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1148172

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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: Drugs
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 availability of medicines in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	294144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for leaving the European Union. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the uninterrupted supply of medicines and medical products once we have left the EU.</p><p>The Department, as part of our EU exit preparations, is implementing a multi-layered approach to mitigate potential disruption to supply, which consists of stockpiling where possible, securing freight capacity, changing or clarifying regulatory requirements, procuring additional warehousing, working closely with industry to improve trader readiness and putting in place the National Supply Disruption Response to manage potential shortages. Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 13:51:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1148176

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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: Brexit
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 Government's worst case contingency plans related to his remit on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	294145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Operation Yellowhammer is a cross-Government programme of work to ensure that the United Kingdom is prepared to deal with the potential reasonable worst-case scenario impacts of leaving the European Union without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 September, the Government published planning assumptions for exiting the European Union without a deal at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-humble-address-moion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-humble-address-motion</a></p><p> </p><p>An updated version will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>These include the Department’s planning assumptions relating to the continuity of medicines and medicine supplies, the provision of healthcare to UK nationals within EU Member States, and the provision of adult social care after we have left the EU. The Department maintains robust operational plans to ensure the continuity of services from the National Health Service and wider health and social care system, regardless of circumstances, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 10:22:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1146813

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
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	5G: Health Hazards
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 level of risk to health posed by 5G connectivity.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	291574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has published a webpage about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p>This explains the health-related reviews and assessments have been performed, as well as the practical measures that are in place to protect public health.</p><p>PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves, including in relation to base stations, and is committed to updating its advice as required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/10/2019 16:32:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144677

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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: Capital Investment
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 capital funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by (i) NHS foundation trusts and (ii) NHS trusts per capita in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	286728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>National Health Service capital expenditure by NHS providers is funded in large part through their ability to generate income via trading activity with Commissioners. This internally generated financing is supplemented by Departmental financing in the form of repayable capital loans and Public Dividend Capital (PDC) for specific strategic initiatives, for example sustainability and transformation partnerships funding; for investment to address pressures on urgent and emergency care over the winter period or for investment in strategic technology fields.</p><p>Details of these investments can be found in the annual report ‘Financial Assistance under Section 40 of the National Health Service Act 2006’, which is published alongside the Department’s Annual Report. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>The following table provides detail of the outturn Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) for foundation trusts and NHS trusts over the past five years.</p><p>It is not possible to provide this information ‘per capita’ as there is no fixed population or geographical boundary for any given hospital trust.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foundation Trust CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)</p></td><td><p>1,925,555</p></td><td><p>1,795,693</p></td><td><p>1,815,837</p></td><td><p>2,061,023</p></td><td><p>2,380,091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)</p></td><td><p>1,381,276</p></td><td><p>1,146,203</p></td><td><p>1,049,501</p></td><td><p>1,002,017</p></td><td><p>1,551,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total NHS Provider CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)</p></td><td><p>3,306,831</p></td><td><p>2,941,896</p></td><td><p>2,865,338</p></td><td><p>3,063,040</p></td><td><p>3,931,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:54:15 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144678

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Medical Records: Databases
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 (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS foundation trusts have implemented an Electronic Patient Record system; and how many patients’ records are recorded on those systems.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	286729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that currently there are 71 National Health Service trusts and 108 NHS foundation trusts who have implemented an Electronic Patient Record System. NHS Digital does not routinely collect data on the overall number of patients’ records and therefore the number of patient’s records is not held on the Electronic Patient Record System.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 16:30:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144679

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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: Capital Investment
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 bids for capital spending (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement have (i) accepted and (ii) fully funded in each of the last five years; and what the total value was of those bids in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	286730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of bids received by the Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement for capital spending are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:55:14 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1144680

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Hospitals: Heating
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 overheating occurrences triggering a risk assessment were recorded by (a) NHS trusts and( b) foundation trusts in (i) England and (ii) Totnes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	286731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 17:19:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1136934

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Smoking
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 July 2017 tobacco control plan for England, when the Government plans to announce a date for achieving its smokefree generation target of smoking prevalence at 5 per cent or below.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	273383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s vision, as set out in the Tobacco Control Plan for England published in 2017, is to create a smokefree generation by reducing adult smoking prevalence to 5% or below. The current smoking rates for England are 14.4%, the lowest on record. The Government has not yet committed to a date by which to achieve a smokefree generation but continues to keep progress on reducing prevalence under close review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/07/2019 16:19:44 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1136935

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Smoking: Health 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 steps he is taking to ensure that tobacco companies have no involvement in (a) smoking cessation services and (b) public health campaigns.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	273384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a signatory to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The Government takes very seriously its treaty obligations, including the commitment under Article 5.3 to protect public health policies with respect to tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry. It expects all public bodies to follow comply with the FCTC Secretariat’s guidance on this Article.</p><p>To remind the National Health Service of this commitment, NHS England issued a note to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the CCG bulletin dated 26 July 2018. Public Health England (PHE) has also written to local authorities and Directors of Public Health advising against such partnerships, a message reiterated in the PHE blog. The blog is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2018/01/05/duncan-selbies-friday-message-5-january-2018/" target="_blank">https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2018/01/05/duncan-selbies-friday-message-5-january-2018/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/07/2019 16:12:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1132427

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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: Health Services
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 patients have received whole genome sequencing through the NHS; and how many of those patients had a type of blood cancer.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	265508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service has committed to sequencing 500,000 whole genomes by 2023/24.</p><p>During 2019, the NHS will begin to offer whole genome sequencing (WGS) as part of clinical care for:</p><p>- Seriously ill children likely to have a rare genetic disorder;</p><p>- People with one of 21 rare conditions where current evidence supports early adoption of WGS as a diagnostic test; and</p><p>- People with specific types of cancer for which there is likely to be the greatest patient benefit from using WGS – children with cancer, sarcoma and Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.</p><p> </p><p>As the price of whole genome sequencing falls and the evidence improves, we envisage that it will be extended to more conditions and therefore more patients.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 265509 265510 question first answered 20/06/2019 15:34:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston