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1225571

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	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	Hepatitis: Disease Control
	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 Public Health England’s 2019 report Shooting Up: Infections among people who inject drugs in the UK, what steps he is taking to implement its recommendation on reducing the number of new hepatitis C infections through improved harm reduction approaches.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text The Public Health England (PHE) 2019 report ‘Shooting up’ suggests that harm reduction interventions for people who inject drugs, including access to sterile injecting equipment and effective drug dependence treatment, can prevent and control hepatitis C virus among this group<p /><p /><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local drug needs and commissioning prevention, treatment and harm reduction services and interventions, which include needle exchange provision.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with PHE to review the harm reduction activity that is currently available.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/08/2020 11:22:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 40382 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1311552

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long the contract with Serco for NHS test and trace has been extended beyond the initial 14-week period.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	186000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before prorogation. answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/04/2021 12:49:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 100041 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1239322

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	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	Air Pollution: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of air pollution-related illness to the NHS in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	97595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text In 2018 Public Health England (PHE) published an estimation of the potential health burden and costs to the National Health Service and social care system arising due to diseases related to air pollution. Between 2017 and 2025, the total cost to the NHS and social care from air pollution in England is estimated to be £1.60 billion for fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) combined (£1.54 billion for PM<sub>2.5</sub> and £60.81 million for NO<sub>2</sub>) where there is robust evidence for an association between exposure and disease. Where there is less robust evidence for an association, then the estimate is increased to an overall total of £2.81 billion for PM<sub>2.5 </sub>and £2.75 billion for NO<sub>2</sub> in England between 2017 and 2025. answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/11/2020 13:57:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 52017 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1241719

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the cancer workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	100907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>‘We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/2021 – action for us all’ sets out actions to support transformation across the whole National Health Service, including the following commitment on the cancer workforce:</p><p>In 2021, Health Education England is prioritising the training of 400 clinical endoscopists and 450 reporting radiographers. Training grants are being offered for 350 nurses to become cancer nurse specialists and chemotherapy nurses, training 58 biomedical scientists, developing an advanced clinical practice qualification in oncology, and extending cancer support-worker training.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/11/2020 14:05:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 54065 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1239201

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	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	Nutrition: Children
	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 he has taken to end the marketing of high-sugar and high-fat foods to infants and children.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	97522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’, published in July, sets out our intention to restrict the promotion and advertising of foods high in fat, salt and sugar. We have consulted on these measures and listened carefully to the feedback. We will publish full responses to the consultations as soon as possible.</p><p>We will also consult on proposals to improve the marketing and labelling of commercial food and drink products for infants and young children, so that parents and carers have clear and honest information that aligns with the Government’s advice on the products they feed their babies.</p><p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-obesity-government-strategy/tackling-obesity-empowering-adults-and-children-to-live-healthier-lives</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/11/2020 13:36:05 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 52013 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1238285

	registered interest
	date	28/09/2020
	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	Obesity: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his Department's policy to halve childhood obesity by 2030, as outlined in the childhood obesity plan, published in June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	95995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ takes forward actions from previous chapters of the childhood obesity plan including our ambition to halve the number of children living with obesity by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 06/11/2020 13:19:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 51429 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1237889

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	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	Obesity: 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 steps his Department is taking to (a) support the aims of the obesity strategy and (b) ensure that local authorities have sufficient (i) funding and (ii) resources to deliver obesity prevention initiatives.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	95734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ demonstrates an overarching campaign to reduce obesity, takes forward actions from previous chapters of the childhood obesity plan and sets out measures to get the nation fit and healthy, protect against COVID-19 and protect the National Health Service.</p><p>We have invested £3.279 billion in local authority public health services through the Public Health Grant in 2020/21, in addition to what the NHS spent on preventative interventions such as our world-class immunisation and screening programmes.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/11/2020 13:55:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 51003 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1231285

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2020
	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	Obesity: 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, with reference to his Department's report, Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives, published on 27 July 2020, what plans his Department has to support general practitioners to refer patients with severe and complex obesity to (a) Tier 3 weight management services and (b) Tier 4 weight management services.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	84726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ demonstrates an overarching campaign to reduce obesity, takes forward actions from previous chapters of the childhood obesity plan and sets our measures to get the nation fit and healthy, protect against COVID-19 and protect the National Health Service.</p><p>Through the strategy we are delivering a range of measures on weight management, including expanding weight management services, to help more people get the support they need and making conversations about weight in primary care the norm. Further details about these measures will be available later in the year and we will engage stakeholders throughout this process.</p><p>It is for clinical commissioning groups to commission complex obesity services for adults based on the needs of their local population, which includes all bariatric surgical procedures and the associated care.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 84727 question first answered 12/10/2020 08:12:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 45722 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1231286

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2020
	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	Obesity: 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, with reference to his Department's report, Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives, published on 27 July 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cost savings to the public purse of (a) specialist weight management clinicals provided by multidisciplinary teams and (b) bariatric surgery for patients with severe and complex obesity being routinely introduced; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	84727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ demonstrates an overarching campaign to reduce obesity, takes forward actions from previous chapters of the childhood obesity plan and sets our measures to get the nation fit and healthy, protect against COVID-19 and protect the National Health Service.</p><p>Through the strategy we are delivering a range of measures on weight management, including expanding weight management services, to help more people get the support they need and making conversations about weight in primary care the norm. Further details about these measures will be available later in the year and we will engage stakeholders throughout this process.</p><p>It is for clinical commissioning groups to commission complex obesity services for adults based on the needs of their local population, which includes all bariatric surgical procedures and the associated care.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 84726 question first answered 12/10/2020 08:12:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 45723 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1229721

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Protective Clothing: Retail Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the definition of shop in The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020 applies to seated waiting areas in car (a) showrooms and (b) repair and servicing business premises.
	tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Harper
	uin	81650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>‘Shops’ within the regulations means any building, room or other indoor establishment which is open to the public in whole or in part and is used wholly or mainly for the purposes of retail sale or hire of goods or services. Therefore, face coverings must be worn in the waiting areas in car showrooms and repair and servicing business premises.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/09/2020 12:18:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 44285 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper