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1287002

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Meller Group: Coronavirus
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 publish the attendees at negotiations for the contracts awarded to Meller Designs to help deliver the Government’s covid-19 response.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	154923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Six contracts with a total value of £163.6 million have been awarded to Meller Designs for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). The Contract Award Notices and contracts have been published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ab193f8-1126-462d-b527-9f0847a26ed3?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ab193f8-1126-462d-b527-9f0847a26ed3?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d75c9b0a-da7e-48a4-8144-08b1f7bc6230?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d75c9b0a-da7e-48a4-8144-08b1f7bc6230?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9aa5f29-f5b9-47ce-9253-f2fe215808e4" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9aa5f29-f5b9-47ce-9253-f2fe215808e4</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f7b52f6-cb0c-49fd-a7df-1efecca43365" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3f7b52f6-cb0c-49fd-a7df-1efecca43365</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4c3aae51-8916-4a19-b1f1-8496af12b72a" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4c3aae51-8916-4a19-b1f1-8496af12b72a</a></p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aec7a74a-2f63-4bb6-9731-3219d208dc1b" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aec7a74a-2f63-4bb6-9731-3219d208dc1b</a></p><p>All offers of PPE from suppliers received the same eight stage assurance process which selected suppliers based on the product type, clinical acceptability, price, forecasted delivery dates, volume and financial standing. This was all managed by a team of around 450 officials from a number of Government departments, who conducted the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 154590 question first answered 25/02/2021 15:16:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1289478

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	NHS: Procurement
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 the Government has to hold itself accountable for procurement practices under the terms of the new NHS White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	158021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service is currently consulting on the proposal for a new provider selection regime. The central requirement of the proposed new regime is that arrangements for the delivery of healthcare services must be made in a transparent way, in the best interests of patients, taxpayers and the population. All other procurement will continue to be subject to Cabinet Office procurement processes.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/03/2021 12:19:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1289617

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Patient Safety Commissioner
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 Patient Safety Commissioner's responsibilities are planned to be.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	158108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Commissioner’s core role will be to promote the safety of patients and the importance of the views of patients in relation to medicines and medical devices.</p><p>The Commissioner’s statutory functions include the power to make reports or recommendations and the power to request and share information with relevant persons, either in the National Health Service or independent sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 01/03/2021 11:54:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1289652

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Surgery: Waiting Lists
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 number of people who were on the waiting list for NHS operations who have now received private operations.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	158225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Between March and December 2020, 562,620 patients across England were removed from the National Health Service waiting list following treatment by private providers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/03/2021 12:20:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1289709

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
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 the Government has decided not to implement recommendation 3 of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review to create a new independent Redress Agency for people harmed by medicines and medical devices.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	157976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to establish a redress agency as set out in recommendation three of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review. The Government is able to establish redress schemes on individual issues without the need for a new organisation and has done so several times.</p><p>We have prioritised a new safety regime for devices to reduce the risk of harm occurring.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 01/03/2021 11:51:34 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1288556

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to medical research charities during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	912281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>We have some of the finest, globally-recognised medical research charities right across the United Kingdom, which are an integral part of our world-leading life sciences sector. Last week I met medical research charities to discuss what more we can do to support them and our life sciences sector as a whole go from strength to strength across all parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/02/2021 17:03:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans

1288557

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the NHS in tackling future waves of coronavirus.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	912282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>We have made over £59 billion available this year to support the response to COVID-19 and are committing a further £20.3 billion in 2021/22, of which £3 billion is to support National Health Service recovery from the impact of the pandemic.</p><p>The Government continues to ensure the NHS has the resourcing and support it needs to meet any pressures or costs arising from its continued response to COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/02/2021 16:37:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1288558

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Obesity: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the obesity strategy on the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	912284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>The Healthy Weight Strategy is not about making food more expensive or restricting people’s choices, but helping people eat healthier with the money they have.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/02/2021 16:05:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1288559

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	What steps his Department has taken to ensure that the covid-19 vaccination programme provides protection for people with weak immune systems.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	912287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>As per the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) advice, many immunosuppressed individuals qualify for vaccination in priority groups four or six. For those whom the vaccination is not advised, a general practitioner or relevant clinician will host a consultation. It is important that clinically extremely vulnerable people should continue following government advice on reducing risk. The United Kingdom is leading the way on vaccine research. As soon as sufficient evidence becomes available, the JCVI will provide advice on strategies to protect immunosuppressed individuals and consider if certain vaccines are preferred for particular groups.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/02/2021 15:45:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1288560

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	What recent discussions he has had with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the covid-19 vaccination of immuno-suppressed individuals.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	912294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>As per the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) advice, many immunosuppressed individuals qualify for vaccination in priority groups four or six. For those whom the vaccination is not advised, a general practitioner or relevant clinician will host a consultation. It is important that clinically extremely vulnerable people should continue following government advice on reducing risk. The United Kingdom is leading the way on vaccine research. As soon as sufficient evidence becomes available, the JCVI will provide advice on strategies to protect immunosuppressed individuals and consider if certain vaccines are preferred for particular groups.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/02/2021 15:46:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake