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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1676390/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in 2021 to undertake a review and public engagement about priorities for modernising the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. HFEA published its report on 14 November 2023, which is available at the following link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/modernising-the-regulation-of-fertility-treatment-and-research-involving-human-embryos/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/modernising-the-regulation-of-fertility-treatment-and-research-involving-human-embryos/<\/a><\/p><p>HFEA\u2019s report notes the rapidly developing field of genetic testing, including direct to consumer testing, and includes proposals about access to donor information. The Government is considering the issues raised in the report and will respond in due course.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-12-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for management of donor information of commercial direct-to-consumer genetic testing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4783", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kate Osborne"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Jarrow"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kate Osborne"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1666274", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1666274/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Whilst no specific assessment has been made of Nolan and Ormondroyd\u2019s systematic review published in March 2023 or Emma Wilkinson\u2019s article published in October 2022, the Government recognises both the opportunities and risks raised by direct-to-consumer genomic tests and is committed to ensuring effective and proportionate regulation.<\/p><p>In consideration of the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic and health testing, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is working to develop a robust, world-leading regulatory regime for such medical devices that prioritises patient safety.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4948", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Markham"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-10-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Nolan and Ormondroyd\u2019s systematic review published on 30 March in Clinical Genetics, setting out the consequences for consumers and health services of direct-to-consumer genetic testing and how it relates to equitable healthcare; and what assessment they have made of the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"}
      }
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      ], "uin" : "HL10676"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1666275", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1666275/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Whilst no specific assessment has been made of Nolan and Ormondroyd\u2019s systematic review published in March 2023 or Emma Wilkinson\u2019s article published in October 2022, the Government recognises both the opportunities and risks raised by direct-to-consumer genomic tests and is committed to ensuring effective and proportionate regulation.<\/p><p>In consideration of the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic and health testing, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is working to develop a robust, world-leading regulatory regime for such medical devices that prioritises patient safety.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4948", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Markham"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Markham"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-10-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL10676"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-10-25T11:20:51.617Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-10-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genetics: Screening"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Emma Wilkinson\u2019s article published in October 2022 in The BMJ on the impact of direct-to-consumer testing on the public and the NHS, and of how this relates to the regulation of direct-to-consumer health testing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"}
      ], "uin" : "HL10677"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138859", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1138859/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>NHS England has paused the recruitment for the clinical genetics clinical reference group to ensure the right advisory groups are in place to provide clinical advice across the breadth and depth of the future NHS Genomic Medicine Service.<\/p><p>These new arrangements will need consider clinical genetics and genetic counselling, but also wider implications of genomics for the National Health Service. Any future arrangements will have appropriate representation, including patient and public voices.<\/p><p>NHS England is progressing the clinical commissioning policy for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). This work will include assessment of the treatment pathways for existing PGD services and consideration of the ethical issues. NHS England will continue to seek input from clinicians and patients throughout this work.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-23T16:06:02.047Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genetics: Screening"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Clinical Advisory Group for Genomics, if he will set out (a) its terms of reference, (b) when it will first meet, (c) how patient voice will be incorporated into its work, (d) who it will report to and (e) when the (i) Commissioning Policy for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis review and (ii) other work of its predecessor, the Clinical Reference Group for Medical Genetics, will be completed; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hornsey and Wood Green"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine West"}
      ], "uin" : "277243"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1135183", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1135183/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>During 2019, the National Health Service will begin to offer whole genome sequencing (WGS) as part of clinical care for:<\/p><p>- Seriously ill children likely to have a rare genetic disorder;<\/p><p>- People with one of 21 rare conditions where current evidence supports early adoption of WGS as a diagnostic test; and<\/p><p>- People with specific types of cancer for which there is likely to be the greatest patient benefit from using WGS \u2013 children with cancer, sarcoma and acute myeloid leukaemia.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>WGS will only replace existing diagnostic tests once the testing is demonstrated to be clinically safe to replace existing diagnostic testing. Initially, existing diagnostic testing will continue to be performed alongside WGS testing where clinically appropriate. This will continue until WGS is able to fully support clinical decision making within clinically appropriate timescales.<\/p><p>Current testing for blood cancers includes a number of diagnostic tests, the current expectation is that WGS will not be used to replace tests that require very fast turnaround times (under 24 hours) or high sensitivity.<\/p><p>WGS and non-WGS testing that will be available as part of clinical care is outlined in the National Genomic Test Directory at the following link:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/national-genomic-test-directories/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/national-genomic-test-directories/<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The UK Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN) published the NHS Directory of Genetic Disorders/Genes for Diagnostic Testing, which evaluated and recommended genetic tests for rare and inherited disorders for the National Health Service across the UK. However, there was not an equivalent for cancer genomic testing. The National Genomic Test Directory specifies which genomic tests are commissioned by the NHS in England, the technology by which they are available, and the patients who will be eligible to access to a test.<\/p><p>The National Genomic Test Directory will be updated on an annual basis and NHS England will implement a clear and transparent process, supported by a Clinical and Scientific Expert Panel, to determine which tests are available within the NHS. This will include reviewing any tests that may be retired or replaced by more modern technology, such as WGS. As the price of WGS falls and the clinical evidence improves, we envisage that it will be extended to more conditions and therefore more patients.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , {"_value" : "270283"}
        ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genetics: Screening"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Genomic Test Directory directly replaces the NHS Directory of Genetic Disorders/Genes for Diagnostic Testing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sheffield South East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Clive Betts"}
      ], "uin" : "270282"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1123240", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1123240/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Building on the 100,000 Genomes Project and existing genetic services, NHS England announced in October 2018 that over the next 18 months, work to mobilise the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (GMS) would get underway, providing consistent and equitable care for the country\u2019s 55 million population.<\/p><p>Investment for genomics was included as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, setting out commitments over the next five years to:<\/p><p>- Sequence 500,000 whole genomes by 2023/24, as part of a Government commitment to sequence 1 million whole genomes;<\/p><p>- Extend the use of molecular diagnostic testing and routine offering whole genome sequencing to seriously ill children who are likely to have a rare genetic disorder, children with cancer, and adults suffering from certain rare conditions or specific cancers;<\/p><p>- Link and correlate genomics, clinical data and data from patients, providing routes to new treatments, diagnostic patterns and information to help patients make informed decisions about their care; and<\/p><p>- Increase the number of people identified with familial hypercholesterolaemia (inherited high cholesterol) from 7% to 25% over the next five years.<\/p><p>The NHS Genomic Medicine Service will be supported by an informatics system that is being developed in partnership with Genomics England. When fully operational, the informatics system will enable NHS England to monitor the number of genomic tests being carried out across the country and benchmark activity.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-02T14:47:05.687Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genetics: Screening"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) access and (b) referral rates for genetic services.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4025", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Derbyshire"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mrs Pauline Latham"}
      ], "uin" : "247678"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1019872", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1019872/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>NHS England does not currently hold this data but as part of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, which is beginning to operationalise, a National Genomics Informatics System (NGIS) is being developed by Genomics England for use by the National Health Service.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>When fully operational NGIS will enable NHS England to monitor the number of tests being carried out across the country and benchmark activity.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-12T15:38:10.48Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genetics: Screening"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment NHS England has made of trends in the level of uptake of molecular diagnostic tests in England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4249", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Marie Morris"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newton Abbot"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anne Marie Morris"}
      ], "uin" : "198833"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002034", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002034/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>NHS England does not hold information on the number of family history clinics in operation. As set out in the Manual for Prescribed Specialised Services 2018/19 NHS England commissions genetics services, including genetic testing for inherited cancer through the Genomic Laboratory Hubs and the genetic clinical service through the Regional Clinical Genetics Services.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4067", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Brine"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Winchester"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Brine"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-14T11:31:09.66Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        ]}
      , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Genetics: Screening"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Clinical Commissioning Groups fund family history clinics.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4610", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bambos Charalambous"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Enfield, Southgate"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bambos Charalambous"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/917326", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/917326/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee recently recommended that the use of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing should be evaluated as an additional screening test in the antenatal screening programme for Down\u2019s syndrome, Edwards\u2019 syndrome and Patau syndrome. In addition to this, the use of next generation sequencing is currently being evaluated in the diagnostic pathway for babies found to be screen positive for cystic fibrosis.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>From October 2018, the National Health Service\u2019s Genomic Medicine Service will, for the first time, be supported by a comprehensive directory of genomic tests for specified cancers and rare diseases that encompasses the entire testing repertoire from Whole Genomic Sequencing to tests for single genes, molecular markers and other functional genomic tests.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This National Genomic Test Directory will be updated on an annual basis to keep pace with scientific and technological advances with a systematic review process in place to ensure continued value through the co-ordinated replacement of older tests with new and emerging approaches.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Test Directory will be updated annually, following advice from an expert scientific and clinical committee that will be established to operate in accordance with NHS England\u2019s specialised services commissioning processes.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Chief Medical Officer for England\u2019s annual report \u2018Generation Genome\u2019 provided a comprehensive overview of the role of clinical genomic testing and is being taken forward via the Minister-chaired National Genomics Board.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-06-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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