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registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Obesity: Wales
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 he has had with the Welsh Government on its long-term strategy to prevent and reduce obesity in Wales, including on (a) improving and enhancing front of pack nutrition labelling on pre-packed products and (b) creating conditions which incentivise advertising companies to promote healthier alternatives and products which support positive choices.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	172345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Devolved Governments on measures to improve health and wellbeing across the United Kingdom. These include discussions on domestic strategies and the delivery of UK-wide policies to reduce obesity, including food labelling and supporting consumers to make healthier choices.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 28/03/2023 09:10:32 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1606793

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Hospices: Energy
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 assessment he has made of the impact that increased energy and other costs are having on hospices and end of life care provision; and what plans he has to support hospices beyond the end of the Government’s Energy Bill Discount Scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	172373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Although no assessment has been made specifically in regard to hospices, following a Treasury-led review, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, which will run from April 2023 until March 2024, will continue to provide a discount to eligible non-domestic customers, including the health and care sector.</p><p>At a national level, NHS England has released £1.5 billion in additional funding to integrated care boards (ICBs) to provide support for inflation, with ICBs deciding how best to distribute this funding within their system, including to palliative and end of life care providers such as hospices.</p><p>Palliative and end of life care, including hospice care, is commissioned locally by ICBs in response to the needs of their local population. Any assessment would therefore be made at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/03/2023 13:34:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1606796

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Disability: Health and Social Services
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 he is taking to tackle the backlog in health and services for disabled children.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	172399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>To tackle backlogs in elective care, including where accessed by disabled children, the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to drive up and protect elective activity. This funding could deliver the equivalent of around nine million more checks and procedures and will mean the National Health Service in England can aim to deliver approximately 30% more elective activity by 2024/25 than before the pandemic.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Education is providing support for families of children with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability). This support includes an investment of £6.1 million this financial year to strengthen the participation of parents and young people in the SEND system. The Department for Education is also investing £27.3 million this year to support low-income families with seriously ill or disabled with the cost of equipment, goods and services through Support for Families with Disabled Children Funding.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/04/2023 08:59:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1606802

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Special Educational Needs: Health and Social Services
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 he is taking to help ensure improved engagement and support for children and families from health and social care services as part of the SEND Improvement Plan.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	172401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Department for Education to implement actions set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Alternative Provision Implementation Plan, with the aim of improving engagement and support for children and young people with SEND and their families.</p><p>This includes working with the Department for Education to take a joint approach to SEND workforce planning. We will establish a steering group this year to oversee this work, which we aim to complete by 2025. We will be commissioning analysis on the health needs of children and young people with SEND so these can be better met through effective workforce planning.</p><p>We will improve access to speech and language therapy by including Early Language and Support for Every Child pathfinders within our £70 million Change Programme in partnership with NHS England. The pathfinders will trial new ways of supporting children with speech, language and communication needs in early years and primary schools.</p><p>Local SEND and AP Partnerships will bring together representatives across early years, schools, further education, alternative and specialist provision, in addition to health, care and other partners, to increase national consistency, putting co-production at the centre of decision making. They will be responsible for working with parents and carers to produce a Local Inclusion Plan setting out the provision and services that should be commissioned in line with the national standards. This will inform the local offer and will be quality assured by the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 29/03/2023 13:28:14 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1606805

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Organs: Human Trafficking
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 has made an assessment of the potential prevalence of attempts to traffic organ donors into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	172386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 29/03/2023 13:36:10 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1606807

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
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 has made an assessment of the potential impact of pausing data collection for the covid-19 infection survey on pandemic preparedness.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	172362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency will continue to publish regular reports on COVID-19 which will contribute to our pandemic preparedness. These include our weekly surveillance reports, which provide data on infection rates, hospitalisation numbers and vaccination uptake. We also maintain the ability to track the latest variants through our genomics capabilities which assess the risks posed by different strains of the virus.</p><p>The approach to COVID-19 surveillance is being actively reviewed to ensure it is proportionate, cost effective and considered alongside how we monitor a range of other infectious diseases that present a similar threat.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/03/2023 09:03:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1606808

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for resuming data collection for the covid-19 infection survey.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	172363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The COVID-19 Infection Survey data collection was paused on 24 March. Final insights from this data are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/24march2023" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/24march2023</a></p><p>The approach to COVID-19 surveillance is being actively reviewed to ensure it is proportionate, cost effective and considered alongside how we monitor a range of other infectious diseases that present a similar threat.</p><p>We remain committed to monitoring the threat posed by COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/03/2023 16:17:26 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1606809

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
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 monitor covid-19 (a) prevalence and (b) mutations, in the context of the suspension of the covid-19 infection survey.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	172364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will continue to monitor COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 remains notifiable to UKHSA for all laboratories in England performing a primary diagnostic role. Laboratory reporting of SARS-CoV-2 cases will include any cases identified through testing in hospital undertaken to inform the clinical care of symptomatic patients. This will inform assessments such as positivity.</p><p>Within the community and primary care, real-time syndromic surveillance will continue via general practices. These systems will inform measures such as the incidence of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in the population.</p><p>UKHSA’s COVID-19 surveillance work is published in weekly regular reports and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2022-to-2023-season" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-flu-and-covid-19-surveillance-reports-2022-to-2023-season</a></p><p>UKHSA undertakes regular horizon scanning of all available SARS-CoV-2 genomic data for potentially significant mutations or combinations of mutations. This includes global data uploaded to international repositories, as well as all data generated from United Kingdom samples. In the absence of the COVID-19 Infection Survey, the UK data component may include samples from hospitals, adult social care, and some research studies.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/03/2023 09:05:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1606836

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Nurses: Conditions of Employment and Pay
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 he has had with the Royal College of Nursing’s General Secretary on (a) pay and (b) conditions for nurses.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	172516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government held intensive talks on pay and non-pay matters with unions, including the Royal College of Nursing, between 22 February and 16 March 2023. Following those talks the Government put forward a best and final offer on pay and conditions. That offer includes additional non-consolidated payments for 2022/23 on top of the consolidated pay rise staff members have already received and a consolidated pay rise of at least 5% in 2023/24. The Royal College of Nursing has recommended to their members that they accept the Government’s offer.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/03/2023 14:34:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1606880

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Nurses: Recruitment
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 increase the number of (a) qualified neurologists and (b) multiple sclerosis nurses in England.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	172521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>As of October 2022, there are 1,672 full-time equivalent neurologists working in the National Health Service. This is an increase of 559 (50.3%) from 10 years ago (October 2012).</p><p>The Government has created nearly 900 additional medical specialty training posts this year, including five additional training posts for neurology.</p><p>The Government has funded 1,500 (25%) more medical school places each year for domestic students in England, a 25% increase over three years. This expansion, which was completed in 2020, will increase the supply pipeline in coming years for qualified doctors, including neurologists.</p><p>The Government is on track to deliver 50,000 more nurses across hospital and general practice settings overall by 2024. Since September 2020, all eligible nursing, midwifery and allied health profession degree students have received a non-repayable training grant of a minimum of £5,000 per academic year. This will increase the pool of nurses who may go on to become specialists in multiple sclerosis.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/03/2023 14:41:47 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols