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1140189

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate additional funding to the NHS in increase spending on (a) infrastructure, (b) the NHS workforce and (c) public health.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan was launched in January 2019 by the National Health Service, and thanks to the Government’s investment of £33.9 billion in cash terms by 2023-24, will transform patient care and make sure every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent wisely.</p><p>The future of budgets outside of the NHS England resource settlement will be confirmed later this year at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:35:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140333

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2019 to Question 260033, what annual assessment is planned for the activity undertaken through the Genomic Laboratory infrastructure; and whether that information will be made public.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	279074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS England collects management information on all services that it commissions and is establishing standardised reporting for the Genomic Laboratory Hubs. Management information, including activity and quality data, will be reviewed as part of NHS assurance with the Genomic Laboratory Hubs.</p><p>NHS England intends to make aggregate level information available for broad clinical themes, however, this will only be possible once robust and consistent reporting has been established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/07/2019 14:38:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1140402

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated for contingency plans in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	279081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2018 confirmed an additional £500 million of cross-Government funding for 2019/20, meaning the Government will have invested over £4 billion in preparing for European Union exit since 2016. The Department has been allocated £50 million, as set out in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">HCWS1205</a>, laid before Parliament on 18 December 2018.</p><p>The Department is keeping the resources required to support preparations under constant review and together with the additional funding provided by HM Treasury, the Department may also prioritise funding from existing settlements to support necessary EU Exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:38:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1140423

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Ethnic Groups
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 BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to achieving a workforce representative of the society we serve and providing equality of opportunity, we monitor representation of all protected characteristics across the Department.</p><p>Providing diversity information relies on employees voluntarily completing their diversity information on our electronic HR system and we continue to encourage staff to complete their self-declaration.</p><p>The declaration rate for ethnicity with the Department is 67% (data as at 30 September 2018) and therefore it should be noted that the information provided below regarding black, Asian and minority ethnic staff refers only to staff who have completed their self-declaration. This information refers only to Departmental staff and does not include staff from our executive agencies or arm’s length bodies.</p><p>Grade 7 – 38</p><p>Grade 5 (SCS1) – 7</p><p>Grade 3 (Director) – Nil</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/07/2019 14:35:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1139669

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Preventive Medicine: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he plans to make available for the delivery of the forthcoming green paper on prevention.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	278539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>Specific spending commitments in the Green Paper will be met from existing budgets. The future of budgets outside of the NHS England resource settlement will be confirmed at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:20:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1139686

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Medical Equipment: UK Notified Bodies
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 adequacy of the number of notified bodies to service medical devices under the terms of the Medical Devices Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	278523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>New European Union Regulations for medical devices (MDR) entered into force in May 2017 and will fully apply from May 2020.</p><p>The new Regulations substantially strengthen the regulatory framework for medical devices and notified bodies are having to make significant changes to meet the enhanced requirements. These changes have the aim of improving the quality, consistency and rigour of notified body assessments, which was one of the Government’s key aims for the new legislation.</p><p>Ministers have met with and received letters from industry representatives who have raised concerns about capacity in the notified body sector across the EU to support the implementation of the MDR. The Government recognises the importance of having competent notified bodies across the EU in place in sufficient time to ensure continuity of supply of products to the United Kingdom market.</p><p>For this reason, at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council on 14 June, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford) raised the Government’s concerns about the readiness of critical infrastructure required to implement the MDR and the risk that some existing and new to market products will not be available to patients as a result.</p><p>We very much recognise the benefits of the new Regulations and the imperative of full implementation as soon as possible in the interests of patient safety. Therefore, at EPSCO the Government emphasised the importance of finding a coordinated solution at an EU level and we will continue to do what we can to influence these discussions.</p><p>In parallel with this activity, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been engaging with its notified bodies on an ongoing basis to ensure that sufficient resources are in place and notified bodies are prepared for the implementation of the new EU legislation. The MHRA is also offering a substantial amount of resource to the EU in order to support and expedite the designation process.</p><p>Through the Office for Life Sciences, the Government plans to work with stakeholders to come to a shared understanding of the issues and discuss what further mitigating action could be taken. Further engagement with industry will therefore take place in the short term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 277763 277764 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:00:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1139705

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	NHS: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association and other representative bodies on proposals to mitigate the effect of pension taxation on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	278568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is listening to concerns raised by doctors that pension tax charges are driving decisions to retire early or limit their National Health Service commitments, and has incorporated the views of the British Medical Association (BMA) and other key stakeholders into the consultation ‘NHS Pension Scheme: proposed flexibility’.</p><p>The consultation sets out a potential 50:50 option, offering 50% pension accrual and halved contributions. As part of the five-year general practitioner contract announced earlier this year, the BMA and NHS England asked the Government to consider introducing a 50:50 option as an appropriate flexibility, and the BMA have welcomed this as a step in the right direction.</p><p>The consultation period is an opportunity to listen to a range of views before reaching a final position that works for both staff and taxpayers. The Department encourages NHS staff and employers to contribute their views.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/07/2019 14:43:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1139818

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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: Children and Young People
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 plans to take to ensure that the target set out in the NHS long term plan that 50 per cent of teenagers and young adults with cancer will be able to take part in clinical trials by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	278391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is working with NHS England, cancer charities, teenage and young adult cancer patients, and clinicians towards meeting this NHS Long Term Plan commitment.</p><p>The NIHR Clinical Research Network has held two summits. The first summit, held in 2017, developed a clear strategy. The second summit, held in April this year, focused on ensuring that the strategy’s objectives were still fit for purpose, and that the right stakeholders were engaged to ensure successful delivery. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is now funding a dedicated teenage and young adult cancer research nurse in each of its 15 Local Clinical Research Networks, with posts made available from 1 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/07/2019 16:06:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1139889

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 272771 on Heart Diseases: Health Services, if he will estimate the number of patients with structural heart diseases who have been unable to access transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures by region in each year from 2015 to 2019; and if he will make an assessment of the effect of those levels of access on the mortality rates of those patients.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	278569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held and therefore it is not possible to make the requested estimate and/or assessment in relation to access to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:19:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1139924

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Health: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effect of trends in the level of poverty on the health of children and young people throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	278519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The circumstances we are born in to and the conditions in which we live all have a major bearing on our health and wellbeing. The Government remains committed to tackling poverty so that we can make a lasting difference to long-term outcomes. There is clear evidence about the importance of work in tackling poverty now and in the future. Households where all adults are in work are around six times less likely to be in relative poverty than adults in a household where nobody works. The Government has lifted 400,000 people out of absolute poverty since 2010 and the number of people in employment has increased by over 3.7 million, there are around one million fewer workless households and around 667,000 fewer children in such households.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 10:18:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock