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1150353

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Hearing Impairment: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether audiology Departments are required to collect data on the number of children identified as having hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>All paediatric audiology services are required to record paediatric screening, assessment data, diagnosis and treatment data onto the national online database called ‘Smart for hearing’. This is co-ordinated centrally by the Newborn Hearing Screening team in the National Screening Office at Public Health England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2019 11:46:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1150376

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Genomics: Data 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 the security of personal data created by genomic sequencing.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service is working with Genomics England to ensure the security of personal data created by genomic sequencing through the new pipeline for Whole Genome Sequencing in the NHS.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Genomics England has adopted a multi-layered approach to delivering cyber security and data protection for data generated from sequencing. The approach ensures that Genomics England data capture systems remain secure and are appropriately protected from external threats. Genomics England has engaged with the Department, NHS Digital and the National Cyber Security Centre to review the Genomics England Security Strategy and Policy and is working towards formal Cyber Security Accreditation during 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In April 2018, the Department launched the Data Security and Protection Toolkit. This covers the key data security and data protection requirements for health and social care organisations. Organisations can self-assess against it to demonstrate that they are meeting information governance requirements.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2019 15:10:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1150388

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons parents and children of people who have died after being infected by contaminated blood products do not receive on-going financial support.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	1790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) currently makes provision for <em>ex gratia</em> one-off payments to eligible spouses, civil partners and long-term partners for individuals meeting qualifying criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The EIBSS also makes provision to help with the costs of bringing up children of an infected beneficiary in the form of an income top-up payment. This is a discretionary monthly payment to increase household income to help with general living costs. These are means-tested payments for dependants who are defined as children of an infected beneficiary up to the age of 18 years, or up to 21 if in full-time education.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 the then Prime Minister announced the establishment of the Infected Blood Enquiry. This statutory inquiry chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff, will examine why men, women and children in the United Kingdom were given infected blood and/or infected blood products and the impact on their families. The Inquiry will consider the nature and the adequacy of the treatment, care and support (including financial assistance) and the Government will carefully consider any recommendations made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/10/2019 15:47:42 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150434

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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 Services: British Nationals Abroad
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 maintain free health care provision for British citizens living in the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	1769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a deal with the European Union and is working in an energetic and determined way to achieve this.</p><p>The United Kingdom Government has proposed to all Member States that we should maintain existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements, including the S1 scheme, until 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. These arrangements would safeguard healthcare for the hundreds of thousands of UK-insured persons who live in Europe.</p><p>I laid a Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-09-26/HCWS1832/" target="_blank">HCWS1832</a>) on 26 September 2019, setting out the Department’s progress on ‘no deal’ reciprocal healthcare arrangements, and updated information has been published on GOV.UK and NHS.UK on the situation for each Member State, including what arrangements have been put in place. These pages will be kept updated as further assurances from Member States are received.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 14:19:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1150452

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Surgery: East Riding
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 his Department has made of the effect on patient outcomes of the decision of East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group to delay access to elective surgical procedures for patients with a body mass index greater than 30.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the effect on patient outcomes following the introduction of East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to introduce its ‘Get Fit for your Operation’ programme in 2017 to support patients to live healthier lifestyles.</p><p>Treatment decisions should always be made by doctors based on patients’ clinical needs. CCGs have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the needs of their local population - the vast majority of treatments and services that patients need are offered routinely by the National Health Service. Where this is not the case, a clinician can make an individual funding request if they believe their patient’s circumstances are clinically exceptional.</p><p> </p><p>If there is evidence of rationing care, we expect NHS England to ensure the CCG is not breaching its statutory responsibility to provide services that meet the needs of the local population.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/10/2019 11:51:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1150464

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public appointments he is responsible for.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	1580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The public appointments that the Department is responsible for making are set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council 2019 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf" target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2019 10:58:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1150487

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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 Services: Romford
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 he has made of the change in the level of spending on NHS services in Romford constituency since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Information for Romford only is not available. However, the attached document from Havering Clinical Commissioning Group shows the levels of spending on NHS services for Havering.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2019 11:10:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name pq1608 formatted.xlsx title pq1608 table
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1150539

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Barts Health NHS Trust: Legal Costs
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 Barts NHS Foundation Trust spent on legal fees in relation to the case of Tafida Raqeeb v Barts NHS Foundation Trust and others in the High Court.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	1773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not issue guidance on legal action in best interests cases. Decisions around withdrawal of treatment in such difficult circumstances are never easy. It is important that families and medical experts communicate and, where possible, reach agreement on the best interest of the child. Medical ethics committees and mediation services are often involved in such cases, but each case will be different and must be considered on its own unique circumstances by those who are involved – the National Health Services trust, clinicians and parents/patients. Health care professionals have a duty to act in the best interests of their patients and when doctors and families do not agree about the best interests of a child the Courts can been asked, by either party, to make an independent judgement, as in the case of Tafida Raqeeb.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on the cost of best interest cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1774 question first answered 24/10/2019 10:56:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1150540

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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 Trusts: Civil Proceedings
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 the High Court judgment of 3 October 2019 on Tafida Raqeeb v Barts NHS Foundation Trust and others, if his Department will undertake a review of the guidance issued to NHS Trusts on taking legal action in the best interests of patients.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	1774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not issue guidance on legal action in best interests cases. Decisions around withdrawal of treatment in such difficult circumstances are never easy. It is important that families and medical experts communicate and, where possible, reach agreement on the best interest of the child. Medical ethics committees and mediation services are often involved in such cases, but each case will be different and must be considered on its own unique circumstances by those who are involved – the National Health Services trust, clinicians and parents/patients. Health care professionals have a duty to act in the best interests of their patients and when doctors and families do not agree about the best interests of a child the Courts can been asked, by either party, to make an independent judgement, as in the case of Tafida Raqeeb.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on the cost of best interest cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1773 question first answered 24/10/2019 10:56:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1150556

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Central Booking Service issued to women in Northern Ireland between the 22 October 2019 and 31 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	1547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government funded Central Booking System (CBS) has been in operation since March 2018 as a single point of contact for women in Northern Ireland to access abortion care in England. As part of the grant agreement in place with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service the service is delivered to an agreed service specification. The package of care offered to all women includes:</p><p>- a consultation including impartial information/advice, and where needed, counselling with an abortion provider in England. This process will include an assessment of whether the legal grounds for an abortion in England are met;</p><p>- an abortion procedure;</p><p>- HIV and sexually transmitted infection tests; and</p><p>- choice of contraception from the abortion provider</p><p>The CBS, and abortion care provided under the scheme, will continue to offer the same service and care package to women from Northern Ireland to access in England between 22 October 2019 and 31 March 2020, as has been in place since March 2018. The only change is that all travel and, where needed, accommodation is now paid for, without any means testing.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1548 1549 1552 question first answered 24/10/2019 10:38:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes