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788437

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UK City of Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at which locations staff of her Department working on issues related to (a) Hull City of Culture 2017 and (b) other City of Culture bids are based.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport staff working on UK City of Culture are based in 100 Parliament Street. The team have visited each of the five cities shortlisted to host UK City of Culture 2021 and regularly visit Hull.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/11/2017 15:41:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788524

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that (a) all reserves held by the (i) Caxton Foundation, (ii) Eileen Trust and (iii) Macfarlane Trust and (b) all money left in trust with those charities for a specific purpose continues to be spent on beneficiaries affected by the contaminated blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The former administrators of the infected blood payment schemes are developing a range of initiatives to distribute any reserves or funds held by them to beneficiaries and their families. Accounts will continue to be published for each scheme until they cease operating.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/11/2017 13:35:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788527

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that all files held by (a) the Macfarlane Trust, (b) the Caxton Foundation, (c) the Eileen Trust, (d) the Skipton Trust and (e) MFET Ltd are made available to the contaminated blood inquiry in the event that those bodies are decommissioned in the 2018-19 fiscal year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>On 3 November the Cabinet Office made a Written Ministerial Statement stating that the inquiry would take a statutory form, under the Inquiries Act 2005, and that Cabinet Office would be the sponsoring department.</p><p> </p><p>The Terms of Reference of the inquiry will therefore be agreed between Cabinet Office Ministers and the inquiry Chair. A statutory inquiry held under the Inquiries Act 2005 has the power to compel witnesses to share relevant files and give evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are working with the former infected blood payment schemes to confirm arrangements for the long term storage and access to records once the schemes have closed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/11/2017 13:43:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788533

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 5280, on NHS: land, what proportion of the housing units (a) in each of those trusts and (b) across England will be (i) affordable and (ii) social rented units.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The data held centrally related to the Public Land for Housing programme 2015–2020 does not contain details about the tenure of the associated properties developed on the land released by public authorities. Affordable housing provision on any given site will be decided at a local level, by the local authority in line with their policies and local affordable housing requirements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/11/2017 12:24:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788534

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) plans to make arrangements for NHS prescription pre-payment certificates for people affected by the contaminated blood scandal; and if he will take steps to ensure that all EIBISS primary beneficiaries are universally entitled to prepayment certificates without the need for a means-test.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>As part of the discretionary support arrangements being put in place under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS), being run by NHS Business Services Authority, any beneficiary who is not entitled to receive free prescriptions will be able to apply for a pre-payment certificate which will be paid for by the EIBSS; this provision will not be means tested. These arrangements continue the pre-existing support provided by the former payments schemes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 12:04:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788535

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of English registrants of the (a) Caxton Foundation, (b) Macfarlane Trust, (c) Eileen Trust, (d) Skipton Fund and (e) MFET Ltd have not yet registered with the NHS Business Services Authority to receive support under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Less than 2% of the beneficiaries of the payment schemes that have been contacted to seek their consent to have their personal data transferred to NHS Business Service Authority have not responded. Efforts are being made to ensure that all beneficiaries who wish to continue receiving support have given their consent for their data to be transferred.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 12:05:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788537

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the bereaved former partners, widows and widowers of people now deceased who were infected by contaminated blood who subsequently (a) marry another person, (b) cohabit with a new partner or (c) form a civil partnership with a new partner will be eligible for financial support under the England Infected Blood Support Scheme on the same basis as people who do not so marry, cohabit or form a civil partnership.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>All widows, widowers and bereaved former partners of people who were historically infected with hepatitis C and/or HIV from National Health Service supplied blood or blood products may still qualify for support and assistance payments from the England Infected Blood Support Scheme irrespective of changes in their personal circumstances, such as re-marriage. The widow, widower or bereaved former partner should apply for discretionary support as previously.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 12:01:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788538

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Under-Secretary of State for Health of 6 November 2017, Official Report, column 1306, what progress has been made on looking into the matter of the length of abortion waiting times; and if the Government will (a) set maximum waiting times for abortions and (b) publish regular statistics on abortion waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health approves independent sector providers to perform abortions and all providers must agree to comply with the Department’s Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs). Under the RSOPs set:</p><p> </p><p>- Women should be offered an appointment within five working days of referral or self-referral;</p><p> </p><p>- Women should be offered the abortion procedure within five working days of the decision to proceed; and</p><p> </p><p>- The total time from access to procedure should not exceed ten working days.</p><p> </p><p>These good practice standards are in line with clinical guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.</p><p> </p><p>Women can choose to delay appointments/booked procedures and this should always override issues of timeliness.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/11/2017 16:48:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788539

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	LIFE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Under-Secretary of State for Health of 6 November 2017, Official Report, column 1307, what progress has been made on looking into the decision to award the Life charity with money from the tampon tax fund.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Life Charity was one of 53 charities awarded Tampon Tax funding across England.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the grant agreement, Life will not be able to use the Tampon Tax grant to fund its counselling service, or its 'Life Matters Education Service' and is prohibited from spending the money on publicity or promotion. The grant is for a specific service in west London that aims to support vulnerable, homeless or at risk pregnant women (who have already decided to keep their babies) and mothers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/11/2017 11:11:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

788550

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will add sarcoidosis to the list of medical conditions which qualify someone for a medical exemption certificate to receive free NHS prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	112690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to change the list of medical conditions which provide for exemption from prescription charges because arrangements exist to ensure that prescriptions are affordable for everyone. A broad range of prescription charge exemptions are in place, for which someone with a long-term condition may qualify. To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12 month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/11/2017 14:52:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson