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1608726

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s £800 million budget will be allocated to research into (a) antimicrobial resistance as a whole, (b) rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance, and (c) vaccine technologies to mitigate antimicrobial resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	176684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>As set out in ARIA’s Framework Agreement, ARIA will have maximum autonomy over its research and project choice; its procedures; and its institutional culture. Decisions on the programme portfolio will be set by ARIA, not ministers, and allocation of funding to research projects will be decided by those with relevant technical expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months, ARIA is recruiting its first cohort of Programme Directors, who will help to shape and inform the Agency’s first set of research programmes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/04/2023 10:12:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1669267

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Women
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with (a) women's organizations, (b) community leaders and (c) influencers to amplify messages about (i) prevention, (ii) testing and (iii) de-stigmatization of HIV among women.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	1360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>HIV Prevention England (HPE) is the national HIV prevention programme for England and is funded at £3.5 million by the Department. The programme aims to support communities who are disproportionately affected by HIV, including gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men and Black African heterosexual men and women.</p><p>The Department has appointed Terrence Higgins Trust, a national charity who provide services related to sexual heath and HIV, to deliver the programme from 2021-2024. HPE delivers a nationally co-ordinated programme of HIV prevention work that is designed to complement locally commissioned prevention activities in areas with high HIV prevalence and for communities at risk of HIV transmission, with a particular focus on women. HPE also aims to improve knowledge and understanding of HIV transmission and reduce stigma within affected communities through the delivery of public campaigns such as National HIV Testing Week, and evidence-based HIV prevention interventions in partnership with local organisations and charities, including women-led organisations.</p><p>HPE work with a wide range of models and their network of influencers. As part of HPE campaigns, a range of people share their stories and experiences on HIV, STIs and sexual health this includes women and other people who are likely to be recognisable to specific demographics.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2023 15:46:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1140089

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Hybrid Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress he has made on introducing a hybrid Bill to secure the powers to deliver phase 2b of High Speed Two; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	912041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government began engaging on the design of HS2 Phase 2b with local communities along the route, via the publication of the Working Draft Environmental Statement.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2019, we published a Design Refinement Consultation which announced eleven possible changes to the Phase 2b route. These consultations represent significant milestones in preparing the HS2 Phase 2b hybrid Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/07/2019 16:12:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1672229

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres
	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 activity conducted in community diagnostic centres, how her Department and NHS England define (a) tests, (b) checks and (c) scans; which specific tests, checks and scans are conducted across the community diagnostic centres programme; and whether she has plans to make provision for further tests, checks and scans to be conducted in community diagnostic centres.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	3265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>In line with the recommendations of the Richards’ Review (2021), community diagnostic centres (CDCs) must offer a minimum set of diagnostic services across the following core modalities:</p><p>- imaging, for example, computerised tomography, magnetic resonance imaging;</p><p>- physiological measurement, for example, echocardiography, spirometry; and</p><p>- pathology, for example, phlebotomy, urine testing.</p><p>Large CDCs must also offer endoscopy services, for example, gastroscopy and colonoscopy, as part of their core offer.</p><p>There are no current plans to expand the core list of services required by CDCs. CDCs are however encouraged to offer other tests beyond the minimum requirement where this may be appropriate and deemed to be a priority locally. NHS England does not currently publish a breakdown of all CDC activity.</p><p>There are 135 CDCs currently operational, and the CDC programme has delivered over five million tests since reporting in July 2021, which is currently ahead of planned programme activity. The Government has also confirmed it is now on track to meet its target to open up to 160 CDCs by March 2025, and expects to achieve this a year early in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 28/11/2023 12:52:43 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1672230

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which tests, checks, and scans were initially designated for provision by community diagnostic centres; where that information is published; and what assessment she has made of the extent of tests, checks and scans provided as of 22 November 2023 compared with initial planned provision.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	3266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>In line with the recommendations of the Richards’ Review (2021), community diagnostic centres (CDCs) must offer a minimum set of diagnostic services across the following core modalities:</p><p>- imaging, for example, computerised tomography, magnetic resonance imaging;</p><p>- physiological measurement, for example, echocardiography, spirometry; and</p><p>- pathology, for example, phlebotomy, urine testing.</p><p>Large CDCs must also offer endoscopy services, for example, gastroscopy and colonoscopy, as part of their core offer.</p><p>There are no current plans to expand the core list of services required by CDCs. CDCs are however encouraged to offer other tests beyond the minimum requirement where this may be appropriate and deemed to be a priority locally. NHS England does not currently publish a breakdown of all CDC activity.</p><p>There are 135 CDCs currently operational, and the CDC programme has delivered over five million tests since reporting in July 2021, which is currently ahead of planned programme activity. The Government has also confirmed it is now on track to meet its target to open up to 160 CDCs by March 2025, and expects to achieve this a year early in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/11/2023 12:32:33 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1654403

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	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	Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination
	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 ringfence budgets to promote vaccine uptake for (a) flu and (b) covid-19 for the 2023/24 winter season.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	195152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>It is vitally important that everyone takes up the vaccinations to which they are entitled; for themselves, their families and wider society. The Department continues to use the best available evidence to demonstrate the health benefits of vaccinations at both a personal and population level, and highlights these messages through regular media, stakeholder and social media engagement. The Department also works closely with both NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency to develop vaccination guides and patient facing consent resources to demonstrate the benefits of vaccinations for all, as well as ensuring that reputable sources such as NHS.UK or GOV.UK are prominent and readily signposted.</p><p> </p><p>A paid for campaign to promote uptake of seasonal flu and COVID-19 booster vaccinations for this season is in development, due to launch in early November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 04/09/2023 10:21:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1642864

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Works
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on reducing the number and frequency of roadworks.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	905172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss a range of issues with their counterparts in other Government departments. Utility companies have a right of access to the highway to install and repair the apparatus on which we all rely. Highway authorities have duties to coordinate works on their networks and to secure the expeditious movement of traffic. The Government has introduced a number of initiatives, such as the development of Street Manager, and regulatory changes all designed to improve the efficiency of how works are carried out.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/06/2023 15:09:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1672228

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	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	Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a workforce strategy for the community diagnostic centre programme.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	3264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is working on a plan to ensure sufficient workforce capacity, including for community diagnostic centres, to enable workforce expansion with the right skills and roles, in the right locations and at the right time. In 2022/23, this resulted in over 4,300 new starters across the training pipeline for diagnostics and cancer.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 30/11/2023 15:43:42 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1675225

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Vaccination: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what funding his Department provided for vaccine research and development in each of the last five years; and what he plans to provide in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	5088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Over the last 5 financial years (2018/19 to 2022/23) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have invested the following amounts in research and development for vaccines to combat diseases of poverty for use in low and lower middle-income countries:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£8,528,752</p></td><td><p>£29,589,803</p></td><td><p>£213,773,395</p></td><td><p>£2,391,511</p></td><td><p>£13,012,567</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To date, FCDO has entered into agreements to invest the following amounts on vaccine Research and Development over the next 5 financial years (2023/24 to 2027/28)*:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>2025/26</p></td><td><p>2026/27</p></td><td><p>2027/28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£17,008,587</p></td><td><p>£18,626,489</p></td><td><p>£17,253,808</p></td><td><p>£17,000,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The overall investment in vaccine development could increase as a result of a planned funding competition for the research and development of health products to combat diseases of poverty.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 11/12/2023 15:10:46 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1654398

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination
	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 make a recommendation on a future Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunisation Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	195147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Policy options based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice on a potentially expanded vaccination programme for respiratory syncytial virus are currently being developed by the Department, working with the UK Health Security Agency and NHS England. The Government will then announce its plans once complete.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 04/09/2023 13:17:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup