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1361704

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Diabetes: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether definitions used for clinically extremely vulnerable people or others asked to shield initially during the covid-19 outbreak included diabetes; and whether he has reviewed those definitions with regard to the inclusion of diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	59828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers identified specific medical conditions that placed people at the greatest risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19. It was determined that a blanket inclusion of everyone with a diagnosis of diabetes was not appropriate. As the shielding programme has now ended, there is no longer a centrally defined clinically extremely vulnerable group.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/10/2021 10:17:03 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1361705

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's decision not to recognise Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna or Janssen jabs administered in Africa on the UK Government's relationship with (a) Uganda and (b) other countries in Africa that have received AstraZeneca vaccines from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	59901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>We have not made a specific assessment.</p><p>We now recognise the following vaccines: Pfizer BioNTech; Oxford AstraZeneca; Moderna and Janssen (J&amp;J); and also formulations of the above four vaccines such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda from countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination. This includes a number of countries in Africa.</p><p>From 1 November, Uganda was added to the list of approved countries and qualifies under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to the United Kingdom.</p><p>We are working with an array of international partners and look forward to continuing the expansion of the policy to countries and territories across the globe in a phased approach, where this meets our certification requirements. Extension of vaccine certification will be reviewed regularly.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/11/2021 13:52:23 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1361708

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Social Services: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he made of vacancies in the care sector in (a) Slough and (b) the South East as at 1 October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	59930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>Skills for Care estimates that the vacancy rate in the adult social care sector in the South East was 8% in August 2021, compared to an average of 6.7% for 2020/21 as a whole. Skills for Care do not publish a separate monthly estimate of vacancies in Slough, but they have estimated that the average vacancy rate was 12.9% in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 06/01/2022 13:28:49 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 27310 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1361709

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Social Services: South East
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 (a) the impact and (b) adequacy of the availability of care sector staff on the quality of care for residents in (i) Slough and (ii) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	59931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. The quality of care, including in relation to staffing, is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). To comply with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, service providers must deploy enough qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to ensure they are able to meet all CQC regulatory requirements and their service users’ needs at all times.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/11/2021 16:47:58 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 27155 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1361710

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Social Services: South East
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 is he taking to help ensure vacancies in the care sector are filled in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	59932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>On 3 November 2021, we published the Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund on GOV.UK, which includes £349,004 for Slough and £22,676,944 for South East across 19 local authorities, to help bolster adult social care workforce capacity over winter, including filling vacancies.</p><p>Local authority grant allocations can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-capacity-fund-for-adult-social-care/annex-c-grant-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-capacity-fund-for-adult-social-care/annex-c-grant-allocations</a></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 01/12/2021 11:24:13 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1361711

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	NHS 111: 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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that NHS 111 call handlers who are employed by private contractors receive a comparable rate of pay to NHS 111 call handlers who are directly employed by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	59829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Private providers determine the rates of pay for their staff according to their employment contracts and local conditions. However, some contractors may choose to mirror arrangements used in the National Health Service, including annual pay awards.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/10/2021 10:59:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1361714

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to then Minister for Care's oral contribution of 10 June 2021, Official Report, Column 491WH, when his Department will publish the delivery plan setting out how a 50 per cent reduction in occupancy of in-patient beds by people with learning disabilities and autism will be met.
tabling member constituency	Forest of Dean
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Harper
uin	59741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department is developing an action plan to achieve at least a 50% reduction in the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health hospitals by 2023/24. Once finalised, the action plan will set out the actions for the Department, other Government departments, the National Health Service, local government and other delivery partners to improve the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities and support them to live well in the community, with clear ownership and timescales for delivery. We intend to publish the action plan before the end of the year, once we have concluded our engagement with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/10/2021 10:47:04 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 27324 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper

1361733

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Perinatal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he estimates publication will be of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch examination of the reported recent increase in the number of stillbirths.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	59719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch’s national learning report, ‘Intrapartum Stillbirth: learning from maternity safety investigations that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 April to 30 June 2020’ was published on 16 September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/10/2021 15:15:10 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1361748

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England and NHS Improvement have concluded their detailed modelling assessment of endoscopy capacity and demand within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	59721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have concluded their modelling and data has been shared with regional commissioners and providers of the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme for planning services appropriately and to maximise delivery.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have established a number of workstreams to increase diagnostic capacity, including investment of £150 million in new imaging and endoscopy equipment, increasing the number and accessibility of accreditation sessions for new endoscopists and building further capacity through community diagnostic centres and the adopt and adapt programme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/11/2021 14:16:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 27100 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1361752

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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	Hospitals: 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 plans he has to ease covid-19 visiting restrictions in NHS hospitals over the Christmas and New Year period.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	59964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of being able to visit family, friends and loved ones in hospital, including over the Christmas and New Year period. Since the end of the national restrictions, hospital visiting is subject to local discretion by trusts and other National Health Service bodies, taking into account the local prevalence of COVID-19 and the health, safety and wellbeing of patients, communities and staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2021 09:55:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson