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1472908

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
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	Endoscopy
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 using single use endoscopes in cases (a) of increased infection risk and (b) where reusable endoscopes are not readily available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>During the pandemic, NHS England and NHS Improvement published a variety of guidance on the sterilisation and decontamination of reusable medical equipment and use of single-use equipment. The purchase and use of single-use equipment is determined by individual National Health Service trusts, which consider the facilities available, workforce, finances and the patient population to select the most appropriate medical equipment.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have reviewed the potential merits of single-use endoscopes and considered hospital acquired infections, patient safety and the prevalence of antibiotic resistant organisms in care environments. These discussions are ongoing to appropriately review all factors, including environmental sustainability and economic considerations. There are no plans to alter procedures in favour of using single-use endoscopes in any setting.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23745 23746 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:18:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472910

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
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	Endoscopy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of reprocessed endoscopes on level of risk for patients in critical care environments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>During the pandemic, NHS England and NHS Improvement published a variety of guidance on the sterilisation and decontamination of reusable medical equipment and use of single-use equipment. The purchase and use of single-use equipment is determined by individual National Health Service trusts, which consider the facilities available, workforce, finances and the patient population to select the most appropriate medical equipment.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have reviewed the potential merits of single-use endoscopes and considered hospital acquired infections, patient safety and the prevalence of antibiotic resistant organisms in care environments. These discussions are ongoing to appropriately review all factors, including environmental sustainability and economic considerations. There are no plans to alter procedures in favour of using single-use endoscopes in any setting.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23744 23746 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:18:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472911

registered interest
date	23/06/2022
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	Endoscopy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to help ensure single-use endoscopes are available in critical care settings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>During the pandemic, NHS England and NHS Improvement published a variety of guidance on the sterilisation and decontamination of reusable medical equipment and use of single-use equipment. The purchase and use of single-use equipment is determined by individual National Health Service trusts, which consider the facilities available, workforce, finances and the patient population to select the most appropriate medical equipment.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have reviewed the potential merits of single-use endoscopes and considered hospital acquired infections, patient safety and the prevalence of antibiotic resistant organisms in care environments. These discussions are ongoing to appropriately review all factors, including environmental sustainability and economic considerations. There are no plans to alter procedures in favour of using single-use endoscopes in any setting.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23744 23745 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:18:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472416

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison sentences given to offenders; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer sentences for offenders.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The government’s top priority is protecting the public; it is essential that we have a sentencing framework that delivers this and ensures victims and the wider public have confidence that the punishment fits the crime in every case.</p><p>In 2020, the Government published a Sentencing White Paper and consequently delivered measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. Measures include ending automatic halfway release from prison for serious crimes, making a Whole Life Order the starting point for a premeditated murder of a child and a new power to refer high-risk offenders to Parole Board in place of automatic release.</p><p>While prisons keep people safe by taking dangerous criminals off our streets, we recognise that they can only bring down crime and keep the public safer in the longer-term if they properly reform and rehabilitate offenders. We therefore published the Prisons Strategy White Paper in December 2021 where we re-iterated our commitment to help individual turn their backs on crime and we will spend £200 million a year by 2024-25 to improve prison leavers’ access to accommodation, employment support and substance misuse treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 30/06/2022 13:26:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472417

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Skin Diseases: 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, what was the most common skin condition affecting people under the age of 21 that was treated on the NHS in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. Skin conditions are predominantly treated in a primary care setting, for which data is not collected. While the most severe cases or those requiring inpatient procedures would require treatment in a secondary care setting, NHS Digital provisionally estimates that in 2021/2022, pilonidal cysts were the most common skin condition requiring hospital admission in people under the age of 21 years old.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 30/06/2022 10:11:51 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472418

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Breast Cancer and Diabetes
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 reduce the risk of developing breast cancer for people with type one diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>Those with type 1 diabetes are at no further risk of developing breast cancer than the general population.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/07/2022 11:13:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472419

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	White Fish: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the rise in the price of cod on fishmongers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is working with representatives across the UK seafood and catching sector, and the fish and chip shop sector to understand the impacts relating to increases in the cost of living, recognising the multitude of issues and challenges the wider industry faces.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/07/2022 13:51:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472420

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	General Practitioners
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 his Department has taken to encourage GPs to return to face-to-face appointments.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement’s guidance states that general practitioner practices must provide face to face appointments, alongside remote consultations and patients’ input for consultation type should be sought. Preferences for face-to-face care respected unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  Excluding COVID-19 vaccinations, 63% of general practice appointments were conducted face-to-face in April 2022.</p><p>We have made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity during the pandemic, in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 to create an additional 50 million general practice appointments by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 29/06/2022 15:19:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1472421

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received Pension Credit in the 2020-21 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	23299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities is responsible for Pension Credit in Northern Ireland. Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit in Northern Ireland are available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/northern-ireland-benefit-statistics-summary-february-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/northern-ireland-benefit-statistics-summary-february-2021</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/06/2022 11:26:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1471969

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
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: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to support young people with autism into work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Employment support is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to supporting young people with learning disabilities and/or autism move closer to the labour market or into work, and we have a number of initiatives to support people with Autism through Jobcentres across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP Youth Offer provides intensive support through the Youth Employment Programme, Youth Employability Coaches for young people with additional barriers to work, and Youth hubs. Our Work Coaches and Youth Employability Coaches are supported by Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) who offer advice and expertise on how best to help disabled people into work.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has been working with the National Autistic Society to design and develop a service delivery framework for people with Autism. The service delivery framework aims to transform the service available to jobseekers on the autism spectrum. This trial is now complete with all 15 sites having passed their accreditation test. We are considering how best to take the Jobcentre Plus Autism Accreditation forward.</p><p> </p><p>For those learning disabled and autistic people who do find themselves excluded from the workplace, starting this Autumn, DWP will invest £7.2 million in Local Supported Employment services, working with around 20 Local Authorities to enable more social care users with a learning disability and autistic social care users to access the support needed to help them get into work and remain in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Young people with Autism can access further employment support through Jobcentres including priority access to the Work and Health Programme in England and Wales, for people with health conditions, and Intensive Personalised Employment Support provision across the UK, which provides highly personalised packages of employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions who require specialist support to achieve sustained employment. Access to Work is also available, which is a demand-led discretionary grant scheme that provides funding for the extra disability-related costs people have when starting work or maintaining employment.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Supported Internships are aimed at young people with a learning disability or autism who have an Education, Health, and Care (EHC) plan. Supported internships usually last for 12 months and provide support from a specialist job coach. Whilst the Department for Education lead on this in England, the Department for Work and Pensions provides support through Access to Work where needed.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/06/2022 14:24:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon