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1688100

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date	07/02/2024
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	Hay Fever: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the number of people who are on prescription medication for hayfever.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Information is held on prescriptions for individual medicines, but not for the clinical reason for that prescription. Therefore, the information requested on the number of people who are on prescription medication for treatment of hay fever, is not held centrally.</p><p>While information is collected on the number of items dispensed for medications licensed for treatment of hay fever, some patients may be prescribed these medicines for conditions other than hay fever and some patients may be prescribed medication licensed for other indications to treat their hay fever.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 26/02/2024 11:32:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688101

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Ceramics: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she has taken to support the ceramic industry financially since the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>Eligible businesses in the ceramics sector are eligible to apply for the government’s Energy Intensive Industry (EII) Exemption Scheme and have received around £15m from it since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The sector will also benefit from the related British Industry Supercharger (BIS), with the government committed to rolling out its measures between April 2024 and April 2025.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the broader support with energy bills provided for business through the Energy Bill Relief and Discount schemes and the support provided by the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) to help invest in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/02/2024 15:28:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688103

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people on long-term sick leave as of 7 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on individuals who are currently taking a long-term sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department’s 2019 ‘Health in the Workplace’ publication showed that in the previous 12 months, 1.4m working aged people (aged 16-64) in the UK had a total of 1.8m spells of long term (lasting 4 weeks or more) sickness absences. This analysis uses the cross-sectional Annual Population Survey (APS) January 2018 – December 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The publication can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d2c67de40f0b64a82516308/health-in-the-workplace-statistics.pdf" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/02/2024 11:49:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688104

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Bees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the bumble bee population in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>There are 24 bumblebee species in the UK. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust runs the Great Britain (GB) BeeWalk survey, which involves volunteers walking the same fixed route at least once a month between March and October (inclusive). The abundance of each bumblebee species seen is recorded in a 4m x 4m x 2m recording box to standardise between habitats and observers. The data for 2010-2019 shows that for the 20 species with enough observation data to assess trends, 8 species had positive population trends and 12 had declining trends in GB.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/02/2024 12:39:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688105

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Heart Diseases: Retirement
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 have been medically retired due to heart attacks in the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of people who have medically retired due to heart attacks in the last five years is not held centrally. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out that by 2028 the proportion of patients accessing cardiac rehabilitation will be amongst the best in Europe, with up to 85% of those eligible accessing care. This will prevent up to 23,000 premature deaths and 50,000 acute admissions over 10 years.</p><p>To support elective recovery, the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to drive up and protect elective activity for heart disease, ensuring early access to diagnostic tests and treatment.</p><p>The NHS Health Check programme is a core component of England's cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention pathway. Over 15 million people are eligible for an NHS Health Check every five years, with 1.3 million being delivered a year, preventing an estimated 500 heart attacks and strokes.</p><p>The Government is supporting local authorities to improve uptake of the NHS Health Check and return it to pre-pandemic levels. In addition, we are investing in the development and rollout of an innovative new digital NHS Health Check, from spring 2024, and in a pilot for workplace CVD health checks for up to 150,000 people in their place of work.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 26/02/2024 11:31:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688106

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rural broadband coverage.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>According to Ofcom’s December 2023 Connected Nations report, only 0.2% of properties are unable to get decent broadband coverage (defined as at least 10Mbps download speed and 1Mbps upload speed), with 88% of rural UK residential properties having superfast broadband coverage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving broadband coverage in rural areas, with gigabit broadband coverage delivered through the £5 billion Project Gigabit which will deliver cutting edge connectivity for millions or rural homes, with alternative connectivity solutions being investigated for very hard to reach premises.</p><p> </p><p>For those premises still unable to get a decent broadband connection, the Broadband USO provides consumers the right to request a broadband connection if their current connection falls below 10Mbps download and 1Mbps upload.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 23/02/2024 10:20:52 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688212

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Gene Therapies: Manufacturing Industries
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 encourage the growth of the (a) manufacturing capacity for and (b) delivery of cell and gene therapies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The government is investing significantly to support manufacturing and delivery of cell and gene therapies.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021, the government has launched three capital grant schemes – up to £118 million of funds – to incentivise manufacturing investments, including in advanced therapies, which can help treat rare diseases. We anticipate announcing the next round of grant recipients in the Spring. Last year, the government announced a further £520 million to increase investment in Life Sciences manufacturing.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a world-leader in the development and manufacture of cell and gene therapies thanks to government investment in innovation and skills through the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 23/02/2024 10:01:12 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688213

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Sickle Cell Diseases: Manufacturing Industries
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 support the growth of manufacturing capacity to (a) develop and (b) deliver treatments for sickle cell disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The government is investing significantly to support Life Sciences manufacturing, including of treatments for rare diseases such as sickle cell disease.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021, the government has launched three capital grant schemes – up to £118 million of funds – to incentivise manufacturing investments, including in advanced therapies, which can help treat rare diseases. We anticipate announcing the next round of grant recipients in the Spring. Last year, the government announced a further £520 million to increase investment in Life Sciences manufacturing.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a world-leader in the development and manufacture of advanced therapies thanks to government investment in innovation and skills through the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, which also coordinates the Advanced Therapies Treatment Centre network.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 23/02/2024 10:04:43 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1688215

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Gene Therapies: Innovation
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 an assessment of developing a cross-departmental strategy including the (a) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) NHS to (i) support and (ii) promote expertise in cell and gene therapy innovation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department recognises that advanced cell and gene therapies will be an important part of the future of healthcare and the life sciences industry. The Department has been considering the recommendations of the National Cell and Gene Therapy Vision for the UK, a report published by the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult in March 2022, and the UK Strategic Stem Cell Forum’s latest report, A 10 Year Vision for Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies, published in July 2022. As part of this we have been conducting stakeholder engagement across the cell and gene therapy ecosystem to further understand the challenges raised and whether there is a role for the Department in coordinating activity in this area. We will continue to work with our public sector partners to ensure a whole system approach to advanced therapies, building on existing strengths to ensure a joined-up research, regulatory, and health ecosystem.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/02/2024 11:11:56 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1687728

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what funds the Commissioners allocate to churches for (a) cameras, (b) alarms and (c) other security equipment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	13262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>All churches are eligible to apply for the Home Office hate crime scheme if they need support with new or upgrading equipment or facilities. <br> The <a href="https://benefacttrust.co.uk/" target="_blank">Benefact Trust</a> has funded alarms for churches. More details are available on the Church of England website about how to support parishes with resources and advice: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/security-and-crime-prevention" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/security-and-crime-prevention</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/02/2024 17:58:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon