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1698967

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	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, when she plans to publish details on how the NHS long-term workforce plan will be implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	20659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>We have established a Long Term Workforce Plan Governance Board which will ensure the delivery and review the progress of the Long Term Workforce Plan’s implementation. The modelling NHS England has used in the plan is founded on data, evidence, and analysis and provides a set of broad ranges to measure the potential impact of actions over its 15 year timeframe. We have committed to refreshing the modelling that underpins the plan every two years, or in line with fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 20625 question first answered 15/04/2024 08:17:19 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1698968

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: 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 NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will include steps to help tackle regional variations in access to Parkinson’s specialist care.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	20660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan (LTWP) sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. It covers the majority of NHS workforce groups, including those working on Parkinson’s disease. The LTWP commits to working closely with systems to consider the best approaches to reviewing the geographical distribution of training posts for wider professional groups.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 20628 question first answered 15/04/2024 08:18:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1699056

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the return on investment criteria are for prioritising proposals in the next Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	20663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>At the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Treasury will put in place a robust and comprehensive strategy for improving public sector productivity at the next Spending Review, putting these improvements at the heart of departmental settlements.</p><p> </p><p>As the Chancellor set out, building on work to date and the £4.2 billion of funding announced at the Budget, relevant departments will develop detailed productivity plans over the coming months ahead of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Further decisions will be taken at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/04/2024 08:37:24 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1694525

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	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 she has held discussions with NHS England on the need for a dedicated and specific cancer plan.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	17562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department works closely with NHS England on a wide range of issues relating to cancer, and to deliver the key priorities on cancer as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. Current priorities include work on improving cancer survival rates through earlier diagnosis, and reducing cancer treatment waiting times across England, including the time between an urgent general practice referral and the commencement of treatment. The Government is working jointly with NHS England on implementing the delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlogs in elective care, and plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity, including cancer diagnosis and treatment activity.</p><p>On 14 August 2023, the Government published a strategic framework for the Major Conditions Strategy to consider the six conditions, including cancer, that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England. This is because we recognise that most cancer patients will have at least one other condition, so we are developing a Major Conditions Strategy that will include cancer. The Major Conditions Strategy will apply a geographical lens to each condition, to address regional disparities in health outcomes, supporting the levelling up mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 14/03/2024 17:55:22 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1694527

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	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 discussions she has had with Integrated Care Boards in England on replacement programmes for radiotherapy machinery (LINACS); and what mechanisms are in place to allow her Department to oversee the effectiveness of those replacement programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	17563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines has sat with local systems. This is supported by the 2021 Spending Review, which set aside £12 billion in operational capital for the National Health Service, from 2022 to 2025.</p><p>The Government and NHS England are already taking steps to ensure that cancer patients can receive high quality radiotherapy treatment across England. This includes supporting advances in radiotherapy, using cutting-edge imaging and technology to help target radiation doses at cancer cells more precisely.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/03/2024 16:09:17 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1694528

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Health Professions
	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 take steps to recruit an additional 2,000 radiotherapy professionals by 2040.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	17564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>In June 2023, NHS England published the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, which sets out the steps the National Health Service and its partners need to take to deliver a workforce that meets the changing needs of the population, over the next 15 years. The plan recognises the need to increase numbers of allied health professionals (AHPs), including therapeutic and diagnostic radiographers. To address this, we will increase AHP training places from a little over 15,000 in 2021/22 to 17,000 by 2028/89, and then 18,800 by 2031/32, a total increase of approximately 25%. National funding is available to train 150 enhanced practice radiographers a year, to support the diagnosis of cancer and other conditions.</p><p>We have already seen increases in the radiotherapy workforce in NHS trusts and other care organisations in England. In November 2023, there were 894 full-time equivalent (FTE) consultants working in the specialty of clinical oncology, an increase of 40, or 4.6%, since November 2022 and 395, or 79.0%, since November 2010. There are also 3,141 FTE therapeutic radiographers, an increase of 133, or 4.4%, since November 2022 and 1,046, or 50.0%, since November 2010. We are also focused on improving cancer treatment, and are supporting advances in radiotherapy, such as using cutting-edge imaging and technology to help target radiation doses at cancer cells more precisely.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 14/03/2024 13:55:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1687394

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the response on the consultation on Pavement parking: options for change.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	13037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to our consultation, and we are currently working through the policy options and the possible legislative opportunities for delivering them. Following conclusion of this process, we will publish our formal response.</p><p> </p><p>The formal consultation response will be available to view at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/managing-pavement-parking" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/managing-pavement-parking</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/02/2024 09:51:17 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1681595

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help facilitate an increase in non-animal testing methods.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	9225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of technologies that support non-animal research. UK Research &amp; Innovation funds the development of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs) through the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs). Since it was established the NC3Rs has invested £89.3 million in research and £27 million in contracts through its CRACK IT Challenges scheme. UK law requires that animals are only used in science where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used, and potential harm is the minimum needed to achieve scientific benefit.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/01/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1681596

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will take steps to create (a) partnerships and (b) collaborations with industry stakeholders to (i) establish best practice for and (ii) increase the uptake of non-animal testing.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	9226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of technologies that support non-animal research. UK Research &amp; Innovation funds the development of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs) through the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs). Since it was established the NC3Rs has invested £89.3 million in research and £27 million in contracts through its CRACK IT Challenges scheme.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/01/2024 11:07:31 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1681597

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	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	Animal Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of establishing a cross-departmental roadmap to transition away from animal testing.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	9227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to establish a cross-departmental roadmap. The Government supports advances in biomedical science to reduce the use of animals in research, including stem cell research, cell culture, imaging and computer modelling techniques. UK Research &amp; Innovation funds the development of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs) through the National Centre for 3Rs (NC3Rs). UK law requires that animals are only used in science where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used, and potential harm is the minimum needed to achieve scientific benefit.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/01/2024 11:04:29 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd