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899432

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to improve child health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	905179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants children and young people to get the best start in life, and recognises the lasting impact this has on their health outcomes. We take a `life course’ approach which includes early years support so that children are ready to learn. <br> <br> We have ambitious plans to reduce infant mortality and childhood obesity, improve children and young people’s mental health, and deliver a world-leading immunisation programme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/05/2018 16:02:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

899431

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the provision of mental health services for children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	905177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>We are making an additional £1.4 billion available in order to transform services and ensure access to specialist mental health services for 70,000 additional children and young people by 2020/21 each year. Our recent joint health and education Green Paper will revolutionise provision of services in schools, bolster links between schools and the National Health Service and pilot a four week waiting time.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/05/2018 16:00:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

900063

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Capita
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 primary care support services contract awarded to Capita in 2016, whether Capita's certificate of past performance for that contract was self-certificated.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	141688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>A requirement of the tender process for the primary care support (PCS) services contract awarded to Capita in 2015 was that potential suppliers had to submit a pre-qualification questionnaire demonstrating their technical and professional abilities as well as past performance in delivering contracts. Capita provided 15 certificates of past performance as part of their PCS tender in 2014, only five of which were ‘self-certified’. Where Capita ‘self-certified’, they provided an explanation of why they were unable to obtain a certificate.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/05/2018 11:41:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

900081

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which cancer screening programmes have been run in part or entirely by private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	141800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England contracts at a local level for cancer screening programmes and therefore related information is held by NHS England local teams.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the breast screening programme, NHS England has contracted with one independent sector provider – InHealth – which delivers screening services in three areas which are North and East Devon, Outer North East London, and Surrey and North East Hampshire.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 15:00:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

900078

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Cancer: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which cancer helplines have been outsourced to private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	141798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The current Breast Screening Helpline is the only cancer helpline answering queries from the public outsourced by Public Health England to a private company.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 10:28:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

900238

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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 Equipment: Certification Quality Marks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that the British Standards Institute should be able to continue to CE Mark medical devices after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	141773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and its Notified Bodies have been integral to ensuring a safe and harmonised regulatory environment within the European Union.</p><p>On 19 March 2018, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (David Davis) confirmed that the UK and EU have agreed a fixed implementation period of 21 months, lasting until December 2020. During this time, access to each other’s markets will continue on current terms, providing certainty for businesses and citizens across the EU and UK and time to prepare for the future.</p><p>The Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech of 2 March 2018 set out what we are aiming for. This included the ambition to agree a comprehensive system of mutual recognition for the trade of goods between the EU and UK – including medical devices. If agreed, this approach would ensure that, as now, products only need to undergo one series of approvals, in one country, to show that they meet the required regulatory standards - including UK based Notified Bodies being able to carry out assessments on behalf of the EU.</p><p>The outcome is dependent on negotiations, but both parties have a shared aim to protect the health of patients across Europe; and to ensure the safe and timely access to medical devices, even if our precise relationship will - by necessity - change.</p><p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. Our programme of analysis is constantly developing and evolving, and includes sectoral analysis. The Government is examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 141774 question first answered 11/05/2018 10:07:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

900205

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to promote the U=U campaign to reduce self-stigma of people who have HIV.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The U=U campaign is one component of HIV Prevention England activities undertaken on behalf of Public Health England (PHE). PHE funds HIV Prevention England, a consortium led by the Terrence Higgins Trust, to undertake national HIV prevention campaigns which aim to promote a variety of prevention approaches including combatting HIV stigma and discrimination, increasing condom use and access to HIV testing and raising awareness of treatment options that prevent either acquisition or transmission of infection.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 10:32:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

900082

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has updated statistics on the number of women affected by the breast cancer screening failure who subsequently died since his oral statement to the House on that matter of 2 May 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	141801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Work is ongoing between NHS Digital and Public Health England to refine the statistics of the number of women affected by serious issues with the NHS Breast Screening Programme. The Secretary of State will provide an update by the end of May when this work is completed.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 10:01:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

900197

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Care Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a fund to pay the historic back pay for sleep-in shifts directly to care workers.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the pressure that sleep-in backpay liabilities are placing on social care providers and is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector.</p><p>The Government has been working closely with representatives of the social care sector in order to ensure that we have a clear understanding of any impact the sector may face.</p><p>Any intervention to support the sector would need to be proportionate and necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 141872 question first answered 11/05/2018 10:35:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

900239

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Certification Quality Marks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has undertaken an impact analysis of the cost to the medical device industry of switching from a UK based Notified Body for CE marking to one in an EU Member State after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	141774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and its Notified Bodies have been integral to ensuring a safe and harmonised regulatory environment within the European Union.</p><p>On 19 March 2018, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (David Davis) confirmed that the UK and EU have agreed a fixed implementation period of 21 months, lasting until December 2020. During this time, access to each other’s markets will continue on current terms, providing certainty for businesses and citizens across the EU and UK and time to prepare for the future.</p><p>The Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech of 2 March 2018 set out what we are aiming for. This included the ambition to agree a comprehensive system of mutual recognition for the trade of goods between the EU and UK – including medical devices. If agreed, this approach would ensure that, as now, products only need to undergo one series of approvals, in one country, to show that they meet the required regulatory standards - including UK based Notified Bodies being able to carry out assessments on behalf of the EU.</p><p>The outcome is dependent on negotiations, but both parties have a shared aim to protect the health of patients across Europe; and to ensure the safe and timely access to medical devices, even if our precise relationship will - by necessity - change.</p><p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU. Our programme of analysis is constantly developing and evolving, and includes sectoral analysis. The Government is examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 141773 question first answered 11/05/2018 10:07:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield