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1131610

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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 Services: Autism and Learning Disability
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 patient placements commissioned by NHS England through (a) central and (b) local commissioning functions on hospital wards run by independent providers for (i) learning disabilities and (ii) autism services were rated as inadequate by the Care Quality Commission in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	263786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>This data is not collected centrally. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating of all providers – both National Health Service and independent sector - will vary over time and between the CQC’s visits. There is a clear process to be followed should a provider receive an inadequate rating to understand the reasons for that rating and the impact on patient care in that unit. This review will inform any required commissioner action.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/06/2019 15:32:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1131670

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Drinking Water: Microplastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the level of micro-plastic contamination in UK tap water.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	263685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has commissioned research to investigate the efficiency of microplastic removal by drinking water treatment processes. In addition, the DWI is supporting research by the water industry as a whole to measure levels in treated water in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 17/06/2019 14:54:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1131717

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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: Children and Young People
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 times on average children and young people have seen their GP before being diagnosed with (a) cancer and (b) blood cancer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	263858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 263859 question first answered 17/06/2019 15:21:46 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1131769

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on using the evidence in the March 2018 report Bercow: Ten Years On in their (a) Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies and (b) contributions to Integrated Care Systems.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	263662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>There are no current plans to issue such guidance to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/06/2019 15:28:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1131782

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Radioisotopes
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 the adequacy of (a) national and (b) regional supplies of radionuclide chemicals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	263719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any disruption to the supply of medical radionuclide chemicals (radioisotopes) at a national level. However, the Department does not hold information about the volume of any of medical radioisotopes that are currently available at a national or regional level.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:29:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1131786

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to local authorities, in the event of the closure of a maintained nursery school to ensure continued educational provision of equal quality.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	263887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNSs) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. There is a presumption against their closure. This does not mean that they can never close, but if they do, any replacement provision must be of equal quality, preserve expertise and be more accessible and convenient for parents.</p><p>Whether or not a MNS closes is a matter for local authorities, but the presumption against their closure includes a duty on local authorities to assess whether the alternative provision available is of equal or greater quality. Closure arrangements, such as the transfer of children and staff, are for local authorities to manage and the Department for Education is not involved in them.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/06/2019 14:02:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1131826

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Dentistry: 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 estimate his Department has made of the number of vacancies for (a) dentists, (b) dental hygienists and (c) other staff in dental practices there were in (i) the UK, (ii) Hampshire and (c) Portsmouth in (A) 2018 and (B) the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	263902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held on vacancies for dentists or dental hygienists or other staff working dental practices in England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:28:04 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1131831

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	Small Business Research Initiative Healthcare: Finance
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 budget of the Small Business Research Initiative Healthcare was in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	263903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Healthcare has been the remit of NHS England since 2013 and the budget for SBRI Healthcare for the financial years since 2013/14 is shown in the following table. Records of the budgets prior to the programme being owned by NHS England are not held.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10 million</p></td><td><p>£20 million</p></td><td><p>£20 million</p></td><td><p>£12.9 million</p></td><td><p>£12.9 million</p></td><td><p>£17.9 million</p></td><td><p>£5.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>The figures relate to SBRI Healthcare and not SBRI budgets for other programmes. The difference in funding between 2018/19 and 2019/20 is due to a change in suppliers for the programme’s Programme Management function. This means extra funding was provided in 2018/19 to prepare for transition between suppliers, and a reduction in 2019/20 until the new supplier is fully established.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/06/2019 15:16:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1130945

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	UK Research and Innovation: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the diversity of UK Research and Innovation grant recipients by (a) gender, (b) ethnicity, (c) disability and (d) socio-economic group.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	262366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) believes that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) – of people and ideas – is crucial for delivering excellence in research and innovation. It has made EDI a priority – as a national research and innovation funder, as an employer, and as an influential voice in wider research and innovation sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The seven Research Councils have historically collected information on applicants for and recipients of funding regarding age, gender, ethnicity, and disability. The councils do not collect information on social-economic group. Neither Innovate UK nor Research England collect diversity data of applicants or those in receipt of funding or loans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Successive UK Governments have supported the principle that funding for basic research should be awarded through competitive processes on the basis of excellence and likely impact - as assessed through peer review. This is widely considered to be a underpinning factor in the success of UK research, and a key enabler of value for money for tax payers money. Consequently, HM Government takes an arms length approach to research funding, in line with the Haldane Principle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, initial analysis of 2018-19 funding data from the seven research councils by gender shows that:</p><ul><li>71% of funding from research council grants and fellowships in 18/19 were awarded to bids led by men and 27% of funds were allocated to bids led by women. The remainder are bids where gender is undisclosed or not known.</li><li>42% of the funding for Fellowships went to female Fellows, 52% of the funds went to male Fellows and 6% of the funds went to Fellows with undisclosed or unknown gender.</li><li>73% of the funding for research grants were awarded to projects led by male Principle Investigators (PIs), 25% of the funds were awarded to projects led by female PIs and 2% of the funds were awarded to projects with PIs of undisclosed or unknown gender.</li></ul><p><br> UKRI has appointed Professor Jennifer Rubin, Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as the UKRI Champion for EDI, and established an External Advisory Group for EDI. The group is working with UKRI to identify and prioritise areas.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI aims to publish a UKRI-wide EDI Strategic Framework in Autumn 2019, which will help UKRI to bring together and scrutinise evidence on what works, develop and prioritise actions, and ensure that EDI is considered and supported in all that UKRI does.</p><p> </p><p>Work is currently underway to improve data collection and analysis capabilities about the people UKRI funds. A detailed cross-UKRI analysis of funding data will be published in Autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/06/2019 13:05:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1131182

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the administrative cost of means testing winter fuel payments.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	263079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Confidence and Supply Agreement with the Democratic and Unionist Party, sets out that there will be no change to the universal nature of the Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/06/2019 16:07:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell