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1648068

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
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 to reduce NHS waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	191306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>Cutting National Health Service waiting lists is one of this Government’s top priorities. We are making good progress on tackling the longest waits, to ensure patients get the care they need when they need it.</p><p>To tackle waiting lists and reduce waiting times in England, the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to help drive up and protect elective activity. This is supported further by £5.9 billion investment in capital for new beds, equipment and technology.</p><p>The NHS is also rolling out new and expanded surgical hubs to increase capacity and activity, focusing on providing high volume low complexity surgery. This is backed by £1.5 billion capital funding. There are currently 93 elective surgical hubs that are operational across England.</p><p>We have now moved our focus to cutting waits of 65 weeks or more to as near zero as possible, by March 2024. Capacity is being sought across the NHS and the independent sector locally, regionally and across the country to support efforts in hitting this target.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/06/2023 11:07:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1648069

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 19 April and 25 May 2022 to Questions 151053 and 3556 on Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions, when he plans to consult on the (a) Local Transport Plan and (b) Quantifiable Carbon Reduction Guidance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department intends to publish both sets of guidance for public consultation in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/07/2023 11:45:30 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1648070

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support small businesses through the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	191307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS) includes strong commercial incentives in the form of freedom of list pricing and exemptions from payments for medicines containing a new active substance. Smaller companies are specifically supported through payment exemptions for those with under £5 million sales and a taper for companies between £5 million and £25 million sales.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/07/2023 12:08:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1648072

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Death
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 to reduce excess deaths.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>We are taking a number of steps to help reduce excess deaths, including those which involve COVID-19. Vaccines remain the first line of defence. Antivirals and other treatments provide a necessary additional defence by protecting patients who become infected with COVID-19, particularly those for whom the vaccine may be less effective such as the immunosuppressed. We are preparing for variants of COVID-19 and seasonal flu infections with an integrated COVID-19 booster and flu vaccination programme, minimising hospital admissions from both viruses.</p><p>The NHS has published a delivery plan setting out a clear vision for how the NHS will recover and expand elective services over the next three years. The plan commits the NHS to deliver 9 million additional treatments and diagnostic procedures over the next three years and around 30 per cent more elective activity than it was doing before the pandemic by 2024-25.</p><p>We are making progress in restoring NHS Health Check delivery, a core part of our cardiovascular disease prevention pathway. Delivery is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by June 2023 and we are creating a national digital NHS Health Check so we can go even further.</p><p>On 24 January 2023, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy. The strategy will tackle conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England including, cancers, cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental ill health and musculoskeletal conditions.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 30/06/2023 10:56:55 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1648073

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Health Services: Per Capita Costs
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 make a comparative estimate of the funding for healthcare per person in (a) the UK and (b) other similar countries.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	191310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The latest available identifiable expenditure on health per head in the United Kingdom was £3,271 per person in 2020/21. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publish a comprehensive set of indicators on health system performance across OECD countries which includes health expenditure. In their latest Health at a Glance publication covering the OECD area, the UK’s expenditure on health per capita was above the OECD average. The UK was also above the OECD average in the publications based on 2018 and on 2016 data.</p><p>To compare spending levels across countries, per capita spending levels are converted to a common currency (US dollars) and adjusted to take account of differences in purchasing power of the national currencies by the OECD.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/07/2023 14:24:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1648075

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days it will take for the UK’s warfighting division from being requested to being deployable.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	191246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>It is longstanding policy not to set out our readiness profiles to our adversaries. Elements of 3<sup>rd</sup> (UK) Division sit at very high readiness, whilst others sit at lower readiness.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/07/2023 15:31:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1648077

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will conduct an equality impact assessment of the potential impact on consumers of paying green levies on energy bills in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	191313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>From July 2023, the Ofgem price cap will be set at £2,074, below the EPG discount level of £3,000 for a typical household. This means that customers will pay the full unit rate for their energy, including contributions to environmental and social schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of these schemes has always been included in the Ofgem price cap and is not additional. The government does not routinely conduct an equality impact assessment of a new retail price cap level.</p><p> </p><p>Levies more than pay for themselves by driving investment in renewables and providing vital support to low-income and vulnerable households.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 05/07/2023 10:13:31 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1648079

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity to inspect hotels housing unaccompanied children and (b) child safeguarding expertise of (i) Ofsted and (ii) the independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Ofsted assisted the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) in the inspection on the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) due to their expertise in child safeguarding. The inspection found that ‘unanimously’ the young people accommodated at the interim hotels reported feeling ‘happy and safe’.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a new power in the Illegal Migration Bill to provide or arrange for the provision of accommodation for unaccompanied children. Our policy intention is to ensure that whilst time in this accommodation is expected to be short, we will be seeking to meet standards which are appropriate for the accommodation so that children are sufficiently supported and safeguarded.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Education and relevant stakeholders on the appropriate standards which should apply. With regards to inspection, we expect to be transparent in allowing scrutiny of our accommodation linked to any agreed appropriate standards.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/07/2023 16:42:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1648084

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the technical consultation for the Future Homes Standard.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	191315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-19%2F190088&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C2e85619dda9945c8100908db7d30ce85%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638241420791783702%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Vf1FSssqHUoZa9IOZvr6yGhcUVAiwY3DyBGmUMrh54c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">190088</a> on 22 June 2023</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/07/2023 10:00:20 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1648097

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
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 to monitor inequalities in HPV vaccination uptake.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
uin	191276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitor HPV vaccine coverage and publish annual data which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/human-papillomavirus-hpv-vaccine-coverage-estimates-in-england-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/human-papillomavirus-hpv-vaccine-coverage-estimates-in-england-2021-to-2022</a></p><p>In order to track inequalities these data are available by gender at the local authority, NHS and UKSHA Regional levels. School-based HPV immunisation delivery has successfully achieved high coverage in England and reduced inequalities at area level since the start of the programme in 2008.</p><p>In addition, the UKHSA also conducts undertakes research to understand how knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards immunisation, vaccine safety and disease severity, influence vaccine uptake decision-making, including for the HPV vaccine. This includes working with partners in the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) for Vaccines exploring issues within specific minority communities and monitoring inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 05/07/2023 16:13:40 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage