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1654470

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date	19/07/2023
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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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 provided guidance to NICE on the evidence used to inform the criteria updates to its Highly Specialised Technology processes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	195282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not issued any such guidance. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the methods and processes that it uses in the development of its guidance, including the criteria used to determine whether topics should be routed to the technology appraisal or highly specialised technologies programmes. NICE made changes to its health technology evaluation manual in January 2022 following a comprehensive review of its methods and processes, including public consultation. As part of these changes, the eligibility criteria for the highly specialised technologies programme were clarified to make them clearer and more predictable.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/09/2023 10:12:05 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1653811

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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 ensure that NICE’s Topic Selection Oversight Panel considers (a) clinical and (b) patient expert insights in its decision-making processes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	194779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for the decision-making processes that it operates.</p><p>NICE’s Topic Selection Oversight Panel (TSOP) is responsible for the selection of topics for guidance development in the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation. The group considers the available evidence as well as clinical and patient insights to apply the medicines and highly specialised technologies criteria and decide whether to route medicines to the technology appraisal or highly specialised technologies programmes, or to deselect the topic. The TSOP’s membership includes lay members to provide the perspective of patients, people who use services and carers in the selection and routing of topics. It also includes members with responsibility for providing clinical insights and expertise.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/09/2023 09:38:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1653937

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to amend the planning policy definition of Gypsies and Travellers in Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2015; and whether he plans to revert to the definition used in Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	194795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is carefully considering the policy contained in the Planning Policy Traveller Sites 2015 following the court judgment in Lisa Smith v SSLUHC [2022]</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 04/09/2023 12:21:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1654028

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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	Joint Replacements: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) implications for his Department's policies of the Joint Replacement Support Package created by Versus Arthritis.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	194861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The recommendations made in Versus Arthritis’s Joint Replacement Support Package have been factored into NHS England’s planning for the care and support needed by people with arthritis waiting for treatment.</p><p>NHS England has also embedded Versus Arthritis’s ‘Let’s Move for Surgery’ toolkit on the My Planned Care website, which helps people waiting for surgery, and includes appropriate physical activity, help with managing pain and mental health support. The toolkit is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/care-support/" target="_blank">https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/care-support/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2023 12:35:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1652413

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Travellers
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 make it his policy to change the definition of Gypsies and Travellers in the document published by his Department entitled Planning policy for traveller sites in 2015 to that used in the 2012 version.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	193742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is carefully considering the policy contained in the Planning Policy Traveller Sites 2015 following the court judgment in Lisa Smith v SSLUHC [2022].</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 17/07/2023 14:29:27 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1652414

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Home Office: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) accelerate and (b) support the transition to new approach methodologies for (i) research and (ii) experiments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	193743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is actively supporting and funding the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs). UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is strongly committed to the 3Rs and provides funding for the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs), which works to drive the uptake of 3Rs technologies and ensure that advances are reflected in policy, practice and regulations on animal research. Since it was established, the NC3Rs has invested £77 million in research and almost £27 million in contracts through its CRACK IT Challenges innovation scheme to UK and EU-based institutions.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/07/2023 15:24:49 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1652416

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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	Fundão Tailing Dam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met his Brazilian counterpart to discuss the ongoing impact of the Mariana Dam incident.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	193744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly engages with the Brazilian Government on a wide range of issues, including the continuing impact of the Mariana Dam incident. Minister Docherty, the Minister of State for Europe, spoke at a Westminster Hall Debate on 22 June and mentioned ongoing work between the UK and Brazil to improve safety measures around tailings dam management. In 2019, following the collapse of the Brumadinho dam in Brazil, the Department for International Trade supported an initiative to publish the world's first Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, to help improve safety worldwide. A partnership between the British Embassy in Brasilia and the Prosecutor's Office in the State of Minas Gerais led to the launch, in May 2022, of the world's first independent tailings dam monitoring centre in Brazil, which aims to improve safety and transparency in tailing dam management.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/07/2023 13:38:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1650412

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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	Prescriptions: Pre-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department plans to require the NHS Business Service Authority to provide reminders to patients whose prepayment certificates are due to expire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans for such a requirement.</p><p>It is the responsibility of the prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) holder to ensure that it is valid each time it is used. For annual certificates where a postal or email address is available, NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) issue reminders to the address or email provided by the PPC holder when their PPC is about to expire.</p><p>Currently NHS BSA do not issue reminders for 3-month certificates if it requires a physical letter to be sent due to postal and paper costs. In the Terms and Conditions, applicants are reminded to notify NHS BSA of any changes to their name, address or email, to buy a new PPC in good time and of the possibility of receiving a penalty charge if they claim they have a valid PPC when they do not. No communication is sent to the PPC holder when the PPC has already expired.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/07/2023 13:02:48 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1650429

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support the Housing Ombudsman to manage backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-19%2F190204&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cdade0e34278b4bf4964308db83a22c41%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638248504764378357%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lZtUDk%2FynKALTY55ma5WMBox9rZPPAe8fStpPJAk0ec%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">190204</a> on 27 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 14/07/2023 10:43:36 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1649737

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to support those on a British National (Overseas) Visa to enter work.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	192189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>Individuals who have a British National (Overseas) visa have the right to work and study in the UK, but in most circumstances would have a No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition attached to their visa. DWP has no powers to award Universal Credit to those with NRPF.</p><p> </p><p>They can apply to have their NRPF condition lifted by making a ‘change of condition’ application if they are destitute or at risk of destitution, if the welfare of their child is at risk due to their low income, or where there are other exceptional financial circumstances. If this application is successful then they can apply for Universal Credit and access the full range of DWP employment services.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/07/2023 13:26:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel