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1453586

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	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	Surgery: Waiting Lists
	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 patients registered under the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust have waited over 18 months for an operation in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	145795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust does not hold data before 2017. The following table shows the number of patients registered under the Trust who have waited more than 78 weeks for an operation in each year since 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22 – to February 2022</p></td><td><p>387</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, published in February 2022, sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years. The plan commits to eliminate waiting times of over 18 months by April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/03/2022 09:43:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1452451

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2022
	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	NHS: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS staff have been made redundant while suffering from long covid; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	142423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>This information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p>The redundancy terms for employees are outlined under Section 16 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook. Any decision to enter into redundancy arrangements must be mainly or wholly attributable to the fact that:</p><p>- the employer or the business need for which the employee was appointed has ceased, or is intended to cease or the type of number of roles needed to carry out a particular kind of work has changed; and</p><p>- the need for staff to carry out work in the place they were originally employed has ceased or is relocating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/03/2022 13:51:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416070

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
	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 publish a list of each regional call centre that handles emergency calls to ambulance services in England.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	110236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Average monthly call answer times by ambulance trust are published by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 110239 question first answered 10/03/2022 13:49:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416073

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
	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 average waiting time for answering an emergency call to ambulance services (a) nationally and (b) by regional ambulance emergency call centre on a (i) Friday night and (ii) Saturday night in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	110239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Average monthly call answer times by ambulance trust are published by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 110236 question first answered 10/03/2022 13:49:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1416074

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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	Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
	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 have been employed to answer emergency calls to ambulance services (a) nationally (b) at each regional hub in each of the last 5 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	110240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/01/2022 11:07:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401347

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants
	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 any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	100412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department has recorded expenditure between July 2019 and March 2021 with Clifford Chance LLP under a call-off contract from a Crown Commercial Services framework contract for legal work involved in exiting an IT contract. No expenditure is recorded against FTI Consulting or Fenchurch Advisory Partners.</p><p>Establishing whether officials at the Department have held meetings with these companies could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/02/2022 17:54:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363959

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Pharmaceuticals Direct: Contracts
	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 value for money to the public purse of contracts awarded to Pharmaceuticals Direct since February 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>All offers of personal protective equipment (PPE) were subject to the same assurance process which selected suppliers based on the product type, clinical acceptability, price, forecasted delivery dates, volume and financial standing. The overall basis for awarding contracts, including the value for money consideration, involved a balanced judgement of all these factors. While the price per unit is a factor, FFP3 masks require FIT testing onto the wearer which is required by law. Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd offered a mask which was already in use within the National Health Service and one which healthcare workers had provided a positive evaluation of.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the unit price of PPE ordered under each contract is commercially sensitive. While the unit price for the FFP3 masks under this contact were higher, the Department considered the urgent need for the product; the product had previously passed FIT testing and was in use within the health system; and that other tried and tested FFP3 masks were not available from other European sources at the time.</p><p> </p><p>The demand and supply signals for PPE varied on a daily basis in light of infection rates within the United Kingdom. The availability of product also fluctuated regularly due to competition over manufacturing capacity and scarce supply. The Government supported the UK Make programme for UK suppliers to develop manufacturing capacity for PPE at the end of 2020. The Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd contract provided a clinically approved product before UK Make suppliers were able to distribute their products.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 64524 64525 64526 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:25:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363961

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Pharmaceuticals Direct: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the basis was for awarding Pharmaceuticals Direct a £102.6 million contract to provide 20 million FFP3 masks, at £5.13 per unit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>All offers of personal protective equipment (PPE) were subject to the same assurance process which selected suppliers based on the product type, clinical acceptability, price, forecasted delivery dates, volume and financial standing. The overall basis for awarding contracts, including the value for money consideration, involved a balanced judgement of all these factors. While the price per unit is a factor, FFP3 masks require FIT testing onto the wearer which is required by law. Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd offered a mask which was already in use within the National Health Service and one which healthcare workers had provided a positive evaluation of.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the unit price of PPE ordered under each contract is commercially sensitive. While the unit price for the FFP3 masks under this contact were higher, the Department considered the urgent need for the product; the product had previously passed FIT testing and was in use within the health system; and that other tried and tested FFP3 masks were not available from other European sources at the time.</p><p> </p><p>The demand and supply signals for PPE varied on a daily basis in light of infection rates within the United Kingdom. The availability of product also fluctuated regularly due to competition over manufacturing capacity and scarce supply. The Government supported the UK Make programme for UK suppliers to develop manufacturing capacity for PPE at the end of 2020. The Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd contract provided a clinically approved product before UK Make suppliers were able to distribute their products.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 64522 64525 64526 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:25:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363962

