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1691169

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Infectious Diseases: 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, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) surveillance of infectious diseases and (b) Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	15268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>As part of our responsibility to protect citizens from the impact of infectious diseases, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) carries out surveillance activities across a range of pathogens which represent a significant risk to health. This involves multiple UKHSA teams working with external partners across a wide range of activities. Our assessments of the effectiveness of surveillance are incorporated into annual reports on surveillance and progress towards the elimination of notifiable diseases, including tuberculosis and measles.</p><p> </p><p>Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 serve an important role in England’s ability to respond promptly to suspected cases of infectious disease that could have an impact on public health, by supporting a robust surveillance system. Regulations are reviewed by the Department and UKHSA, and include public consultations. A summary of responses to the recent Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010: proposed amendments consultation, is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-protection-notification-regulations-2010-proposed-amendments/public-feedback/summary-of-responses-to-the-health-protection-notification-regulations-2010-proposed-amendments-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-protection-notification-regulations-2010-proposed-amendments/public-feedback/summary-of-responses-to-the-health-protection-notification-regulations-2010-proposed-amendments-consultation</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 01/03/2024 12:41:48 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1681980

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	HIV Infection: Screening
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 progress her Department has made on identifying the key reasons why people (a) may not be offered and (b) decline the offer of a HIV test in sexual health clinics.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	9503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Further work is being undertaken by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to explore reasons why people may not be offered or decline the offer of an HIV test in Sexual Health clinics. UKHSA will provide a descriptive analysis of predictors in the third quarter of 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/01/2024 15:51:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1681981

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	HIV Infection: Diagnosis
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 her Department's publication entitled Towards Zero - An action plan towards ending HIV transmission, AIDS and HIV-related deaths in England - 2022 to 2025, updated on 21 December 2021, what recent progress has been made on (a) reviewing existing late diagnosis protocols and (b) strengthening the protocols prior to a national roll out.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	9504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>A late HIV diagnoses steering group will be held in the second quarter of 2024 to review and agree the content of the protocol. Software is also under development to enable information to be captured.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/01/2024 15:54:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1681982

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	HIV Infection: 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, what progress her Department has made on understanding the circumstances surrounding HIV acquisitions in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	9505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Further analyses around HIV acquisitions will be undertaken to ensure the circumstances reflect a wide range of people living with HIV. This will be published in the third quarter of 2024.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/01/2024 15:42:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1649896

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish details of spending of early years entitlement funding by each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	192463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>Early years entitlement funding is one of the funding blocks of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). The latest information regarding early years funding is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2023-to-2024</a>.</p><p>As part of the annual Section 251 budget return, local authorities return data on their planned early years spending for the next financial year, which is then published by the department. The latest published planned expenditure data is for the 2022/23 financial year and is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p><p>The data collection process for planned expenditure data for the 2023/24 financial year is ongoing and will be published in the autumn of 2023. Local authorities also submit less detailed outturn data regarding spend which is published by the department. The latest available outturn data is for the 2021/22 financial year and can be found in the file named ‘LA expenditure on schools, other education and community’ at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/la-and-school-expenditure/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/la-and-school-expenditure/2021-22</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 12/07/2023 10:11:23 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1648672

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information the Government holds on whether any underspends in childcare funding in local councils have been ringfenced for early years education as of June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	191560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>Early years funding is one of the funding blocks of the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Whilst the department does collect information around the total level of DSG underspend from local authorities, specific information regarding which funding blocks within the DSG the underspends have originated from is not collected.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 07/07/2023 11:51:43 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1627595

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	HIV Infection: 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, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the (a) UK Health Security Agency, (b) British HIV Association and (c) other representatives of people with HIV on taking steps to encourage people who are living with HIV to seek medical care.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	184958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>As part of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Action Plan, we committed to optimising access to treatment and retention and re-engagement in HIV care. As part of the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group, which drives forward the implementation of the Plan, we established a retention and re-engagement in care Task and Finish subgroup including UK Health Security Agency, British HIV Association and other key stakeholders who will provide advice on how to increase the number of people retained and re-engaged in care and receive effective medical care. The Implementation Steering Group will be considering the advice and, if needed, take appropriate action to ensure we meet our Action Plan’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 22/05/2023 16:12:50 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1627596

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	HIV Infection: Pregnancy
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 tackle the level of diabetes in pregnant women with HIV.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	184959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>All pregnant women receive a Personalised Care and Support Plan, which is a series of facilitated conversations in which the person actively gets involved to explore the management of their health and well-being, taking into account individual needs and requirements, including pre-existing health conditions.</p><p>Further to this, NHS England have developed 14 Maternal Medicine Networks across England, to ensure that all women with chronic and acute medical problems around pregnancy, including diabetes, have access to specialist management and care from physicians and obstetrics.</p><p> </p><p>With relation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the Specialised Adult HIV Service Specification sets out the requirements for service providers to support the appropriate management of people living with HIV, including pregnant women with HIV, through referral to and liaison with primary care for management of non-HIV care needs. Service providers are required to ensure that pathways are in place for access to other specialties.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2023 11:21:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1627597

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide
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 is taking steps to provide Descovy to people with HIV through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	184960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who meet the relevant criteria can access emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide (Descovy®) through the NHS England clinical commissioning policy: <em>Tenofovir Alafenamide for treatment of HIV 1 in adults and adolescents,</em> which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2Ff03-taf-policy.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CHashim.Walayat%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cbfa22fccfa844a16770908db56bd94b7%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638199144455194008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VGN0nzfOw534VAXopkYWgizv7lifHJ0tdHbje7PUGqM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/f03-taf-policy.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/05/2023 16:23:08 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

1608582

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Rights of Way: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 19 October 2022 to Question 59009 on Rights of Way and of 9 March to Question 150378 Rights of Way: Registration, whether she plans to repeal the 2026 cut-off date to record historic rights.
tabling member constituency	Winchester
tabling member printed	Steve Brine
uin	176610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has decided to commence the cut-off date for recording historic public rights of way which will provide certainty for all parties. The Government remains committed to implementing the rights of way reforms package as soon as reasonably practicable, which will streamline processes and benefit users, landowners and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>However, in recognising the reforms have experienced delays due to Covid, the Secretary of State has also decided to use existing powers in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to implement a full 5-year extension of the cut-off date to 1 January 2031. This will allow time for our rights of way reforms to have a real impact.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is keen to promote responsible access, protect nature and support people who work and live in the countryside.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 17/04/2023 10:26:29 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine