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1580218

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
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 impact of changes to the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access rebate rate on (a) investment in late-stage clinical trials and (b) patient access to new medicines.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	131294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>We have not made a specific assessment of the potential impact of changes to 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access (VPAS) payment percentages on late-stage clinical trials and access to new medicines. An assessment relevant to these issues was published in December 2022 on the impact of changes to payment percentages in the associated Statutory Scheme for Branded Medicines.</p><p>Changes to the VPAS payment percentages reflect the scheme working as intended to adjust for increased sales of branded medicines to the National Health Service and are below the rate projected when the Scheme was agreed with industry in 2018.</p><p>The NHS has delivered a record number of access agreements since VPAS was agreed including many world and European-first agreements. The NHS has delivered world-leading uptake of some of the most important cancer and rare disease drugs, while also agreeing deals for a number of new cell and gene therapies.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/01/2023 16:47:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1580222

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Life Sciences
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 Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy on the impact of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing Access on the life sciences sector.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	131295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department engage regularly with their Ministerial counterparts on a range of issues, including those relating to the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing Access.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/01/2023 16:53:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1567065

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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	Life Expectancy: East of England
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings and recommendations on the health levelling up mission in the report by the East of England APPG and EELGA entitled Levelling up in the East of England - the East of England's progress towards the Government’s twelve levelling up missions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	123957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>We welcome the report published by the East of England APPG and East of England LGA on levelling up in the East of England. The Government is committed to the Levelling Up Mission to improve Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) by five years by 2035 and to narrow the gap by 2030. We are committed to supporting individuals to live healthier lives by improving access to and levelling-up health and care across the country. The Department continues to review how best to improve healthy life expectancy and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/01/2023 11:43:38 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1549620

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
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	Food: Research
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 his Department's Government Food Strategy, published on 13 June 2022, what progress his Department has made in developing dedicated guidance materials for companies developing novel foods and processes; and when she plans to publish that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	105459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has commissioned a wholesale review of the Novel Foods Regulatory Framework, identifying and critically evaluating a range of potential regulatory models, taking into account the UK regulatory landscape and drawing on international best practice and stakeholder views.</p><p> </p><p>The review is due to be completed by spring 2023 which will help inform guidance for novel food applications and stakeholders, later in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA is also working towards developing a new Regulated Products (RP) application system, which the FSA hopes to be in operation by Spring 2023. The new system will provide applicants more support at the front end of the service and there will be a number of steps prior to applicants submitting a new application to help them establish what information is essential for their application to progress. In addition, the development of a new landing page will provide more sophisticated step-by-step guidance to assist applicants and will offer direction to other FSA business areas should a RP application not be the most appropriate action.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 12/12/2022 14:55:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1463157

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	NHS: Medical Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made to (a) harness the potential of NHS health data for research purposes and (b) improve the interoperability of existing data sets.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	2512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>On 2 March 2022, the Department for Health and Social Care and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced a joint investment of £200 million in data infrastructure for research and development. Over the next three years, this will create a National Health Service-wide health data research and innovation infrastructure which enhances care and sustains the health and care system. This includes making data available to approved researchers in a streamlined and secure way which protects privacy through an interoperable system of Trusted Research Environments. NHS Digital is working with suppliers to ensure that systems across health and care are interoperable.</p><p>Through the NHS Standard Contract, NHS Digital is ensuring a common ‘language’ to identify citizens, care settings and the treatments provided. All data collected nationally and made available to research receives rigorous design to ensure it aligns to the standards in the Contract. The information standard for each dataset is incorporated into the requirements definition mandated on health and care providers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/05/2022 13:54:03 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1463158

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Clinical Trials: Patients
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 patient recruitment numbers in non-covid clinical trials to pre-pandemic levels.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	2513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>In May 2020, the National Institute for Health and Care Research issued a Restart Framework developed with stakeholders and the devolved administrations to support recommencing non-COVID-19 research activities, including patient recruitment.</p><p>In May 2021, a managed recovery approach was introduced to coordinate the recruitment to a sub-set of non-COVID-19 studies. This was intended to clear the path for other non-COVID studies paused or delayed in the early stages of the pandemic to return to the levels of recruitment that would normally be expected.</p><p>In March 2022, the Research Reset programme was launched, to request that research funders and sponsors review their study portfolios to assess the viability of delivery within existing capacity. The programme aims to focus resources on increasing recruitment to studies across all clinical areas, while ensuring that new studies can open and begin recruiting patients.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/06/2022 16:21:15 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1463159

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
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	Staff: 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 ensure that NHS staff have more opportunities to engage in research delivery.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	2514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Vision for the Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery published in March 2021 committed to create a research positive culture in the National Health Service and develop a sustainable and supported research workforce, offering rewarding opportunities and careers for healthcare and research staff. In 2021, the Phase 1 Implementation Plan set out plans for new professional roles, expansion of flexible workforce and delivery models and increased capacity for research in primary and community care. The Phase 2 Implementation Plan is currently being developed and is planned for publication in summer 2022.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/05/2022 15:30:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1439426

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
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	General Practitioners: Prescriptions
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 limit the over-prescription of medication by GPs to patients judged to be at risk from them.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	137342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>It is for a general practitioner or other responsible clinician to work with their patient to determine the most clinically appropriate treatment for the individual. In September 2021, we published a review of over-prescribing ‘Good for you, good for us, good for everybody’. It sets out actions to reduce patient harm by reducing unnecessary prescribing. A three-year national over-prescribing programme is being established to lead on implementation of the 20 recommendations in the review.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are implementing the recommendations in ‘Dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines: An evidence review’, published in September 2019 by the former Public Health England. A framework for action is also being developed to support integrated care systems and partners to optimise the delivery of personalised care for patients at risk of or experiencing prescribed drugs dependence or withdrawal.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/03/2022 10:03:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1402961

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
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	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 estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of lateral flow tests required daily, (b) the number of lateral flow tests the Government has available and (c) the cost of each lateral flow test.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	104339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate of the number of lateral flow device (LFD) tests required each day as demand varies significantly. We expect to distribute 90 million tests in the United Kingdom each week. We expect 400 million tests to be made available by the UK Health Security Agency in January. We are unable to provide the cost per test of each LFD test as this information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 26/01/2022 16:10:40 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1361885

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Pigs: Slaughterhouses
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 pigs were slaughtered in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland in each month of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	59811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for delivering Official Controls in abattoirs in England and Wales. Official Controls in Northern Ireland are delivered by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on behalf of the FSA. We are unable to provide the information requested for Scotland as this is a matter for Food Standards Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of pigs slaughtered in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>United Kingdom total excluding Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year Total: October to December 2018</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,258,502</p></td><td><p>7,814</p></td><td><p>441,823</p></td><td><p>2,708,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>803,768</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td><td><p>178,572</p></td><td><p>985,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>788,112</p></td><td><p>2,443</p></td><td><p>144,337</p></td><td><p>934,892</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>666,622</p></td><td><p>2,645</p></td><td><p>118,914</p></td><td><p>788,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year total for January to December 2019</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>8,912,967</p></td><td><p>28,586</p></td><td><p>1,787,680</p></td><td><p>1,072,9233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>768,372</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>174,284</p></td><td><p>944,746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>682,008</p></td><td><p>1,941</p></td><td><p>140,191</p></td><td><p>824,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>699,843</p></td><td><p>2,187</p></td><td><p>133,646</p></td><td><p>835,676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>752,207</p></td><td><p>2,477</p></td><td><p>162,470</p></td><td><p>917,154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>750,741</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>124,842</p></td><td><p>877,631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>658,189</p></td><td><p>2,319</p></td><td><p>127,991</p></td><td><p>788,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>770,109</p></td><td><p>2,689</p></td><td><p>162,514</p></td><td><p>935,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>749,714</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>147,700</p></td><td><p>989,781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>736,300</p></td><td><p>2,662</p></td><td><p>146,307</p></td><td><p>885,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>821,708</p></td><td><p>2,485</p></td><td><p>185,220</p></td><td><p>1,009,413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>786,061</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>149,850</p></td><td><p>938,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>737,715</p></td><td><p>2,662</p></td><td><p>132,665</p></td><td><p>873,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year total for January to December 2020</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>9,070,908</p></td><td><p>27,198</p></td><td><p>1,437,233</p></td><td><p>10,535,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>784,512</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>180,140</p></td><td><p>966,852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>695,637</p></td><td><p>2,043</p></td><td><p>140,442</p></td><td><p>838,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>781,534</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>146,904</p></td><td><p>930,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>739,660</p></td><td><p>1,845</p></td><td><p>120,979</p></td><td><p>862,484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>693,445</p></td><td><p>1,946</p></td><td><p>85,876</p></td><td><p>781,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>742,557</p></td><td><p>2,302</p></td><td><p>98,814</p></td><td><p>843,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>784,037</p></td><td><p>2,153</p></td><td><p>121,388</p></td><td><p>907,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>708,665</p></td><td><p>2,357</p></td><td><p>103,208</p></td><td><p>814,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>802,330</p></td><td><p>2,685</p></td><td><p>102,606</p></td><td><p>907,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>797,837</p></td><td><p>2,421</p></td><td><p>134,188</p></td><td><p>934,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>760,353</p></td><td><p>2,673</p></td><td><p>109,150</p></td><td><p>872,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>780,341</p></td><td><p>2,136</p></td><td><p>93,538</p></td><td><p>876,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year total for January to September 2021</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6,913,392</p></td><td><p>20,809</p></td><td><p>1,334,352</p></td><td><p>8,268,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>721,631</p></td><td><p>2,077</p></td><td><p>126,182</p></td><td><p>849,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>753,014</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>103,382</p></td><td><p>858,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>861,074</p></td><td><p>2,537</p></td><td><p>150,397</p></td><td><p>1,014,008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>784,809</p></td><td><p>2,024</p></td><td><p>187,611</p></td><td><p>974,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>744,365</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>147,534</p></td><td><p>891,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>781,702</p></td><td><p>2,560</p></td><td><p>148,433</p></td><td><p>932,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>756,250</p></td><td><p>2,183</p></td><td><p>177,362</p></td><td><p>935,795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>765,519</p></td><td><p>2,687</p></td><td><p>146,557</p></td><td><p>914,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>745,028</p></td><td><p>2,526</p></td><td><p>146,894</p></td><td><p>894,448</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 27/10/2021 08:51:20 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 27322 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner