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1668830

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date	09/11/2023
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	Parkinson's Disease: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding on page 4 of the report entitled Every minute counts, published by Parkinson's UK in September 2023, that 42% of patients with Parkinson's who are admitted to hospital get their medication on time every time.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	1259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>Within secondary care, hospital providers are responsible for ensuring that patients within hospital settings, including those with Parkinson’s disease, receive the appropriate medication on time.</p><p>NHS England has published a RightCare toolkit which aims to address challenges in providing services for those with progressive neurological conditions, including Parkinson’s disease. The toolkit provides advice on medicine optimisation, highlighting the importance of timely administration of specific drugs, such as Levodopa, in acute and community health settings.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/11/2023 16:41:02 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1668831

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is required for NHS medical professionals working in abortion provision to ensure that they can (a) identify potential pressure and coercion and (b) understand its impact on informed consent.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	1260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Safeguarding is an essential aspect of abortion care, and the Department’s Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs) for approved independent sector abortion providers in England include the requirement that all abortion providers have effective arrangements in place to safeguard vulnerable women accessing home-use early medical abortion who may be experiencing coercion to end a pregnancy. Providers must ensure that all staff are trained in recognising the signs of potential abuse and coercion and know how to respond.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspects against all the Department’s RSOPs when it inspects an independent sector provider, and safeguarding procedures are included in the CQC’s Termination of Pregnancy inspection framework as areas to be considered during an inspection.</p><p>As commissioners of abortion care, NHS England and integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring abortion providers have appropriately trained staff to meet safeguarding requirements.</p><p>The standard of training for health care professionals is the responsibility of the health care independent statutory regulatory bodies who set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses. Higher Education institutions write and teach the curricula content that enables their students to meet the regulators outcome standards. Whilst not all curricula may necessarily highlight a specific condition, they all emphasize the skills and approaches a health care practitioner must develop to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients, including for abortion.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2023 14:58:13 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1668832

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Abortion: Telemedicine
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 an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance with (a) the Abortion Act 1967 and (b) other relevant legislation by providers of telemedicine abortion schemes.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	1261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such an assessment. The Department continues to work closely with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and abortion providers to ensure abortions, including telemedicine abortions, are only performed in accordance with the legal requirements set down by Parliament in the 1967 Abortion Act.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2023 14:59:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1668833

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Abortion: Telemedicine
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 ensure that telemedicine abortion providers are not able to supply abortion drugs to people over the legal limit for that procedure.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	1262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to work closely with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and abortion providers to ensure abortions are only performed in accordance with the legal requirements set down by Parliament in the 1967 Abortion Act.</p><p>Home use of early medical abortion pills is permitted if the pregnancy has not exceeded 10 weeks gestation at the time the first medicine in the course is administered. If there is any uncertainty about the gestation of the pregnancy, the woman should attend an in-person appointment.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2023 14:58:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1668834

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of rail fares available from (a) Ticket Vending Machines and (b) online ticketing are not available from in-person ticket offices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Train operators are required under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement (TSA) to provide certain products at ticket offices they operate, for example Anytime and Off-peak products. It is the responsibility of train operators to determine their own retailing strategy. We would expect train operators to take into consideration a range of factors when determining which fares are available from ticket offices.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 13:44:59 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1668835

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) ticket office and (b) station staff at railway stations.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>Staffing levels at railway stations is a matter for each train operator, who are obliged under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement to ensure sufficient staffing to ensure ticket offices are open at the published times.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2023 14:02:00 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1668836

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department allocated to train operators for ticket office reform in the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>No funding has been provided to train operators for ticket office reform in the last 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 15/11/2023 08:52:23 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1668840

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate on Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan Refugees on 17 October 2023, whether unaccompanied children who came to the UK through the Afghan Citizen's Resettlement Scheme 1 will be able to sponsor family members who are still in (a) Afghanistan and (b) a third country, to resettle in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan. However, the situation is complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave the country. This includes eligible immediate family members of those being resettled under the ACRS.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/11/2023 14:51:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1668844

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to table one and corresponding note five of his Department's publication MOD trade industry and contracts data tables 2023, published on 28 September 2023, for what reason the forecast costs of the Mechanised Infantry Vehicles project rose by an additional £449.56 million on top of £93.44 million to deliver an additional 100 Boxer Vehicles compared to the previous year.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	1034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The additional £449.56 million forecast cost to the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme is a result of the increase in scope to enhance and uplift the fleet sizes and capabilities, as set out in the Defence Command Plan (2021).</p><p>This includes funding for the additional initial 100 vehicles which are now on contract, with further funding also provisioned for an additional tranche.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/11/2023 16:11:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1668846

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Abortion: Telemedicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to (a) practitioners and (b) producers on the use of telemedicine for abortion care.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	1263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has published Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs) for the approval of independent sector places for termination of pregnancy in England, which set outs the conditions and requirements for all independent sector providers to be approved for undertaking abortion care. The RSOPs include guidance for providers and practitioners on the provision of home-use early medical abortion (EMA) and sets out the expectation that home-use EMA must be carried out in line with clinical guidelines published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.</p><p>The Department has also published guidance to support practitioners to complete the EMA1 abortion form, which must be completed by the practitioner terminating the pregnancy to certify their opinion, formed in good faith, that the pregnancy will not exceed 10 weeks at the time when the first EMA pill is taken.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/11/2023 14:58:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton