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1663075

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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	Smoking
	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 the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 April 2023 on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping, HCWS710, whether his Department has made an assessment of modelling on the potential effectiveness of each of the proposed steps in helping reduce smoking rates to 5% or less by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	200929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Annex 1 of ‘Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation’ sets out the modelling used to forecast changes in smoking prevalence over time based on legislating for a smokefree generation. This modelling is preliminary and will continue to be further refined ahead of publication of a full impact assessment.</p><p>Annex 1 is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 200880 200886 200949 200966 201232 201315 question first answered 18/10/2023 14:11:11 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1258126

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Enfield
	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 press release of 9 November entitled, More rapid COVID-19 tests to be rolled out across England, whether Enfield Council will receive additional resources to support the administration of the 10,000 covid-19 testing kits it is due to receive.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	124829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Lateral flow tests will be sent out by NHS Test and Trace to local public health leaders to enable local teams to direct and deliver testing based on their local knowledge. NHS Test and Trace is supporting local authorities to deliver this testing by providing access to online training, clinical, operational and service design guidance and communication and engagement support. On 16 December it was confirmed that Enfield will be participating in community testing.</p><p>We recognise the need for enhanced support for areas with particularly high prevalence of the virus. The Government is supporting local authorities in England in tier 3 and 4 areas, those in tier 2 who are at significant risk of entering tier 3, to deliver a six-week community testing programme.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 124828 question first answered 15/01/2021 14:54:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 67835 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1258125

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Enfield
	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 press release of 9 November entitled, More rapid COVID-19 tests to be rolled out across England, when Enfield Council will receive the 10,000 covid-19 testing kits.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	124828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Lateral flow tests will be sent out by NHS Test and Trace to local public health leaders to enable local teams to direct and deliver testing based on their local knowledge. NHS Test and Trace is supporting local authorities to deliver this testing by providing access to online training, clinical, operational and service design guidance and communication and engagement support. On 16 December it was confirmed that Enfield will be participating in community testing.</p><p>We recognise the need for enhanced support for areas with particularly high prevalence of the virus. The Government is supporting local authorities in England in tier 3 and 4 areas, those in tier 2 who are at significant risk of entering tier 3, to deliver a six-week community testing programme.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 124829 question first answered 15/01/2021 14:54:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 67834 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1183317

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	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	Patient Access to Medicines Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) Government Departments and (b) other bodies and organisations are members of the Patient Access to Medicines Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	26163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Patient Access to Medicines Partnership is a forum for strategic, high-level, discussions on United Kingdom pharmaceutical and medicines access policy. It is constituted of a small group of senior leaders from both industry and government. Its membership is:</p><p>- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health &amp; Social Care (co-chair);</p><p>- Senior Pharmaceutical Industry Executive (co-chair) – currently Chief Business Officer, Pfizer;</p><p>- Department of Health and Social Care;</p><p>- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy;</p><p>- NHS England;</p><p>- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;</p><p>- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency;</p><p>- Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries;</p><p>- Bio-Industry Association; and</p><p>- Charity Medicines Access Coalition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/03/2020 16:45:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1255327

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	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	Mental 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 the new National Institute for Health Protection will take on Public Health England’s responsibilities in relation to the Wellbeing for Education Return programme.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	120969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>Alongside the transition process to support full and formal establishment of the National Institute for Health Protection in 2021, we are considering the best future arrangements for Public Health England’s wider public health and health improvement functions. We will bring forward proposals in due course but are not envisaging any changes to where those responsibilities will sit before spring 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/12/2020 16:32:00 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 65367 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1552129

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2022
	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	Blood Cancer: 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 the 10-year cancer plan will include specific plans to support patients with blood cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	111670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Following the call for evidence for a 10 year cancer plan earlier this year, we received over 5,000 submissions. We are currently reviewing these responses.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/12/2022 15:02:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1256326

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2020
	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	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether public health funding grants to local authorities will be increased to meet the specific demands and needs of each local area.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	121898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Local authority spending through the public health grant will be maintained, meaning local authorities can continue to invest in prevention and essential frontline health services. Local authority public health grant allocations for 2021-22 will be subject to a detailed financial planning exercise and finalised in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 121899 question first answered 09/12/2020 13:55:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 66179 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1271828

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2020
	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	Test and Trace Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who were notified to self-isolate by the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app before recent changes making them eligible for the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme will be able to make restropective applications for the £500 discretionary payment.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	130801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>From 28 September 2020, anyone who received notification of a positive test result, including app users, could apply for the Test and Trace Support Payment if they met the necessary eligibility criteria. In addition, from 10 December 2020 app users that receive a notification to self-isolate because they have been in close contact with a positive case of COVID-19 can also apply. However, app users who were notified to self-isolate by the National Health Service COVID-19 app and had completed their isolation period prior to the change in December are not be able to retrospectively claim the Test and Trace Support Payment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/01/2021 13:53:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 72729 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1563164

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	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 provide further vaccinations against covid-19 for people aged under 50; and whether he plans to allow people in less vulnerable groups to pay for further covid-19 vaccinations.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	113402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to be guided by the JCVI on COVID-19 vaccine deployment in line with its Living with Covid strategy. There are therefore no plans to make COVID-19 vaccination available through the NHS to groups not covered by JCVI advice.</p><p>The Government currently has no plans to allow private purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, but private access is under regular review. There are no plans to make COVID-19 vaccines available for public purchase and will require Government to work with manufacturers and private healthcare providers to develop a suitable and affordable route for the public.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 113401 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:11:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1641427

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Passive Smoking
	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 has made an assessment of the impact on public health of second-hand vapour from e-cigarettes in public spaces.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	187414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, previously Public Health England (PHE), has published detailed evidence updates on vapes (e-cigarettes) since 2014.</p><p>The last report, published in 2022, assesses the impact on public health of second-hand vapour from e-cigarettes in public spaces. This can be seen in Chapter 7 ‘Biomarkers of Secondhand exposure’. The full report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107701/Nicotine-vaping-in-England-2022-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1107701/Nicotine-vaping-in-England-2022-report.pdf</a></p><p>In summary, there is limited published evidence of harm to bystanders from exposure to e-cigarette vapour and the available evidence indicates that any risk of harm is extremely low, especially when compared with tobacco smoke. PHE also published advice on the use of vapes in public places and workplaces in 2016 which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-e-cigarettes-in-public-places-and-workplaces" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-e-cigarettes-in-public-places-and-workplaces</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 12/06/2023 13:41:48 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous