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1244827

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date	20/10/2020
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	Arthritis: Children
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 children have been diagnosed with arthritis in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>This data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 14:47:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244828

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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: Migrant Workers
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 overseas applications for jobs in social care are processed without delay.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Health and Care Visa on 4 August 2020, giving eligible overseas recruits quicker and cheaper access to a visa. Applicants for this visa are exempt from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge, pay 50% of visa fees and are guaranteed a decision within three weeks of biometric enrolment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 23/11/2020 23:03:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244829

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Lenders: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to prevent people made vulnerable as a result of the covid-19 outbreak from becoming victims of loan sharks.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government funds the Illegal Money Lending Teams (IMLTs) of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to tackle illegal money lenders, or ‘loan sharks’, via a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) levy on industry. The IMLTs also have powers to deal with wider criminality associated with loan sharks, such as violence and blackmail, and can seize the assets of convicted loan sharks to fund support for victims and raise awareness of the dangers of illegal lending in affected communities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and IMLTs are alert to the particular challenges faced by vulnerable consumers as a result of COVID-19 and continue to work together to ensure that this dangerous and illegal activity is stopped.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises that some people who are struggling with their finances at this challenging time may turn to loan sharks.</p><p> </p><p>That is one of the reasons why the Government has delivered unprecedented support for living standards, protecting livelihoods with the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, and temporary welfare measures amongst other support.</p><p> </p><p>To help people in problem debt get their finances back on track, an extra £37.8 million support package is being made available to debt advice providers this financial year, bringing this year’s budget for free debt advice in England to over £100 million.</p><p> </p><p>In May, the Government also announced the immediate release of £65 million dormant assets funding to Fair4All Finance, an independent organisation that has been founded to support the financial wellbeing of people in vulnerable circumstances. The funding is used to increase access to fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services, including credit, for those in financial difficulties.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2020 08:16:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244830

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to prevent road death among people over 60.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>Older Road Users are one of the Department for Transport’s four priority groups for road safety as outlined in our 2019 Road Safety Statement. Action focuses on support and advice for older people, and a programme of research including a review of the recommendations from the Older Drivers Task Force.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to fund and support a number of organisations to help older people to continue to drive safely, to deliver advice and support to older drivers and to develop an Approved Driving Instructor training course that is specific to the needs of older drivers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/10/2020 17:10:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244831

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to address trafficking gangs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery, and drug and firearms trafficking.</p><p>Our response to these threats is set out in:</p><ul><li>Serious and Organised Crime Strategy: (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/698009/serious-violence-strategy.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/698009/serious-violence-strategy.pdf</a>)</li><li>2019/20 Modern Slavery Annual Report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2020-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></li></ul><p>This year, the Home Office is providing £2 million funding to continue to support the police under the new Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Programme (MSOIC). This funding will enable us to support the police to drive forward work to increase modern slavery prosecutions and build capability to respond to organised immigration crime.</p><p>We are also investing £25m over two years (2019/20 to 2020/21) to boost law enforcement efforts to tackle the county lines model of drugs distribution, including through expanding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC), boosting operational activity in the three major exporting force areas (the Metropolitan Police, Merseyside, West Midlands), and increasing support for victims.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2020 12:51:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244832

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Carers
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 steps he has taken to provide support for family carers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role unpaid carers play, especially during this difficult period and we continue to work closely with carer organisations to support them.</p><p>During the pandemic, we have provided funding to Carers UK to extend their support phoneline, produced a leaflet to help carers identify themselves and published guidance specifically for carers and young carers, which includes further information about sources of support.</p><p>We have worked with the Social Care Institute for Excellence to publish guidance to help local authorities restart respite services. In addition, through the Government’s Infection Control Fund, we have extended some of this funding to be used to support day services adopt infection control measures to help them reopen safely.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 14:53:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244833

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to expedite approval for BAY1895344 to be available for cancer patients through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Once a medicine is licensed in the United Kingdom, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent an effective use of resources. The NHS in England is legally required to fund medicines recommended through a NICE appraisal, usually within three months of final guidance.</p><p><br>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring new medicines are assessed for quality, safety and efficacy before being licensed and made available for patients. The MHRA is also responsible for regulation of clinical trials in the UK. Authorisation to conduct a Phase I/II trial of BAY 1895344 been granted by the MHRA.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 04/11/2020 11:58:11 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244834

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Jaundice
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 people have been recorded as presenting with jaundice in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital does not hold the information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/11/2020 13:07:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244835

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Lung Diseases: Screening
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 his Department has taken to assess the accuracy of spirometry breathing tests.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong>In order for spirometers to be placed on the market they need to meet the requirements of the EU Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC. This requires that their manufacturer will be assessed by a third party certification body (Notified Body) who will check that the metrology requirements for the devices, including their accuracy, have been met. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) does not perform this function itself.</p><p>Once on the market, manufacturers are responsible for the safety and performance of medical devices on the United Kingdom market. We would ask manufacturers to investigate if we became aware of any potential safety or performance issues. Safety issues or adverse incidents can be reported to the MHRA via their Yellow Card Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 04/11/2020 11:55:12 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1244836

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
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	Diabetes and Heart Diseases: Research
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding for research into a possible connection between teenage heart disease and maternal diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	106353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and is the largest public funder of health research in the United Kingdom.</p><p>The NIHR funds a range of research in maternal and neonatal health focussing on the safety of maternity and neonatal services. The NIHR is not currently funding any specific research into a possible connection between teenage heart disease and maternal diabetes, but welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. It is not usual practice for the NIHR to ring-fence a proportion of its budget for research into particular topics or conditions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2020 16:13:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon