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1136511

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Carers: Vetting
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 ensure that (a) self-employed and (b) other carers that work with (i) elderly and (ii) vulnerable people are DBS checked.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	272918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The requirements for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for carers working with elderly and vulnerable people differ for those employed by a registered care provider, and those that are self-employed.</p><p>- DBS checks are not mandatory for self-employed carers, whether the individual requiring care is eligible for a personal health budget or is self-funding. It is for local authorities to inform individuals who choose to use a self-employed carer that while a DBS check is not mandatory, they may still want to obtain one as part of their overall risk management plan.</p><p>- All health and social care providers registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are responsible for checking the suitability of their staff. The CQC expects providers to undertake checks at the appropriate level for staff and volunteers who are eligible for them. They should consider the eligibility of everyone employed including contracted staff, temporary staff, bank staff, practitioners working under practising privileges, volunteers, students and learners and contractors. The CQC expects providers of the services it regulates to undertake the appropriate level of DBS check required for the care staff it employs. In all settings, the eligibility for checks and the level of that check depends on the roles and responsibilities of the job. The CQC has the power to take enforcement action if providers decide not to take up DBS checks on eligible staff, or if the provider cannot provide sufficient evidence of seeking appropriate assurances that a check has been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/07/2019 09:49:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1136522

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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: 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, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable access to less invasive treatments for structural heart diseases throughout the regions of England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	272771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The NHS England Specialised Cardiac Improvement Programme is working to streamline pathways for patients so they can access specialist teams able to offer advice on the full range of treatment options supported by evidence of effectiveness and long term patient outcomes.</p><p>NHS England Specialised Commissioning considers it is important that patients are aware of all treatment options and this includes access to less invasive treatments, where clinically appropriate. NHS England is currently considering less invasive interventions for structural heart disease as part of its 2019/20 clinical policy pipeline.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:15:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1136524

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Air Pollution: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on studies undertaken by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) on the effects on human health of (a) PM0.1 and (b) PM1.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	272727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England provides the Scientific Secretariat for the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants, an advisory committee of independent experts that provides advice to Government departments and agencies on how air pollution impacts on health. No assessment of the impact of PM1 and PM0.1 components of particulate air pollution has been produced.</p><p>A comprehensive list of the Committee’s publications can be accessed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comeap-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comeap-reports</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/07/2019 12:01:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1136526

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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
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 hold discussions with his counterparts in the devolved regions on recent changes in rates of cancer involving children to ensure reductions in all parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	272769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Health and social care, including cancer treatment and care, is a devolved matter. As such, no discussions are currently planned.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:13:09 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1136527

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings in The evaluation of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol report, published by NHS Scotland in June 2019, that alcohol sales in Scotland have dropped during the last year, while they have risen in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	272936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the harms associated with alcohol abuse very seriously and overall consumption of alcohol in England and Wales is on the decline.</p><p>There are currently no plans to implement minimum unit pricing in England. However, we will keep this under review as evidence emerges from Scotland.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272937 question first answered 08/07/2019 16:10:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1136528

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2018 to Question 169474 on Alcoholic Drinks: minimum unit pricing, when Public Health England’s review into the impact of minimum unit pricing of alcohol will be published.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	272937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the harms associated with alcohol abuse very seriously and overall consumption of alcohol in England and Wales is on the decline.</p><p>There are currently no plans to implement minimum unit pricing in England. However, we will keep this under review as evidence emerges from Scotland.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272936 question first answered 08/07/2019 16:10:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1136540

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Food: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish a response to the consultation on Further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, salt and sugar, published on 18 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	272950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of delivering measures outlined in chapter two of the childhood obesity plan, we have held consultations on ending the sale of energy drinks to children, calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector, restricting promotions of fatty and sugary products by location and by price, and introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for products high is fat, salt and sugar. The consultation on Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services runs until 13 August.</p><p> </p><p>We have received a high level of responses to the consultations and it is important we take the time to consider them carefully before we set out further action.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272951 question first answered 12/07/2019 11:01:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1136541

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the implementation of the recommendations in chapter two of the Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	272951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of delivering measures outlined in chapter two of the childhood obesity plan, we have held consultations on ending the sale of energy drinks to children, calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector, restricting promotions of fatty and sugary products by location and by price, and introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for products high is fat, salt and sugar. The consultation on Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services runs until 13 August.</p><p> </p><p>We have received a high level of responses to the consultations and it is important we take the time to consider them carefully before we set out further action.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272950 question first answered 12/07/2019 11:01:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1136543

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Silicosis: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of terminally-ill people with silicosis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	272924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of terminally ill people with silicosis is not held centrally. Terminally ill patients may be cared for in settings outside the National Health Service, for example at home or in hospice care.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/07/2019 12:10:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1136544

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Silicosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department holds on trends in the level of co-morbidity in people with silicosis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	272925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. It is only possible to identify silicosis treated in a hospital inpatient setting and by number of finished admission episodes, rather than the number of people living with the condition.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/07/2019 13:32:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan