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1601785

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date	07/03/2023
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	Pharmacy
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 help ensure patients nominated pharmacies are not altered without the patient’s permission.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is to allow prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of the patient's choice. A patient can choose to nominate a pharmacy and all prescriptions will be sent to the nominated pharmacy until the patient chooses to change or remove this nomination.</p><p>Changes to a patient nomination should only be made with the patient’s consent. Although consent does not have to be provided in writing, there must be an auditable process in place.</p><p>Patients can change their current nomination using the National Health Service app or on the NHS website. General practitioners and pharmacies can also change a patient’s nomination but only with the patient’s consent. There are instances where prescriptions can be sent to another pharmacy as a one-off nomination instead of the patient’s nominated pharmacy, but this must be done at the request of the patient.</p><p>In the event a pharmacy business changes hands as an on-going concern, NHS England asks the outgoing owners to inform their nominated patients that the pharmacy is being taken over and by whom, and to offer those patients the opportunity, during a time-limited window, to opt out of their nomination being transferred to the new owner.</p><p>Additionally, patients can choose not to nominate a pharmacy, in which case patients will receive an EPS token that includes a barcode, allowing any pharmacy with access to the EPS to retrieve the electronic prescription.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 160207 160208 question first answered 15/03/2023 13:38:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601786

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Pharmacy
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 officials have had discussions with NHS Digital on the switching of patients nominated pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is to allow prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of the patient's choice. A patient can choose to nominate a pharmacy and all prescriptions will be sent to the nominated pharmacy until the patient chooses to change or remove this nomination.</p><p>Changes to a patient nomination should only be made with the patient’s consent. Although consent does not have to be provided in writing, there must be an auditable process in place.</p><p>Patients can change their current nomination using the National Health Service app or on the NHS website. General practitioners and pharmacies can also change a patient’s nomination but only with the patient’s consent. There are instances where prescriptions can be sent to another pharmacy as a one-off nomination instead of the patient’s nominated pharmacy, but this must be done at the request of the patient.</p><p>In the event a pharmacy business changes hands as an on-going concern, NHS England asks the outgoing owners to inform their nominated patients that the pharmacy is being taken over and by whom, and to offer those patients the opportunity, during a time-limited window, to opt out of their nomination being transferred to the new owner.</p><p>Additionally, patients can choose not to nominate a pharmacy, in which case patients will receive an EPS token that includes a barcode, allowing any pharmacy with access to the EPS to retrieve the electronic prescription.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 160206 160208 question first answered 15/03/2023 13:38:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601787

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Pharmacy: Private Sector
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 allows private businesses to change a patient's nominated pharmacy without seeking the patients permission; if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is to allow prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of the patient's choice. A patient can choose to nominate a pharmacy and all prescriptions will be sent to the nominated pharmacy until the patient chooses to change or remove this nomination.</p><p>Changes to a patient nomination should only be made with the patient’s consent. Although consent does not have to be provided in writing, there must be an auditable process in place.</p><p>Patients can change their current nomination using the National Health Service app or on the NHS website. General practitioners and pharmacies can also change a patient’s nomination but only with the patient’s consent. There are instances where prescriptions can be sent to another pharmacy as a one-off nomination instead of the patient’s nominated pharmacy, but this must be done at the request of the patient.</p><p>In the event a pharmacy business changes hands as an on-going concern, NHS England asks the outgoing owners to inform their nominated patients that the pharmacy is being taken over and by whom, and to offer those patients the opportunity, during a time-limited window, to opt out of their nomination being transferred to the new owner.</p><p>Additionally, patients can choose not to nominate a pharmacy, in which case patients will receive an EPS token that includes a barcode, allowing any pharmacy with access to the EPS to retrieve the electronic prescription.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 160206 160207 question first answered 15/03/2023 13:38:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601788

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	NHS Digital and NHS England: Data Protection
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 help ensure (a) NHS Digital and (b) NHS England are compliant with their data protection obligations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>NHS Digital functions legally transferred to NHS England on 1 February 2023. NHS England is consequently responsible for ensuring it meets its obligations to protect people’s data. Data protection law will continue to apply. This means there must always be a valid, lawful basis for the collection and processing of personal information including special category information within federated data platforms and any other NHS England IT system, as defined under data protection legislation. Data protection impact assessments must be carried out and privacy notices published which explain what data is collected, analysed and shared and for what purposes.</p><p>NHS England must have regard to statutory guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care under the power in section 274A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which sets out measures that the Secretary of State expects NHS England to take to protect confidential information. The draft guidance has been published on GOV.UK, and the finalised guidance will be published shortly, and kept under review.</p><p>NHS England is legally required to report annually to Parliament on how well it has discharged its data functions. NHS England also makes an annual Data Security and Protection submission which demonstrates how they meet data protection obligations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/03/2023 14:41:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601789

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Developing Countries: Children and Drinking Water
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 steps his Department is taking to help increase (a) access to safe and affordable drinking water and (b) the quality of life of young children.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	160275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>WASH is an essential part of the UK's work on global health and education. To maximise impact when providing safe and affordable drinking water, we are changing our approach from direct delivery to helping governments strengthen the systems that they need to deliver sustainable, resilient and inclusive WASH services at scale.</p><p>Our systems approach benefits the quality of life of children, and forms part of our work on ending the preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children. Our support promotes equitable access to nutritious diets, quality health services, addresses health impacts of climate change and improves access to WASH services.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/03/2023 10:39:54 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1601790

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 and what proportion of children aged between two and 18 years old have received the flu vaccination in each region during the 2022-23 winter period.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold the information in the format requested. Data for two and three year old children is not available in the format requested. However, it is available by local authority, grouped by National Health Service region here available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-influenza-vaccine-uptake-in-gp-patients-monthly-data-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seasonal-influenza-vaccine-uptake-in-gp-patients-monthly-data-2022-to-2023</a></p><p>Data for eligible at risk 17 and 18 year olds is not available in the format requested.</p><p>The following table shows the percentage vaccine uptake, number registered and number vaccinated in NHS region of all eligible school age children aged four to 16 years old.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS Region</p></td><td><p>Percentage vaccine uptake</p></td><td><p>Number registered</p></td><td><p>Number vaccinated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td><td><p>942,745</p></td><td><p>455,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td><td><p>1,164,446</p></td><td><p>387,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>43.4</p></td><td><p>1,511,057</p></td><td><p>655,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East and Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td><td><p>1,147,216</p></td><td><p>540,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>964,475</p></td><td><p>420,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td><td><p>1,304,640</p></td><td><p>643,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td><td><p>737,216</p></td><td><p>352,082</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UK Health Security Agency</p><p>Note:</p><p>Monthly data was published in February 2023 and includes all vaccinations from 1 September 2022 to 31 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/03/2023 09:56:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601791

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 prepared an impact assessment before deciding to delay the delivery of the flu vaccine for children and adolescents until the end of January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department did not take a decision to delay the delivery of the flu vaccine for children and adolescents until the end of January 2023. The National Health Service commissioned School Aged Immunisation Service providers to vaccinate as many children as possible before the onset of the flu season, which typically peaks between January and March, with a priority focus on vaccinating the youngest children first from primary school age and then move to secondary school children in years seven, eight and nine.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/03/2023 17:31:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 62352 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601792

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of flu on pupils’ attendance over winter 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>Regular school attendance is important for pupils’ educational progress, their wellbeing, and their wider development.</p><p>As this is the first winter without pandemic restrictions in two years, pupils and adults may be more susceptible to the usual winter bugs and viruses this year. December saw high levels of illness in pupils and young people including flu, scarlet fever, group A streptococcus and COVID-19 that will have contributed to high levels of absence. In previous years, there has been more seasonal spread of these infections. For example, group A streptococcus usually peaks in March. More recently there have been reductions in the incidence of these infections, but it cannot yet be predicted if there will be further resurgences.</p><p>During the week commencing 12 December, the weekly illness absence rate was at its highest level since the start of 2022 autumn term. The illness absence rate was 9.1%, which was up from 7.5% in the previous week and 2.6% at the start of term. In the latest data between 6 to 10 February 2023, the total weekly illness absence rate was 3.9%.</p><p>In the 2022 autumn term, all primary school aged pupils in England were offered a flu vaccination by the NHS school-aged immunisation service to manage the spread of some winter illnesses, such as flu. The Department has also provided over 8,000 air cleaning units to schools that identified poorly ventilated spaces. These devices filter airborne respiratory aerosols from the air. The Department hopes this will have a positive impact on sickness absence going forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/03/2023 17:10:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601793

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 171526, on Freeports, if he will publish the locations of proposed Freeports by each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK as of 7 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	160218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Details about Freeport locations can be found on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffreeports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CStacy.Rigby%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C661e492208124843ac5408db1fd34e8e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638138764630045073%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=811oV1xfyAgq4W4K%2BpDfwZ2bw8Ig5kak1amuzC63h2k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. Maps showing English Freeport outer boundaries, tax, and customs sites are also <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmaps-of-freeports-and-freeport-tax-sites&amp;data=05%7C01%7CStacy.Rigby%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C661e492208124843ac5408db1fd34e8e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638138764630045073%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xKl5dIEB3NPvECIdjkZJqMYd3yZlAobWDUW75%2B12%2Bso%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">publicly available. </a> Maps for those Green Freeports in Scotland (and any future Freeport in Wales) will be published once tax, and customs sites have been approved and designated.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 13/03/2023 17:41:54 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1601794

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Universal Credit: National Insurance Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the work being undertaken by his Department to find a solution to automatically transfer Class 3 National Insurance Credits to the electronic National Insurance Recording System for Universal Credit claimants, how many Universal Credit claimants have paid voluntary national insurance contributions to cover their time claiming Universal Credit as a result of the fact that at present those credits are not being automatically transferred to that system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	160319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is not responsible for the administration of voluntary National Insurance Contributions. HMRC have responsibility for this area.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/03/2023 12:02:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell