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1521653

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: Streatham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased workloads in GP surgeries in Streatham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	63001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, published in February 2022, stated the ambition to reduce patient backlogs for planned National Health Service treatments and the government plans to spend more than £8bn from 2022/23 to 2024/25. We made £520 million available to expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. This was in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 by 2024 which includes supporting increased workloads in GP surgeries, including in Streatham. In September 2022, ‘Our plan for patients’ announced measures to support GP practices increase access and manage workload such as the provision of 31,000 phone lines and freeing up funding rules to widen the types of staff that work in general practice, including in Streatham.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2022 10:00:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24530 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1521662

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Plans: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that local authorities are required to hold a new public consultation when an (a) existing and (b) proposed local plan is replaced by a new local plan.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Oliver Dowden
uin	62871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Consultation requirements on the current local plan process are set out in <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2012%2F767%2Fregulation%2F18%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C74cd27f248c1436207f208dabcf58b55%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638030060029185215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ypYYMYveyw5BJgDcqCn9Vyw%2BpmXXBk%2FKCbjaEh8Fuck%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012</a> (‘the Local Plan Regulations’). In the initial stages of plan production, local planning authorities must comply with specific requirements in regulation 18 of the Local Plan Regulations on consultation, and with commitments in their Statement of Community Involvement. Local planning authorities must also make available each of the proposed submission documents they intend to submit to the Planning Inspectorate for examination to enable representations to come forward that can be considered at examination, under regulation 19 of the Local Plan Regulations.</p><p>In the reformed planning system, opportunities for communities and other interested parties to influence and comment on emerging plans will be retained, with the digital powers allowing both plans and underpinning data to be accessed and understood more easily.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/11/2022 17:21:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1521673

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Surgery: Bradford East
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 her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Bradford East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	62858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in Bradford East. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels. A proportion of this funding will be invested in workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p>The target to eliminate waiting times of two years or more for elective procedures was met in July 2022 and we aim to eliminate waiting time of eighteen months or more by April 2023. This will be achieved through increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector and engaging with patients to understand choices made regarding their care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 12:57:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1521692

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	General Practioners: York
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 her Department has made of the number of full-time equivalent fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in Training Grade, practicing in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency (i) on 13 October 2022 and (ii) in 2013.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	62877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/11/2022 16:03:09 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 24521 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1521736

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Blood: Shortages
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 she has made of the number of operations that will need to be cancelled due to the shortage of blood supplies in NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	62908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. NHS England is currently exploring options to identify the impact of blood supplies on the elective waiting list. NHS Blood and Transplant is deploying measures to increase capacity for blood collections, ensure stocks remain available for emergencies and urgent surgeries in the immediate term and increase future resilience to similar or new challenges, such as staff absences. These measures include fast-track training for new staff, use of agency staff to support frontline donation centres in the short term and plasma collection capacity has been converted to use for blood collections. NHS Blood and Transplant is encouraging existing donors to book an appointment to donate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/11/2022 15:19:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25555 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1521737

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	NHS Blood and Transplant: Vacancies
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 she has made of the level of staff vacancies at NHS Blood and Transplant as of 13 October 2022; and whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce the level of those vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	62909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is working with NHS Blood and Transplant, National Health Service professionals and NHS England to increase staff recruitment in blood donation operations. NHS Blood and Transplant is working with NHS England to deliver a modularised training programme to reduce the induction process for new staff and expects to fill current vacancies in its blood donation teams by November 2022.</p><p>There are currently 129 vacancies headcount with active recruitment continuing in NHS Blood and Transplant’s blood donation operations as of 13 October 2022. A further 112 posts have been recruited to, subject to appointment processes.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 31/10/2022 17:20:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 25556 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1521741

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Learning Disability: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that have been registered as having a learning disability in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	62918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. NHS Digital collects information on the number of children on learning disability registers for some general practitioner (GP) practices. However, this is not representative of the total number of children with a learning disability in England, as the coverage of the associated dataset is restricted to approximately 56% of GP practices. This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-and-care-of-people-with-learning-disabilities" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-and-care-of-people-with-learning-disabilities</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/11/2022 10:44:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 24526 answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson answering member 4592
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1521748

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: Nottingham South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Nottingham South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	62797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which contains measures to assist people make an informed choice on their general practitioner (GP) practice, book an appointment more easily, benefit from more care options and increase the diversity of general practice teams. This aims to increase the availability of appointment types, such as face-to-face, in England, including in Nottingham South.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s guidance states that GP practices must provide face to face appointments and remote consultations and should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  While remote consultations can provide additional choice, flexibility and convenience for patients, this is not suitable for all patients or in all circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2022 12:30:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24430 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1521754

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Surgery: Bolton South East
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 her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Bolton South East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	62765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including in Bolton South East. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels. A proportion of this funding will be invested in workforce capacity and training and we have committed to invest £5.9 billion for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p>The target to eliminate waiting times of two years or more for elective procedures was met in July 2022 and we aim to eliminate waiting time of eighteen months or more by April 2023. This will be achieved through increasing capacity, seeking alternate capacity in other trusts or the independent sector and engaging with patients to understand choices made regarding their care.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/11/2022 12:48:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1521756

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	General Practitioners: Bolton South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Bolton South East constituency..
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	62767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which contains measures to assist people make an informed choice on their general practitioner (GP) practice, book an appointment more easily, benefit from more care options and increase the diversity of general practice teams. This aims to increase the availability of appointment types, such as face-to-face, in England, including in Bolton South East.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s guidance states that GP practices must provide face to face appointments and remote consultations and should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  While remote consultations can provide additional choice, flexibility and convenience for patients, this is not suitable for all patients or in all circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/10/2022 12:45:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi