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1401325

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for the Home Department about the impact of Health and Care Bill proposals on multi-agency safeguarding arrangements between health, the police and local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	100500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education and the Home Office met in May 2021 to discuss the implications of the Bill for child safeguarding. Officials are considering and mitigating any impacts of the Bill for multi-agency child safeguarding arrangements through regular discussions and will continue to do so throughout the passage of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:27:36 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1401326

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Children: Protection
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 the accountable officer for health in multi-agency safeguarding partnerships has the (a) seniority and (b) health expertise required to commit the Integrated Care Board to decisions on policy, resourcing and practice matters following the transfer of statutory responsibility for child safeguarding from Clinical Commissioning Groups to Integrated Care Boards under the proposals in the Health and Care Bill.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	100501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’ designates accountable officers or chief nurses of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and their counterparts in local authorities and police forces as representatives of the three safeguarding partners in an area. This provides an equal and joint responsibility for local child safeguarding arrangements. All existing child safeguarding responsibilities for CCGs will transfer to the respective integrated care board. The guidance sets out clear expectations on appropriate delegation and this will continue to apply to safeguarding partners for health.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:29:07 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1401327

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Integrated Care Boards: 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 steps he will take to assess the effectiveness of Integrated Care Boards in delivering the statutory child safeguarding responsibilities transferred to them under the Health and Care Bill's proposals.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	100502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>All existing child safeguarding responsibilities on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) will transfer to the respective integrated care board, which must continue to have regard to the duties on safeguarding partners set out in the statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children’.</p><p>NHS England has a responsibility to safeguard all users of its services, including children. It assures this responsibility, including the safeguarding duties currently with CCGs, through the NHS Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework. This is supported by the Safeguarding Commissioning Assurance Toolkit, its network of Regional Safeguarding Leads, and the designated and named professionals for safeguarding in every CCG, general practitioner practice and relevant health provider. This will continue to apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:47:12 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1401328

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Children: Protection
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 impact of Health and Care Bill proposals to amalgamate Clinical Commissioning Groups into Integrated Care Boards on the geographical boundaries of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	100503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Many local child safeguarding partnerships already work across the different geographical footprints of local authorities, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and police forces. ‘Working together to safeguard children’ sets out the expectations for how partnerships should work across geographical boundaries, including on appropriate delegation where a senior leader is responsible for more than one partnership. All existing child safeguarding responsibilities for CCGs will transfer to the respective integrated care board, which must continue to have regard to the duties on safeguarding partners in ‘Working together to safeguard children’.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 18/01/2022 16:43:35 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1387680

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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: Vaccination
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 his Department is taking to increase the uptake of the covid-19 vaccine among pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	92886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>Vaccine toolkits for local services, stakeholders, partners and employers address concerns around pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility. Additionally, we have shared case stories in the media of women of childbearing age who have received the COVID-19 vaccine before, during or after pregnancy to reassure women with concerns. Locally, we have supported webinars and engagement sessions focused on women’s concerns and tailored to demographic groups. We have also introduced new communications through social media focused on younger women.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with regional teams and providers to ensure that advice on vaccination in pregnancy, including the risks and benefits, is being offered antenatally and that information materials are available across antenatal and primary care settings. NHS England and NHS Improvement have asked maternity and primary care services to support all general practitioners, practice nurses, midwives and obstetricians to give objective, evidence-based advice to women on vaccination in pregnancy at every antenatal contact.</p><p>Local systems are encouraged to implement best practice on vaccinating pregnant women opportunistically during maternity appointments wherever possible. All National Health Service regions have pathways with maternity providers in place, to facilitate antenatal vaccination through mobile or pop-up clinics, those at maternity sites or local or national vaccination centres. We are currently considering a targeted approach for the identification and invitation of pregnant women under the age of 18 years old.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/12/2021 14:59:54 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1387263

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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	Smoking: Health Education
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 his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	91931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department spent an estimated £1.32 million on smoking cessation promotion in 2020/21.</p><p>This figure includes expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national and regional press, outdoor, social and digital advertising. However, it does not include other expenditure on recruitment advertising, media partnerships and paid searches.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 10/01/2022 13:02:51 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1381406

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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
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 his Department is taking to monitor long covid.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	80281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department uses estimates from the Office for National Statistics of self-reported ongoing symptoms following COVID-19 infection to inform decision-making. Since September 2021, NHS England and NHS Improvement have also published activity data and demographic information for patients referred to a post-COVID-19 assessment service.</p><p>Additionally, the Department has invested over £50 million in dedicated research to improve knowledge and understanding of the condition.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 29/11/2021 12:23:45 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1381409

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Vaccination
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 the Government’s Vaccine Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	80282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The publication of England’s national Vaccine Strategy has been delayed as a result of the Department’s ongoing focus on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Strategy is being kept under review, including new developments from the COVID-19 vaccine and extended National Health Service flu programme.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 02/12/2021 10:35:49 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1354945

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Nurses
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 grants were awarded by Health Education England to enable existing and aspiring nurses to train as non-medical practitioners to support the prostate cancer workforce in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 September 2021 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-03/41820" target="_blank">41820</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 16/09/2021 14:14:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1354946

registered interest
date	13/09/2021
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	Prostate Cancer: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England’s Monthly Provider Based Data and Summaries, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the data set out in those publications that shows 50,000 fewer referrals for suspected prostate cancer patients than historical trends during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>We are encouraging all those with cancer symptoms to come forward for treatment, though media engagement such as the ‘Help us to help you ‘campaign. There are currently eleven urology or prostate Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC) pathways operational or in development, some of which cover multiple hospital sites. RDCs have been developed to deliver faster and earlier cancer diagnosis, including for prostate cancer. RDCs will be the default model for all cancer pathways across all 21 Cancer Alliances in England by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 48193 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:47:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman