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1656538

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date	01/09/2023
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: Syndactyly
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued on (a) equality and (b) inclusion in the workplace for people with syndactyly.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not issue guidance on equality and inclusion in the workplace. However, the Government has a range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including syndactyly, to start, stay and succeed in work. These include increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres; Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres; the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support; Access to Work grants; Disability Confident; the Information and Advice Service; and work to further join up employment and health systems.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/09/2023 10:48:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656551

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Integrated Care Boards: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS England funding is expected to go to integrated care boards in the 2023-24 financial year; how much and what proportion of NHS England funding went to integrated care boards in the 2022-23 financial year; and how much and what proportion of NHS England funding went to clinical commissioning groups in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the total final allocation to integrated care boards (ICBs) and/or clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) for the financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, plus the current annual allocation value as at month two for 2023/24. This includes all allocations to ICBs and/or CCGs, including core programme funding, services delegated to ICBs such as general practice and other primary care services, and additional allocations for specific service development and transformation programmes.</p><p>The remainder of NHS England’s allocation, not allocated to ICBs, pays mainly for other National Health Service services and costs not commissioned by ICBs. This includes specialised services, vaccinations and screening, education and training, and other centrally managed NHS costs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Financial year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG and/or ICB allocation</p></td><td><p>89,730</p></td><td><p>101,907</p></td><td><p>115,007</p></td><td><p>119,174</p></td><td><p>123,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total NHS England allocation (Non-ring-fenced RDEL)</p></td><td><p>123,377</p></td><td><p>149,473</p></td><td><p>150,614</p></td><td><p>158,521</p></td><td><p>167,313</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG/ICB allocation as % of total allocation</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/09/2023 14:13:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656553

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Personal Independence Payment: Syndactyly
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people with syndactyly that were awarded a personal independence payment in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/09/2023 15:00:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656781

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Alopecia: Baricitinib
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 the NHS is taking to fund Baricitinib for the treatment of severe alopecia areata.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective use of resources. The NHS in England is legally required to fund medicines recommended in a NICE appraisal, usually within three months of final guidance.</p><p>NICE published final draft guidance on 18 May 2023 which does not recommend baricitinib for the treatment of severe alopecia areata. An appeal has been made against NICE’s final draft guidance by Alopecia UK which will be considered by NICE’s appeal panel on 12 September 2023. NICE will issue final guidance in due course.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/09/2023 15:17:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656782

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	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, if he will make it his policy to put in place additional measures to tackle cancer treatment waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Reducing cancer treatment waiting times is already a priority for this Government. The Department is working jointly with NHS England on implementing the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care. The Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer diagnosis and treatment activity.</p><p>In the 2023/24 Operational Planning Guidance, NHS England announced it is providing over £390 million in cancer service development funding to Cancer Alliances in each of the next two years to support delivery of the strategy and the operational priorities for cancer which includes increasing and prioritising diagnostic and treatment capacity for cancer.</p><p>Additionally, the Government recently published the Major Conditions Strategy Case for Change and Our Strategic Framework on 14 August which sets out our approach to making the choices over the next five years that will deliver the most value in facing the health challenges of today and of the decades ahead, including for cancer.</p><p>NHS England continues to actively support those trusts requiring the greatest help to cut cancer waiting lists and treatment and the Department is working with NHS England to make further improvements.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/09/2023 15:37:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656783

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	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, what support is available specifically for people with cancer who experience long waits for treatment.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working with NHS England to reduce waiting times for cancer treatments and to ensure support is available for those that are wating for treatment. The Government and the National Health Service are committed to ensuring that all cancer patients get access to a Holistic Needs Assessment and Personalised Care Interventions. These will ensure care focuses on what matters most to each person, whilst empowering them to self-manage where appropriate and providing a route back into the system if they notice any worrying changes or need to seek help.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is providing over £390 million in cancer service development funding to Cancer Alliances in each of the next two years to support the delivery of priorities in cancer, including working to ensure that every person receives personalised care and support from cancer diagnosis onwards.</p><p>The NHS is supporting adults with the NHS Talking Therapies which provides evidence-based mental health services for people with anxiety and depression. The pathway has been identified as a priority to support the integration of mental and physical health services for people with long-term conditions such as cancer.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/09/2023 15:40:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656784

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that disabled people with assistance dogs are not discriminated against when using hotels.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>In common with all businesses offering services to the public, hotels are required not to discriminate against their disabled customers and must make reasonable adjustments, such as permitting guide dogs. This duty is “anticipatory”, meaning that hotels, for example, should expect a proportion of their guests to be sight impaired and make appropriate arrangements - for example setting aside a “dog friendly” room for such guests. The failure of a hotel to make a reasonable adjustment would be unlawful under the Equality Act 2010 and would open the hotel up to legal action by the guide dog owner or their representative.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Before considering any legal action, a disabled person who may have been personally discriminated against because of a disability may contact The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website - http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/, by telephone on 0808 8000082 or text phone on 0808 8000084. The EASS has the ability to intervene on an individual’s behalf with a service provider to help resolve an issue. The EASS can also advise people who wish to take their complaint further on their options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 09:21:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656785

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Strikes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to assist university students affected by marking and assessment boycotts.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Unlike some other education sectors where the government has taken part in negotiations with trade unions, universities are autonomous. They are therefore responsible for the pay and pension provision of their staff.</p><p>While government plays no formal role in such disputes, the department is deeply concerned about the impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students. It is unacceptable that students, many of whom have already suffered significant disruption to their studies over recent years, face further disruption and uncertainty. This disruption is particularly damaging to those students who are due to graduate and looking to enter the jobs market or progress to further study. The department has made clear that whatever the rights and wrongs of the current dispute, action that damages students' prospects is the wrong thing to do.</p><p>Our current understanding is that the vast majority of students have been unaffected by the industrial action and, in most cases, have received their full results on time, and progressed or graduated as normal. However, the department appreciates that, at some higher education (HE) providers, the impact of the boycott has been more significant.</p><p>This government believes students should be at the heart of the HE system. This is why the Office for Students (OfS) has been set up to regulate the HE sector in England, protect student rights and ensure the sector is delivering real value for money.  The OfS wrote to institutions affected by the boycott on 12 June to reiterate its expectations in relation to its conditions of registration. The OfS have also published guidance to students on their rights during industrial action and will continue to monitor this ongoing situation through their normal regulatory mechanisms.</p><p>I have held discussions with the Russell Group, Universities UK and the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) to better understand the impact on students and the mitigating actions their members are taking to minimise disruption. I have also written to the Russell Group and Universities UK, encouraging them to continue to do everything within their powers to protect the interests of students during this phase of industrial action. On 11 August, I wrote to UCEA and the University and College Union (UCU) urging them both to resume negotiations which, if successful, will bring an end to the boycott and further industrial action.</p><p>Universities have worked to reduce the impact on students in a variety of ways, including reallocating marking to other staff members and hiring external markers. Moreover, many universities have awarded degrees when they have enough evidence of a student’s prior attainment to do so. Others have assigned provisional grades to students to allow them to progress, and, once all papers have been marked, most institutions will award degree classifications that either remain as provisionally assigned or are uplifted to reflect the student’s achievements.</p><p>The department strongly urges all parties involved in this industrial dispute to resume negotiations. We will continue to engage with the HE sector to help better understand how students’ interests can be protected during this time.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 196998 question first answered 18/09/2023 16:45:13 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1656786

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the backlog of people waiting for driving tests, in the context of test centre closures.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	197167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has created over one million extra car test appointments by recruiting new examiners, conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return. On average, this has created approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month.</p><p> </p><p>As of 4 September 2023, there were 560,121 car practical driving tests booked, and 58,382 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is committed to providing its customers with the best service possible. The DVSA continually reviews its estate to ensure it represents good value for money and is efficient.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 06/09/2023 15:07:47 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1654841

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Question 135 of his oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee on 20 June 2023, HC 1093, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendation in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities report entitled Nicotine Vaping in England: 2022 evidence update summary, published on 29 September 2022, by requesting that the Committee on Toxicity update their review, entitled Statement on the toxicological evaluation of novel heat-not-burn tobacco products, published in December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	195587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to request the Committee on Toxicity to update their review on heat-not-burn tobacco products. However, the Office for Health Improvements and Disparities will continue to monitor international evidence related to the health harms of these products.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 04/09/2023 13:05:24 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow