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1195385

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date	13/05/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Health Services: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support his Department is providing to the health service in Northern Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	902579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government and Northern Ireland Executive are communicating at all levels, with the NI Health Minister regularly attending the Government’s health meetings. So far £1.2bn has been made available to the Executive to support the response to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to support the Health Service in Northern Ireland in any way possible, such as the Government’s UK-wide drive to increase testing and PPE supply. As part of this, we have rolled out three test facilities in Northern Ireland - Belfast, Londonderry, and Craigavon - for the testing of frontline and key workers.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/05/2020 16:29:19 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1195386

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bexhill and Battle
tabling member printed	Huw Merriman
uin	902587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>Abortion services are now a matter for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.</p><p>I am pleased that some service provision has commenced through existing sexual and reproductive health services in the Belfast, Northern and Western Trust areas. Information on these services is available through the Informing Choices NI helpline and the Central Booking Service.</p><p>I hope that longer-term services can be commissioned as soon as possible in the current circumstances, consistent with the Regulations we made.</p><p>The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 which were laid in March have now been replaced with the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 , which were laid in the House today. These regulations come into effect on 14th May and revoke the earlier regulations. Their legal effect in supporting the provision of services remains consistent, with a small correction having been made to address the concerns of the JCSI, so services can continue on the same basis.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 902590 question first answered 13/05/2020 16:31:53 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman

1195387

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of information for women seeking to access abortion services in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	902590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>Abortion services are now a matter for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.</p><p>I am pleased that some service provision has commenced through existing sexual and reproductive health services in the Belfast, Northern and Western Trust areas. Information on these services is available through the Informing Choices NI helpline and the Central Booking Service.</p><p>I hope that longer-term services can be commissioned as soon as possible in the current circumstances, consistent with the Regulations we made.</p><p>The Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 which were laid in March have now been replaced with the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 , which were laid in the House today. These regulations come into effect on 14th May and revoke the earlier regulations. Their legal effect in supporting the provision of services remains consistent, with a small correction having been made to address the concerns of the JCSI, so services can continue on the same basis.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 902587 question first answered 13/05/2020 16:31:53 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1194157

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Safety Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out externally audible warning devices that activate when heavy goods vehicles are reversing and in their place require those vehicles to be fitted with reversing cameras.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	44987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>It is the driver’s responsibility to ensure that they manoeuvre their vehicle safely. Reversing cameras can assist by making it easier for them to see people and hazards around their vehicle, and work is underway internationally to improve direct and indirect vision for drivers. External audible alarms are complementary and are intended to warn people outside a vehicle that it is reversing. There are no plans to assess the phasing out of external audible alarms.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/05/2020 14:17:41 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1194158

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Cancer: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will fund the salaries of frontline cancer charity workers who have been redeployed from cancer care to tackling covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>In instances where NHS Providers have called upon non-National Health Service organisations for their staff to be deployed to an NHS service, it would be expected that the contracting body will pay back the organisation accordingly and claim that money as a reasonable additional cost in their cost collection exercise.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 12:52:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194159

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Cancer: Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to create covid-19 free hospital sites for the treatment of cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have published guidance and supported the development of ‘hubs’ for cancer surgery. Hubs are being developed in all 21 Alliance areas across England and are already fully or partially operational in at least 18 areas. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working now with all Cancer Alliances on plans for the next phases of service delivery.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/06/2020 11:04:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194160

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Palliative Care: Coronavirus
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 the Government is taking help ensure provision of end of life care by community-based palliative care teams during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>It is important to ensure patients requiring high-quality palliative and end of life care, whether in hospices or in the community, continue to receive that support during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>To support local commissioners during this challenging time, a range of guidance has already been made available to support the delivery of high-quality end of life care in community settings, including:</p><p>- The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Rapid Guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community’<em>.</em></p><p>- The NHS England and NHS Improvement clinical specialty guide ‘Community Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Care in the COVID-19 pandemic’<em>.</em></p><p>- The NHS England and NHS Improvement clinical guidelines for children and young people with palliative care needs in all care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Links to the guidance are as follows:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG163" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG163</a></p><p><a href="https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/pluginfile.php/149342/mod_resource/content/1/COVID%20Community%20symptom%20control%20and%20end%20of%20life%20care%20for%20General%20Practice%20FINAL.PDF" target="_blank">elearning.rcgp.org.uk/pluginfile.php/149342/mod_resource/content/1/COVID%20Community%20symptom%20control%20and%20end%20of%20life%20care%20for%20General%20Practice%20FINAL.PDF</a></p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0249-clinical-guidelines-children-young-people-with-palliative-care-needs-24-04-2020.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0249-clinical-guidelines-children-young-people-with-palliative-care-needs-24-04-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/05/2020 09:47:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194161

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking through the benefits system to support vulnerable claimants with cancer during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <ul><li>The Department is committed to ensuring people affected by cancer are supported in a sensitive, fair and appropriate way.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In Employment and Support Allowance a light touch evidence gathering process exists, to help determine eligibility. Claimants should not delay making a claim because of difficulties in providing supporting medical information. We will continue to process claims and work with customers to gather the best supporting evidence available.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We’ve suspended award reviews and DLA to PIP reassessment activity and extended existing awards to ensure they don’t go out of payment. We have also suspended all routine award reviews and re-assessments of disability additions in Universal Credit.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Supporting people who are terminally ill remains an absolute priority for the Department and we will continue to fast track terminally ill claimants to higher rates of award.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/05/2020 15:36:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194162

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her department has taken to help ensure that decision making on new claims for disability benefits continues during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s immediate focus has been supporting people impacted by COVID-19 by putting claims into payment as quickly as possible and being flexible in our response to the challenges claimants are facing while keeping them safe.</p><p> </p><p>I should emphasis that for all disability benefits, people should not delay making a claim because of difficulties in providing supporting medical information. We will continue to process claims and work with claimants to gather the best supporting evidence available.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to refer people making new claims for disability benefits to health assessments. Where it is not possible to complete an assessment based on the paper evidence, a telephony assessment will be arranged where possible and appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/05/2020 14:19:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194163

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to monitoring the effectiveness of its systems in managing increased demand during the covid-19 outbreak; and what data her Department holds on (a) processing times and (b) payment timeliness across all benefits during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has a robust and effective performance management regime, tracking performance across all social security benefits using a range of metrics. When COVID-19 struck in mid-March, we accelerated our normal reporting from monthly or weekly, to be able to track the daily profiles of incoming work and telephone calls and support a focus on managing significantly increased demand on key benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We do hold data on benefit processing times, and publish an annual view in the Annual Report and Accounts, which is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts</a>. We also publish data on key benefits such as Universal Credit payment timeliness, which is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-12-march-2020" target="_blank">Universal Credit 2013-2020</a> and on PIP processing times which is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=PIP%20statistics&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">PIP Statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/05/2020 16:58:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon