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1451737

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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	Service Industries: Sales Promotions
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 potential merits of putting in place additional protective measures to those committing to free online trial periods of services before contracted payment commences.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	141269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>We consulted last year on proposals to improve consumer safeguards when purchasing online subscriptions as part of our wider package of reforms to competition and consumer law. Alongside the consultation we published an impact assessment of these proposals: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-competition-and-consumer-policy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-competition-and-consumer-policy</a>. We are considering responses to the consultation and will publish our response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/03/2022 15:06:03 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1441044

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of civil legal aid capacity on (a) individuals who are entitled to legal aid but cannot access a legal aid provider and (b) the voluntary sector in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	139452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency keeps market capacity under constant review, ensuring access across England and Wales and takes immediate action where required. Wherever you are in England and Wales, legal advice is available through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone service.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the vital role not-for-profit organisations play in ensuring people can access advice and information and through 2020 and 2021 we provided a total of £7.4m to the not-for-profit sector.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/03/2022 16:46:08 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1441045

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of need for (a) all civil legal aid services and (b) education-related legal aid services as of 14 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	139453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) keeps market capacity under constant review, ensuring access across England and Wales and taking immediate action where required.</p><p>Wherever you are in England and Wales, legal advice is available through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone service, which provides specialist telephone advice in education as well as on other civil and family matters within the scope of legal aid.</p><p>There is currently at least one provider in every procurement area for the education category, contracted to deliver services via face-to-face advice or remote advice according to client preference.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 17/03/2022 16:49:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1437135

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Food: Salt
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 has had recent discussions with representatives from the food industry on reducing the amount of salt in food products.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	132333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Discussions with food industry representatives continue as part of the ongoing salt and wider reformulation programme. Reducing population salt intakes would reduce the risk of high blood pressure and hence cardiovascular disease. New salt reduction targets for the food industry were published in September 2020. The first report on the food industry’s progress towards achieving these targets is expected later in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 132334 132335 question first answered 07/03/2022 10:44:26 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1437136

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Food: Salt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the population's intake of salt from 8.4 grams per day to a recommended maximum of 6 grams per day.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	132334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Discussions with food industry representatives continue as part of the ongoing salt and wider reformulation programme. Reducing population salt intakes would reduce the risk of high blood pressure and hence cardiovascular disease. New salt reduction targets for the food industry were published in September 2020. The first report on the food industry’s progress towards achieving these targets is expected later in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 132333 132335 question first answered 07/03/2022 10:44:26 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1437138

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Food: Salt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandatory salt targets on the public's health in the context of evidence of the effectiveness of mandatory salt targets in South Africa.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	132335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Discussions with food industry representatives continue as part of the ongoing salt and wider reformulation programme. Reducing population salt intakes would reduce the risk of high blood pressure and hence cardiovascular disease. New salt reduction targets for the food industry were published in September 2020. The first report on the food industry’s progress towards achieving these targets is expected later in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 132333 132334 question first answered 07/03/2022 10:44:26 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1420331

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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: Standards
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 steps he has taken to reduce delays to NHS urgent appointments.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	119750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>On 8 February 2022, the Department published the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, which sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years.</p><p>To reduce delays and waiting times, we have committed more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, supported by a £5.9 billion capital investment for new beds, equipment and technology. This is in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available to systems this year to increase elective activity.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 119751 question first answered 23/02/2022 14:36:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 50579 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1420332

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support the Government plans to provide to assist NHS trusts in England to reduce waiting times for urgent appointments.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	119751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>On 8 February 2022, the Department published the ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, which sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years.</p><p>To reduce delays and waiting times, we have committed more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, supported by a £5.9 billion capital investment for new beds, equipment and technology. This is in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available to systems this year to increase elective activity.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 119750 question first answered 23/02/2022 14:36:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 50573 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1400381

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to patients on waiting lists in North Central London CCG; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using innovative medical technology to support the CCG is clearing its backlog of patients.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	99035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>We have made £2 billion available through the Elective Recovery Fund which assists local systems, including those in North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group, to tackle waiting lists. In addition, we have committed £8 billion between 2022 and 2025 to transform elective services and increase activity in England. A further £5.9 billion of capital funding was announced in the 2021 Spending Review to support elective recovery, diagnostics and technology.</p><p> </p><p>Trusts in North Central London CCG are using all available resources to treat patients on waiting lists as quickly as possible, while prioritising those with the most urgent health needs. This includes providing surgery seven days a week; operating additional outpatient clinics; investing in new equipment for high-volume procedures; developing clinical networks and temporary specialist surgical hubs; and the use of independent sector beds and theatres.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Chase Farm Hospital are using artificial intelligence to improve efficiency. In North Central London CCG, a community audiology-led clinic is being supported by tele-video-otology, to reduce unnecessary hospital visits and allow surgeons to focus on complex cases in their clinics. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is sharing its expertise in robotic process automation to improve on productivity and allowing staff to be returned to patient-centred activities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 99036 question first answered 18/01/2022 10:59:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 42470 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1400382

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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: Enfield Southgate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is being provided for people in Enfield Southgate constituency who are on a waiting list for treatment at North Central London CCG; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using innovative medical technology to support the CCG in clearing its backlog of patients.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	99036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>We have made £2 billion available through the Elective Recovery Fund which assists local systems, including those in North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group, to tackle waiting lists. In addition, we have committed £8 billion between 2022 and 2025 to transform elective services and increase activity in England. A further £5.9 billion of capital funding was announced in the 2021 Spending Review to support elective recovery, diagnostics and technology.</p><p> </p><p>Trusts in North Central London CCG are using all available resources to treat patients on waiting lists as quickly as possible, while prioritising those with the most urgent health needs. This includes providing surgery seven days a week; operating additional outpatient clinics; investing in new equipment for high-volume procedures; developing clinical networks and temporary specialist surgical hubs; and the use of independent sector beds and theatres.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Chase Farm Hospital are using artificial intelligence to improve efficiency. In North Central London CCG, a community audiology-led clinic is being supported by tele-video-otology, to reduce unnecessary hospital visits and allow surgeons to focus on complex cases in their clinics. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is sharing its expertise in robotic process automation to improve on productivity and allowing staff to be returned to patient-centred activities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 99035 question first answered 18/01/2022 10:59:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 42471 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous