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1353537

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Guard Service: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of Operational MGS Employment Contracts for civilian guards at UK military bases on levels of staff fatigue.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	44293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The health, safety, and wellbeing of MGS employees is of the highest priority to the Department. While fatigue is not specifically assessed, all new rosters are subject to Trade Union consultation and assessed against the Working Time Regulations prior to introduction.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:35:24 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 20465 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1353538

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Guard Service: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of Operational MGS Employment Contracts on levels of security at UK military bases.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	44294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>During the introduction of the Operational MGS Employment Contract, the ability to sustain unarmed guarding tasks as a result of staff recruitment and retention risks was assessed. Levels of security at UK military bases are unaffected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 13/09/2021 09:35:43 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 20464 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1352933

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) steps his Department has taken and (b) recent progress has been made towards increasing cancer survival rates.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	43483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the National Health Service Long Term Plan ambition to increase survival rates, so that an additional 55,000 people survive their cancer for 5 years or more each year by 2028.</p><p>We continue to focus on delivering earlier diagnosis, which will help to improve survival rates, through projects such as our Targeted Lung Health Check programme and implementation of Rapid Diagnostic Centre pathways.</p><p>NHS England and Improvement invested an additional £150m in imaging and endoscopy equipment in 2020-21. The £325 million capital funding from the 2020 Spending Review in diagnostics will also help to speed up diagnostics and improve patient outcomes.</p><p>The NHS is also working to improve survival outcomes by introducing cutting-edge new treatments. The pandemic has allowed us to accelerate activity in some key areas such as the adoption of new technologies and treatment methods, and we will continue to look for opportunities to further increase our efforts.</p><p>Based on the latest data available up to 2017, one-year survival rates for all cancers combined are at a record high in the UK. Between 2003 and 2018, the one-year survival for all cancers combined increased from 63.6% to 73.9%. Between 2003 and 2014, the five-year survival for all cancer combined increased from 45.7% to 54.6%.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/09/2021 16:37:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 19913 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1352939

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	Cancer: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding is being made available to help increase cancer survival rates.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	43487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>This is being supported by £325 million of investment in NHS diagnostics. In July 2021, the National Health Service announced a further £20 million made available to Cancer Alliances to accelerate cancer diagnosis and enable management of high referral volumes. This is being supported by £325 million of investment in NHS diagnostics. The NHS Long Term Plan also sets out further plans for the transformation of cancer services and to increase cancer survival rates.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/09/2021 16:41:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 19924 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1353492

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	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	Blood Tests: Bottles
	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 increase the capacity of NHS stores to enable the holding of a greater supply of each product in the context of the shortage of blood collection tubes.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	44291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>We have secured tens of millions of additional blood tubes, including importing additional supplies from the European Union and the United States, which are now in National Health Service use, and there continues to be stock in place to ensure clinically urgent testing continues. Patient safety is my top priority and we are working closely with suppliers, NHS England and the devolved administrations to minimise any impact on patient care and enhance resilience in the future.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/09/2021 09:02:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1353493

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	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	Blood Tests: Bottles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS plans to suspend the rationing of blood tests as a result of the shortage of blood collection tubes.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	44292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>In a letter dated 26 August issued by NHS England and Improvement to the National Health Service, it highlights that the position will improve form the middle of September and that all non-urgent use must be halted until 17 September 2021. In the last two weeks of August the NHS has been supplied with approximately 87% of its pre-disruption requirement on the fastest moving product lines and with the availability of new product it is expected this will increase over the first weeks of September to support resumption of services by the middle of September.</p><p> </p><p>Patient safety is the top priority and we are working closely with NHS England and the devolved administrations to minimise any impact on patient care and return to a normal service as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/09/2021 09:00:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1352937

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	NHS: Staff
	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 NHS People Plan 2020/2021, what additional funding will be required to (a) expand the NHS workforce and (b) ensure that education and training is fit for the future.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	43485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The next Spending Review will set out further details of the Government’s spending plans for National Health Service workforce education and training budgets for future years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 43486 question first answered 13/09/2021 15:35:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 19915 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1352938

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2021
	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	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding will be made available to (a) expand the NHS workforce and (b) ensure that education and training is fit for the future as outlined in the NHS People Plan 2020/2021.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	43486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The next Spending Review will set out further details of the Government’s spending plans for National Health Service workforce education and training budgets for future years.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 43485 question first answered 13/09/2021 15:35:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 19911 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1353769

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	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	Care Workers: Pay
	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 establish a wage council to determine pay levels in the care sector.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	45100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>We have no current plans to do so.</p><p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who ultimately set their pay, independent of central Government. Local authorities work with care providers to determine a fair rate of pay based on local market conditions.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/09/2021 15:50:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1353770

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of private pension tax relief for (a) high rate and (b) additional rate taxpayers.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	45101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue &amp; Customs’ most recently published figures estimate Income Tax relief on contributions to private pensions totalled £30.5 billion in 2017-18 and it is estimated around 60% of this is relieved to Higher and Additional Rate taxpayers. HM Revenue &amp; Customs’ Personal Pensions: Contributions and Tax Relief Statistics are next due to be published on 30 September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/09/2021 12:47:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris