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1361749

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date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a response to the open letter from Cruelty Free International and eighty cosmetics industry organisations dated 19 August 2021 asking that no changes are made to the UK ban on cosmetics testing on animals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government can confirm, there has been no change to, and there is no plan to change, any of the legislation related to regulatory testing using animals in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 15:54:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361750

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Chemicals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the reasons for her Department’s decision to align its approach to regulatory chemical testing with the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The approach outlined in Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling reflects the approach already taken within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 15:56:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361751

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Chemicals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional number of animal tests that will be required to be carried out in the UK as a result of the decision to align with the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling and its approach to regulatory chemical testing.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>There will be no increase in animal testing carried out in the UK because the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling and its approach to regulatory chemical testing reflects the approach already taken in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 15:52:52 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361758

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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: Recruitment
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 additional GPs are required to match patient need.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>There is no national recommendation for the number of general practitioner (GPs) required to match patient need. Each general practice is required to provide services to meet the reasonable needs of their registered population. It is therefore necessary to consider the workforce for each practice including the range of health professionals available, who are able to respond to the needs of their patients.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/10/2021 16:43:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361759

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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 Professions: Termination of Employment
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 full time equivalent (a) GPs, (b) nurses and (c) other direct patient care staff have left the NHS and not been replaced since (i) September 2020 and (b) March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The data requested is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2021 10:56:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361760

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average payment to a GP practice per patient was in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes an annual summary of payments to general practices, including details of the average payment per registered patient for GP practices in England. The following table shows the data for 2016/17 to 2019/20. Information for 2020/21 is not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Payment per registered patient</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£152.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£153.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>£154.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>£155.46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Due to collection methods, the data should be treated with caution as some patients may be double counted or excluded from the data set.</p><p>Following a methodological change in 2018/19 to the way in which patient counts are calculated, England-level average payments per registered and weighted patient have been recalculated for 2016/17 and 2017/18 and provided by NHS Digital.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/10/2021 13:24:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361761

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Infectious Diseases: Disease Control
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 it his policy to work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to coordinate a national pandemic response for primary care to provide GP practices with increased resources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department continues to work closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement to support general practices during the pandemic. To assist general practice over the winter, we have introduced a £250 million national Winter Access Fund which can provide locums and support from other health professionals, such as physiotherapists and podiatrists, with a focus on increasing capacity to boost urgent same-day care.</p><p>We made an additional £270 million available from November 2020 until September 2021 to ensure general practitioners and their teams were able to continue to support all patients during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/10/2021 13:32:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361762

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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: Abuse
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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of abuse experienced by (a) GPs and their staff, (b) staff in hospitals and (c) emergency workers; what steps he is taking to fulfil the Government's commitment to work with organisations representing GPs and other health care organisations and staff on a national campaign to stop abuse of the NHS workforce; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made. However, action is being taken to protect and support staff through the national NHS Violence Reduction Programme, which includes improved training for staff to deal with violence and prompt mental health support for staff who have been victims of violence. On 14 October we announced that the Department and NHS England will work with trades unions and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to launch a zero tolerance campaign on abuse of National Health Service staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2021 11:15:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361763

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
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 it his policy to make face coverings mandatory with exemptions for those who cannot wear them in shops to reduce transmission of covid-19; by what means he is assessing the extent to which the Government's expectation and recommendation to continue wearing a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces where people come into contact with others whom they do not usually meet is being adhered to; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The ‘COVID-19 Response: Autumn and Winter Plan 2021’, published on 14 September, set out that if the data suggests the National Health Service is likely to come under unsustainable pressure, the Government will implement its prepared ‘Plan B’ for England. This will include measures to control transmission of the virus, such as requiring people to wear face coverings in some settings. The exact settings will be announced if ‘Plan B’ is implemented and it is likely that indoor settings would be included. The Department receives regular information and data on face covering usage and we continue to encourage people to wear face coverings.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 25/10/2021 15:42:09 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361764

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to make face coverings mandatory with exemptions for people who cannot wear them on public transport to reduce transmission of covid-19; by what means he is assessing the extent to which the Government recommendation to continue wearing a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with people you don’t usually meet is being adhered to on public transport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The success of the vaccination programme meant that at Step 4 of the Roadmap we were able to move away from legal restrictions. However, Government guidance sets out that members of the public should wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed areas where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 25/10/2021 11:18:06 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas