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1731877

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date	07/10/2024
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	Lung 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, what proportion of eligible people in Yorkshire and the Humber have been screened through the national targeted lung cancer screening programme since July 2023; and what steps he is taking to increase the level of uptake for that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Tom Gordon
uin	7593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme is available in some areas of England and offers a lung cancer screen to those who are over 55 years old but younger than 75 years old; are registered with a general practitioner; and have a history of smoking.</p><p>NHS England has advised that to the end of August 2024, 36.3% of the eligible population in the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance has been invited to the Lung Cancer Screening programme since 2019, with 16,103 people participating between July 2023 and July 2024. Estimated uptake for May to July 2024, the most recent available three months of data, was 55.4%. This has improved significantly with the rolling average for the last 12 months being 47.8%.</p><p>A wide range of initiatives continues to be carried out to improve uptake in the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme. For example, at a national level this includes using social media, leaflets and posters to promote the programme and at a local level, using text messaging to remind people of their appointment. Cancer Alliances are also bringing together primary care networks, lung cancer screening teams and communication colleagues to ensure collaborative and informed working is taking place.</p><p>The NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme will be fully rolled out to 100% of the eligible population by 2029.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 10/10/2024 16:19:51 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5032

1731878

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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: Radiotherapy
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 potential impact of the time taken to access radiotherapy treatment on cancer outcomes; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients that need radiotherapy treatment can access it as quickly as possible.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Tom Gordon
uin	7594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes that cancer patients are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment, including radiotherapy treatment. We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster. We will improve patients’ experience across the system.</p><p>Lord Darzi’s report has set out the scale of the challenges we face in fixing the NHS and the need to improve cancer waiting time performance and cancer survival. In particular, he has highlighted the need to improve the number of patients starting their treatment within 62 days of referral and to increase the number of patients diagnosed at an earlier stage.</p><p>Improving 62-day performance and early diagnosis are already key priorities for NHS England. Lord Darzi’s report will inform our ten-year plan to reform the NHS, which include further details on how we will improve cancer diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 10/10/2024 16:20:56 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	5032

1731879

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
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 take steps to ensure that NHS providers prioritise funding for (a) upgrades and (b) replacements of radiotherapy machines.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Tom Gordon
uin	7595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government will continue to support the provision of radiotherapy machines, however since April 2022 the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machines has been with local systems.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 10/10/2024 16:12:57 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	5032

1731896

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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 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 his Department is taking to include policies on prevention in the proposed ten-year plan for health and social care.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	7542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s five long-term missions, we will launch a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service and make it fit for the future. The plan will set out a bold agenda to deliver on the three big shifts needed: moving healthcare from hospital to the community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention.</p><p>A core part of the development of the 10-Year Health Plan, including its approach to prevention, will be an extensive engagement exercise with the public, staff, and stakeholders, including the third sector. Further details on how to get involved will be set out in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 7543 question first answered 10/10/2024 16:11:25 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1731897

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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: 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 discussions he has had with third sector organisations on the inclusion of policies on prevention in the proposed ten-year plan for health and social care.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	7543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s five long-term missions, we will launch a 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service and make it fit for the future. The plan will set out a bold agenda to deliver on the three big shifts needed: moving healthcare from hospital to the community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention.</p><p>A core part of the development of the 10-Year Health Plan, including its approach to prevention, will be an extensive engagement exercise with the public, staff, and stakeholders, including the third sector. Further details on how to get involved will be set out in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 7542 question first answered 10/10/2024 16:11:25 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1731898

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Young People
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 the consultation response entitled creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, published on 12 February 2024, whether he plans to implement the policies set out in that response.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	7544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will be the biggest public health intervention in a generation, improving healthy life expectancy and reducing the number of lives lost to the biggest killers.</p><p>Alongside introducing a progressive smoking ban to ensure the next generation can never legally be sold tobacco, the Bill will also stop vapes and other consumer nicotine products from being deliberately branded and advertised to appeal to children. We are additionally considering a range of new measures to put us on track to a smoke-free United Kingdom and will set out more details soon.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 10/10/2024 16:15:08 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1731899

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Smoking: Health Services
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 potential merits of introducing of a polluter pays levy on tobacco company to fund smoking cessation services; and if he will make it his policy to increase funding for (a) the swap-to-stop scheme, (b) tobacco control enforcement and (c) the national smoke-free pregnancy incentive scheme.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	7545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is funding a broad package of measures to tackle the harm caused by smoking, including additional funding for local authority Stop Smoking Services, more enforcement activity around illegal tobacco and vape products, as well as recently launching a national smoke-free pregnancy incentive programme.</p><p>On the issue of a polluter pays levy on the tobacco industry, the Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events in the context of public finances. The Government keeps all taxes under review during its yearly Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 10/10/2024 16:16:02 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1731906

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 3738 on Defence: Research, whether the spending review process will cover spending on defence research and development in (a) this financial year and (b) the next four financial years.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	7496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>Spend on research and development will be covered within Departmental plans as part of the Spending Review process. The Chancellor has set out the time period to be covered by this process.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 10/10/2024 11:55:21 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1731907

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 121 on Armed Forces: Visas, when his Department first held discussions with the Home Office on ending visa fees for serving personnel.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	7497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence officials began engagement with the Home Office in late July 2024 to discuss this manifesto commitment.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Selly Oak answering member printed Al Carns question first answered 10/10/2024 16:31:33 answering member 5235
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1731909

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the agreement to cede sovereignty of the Chagos islands to Mauritius on the risk of espionage from hostile states.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	7499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The negotiations between the UK and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands were announced in the House of Commons on 3 November 2022 by the then Foreign Secretary. Their aim was to ensure the continued effective operation of the joint UK/US military base on Diego Garcia.</p><p> </p><p>We now have this historic agreement, that ends the uncertainty over the future of the base on Diego Garcia, which plays such a crucial role in regional and international security. We have full Mauritian backing for robust security arrangements, including preventing foreign armed forces from establishing themselves on the outer islands, or otherwise undermining the effective operation of the Base, meaning the base is more protected than ever from foreign malign influence in a more insecure world.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 10/10/2024 16:40:03 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge