive cases are asked to provide details of their close recent contacts via an online form. Between 14 to 20 January, 42.9% of positive cases responded in this way.</p><p>If this process is not completed within eight hours, the case is handed over to a clinical case worker who will attempt to make contact by telephone and will call up to ten times over the next 24-hour period. After 24 hours have elapsed, the case will then be passed on to the relevant local authority for follow up, where a local tracing partnership is in place.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/03/2021 15:56:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49198 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1235483

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to investigate reports of mobile and home-based practitioners providing non-surgical cosmetic treatments in unsuitable premises with poor hygiene.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	91650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the safety of cosmetic procedures and the Department is exploring the regulation of premises, practitioners, products and consumer safeguards. The Government expects all providers to safely deliver the treatments they offer and adhere to hygiene standards, in line with health and safety legislation.</p><p>Concerns about the hygiene standards or suitability of premises used by mobile and home-based practitioners can be reported to the Health and Safety Executive, or any relevant professional body the practitioner is registered with. Concerns about the fitness to practise of regulated healthcare professionals carrying out cosmetic procedures should be reported to their regulatory body.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/09/2020 15:53:36 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1235487

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Cancer
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 diagnosed with pseudomyxoma in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	91645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of people diagnosed with pseudomyxoma are not available in the format requested. Pseudomxyoma is a rare cancer which is not routinely reported on.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/10/2020 15:41:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1235488

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Cancer
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 diagnosed with infantile fibrosarcoma in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	91646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of people diagnosed with infantile fibrosarcoma in the United Kingdom are not available in the format requested. Infantile fibrosarcoma is not routinely reported on as a separate group. The Childhood Cancer Statistics, England Annual report 2018 reports that for fibrosarcomas, peripheral nerve sheath tumours, and other fibrous neoplasms there were an average of nine diagnoses annually from 2001 to 2015.</p><p>The 2018 report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/cancer_type_specific_work/cancer_in_children_teenagers_and_young_adults/" target="_blank">http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/cancer_type_specific_work/cancer_in_children_teenagers_and_young_adults/</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/10/2020 15:46:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1235489

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
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 increase covid-19 testing capacity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	91647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>We are increasing our testing capacity, both through current swab testing and new, rapid lateral flow tests to cut the spread of COVID-19 nationwide.</p><p><br> The United Kingdom’s daily testing capacity passed the 500,000 on 31 October. Testing capacity in the UK across all pillars between 29 October and 4 November was at 4,367,049 tests - an increase of 21% compared to the previous week.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/01/2021 21:49:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1235492

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Cannabis: 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, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of reports that Northern Ireland health authorities have provided funding for a patient requiring medical cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	91579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 08:02:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1235493

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Epilepsy: Cannabis
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 potential merits of continuing observational trials for medical cannabis for families with severely epileptic children; and if he will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	91580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>Observational studies would not provide robust evidence to inform future commissioning decisions and would delay a more useful and scientific study. The best course of action is to develop evidence via safe and robust clinical trials supported by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).</p><p>A programme of two randomised controlled clinical trial are being developed by the NIHR. These trials will be critical in ensuring that evidence for cannabis-based medicinal products can be developed to plan future National Health Service commissioning decisions for the many hundreds of patients in the United Kingdom with refractory epilepsy. Industry also needs to step up and invest in robust clinical trials to improve understanding of how patients might benefit from these products.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/10/2020 16:06:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1235501

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Stem Cells: Donors
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 has taken to encourage higher donor registration among mixed ethnicity donors to the UK stem cell and bone marrow register.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	91625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Since 2011 the Department has provided over £26.8 million in financial support to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan to enable the establishment of a unified United Kingdom Stem Cell Registry and improve access to, and outcomes of, stem cell donation.</p><p>This includes improving equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for all ethnicities, including those with mixed ethnicities, through targeted recruitment to the UK Stem Cell Registry. Anthony Nolan have established a taskforce dedicated to engaging with supporters from minority ethnic backgrounds, including those with mixed ethnicities, which will co-create content and recruitment campaigns that serve and resonate with target audiences. Additionally, they are working closely with partners – such as the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and the Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign - to focus recruitment in ethnically diverse areas of the UK, and to target recruitment on currently under-represented groups.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/10/2020 10:11:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1235505

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Long Covid: Research
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 allocate resources to the Government's rapid, comprehensive study of long covid.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	91712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Together with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the NIHR has invested £8.4 million in the Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID), investigating the long-term health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients. To ensure the best use of National Health Service resources for clinical research during the acute phase of the pandemic, the NIHR established a process to prioritise COVID-19 research as Urgent Public Health Research. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is supporting prioritised studies by fast tracking their local set-up, management and delivery. PHOSP-COVID was prioritised through this process on 1 July 2020.</p><p>On 31 July, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care convened a roundtable meeting with researchers and clinicians to establish what more can be done to understand and mitigate the long-term health effects of COVID-19. The Department recognises the need for further research into the longer-term effects of the virus in those who did not require hospitalisation and is currently considering options for future work in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/09/2020 12:28:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 49217 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1235506

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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	Coronavirus: North West
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 increase the availability of covid-19 tests in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool city region, (c) Merseyside, (d) Wirral and (e) Wallasey constituency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	91571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2020 answer text <p>We are increasing our testing capacity, both through current swab testing and new, rapid lateral flow tests to cut the spread of COVID-19 nationwide.</p><p>The United Kingdom’s daily testing capacity passed the 500,000 mark on 31 October. Testing capacity in the UK across all pillars between 29 October and 4 November was at 4,367,049 tests, an increase of 21% compared to the previous week.</p><p>Our mass testing pilot in Liverpool continues and will help inform any future rollout of large-scale population testing. Any confirmed expansion will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/12/2020 14:44:12 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 49194 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle