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1240745

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of people with sarcoma waiting more than six months for a diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	99669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>Healthcare providers have been asked to ensure that there is sufficient diagnostic capacity in COVID-19 secure environments through the use of independent sector facilities and the development of Community Diagnostic Hubs and Rapid Diagnostic Centres. Endoscopy capacity is being restored to normal levels, and the capacity of surgical hubs is being expanded to meet demand.</p><p>The National Health Service has continued to provide urgent and emergency services, including the diagnosis of cancers, throughout the outbreak and has run the ‘Open for Business’ media campaign to encourage people with potentially serious health issues, such as cancer, to continue to seek medical advice and attend essential appointments.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/10/2020 14:18:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1240746

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Health Education
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 increase public awareness of (a) sarcoma and (b) other less common cancers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	99670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England in partnership with NHS England and NHS Improvement, launched a new cancer campaign in October 2020 encouraging people aged over 50 who are experiencing persistent symptoms which are indicative of a broad range of cancers to contact their general practitioner. Campaign resources are available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/113-help-us" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/113-help-us</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/12/2020 09:05:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1240747

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Mortality Rates
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 is taking to improve (a) one-year and (b) five-year survival rates for people with sarcoma.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	99671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer is a top priority for the National Health Service, especially to help boost one-year and five-year survival rates in the future. That is why of one of the core ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan is to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage 1 or 2 by 2028, which would be up from the current rate of around 50%. The early diagnosis ambition includes rare and less common cancers, such as sarcoma cancer, but individual ambitions have not been set for different tumour types. However, success cannot realistically be achieved without making progress on cancers such as sarcoma.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, priority has been given to those Long Term Plan commitments that also support recovery, such as establishing Rapid Diagnostic Centres (RDCs). As of October 2020, 45 RDCs were live across England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 99672 question first answered 04/11/2020 11:27:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1240748

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Diagnosis
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 target of diagnosing 75 per cent of cancers early by 2028, what plans he has to ensure that diagnosis rates of sarcomas meet that target.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	99672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>Improving early diagnosis of cancer is a top priority for the National Health Service, especially to help boost one-year and five-year survival rates in the future. That is why of one of the core ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan is to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage 1 or 2 by 2028, which would be up from the current rate of around 50%. The early diagnosis ambition includes rare and less common cancers, such as sarcoma cancer, but individual ambitions have not been set for different tumour types. However, success cannot realistically be achieved without making progress on cancers such as sarcoma.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, priority has been given to those Long Term Plan commitments that also support recovery, such as establishing Rapid Diagnostic Centres (RDCs). As of October 2020, 45 RDCs were live across England.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 99671 question first answered 04/11/2020 11:27:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1240749

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that primary healthcare professionals are trained to spot (a) sarcoma and (b) other less common cancers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	99673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated referral guidelines for suspected cancer in June 2015. This was estimated to save up to 5,000 lives a year, with general practitioners urged to think of cancer sooner and lower the referral threshold for tests.</p><p>Health professionals and the organisations that employ them are expected to take NICE guidance into account when deciding what treatments to give people.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/10/2020 14:15:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1240750

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Diagnosis
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 is taking to improve early diagnosis of sarcoma in children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	99674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, through their Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Clinical Reference Group, is establishing Operational Delivery Networks (ODNs) to enable clinicians to lead and improve cancer pathways for children and young people with cancer, ensuring timely referral and diagnosis.</p><p>The recent publication of the 2020 Patient Survey report by the Bone Cancer Research Trust will assist ODNs with this task and the commencement of a clinical trial is supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement, as recommended, to establish the reasons behind and the consequences of delayed diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/12/2020 09:41:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1240011

registered interest
date	02/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Savings: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of enabling National Savings and Investments to reverse the recent reductions to its savings rates.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	98723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>NS&amp;I must balance the interests of savers, taxpayers and the broader financial services sector.</p><p> </p><p>After 6 months of offering often market-leading rates, NS&amp;I has announced interest rate reductions that will realign it with the rest of the retail savings market.</p><p> </p><p>NS&amp;I’s Net Financing target for 2020-21 was revised from £6 billion to £35 billion to reflect the Government’s funding requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic. NS&amp;I raised £14.5 billion in Net Financing from April to June. Demand for NS&amp;I products has remained at similarly high levels since then, making rate reductions necessary.</p><p> </p><p>With gilt yields currently at very low levels, government financing raised through NS&amp;I is much more expensive that that raised through gilt issuance. It is important that HM Treasury takes into account taxpayer value considerations when making financing decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/10/2020 08:23:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1238234

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Mohammed al-Roken
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Emirati counterpart on the political prisoner Mohammed al-Roken.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	96117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports concerning the detention of Mohammed al-Roken and are monitoring his case closely. The UK urges all countries to comply with their human rights obligations. Our close relationship with the United Arab Emirates allows us to discuss important issues such as human rights. We consistently underline the importance of political freedoms globally. This includes respect for the right to peaceful protest, the rule of law, and freedom of speech, the press, and assembly. We continue to raise concerns about individual cases regularly. Where the UK has cause for concern, we raise these concerns at official and Ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 01/10/2020 16:29:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1237920

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
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 is taking to improve the (a) quality, (b) currency and (c) UK-relevance of labelling information on alcoholic drinks.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	95699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has worked with the alcohol industry to ensure that alcohol labels reflect the Chief Medical Officer’s Low Risk Drinking Guidelines for drinks produced after 1 September 2019. The industry has committed to comply with this requirement.</p><p>Through ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’, published on 27 July, we are committed to consult before the end of the year on our intention to make companies provide calorie labelling on all pre-packaged alcohol they sell. The consultation will also cover introducing calorie labelling on alcoholic drinks sold in the out of home sector, for example bought on draught or by the glass.</p><p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 95700 question first answered 13/10/2020 14:46:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1237921

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
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 improve the labelling information on calorie and nutrition on alcoholic drinks.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	95700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has worked with the alcohol industry to ensure that alcohol labels reflect the Chief Medical Officer’s Low Risk Drinking Guidelines for drinks produced after 1 September 2019. The industry has committed to comply with this requirement.</p><p>Through ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’, published on 27 July, we are committed to consult before the end of the year on our intention to make companies provide calorie labelling on all pre-packaged alcohol they sell. The consultation will also cover introducing calorie labelling on alcoholic drinks sold in the out of home sector, for example bought on draught or by the glass.</p><p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 95699 question first answered 13/10/2020 14:46:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day