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1639976

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
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	Radiology: Staff
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 the number of trained interventional radiologists in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	186712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>As of October 2022, there were 1,588 full-time equivalent doctors in training in the clinical radiology specialty in the National Health Service in England. This is an increase of 252, 18.9%, since 2019.</p><p>The Government funded an additional 20 Specialty Training year six (ST6) places for interventional radiologists in 2021/22 and 2022/23. These increases in the overall radiology workforce will increase the number of radiologists who can train to deliver interventional radiology and expand national capacity for the paediatric interventional radiology workforce.</p><p>To support the workforce as a whole, we have commissioned NHS England to develop a Long Term Workforce Plan, which will include independently verified forecasts for the number of healthcare professionals required in future years. The Plan is for the whole of the NHS workforce, it will not provide detailed workforce assessments for individual services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/06/2023 14:55:26 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1625891

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish guidance for businesses on the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	183958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The government published the draft Border Target Operating Model in April. This sets out plans to introduce security and biosecurity controls from 31 October in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with.</p><p>The relevant business stakeholders informed us before publication that they will need time to prepare for these changes, and our phased approach to implementation is designed to give them this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working closely with businesses to get this right - the current period of engagement helps us to gather views on our draft proposals from businesses in the UK and overseas, to explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost of preparing for regulatory change will vary from business to business, however the Government is working closely with businesses to help them understand what they need to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also using the engagement period to ensure that UK and international businesses and their supply chains are aware of and understand the new requirements and are ready for these changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a final version of the Border Target Operating Model, providing further detail where needed, in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 183959 183960 183961 question first answered 16/05/2023 16:58:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1625892

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the costs to business of preparing for the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	183959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The government published the draft Border Target Operating Model in April. This sets out plans to introduce security and biosecurity controls from 31 October in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with.</p><p>The relevant business stakeholders informed us before publication that they will need time to prepare for these changes, and our phased approach to implementation is designed to give them this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working closely with businesses to get this right - the current period of engagement helps us to gather views on our draft proposals from businesses in the UK and overseas, to explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost of preparing for regulatory change will vary from business to business, however the Government is working closely with businesses to help them understand what they need to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also using the engagement period to ensure that UK and international businesses and their supply chains are aware of and understand the new requirements and are ready for these changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a final version of the Border Target Operating Model, providing further detail where needed, in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 183958 183960 183961 question first answered 16/05/2023 16:58:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1625893

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the potential impact on supply chains of implementing the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	183960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The government published the draft Border Target Operating Model in April. This sets out plans to introduce security and biosecurity controls from 31 October in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with.</p><p>The relevant business stakeholders informed us before publication that they will need time to prepare for these changes, and our phased approach to implementation is designed to give them this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working closely with businesses to get this right - the current period of engagement helps us to gather views on our draft proposals from businesses in the UK and overseas, to explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost of preparing for regulatory change will vary from business to business, however the Government is working closely with businesses to help them understand what they need to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also using the engagement period to ensure that UK and international businesses and their supply chains are aware of and understand the new requirements and are ready for these changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a final version of the Border Target Operating Model, providing further detail where needed, in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 183958 183959 183961 question first answered 16/05/2023 16:58:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1625894

registered interest
date	05/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Import Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the timescales for businesses to prepare for the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	183961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The government published the draft Border Target Operating Model in April. This sets out plans to introduce security and biosecurity controls from 31 October in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with.</p><p>The relevant business stakeholders informed us before publication that they will need time to prepare for these changes, and our phased approach to implementation is designed to give them this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are working closely with businesses to get this right - the current period of engagement helps us to gather views on our draft proposals from businesses in the UK and overseas, to explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost of preparing for regulatory change will vary from business to business, however the Government is working closely with businesses to help them understand what they need to do.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also using the engagement period to ensure that UK and international businesses and their supply chains are aware of and understand the new requirements and are ready for these changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a final version of the Border Target Operating Model, providing further detail where needed, in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 183958 183959 183960 question first answered 16/05/2023 16:58:35 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1624113

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Bowel Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy includes policies on bowel cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	182952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Major Conditions Strategy will draw on previous work on cancer, including over 5,000 submissions provided to the Department as part of our Call for Evidence last year.  Many of those submissions will have included feedback on bowel cancer. We will continue to work closely with stakeholders, citizens and the National Health Service in coming weeks to identify actions for the Strategy that will have the most impact.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/05/2023 10:17:59 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1624157

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Radiology: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of The Royal College of Radiologists’ findings that there are (a) 12 consultant paediatric interventional radiology posts in the UK and (b) five paediatric interventional radiology posts based outside London; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of those posts.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	182953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department will be discussing the geographic spread of posts with NHS England.</p><p>I have agreed to meet the Royal College of Radiologists so this matter will also be discussed in a meeting with them.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 182781 183027 question first answered 19/05/2023 12:00:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1624159

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Radiology: Paediatrics
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 facilitate equal access to paediatric interventional radiology services.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	182954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department will discuss these issues with NHS England. National Health Service trusts are expected to have the relevant policies in place, in line with service specification and commissioning guidance produced by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 182784 182959 182960 182962 question first answered 15/05/2023 16:14:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1624160

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Radiology: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand national capacity for paediatric interventional radiology training.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	182955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>As of January 2023, there were 1,584 full-time equivalent (FTE) trainee doctors working in clinical radiology services in the NHS in England. This is an increase of 274 (20.9%) since 2020.</p><p>The Government funded an additional 20 Specialty Training posts for interventional radiologists in 2021/22 and 2022/23. These increases have expanded the number of radiologists who can train to deliver paediatric interventional radiology.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 182783 183028 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:47:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1624161

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Radiology: Paediatrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to (a) increase access to paediatric interventional radiology services and (b) ensure that every hospital has a strategy for dealing with out-of-hours emergencies requiring those services since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	182956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The Surgery in Children Clinical Reference Group (CRG) provides clinical leadership and advice to NHS England and the Surgery in Children Operational Delivery Group, including on paediatric imaging and interventional radiology. Since the COVID-19 pandemic surgery restoration and recovery have been prioritised, however, the issues linked to access to interventional radiology are to be presented to the Women and Children’s Programme of Care on the 28 June 2023 and will also be presented to Surgery in Children Operational Delivery Networks to incorporate into their respective work programmes during 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/05/2023 08:23:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith