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1688569

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	13753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has suitable risk assessments for activities that are undertaken by its staff in our workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/02/2024 09:30:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690789

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Health and Safety
	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 her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	15111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department designs workplaces that can adapt to the needs of the individual. The majority of our estate has modern, flexible, ergonomic workplaces which should accommodate most individuals’ requirements. The Department has a comprehensive offer to ensure that individuals who may have additional requirements are not disadvantaged, can realise their potential, and have appropriate workplace adjustments in place.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/02/2024 13:42:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029341

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>On 20 December 2018 the Department employed 1,589 civil servants. On 23 June 2016 the Department employed 1,974 civil servants.</p><p> </p><p>Civil servants are defined as employees, fixed term appointments and loans into the Department. These figures do not include agency workers, contractors and consultants.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/01/2019 12:24:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1170347

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Trade Unions
	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 introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation has affected the right of recognised unions in his Department to bargaining information in relation to section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	2623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The General Data Protection Regulation has not affected the rights of unions in the Department in relation to bargaining information provided under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.</p><p>The Department complies with the obligation to provide reasonable paid time off to recognised trade union representatives to undertake trade union duties. This includes paid time off for safety representatives as set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.</p><p>In line with the legislative obligation, set out in the Trade Union Act (2016), information relating to facility time for relevant union officials is published annually, with facility time defined by that Act as including time off taken by a relevant union official that is permitted by the official’s employer, including where this arises under “regulations made under section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974”.</p><p>The Government recognises there are significant benefits to both employers and employees when organisations and unions work together effectively to deliver high quality public services, but facility time within the public sector must be accountable and represent value for money.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 2624 question first answered 21/01/2020 11:52:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1170348

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Pay
	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 compliant with the requirement in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	2624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The General Data Protection Regulation has not affected the rights of unions in the Department in relation to bargaining information provided under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.</p><p>The Department complies with the obligation to provide reasonable paid time off to recognised trade union representatives to undertake trade union duties. This includes paid time off for safety representatives as set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code.</p><p>In line with the legislative obligation, set out in the Trade Union Act (2016), information relating to facility time for relevant union officials is published annually, with facility time defined by that Act as including time off taken by a relevant union official that is permitted by the official’s employer, including where this arises under “regulations made under section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974”.</p><p>The Government recognises there are significant benefits to both employers and employees when organisations and unions work together effectively to deliver high quality public services, but facility time within the public sector must be accountable and represent value for money.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 2623 question first answered 21/01/2020 11:52:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1355778

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy
	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 instruct the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to publish the business case on the redundancies announced at that agency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	50074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to do so.</p><p>The Department meets regularly with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 50075 question first answered 08/10/2021 12:32:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 22520 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1355779

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on whether additional funding is needed to avoid job losses at the agency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	50075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to do so.</p><p>The Department meets regularly with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 50074 question first answered 08/10/2021 12:32:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 22521 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1361835

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	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	Mental Health: Research
	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 increase research funding for mental health.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	59840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is the largest funder of mental health research in the United Kingdom.  In 2019-20, the NIHR spent £93.4 million on mental health research, which is a significant year on year increase in investment. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR’s funding is available through open competition and we encourage researchers to submit applications in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2021 13:43:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1402291

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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	Dentistry: Qualifications
	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 plans to amend the five-year time limit in the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Exam to take account of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and to support candidates who have reached or are approaching that five year limit.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	102677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Dentists Act 1984 requires overseas applicants to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) register to undertake its Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) to confirm they have the requisite skills and knowledge to practise dentistry in the United Kingdom.</p><p>In April 2020, the GDC suspended Parts 1 and 2 of the ORE due to the restrictions in place to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 December 2021, the GDC announced a planned sitting of the Part 2 exam in January 2022.</p><p>The legislation restricts the GDC from offering Part 2 ORE places to candidates where five or more years have passed since they first attempted Part 1 of the exam. Therefore, the GDC has not been able to offer places on the January 2022 exam sitting to any candidates whose five-year period has expired. Officials have worked with the GDC to develop proposals which will provide these candidates with additional time to take the Part 2 assessment in the future. We plan to consult on this proposed legislative change in early 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2022 14:06:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1433762

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus
	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 it his policy to mandate individual risk assessments for all employees in his Department before they return to the workplace following the easing of covid-19 restrictions; and how many individual risk assessments for people returning to work have been conducted by his Department as of 21 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	126709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>We are not mandating individual risk assessments for employees before they return to the office but are encouraging managers and staff to have a conversation about risks and potential mitigations and support that can be put in place using the COVID-19 Individual Risk Indicator toolkit. This is linked to the latest guidance on those whose immune system means they are at higher risk of infection. We do not centrally monitor the number of discussions and have no plans to collect this data.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/02/2022 10:53:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens