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1543631

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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	Autism: Assistance Animals
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 take steps to support a funded pilot project aimed to create a national blueprint for the provision of Autism Assistance Dogs.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	90899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care has no current plans to fund a pilot project aimed to create a national blueprint for the provision of Autism Assistance Dogs.</p><p>It is for local commissioners to ensure that the appropriate provision is available to meet the health and care needs of the local population, including considering whether they provide Autism Assistance Dogs as part of their provision. NHS England is developing a framework of best practice to assist commissioners to improve outcomes for autistic people.</p><p>Integrated care boards and National Health Service trusts should have due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines ‘Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: support and management’ and ‘Autism spectrum disorder in adults: diagnosis and management’. These evidenced guidelines set out how health and social care professionals can provide support for autistic people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/11/2022 16:41:02 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1537876

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Health: Disadvantaged
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 he has to reduce health inequalities.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	901966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken in relation to the Health Disparities White Paper.</p><p>The Department continues to review how health disparities can be addressed and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 01/11/2022 17:52:24 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1288960

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: Gyms
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 effect on public health of the closure of gyms as a result of covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	157333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government considers the impact restrictions may have on public health.</p><p>Whilst we recognise that exercise is important for people’s mental and physical health, gyms are high risk settings for spreading COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/03/2021 09:20:28 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1286898

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	Dental Services: Coronavirus
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 effect on health of missed dental appointments as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	154616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Dental practices have been able to open for face to face care from 8 June, with urgent provision backed up by over 600 urgent dental care centres across the country. The Department is working closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement and the Chief Dental Officer for England to increase levels of service, as fast as is safely possible.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have set out guidance that dentists should focus on care that is urgent, care to vulnerable groups and then overdue routine appointments. In circumstances where patients are unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through a National Health Service dental practice, they should contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/03/2021 12:39:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1286899

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	Dental Services: Coronavirus
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 financial effect of the fallow times required between dentistry appointments on a dentist's total funding from the Government, in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	154617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/03/2021 10:19:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1271114

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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	Social 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 progress has been made in setting up a commission to determine the future of adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	129160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to sustainable improvement of the adult social care system and will bring forward proposals in 2021. The long-term reform of social care is a complex topic, which requires full and thorough consideration, particularly in light of the current circumstances.</p><p>The Department has recently held detailed discussions with stakeholders about social care and the impact of COVID 19 on reform priorities, including a roundtable with workforce representatives. We will continue to work with and listen to stakeholders as reform plans develop.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/12/2020 16:17:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1271115

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his funding plans are for future adult social care provision.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	129161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>As part of the 2020 Spending Review the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Government will provide councils with access to an additional £1 billion for social care next year. In addition, we expect to provide councils with estimated funding of around £3 billion to help manage the impact of COVID-19 across their services, including in adult social care, and to compensate for income losses.</p><p>This funding will support local authorities to maintain care services while keeping up with rising demand and recovering from the impact of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2021 12:37:40 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1151449

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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 Visitors
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 estimate he has made of the number of health visitors in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	3796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:46:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1151451

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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 Visitors
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 assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of health visitors in England on children's health.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	3797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Health visiting is an essential part of broader early years family support. The number of health visitors employed by National Health Service organisations reported through Electronic Staff Records shows reduction, but this is not a complete picture of the workforce as this goes not include social enterprises, private sector organisations or local authorities. It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine how the programme is provided to their communities based upon local needs.</p><p>Data on mandated health visitor reviews shows national coverage remains above those achieved in 2015. However, there is variation at a local level. Data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>Progress against health and wellbeing outcomes for the zero to five years population, and inequalities in these outcomes, is published in Early Years Profiles at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles/data#page/1/gid/1938133223/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles/data#page/1/gid/1938133223/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:51:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

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