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Pharmaceuticals Direct: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average price paid per unit was, by Government, for a FFP3 mask in June 2020; and what the average price paid per unit was for FFP3 masks as part of the £102.6 million contract awarded to Pharmaceuticals Direct in the summer of 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>All offers of personal protective equipment (PPE) were subject to the same assurance process which selected suppliers based on the product type, clinical acceptability, price, forecasted delivery dates, volume and financial standing. The overall basis for awarding contracts, including the value for money consideration, involved a balanced judgement of all these factors. While the price per unit is a factor, FFP3 masks require FIT testing onto the wearer which is required by law. Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd offered a mask which was already in use within the National Health Service and one which healthcare workers had provided a positive evaluation of.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the unit price of PPE ordered under each contract is commercially sensitive. While the unit price for the FFP3 masks under this contact were higher, the Department considered the urgent need for the product; the product had previously passed FIT testing and was in use within the health system; and that other tried and tested FFP3 masks were not available from other European sources at the time.</p><p> </p><p>The demand and supply signals for PPE varied on a daily basis in light of infection rates within the United Kingdom. The availability of product also fluctuated regularly due to competition over manufacturing capacity and scarce supply. The Government supported the UK Make programme for UK suppliers to develop manufacturing capacity for PPE at the end of 2020. The Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd contract provided a clinically approved product before UK Make suppliers were able to distribute their products.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 64522 64524 64526 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:25:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363963

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Pharmaceuticals Direct: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department agreed a £102.6 million deal with Pharmaceuticals Direct for FFP3 face masks subsequent to correspondence with alternative suppliers who were told that further supplies were not needed as Government had sufficient supplies in place; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>All offers of personal protective equipment (PPE) were subject to the same assurance process which selected suppliers based on the product type, clinical acceptability, price, forecasted delivery dates, volume and financial standing. The overall basis for awarding contracts, including the value for money consideration, involved a balanced judgement of all these factors. While the price per unit is a factor, FFP3 masks require FIT testing onto the wearer which is required by law. Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd offered a mask which was already in use within the National Health Service and one which healthcare workers had provided a positive evaluation of.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the unit price of PPE ordered under each contract is commercially sensitive. While the unit price for the FFP3 masks under this contact were higher, the Department considered the urgent need for the product; the product had previously passed FIT testing and was in use within the health system; and that other tried and tested FFP3 masks were not available from other European sources at the time.</p><p> </p><p>The demand and supply signals for PPE varied on a daily basis in light of infection rates within the United Kingdom. The availability of product also fluctuated regularly due to competition over manufacturing capacity and scarce supply. The Government supported the UK Make programme for UK suppliers to develop manufacturing capacity for PPE at the end of 2020. The Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd contract provided a clinically approved product before UK Make suppliers were able to distribute their products.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 64522 64524 64525 question first answered 19/11/2021 14:25:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363964

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of contracts for personal protective equipment being awarded to (a) VIP Lane providers and (b) non VIP Lane providers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>At the point of being prioritised through the high priority lane (often referred to as the ‘VIP lane’) offers for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) went into exactly the same Technical Assurance, Closing (contract negotiation) and Procurement (contract award) process as all the other offers. Information obtained through an independent audit found no discernible difference in overall prices paid by the Department to suppliers processed through the high priority lane relative to those which were not.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/11/2021 10:42:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363966

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
	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 complaints his Department has received from companies complaining that they were unable to get the attention of officials to supply personal protective equipment from February 2020 to August 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We processed over 24,000 offers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from over 15,000 suppliers who approached the National PPE Sourcing team via the online portals the Government established in March 2020. Using the webform ensured that offers of support were recorded effectively and taken forward as necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Offers were triaged and those which could potentially deliver significant quantities of high-quality PPE quickly were prioritised. All offers then went into exactly the same Technical Assurance, Closing (contract negotiation) and Procurement (contract award) process, managed by officials, leading to the award of 339 contracts. A high number of offers were therefore rejected at different stages of being taken through this process for different reasons. A central log of complaints this generated, including those against officials, was not created.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/11/2021 14:33:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1363968

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of occurrences civil servants in his Department raised concerns regarding the price paid for personal protective equipment from February 2020 to August 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	64531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury put in place measures to protect the taxpayer from mispricing. A central log of concerns regarding pricing was not created.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/11/2021 15:33:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1357129

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Drugs: Northern Ireland
	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 medicines have been (a) pre-notified for withdrawal and (b) withdrawn from the Northern Ireland Market up to 31 August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	52404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives notifications of discontinuations and possible discontinuations from suppliers. However, we are unable to provide the information requested as it is commercially sensitive.</p><p>The Government is considering all possible steps to help ensure the continuity of medicines in Northern Ireland. We are currently engaging with stakeholders to understand their plans for supplying medicines to Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 52405 question first answered 28/09/2021 15:35:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1357130

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Drugs: Northern Ireland
	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 he has made of the potential effect of medicines being removed from the Northern Ireland Market as a result of the consequences of the Northern Ireland Protocol on the health of the people of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	52405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives notifications of discontinuations and possible discontinuations from suppliers. However, we are unable to provide the information requested as it is commercially sensitive.</p><p>The Government is considering all possible steps to help ensure the continuity of medicines in Northern Ireland. We are currently engaging with stakeholders to understand their plans for supplying medicines to Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 52404 question first answered 28/09/2021 15:35:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1334040

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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	Long Covid: 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 research his Department has commissioned on (a) long covid and (b) other autoimmune conditions and their treatment; what assessment he has made of the potential correlation between long covid and gender; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	15163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research and UK Research and Innovation have funded a post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study to understand and improve long-term health outcomes for people hospitalised with COVID-19 and four research studies specifically looking at the long-term effects in non-hospitalised individuals. In addition, a second ‘long’ COVID-19 research call is currently underway.</p><p>Part of the research studies will be investigating possible risk factors including any possible correlation with gender.</p><p>There is a range of active research on a range of auto immune conditions and their treatments. In the past three years, 91 research awards have been made.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2021 08:55:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1315807

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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	Drugs: Northern Ireland
	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 he has made of the potential effect on the supply of medicines in Northern Ireland of the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has published guidance on the regulation of human medicines in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021. This guidance also sets out mitigations to help ensure the continuous supply of medicines to patients in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Northern Ireland Department of Health have been working closely with industry to support them in their preparations to comply with the Northern Ireland Protocol and to support the availability of medicines for patients in Northern Ireland.</p><p>We are continuing to engage with the European Commission on the practical application of the Protocol. This includes immediate resolution of outstanding practical issues, and a long-term approach that ensures no barriers to the movement of medicines into Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 2865 question first answered 24/05/2021 14:17:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1315808

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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	Drugs: Northern Ireland
	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 is taking to ameliorate the potential effect of new medicines being restricted in Northern Ireland as a result of being placed under the EU regulatory framework as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has published guidance on the regulation of human medicines in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021. This guidance also sets out mitigations to help ensure the continuous supply of medicines to patients in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Northern Ireland Department of Health have been working closely with industry to support them in their preparations to comply with the Northern Ireland Protocol and to support the availability of medicines for patients in Northern Ireland.</p><p>We are continuing to engage with the European Commission on the practical application of the Protocol. This includes immediate resolution of outstanding practical issues, and a long-term approach that ensures no barriers to the movement of medicines into Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 2864 question first answered 24/05/2021 14:17:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1296853

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2021
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 137116 tabled on 13 January by the Member for Harrow West.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	161668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The hon. Member’s question will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/03/2021 15:02:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1287318

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 137116 tabled by the hon. Member for Harrow West on 13 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	154687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The hon. Member’s question will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/02/2021 13:27:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1255994

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	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: Credit 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 he plans to require his Department and its agencies to provide a payroll deduction service to allow staff to save more easily with a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	121130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to implement a payroll deduction service or require the Department’s agencies to implement such a service. We are continuing to plan further work to explore if payroll deductions will be implemented in the future.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/12/2020 11:38:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1246364

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 97448, tabled on 30 September 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	107588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>The hon. Member’s question will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/11/2020 12:40:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1197074

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	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	Ventilators: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2020 to Question 37400 on Ventilators: Imports, who the members of the Joint Action Coordination Team are; and if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of that team.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Assistance Coordination Team was established as a partnership between the Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Health Service to coordinate and facilitate the activity of sourcing medical equipment from overseas on behalf of the NHS.</p><p>It has been the practice of successive administrations that the Government does not disclose details of internal meetings, and it is not common practice to disclose the names of officials.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/06/2020 18:01:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1188514

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Ventilators: Imports
	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 is taking to help secure the import of medical ventilators during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	37398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>We have been working rapidly to secure additional ventilator capacity through established United Kingdom suppliers and from overseas. The Joint Action Coordination Team was established, which works across the Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to provide support and assistance for all international procurement work.</p><p>The Government is doing everything it can to ensure the National Health Service and care workers have the equipment and support they need to tackle this outbreak. Our overseas diplomatic network is engaged in a massive international procurement effort underway to buy the additional medical equipment the NHS needs. Almost 900 ventilators from overseas have arrived since March. They have been bought or donated from China, the United States, Germany, and Taiwan. Thousands more are due to arrive over the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/05/2020 16:29:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1188516

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	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	Ventilators: Imports
	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 he has had with Ministers of the Department of International Trade to help secure imports of medical ventilators during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	37400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>We have been working rapidly to secure additional ventilator capacity through established United Kingdom suppliers and from overseas. The Joint Action Coordination Team was established, which works across the Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to provide support and assistance for all international procurement work.</p><p>The Government is doing everything it can to ensure the National Health Service and care workers have the equipment and support they need to tackle this outbreak. Our overseas diplomatic network is engaged in a massive international procurement effort underway to buy the additional medical equipment the NHS needs. Almost 900 ventilators from overseas have arrived since March. They have been bought or donated from China, US, Germany, and Taiwan. Thousands more are due to arrive over the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/05/2020 12:27:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas