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1668850

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date	09/11/2023
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	Horizon Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, to which department funding returned to the UK under the terms of the clawback mechanism of the UK Horizon Europe association agreement will be returned.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Explanatory Memorandum relating to the UK’s association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/em-on-ukeu-horizon-governance-document-com23527, any deductions resulting from the clawback mechanism will form part of future UK contributions to the Horizon Europe budget or its successor programme. These contributions to the Horizon Europe budget will be paid by DSIT and will be accounted for in DSIT’s accounts. The Government has committed to investing £20bn in R&amp;D in 2024/2025.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/11/2023 14:50:22 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668851

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's news story entitled Civil Service Fast Stream exceeds target to boost STEM expertise across Government published on 25 October 2023, what proportion of Fast Stream hires in the 2023 recruitment campaign had a STEM degree qualification; and of those, what proportion held degrees in (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering and (d) maths.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Over 50% of Fast Stream hires in the 2023 recruitment campaign had a STEM degree qualification.</p><p>Our STEM categorisation is based on subject groups provided by the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA). Therefore it is not possible to break hires down by (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering and (d) maths; as we do not collect or analyse the data in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 14/11/2023 13:35:21 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668852

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Universities: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) collect information on the Gender Equality Plans in UK Universities; and how many full-time equivalent officials work on policies arising from the policy paper entitled Research and development people and culture strategy, published on 22 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) are an eligibility criterion for any organisation applying to any part of Horizon Europe funding. Responsibility for the establishment, monitoring and data collection of GEPs, is a matter for UK Universities and for the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p>Policies from the R&amp;D People &amp; Culture Strategy since its launch over two years ago span many areas of my Department, therefore it is not possible to give an exact number for the full-time equivalent officials working on this endeavour.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 14/11/2023 15:55:29 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668853

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Clinical Trials: Finance
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 the Government's response to the independent report by Lord O’Shaughnessy entitled Commercial clinical trials in the UK, published on 26 May 2023, what progress his Department has made towards rolling out Clinical Trials Acceleration Networks; and what budget he plans to allocate to support those networks.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the full response to the Lord O’Shaughnessy review on 22 November 2023.</p><p>The response sets out that Clinical Trial Acceleration Networks will be renamed Clinical Trial Delivery Accelerators, with two initial Accelerators designated in dementia and vaccines. Accelerators will work with trial sponsors and delivery teams to deliver studies in innovative ways that maximises efficiency and prioritises diversity in regions, setting and trials, and to place people, regardless of their background or community in the right trials, in the right place at the right time.</p><p>There is up to £20 million of funding to establish the dementia Accelerator and to support the pre-existing Vaccines Innovation Pathway to deliver functionality expected from an Accelerator. This funding was announced in May 2023 as part of the initial response to the O’Shaughnessy review.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/11/2023 13:04:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668979

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Gastrointestinal System: Diseases
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the positions of National Clinical Director for (a) gastroenterology and (b) liver disease.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>A National Clinical Director provides clinical advice and leadership on the NHS England Internal Medicine Specialised Services portfolio, which includes specialised gastroenterology and liver disease. A National Speciality Advisor provides clinical advice more specifically to the hepatobiliary and pancreas programme.</p><p>The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme has invested in clinical leadership in gastroenterology, which is one of its priority workstreams. The programme will be establishing a liver disease programme in 2024/25, including recruiting to a clinical lead role.</p><p>The National Clinical Director for Cancer is leading work on on-the-spot liver scans, that has already found that around one in ten people in communities visited have advanced liver damage that needs further monitoring or treatment as it could lead to liver cancer.</p><p>NHS England is funding preventative interventions that support individuals to reduce the harm caused by alcohol use and obesity. To support this work, NHS England has invested in a National Clinical Director for Diabetes &amp; Obesity and a National Speciality Advisor for alcohol dependence.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 16/11/2023 17:08:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668980

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Gastrointestinal System: Diseases
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 made an assessment of the adequacy of the implementation of the (a) actions and (b) recommendations made by the Getting it Right First Time specialty report on gastroenterology in reducing unwarranted variation in care, published on 9 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme data for gastroenterology is now available on the Model Health System, helping teams gauge their performance and work to recover services impacted by the pandemic. More than 70 metrics are available, relating to endoscopy, hepatobiliary, luminal gastroenterology, and nutrition services. These enable trusts and system users to see their performance across areas such as emergency admission rates and day case rates.</p><p>GIRFT is working with the NHS England Endoscopy Transformation Team to carry out visits to teams in the National Health Service regions across England, to encourage networking and quality improvement by utilising updated data metrics. A National Endoscopy Dashboard has been developed and is published on the NHS Futures website.</p><p>Joint work is ongoing between GIRFT and various specialty societies, such as the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Royal College of Physicians (RCP), helping to reinforce and disseminate recommendations from the report. This joint working has also resulted in the development of resources to support with implementation. These include:</p><p>- The BSG Quality Standards Framework;</p><p>- RCP Modern Outpatient Care guidance;</p><p>- GIRFT Clinically-led Outpatient Guidance; and</p><p>- National audit of ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography) practitioners &amp; ERCP services.</p><p>GIRFT is also working with 51 trusts as part of a ‘Further Faster’ pilot to deliver rapid clinical transformation with the aim of reducing 52-week waits. The pilot brings together clinicians and operational teams with the challenge of collectively going ‘further and faster’ to transform patient pathways and working to reduce unnecessary appointments and improve access and waiting times for patients.</p><p>Clinical transformation groups have been established across 16 specialties, and some of the biggest reductions in waiting times to date among Cohort 1, encompassing 25 trusts, have been in gastroenterology. Trusts in the pilot have also been issued with a GIRFT Gastroenterology Further Faster Handbook to support their ongoing improvement.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/11/2023 17:03:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 1019 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668989

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 take steps to promote to clinicians the use of hybrid closed loop technology for patients with type one diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) has published its draft guidance on Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) technology which recommends the cohorts of patients with type 1 diabetes that it should be rolled out to. The draft guidance is out for comment until 28 November 2023. If there are no appeals, then the final guidance will be published in December 2023. Recognising HCL represents a step change in care for patients living with type 1 diabetes, NICE has agreed with NHS England a planned five year roll out for this technology recognising that both clinicians and patients require training to safely use the HCL technology.</p><p>The Department welcomes NICE’s draft guidance and supports the NHS England phased approach to adoption. NHS England will make clinicians aware of the priorities for access, to help reduce healthcare inequalities.</p><p>If a patient meets the eligibility criteria for the hybrid closed loop, then their clinician can recommend this in line with NICE recommendations. NHS England is engaging with integrated care board leads, trust clinical leads working within children, young people and adults services, professional bodies and patient representative groups as part of the implementation strategy’s development.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 1133 question first answered 20/11/2023 16:23:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668990

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 take steps to promote to patients the use of hybrid closed loop technology for patients with type one diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) has published its draft guidance on Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) technology which recommends the cohorts of patients with type 1 diabetes that it should be rolled out to. The draft guidance is out for comment until 28 November 2023. If there are no appeals, then the final guidance will be published in December 2023. Recognising HCL represents a step change in care for patients living with type 1 diabetes, NICE has agreed with NHS England a planned five year roll out for this technology recognising that both clinicians and patients require training to safely use the HCL technology.</p><p>The Department welcomes NICE’s draft guidance and supports the NHS England phased approach to adoption. NHS England will make clinicians aware of the priorities for access, to help reduce healthcare inequalities.</p><p>If a patient meets the eligibility criteria for the hybrid closed loop, then their clinician can recommend this in line with NICE recommendations. NHS England is engaging with integrated care board leads, trust clinical leads working within children, young people and adults services, professional bodies and patient representative groups as part of the implementation strategy’s development.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 1132 question first answered 20/11/2023 16:23:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668991

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Chief Scientific Officer
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 people directly report to the Chief Scientist of NHS England; who the Chief Scientist of NHS England reports to; and if his Department will publish an updated list of the responsibilities of the Chief Scientist.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for England works across the health and care system and has a range of roles and responsibilities, directly reporting managerially to the NHS England Medical Director. Dependent on the function being delivered there are other reporting lines and accountabilities. The CSO oversees the delivery of approximately 100 people across multiple teams within the National Health Service; this includes eight direct reports and 10 individuals with specific accountabilities reporting to the CSO.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/12/2023 17:47:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1668992

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors: National Policy Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of national policy statements on new nuclear small and advanced modular reactors.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>As a first step towards developing the new nuclear NPS, we will consult later this year (2023) on a proposed way forward for determining how new nuclear developments might be located, including the potential for deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and other advanced nuclear technologies.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 17/11/2023 10:27:48 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah