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1330281

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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	Medical Technologies Directorate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the (1) remit, (2) priorities, and (3) details of the (a) leadership, (b) budget, and (c) lines of accountability, of the new Medical Technologies Directorate.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The new Medical Technologies Directorate within the Department was announced in May 2021. The Directorate is currently at a formative stage and recruitment to roles is about to commence. Although timelines are being finalised, we expect to publish a strategy including details of the remit, priorities, leadership, budget and accountabilities in early 2022. Success criteria will be determined once the Directorate budget has been finalised and the strategy has been finalised through engagement with industry and others.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL755 question first answered 14/06/2021 11:33:04 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1330282

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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	Medical Technologies Directorate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to measure the success of the Medical Technologies Directorate.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The new Medical Technologies Directorate within the Department was announced in May 2021. The Directorate is currently at a formative stage and recruitment to roles is about to commence. Although timelines are being finalised, we expect to publish a strategy including details of the remit, priorities, leadership, budget and accountabilities in early 2022. Success criteria will be determined once the Directorate budget has been finalised and the strategy has been finalised through engagement with industry and others.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL754 question first answered 14/06/2021 11:33:04 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1329111

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to investigate the origins of COVID-19, and (2) to call for a stronger multilateral investigation on the topic, following the announcement of such plans by the President of the United States of America.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>We have been clear that a transparent, independent and science-led investigation is an important part of the international effort to understand how Covid-19 started and how it spread. Phase one of the World Health Organisation-convened COVID-19 origins study reported on 30 March and was always meant to be the beginning of the process, not the end. Our priority now is to ensure a timely, transparent, evidence-based, and expert-led Phase Two study.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 10/06/2021 12:19:56 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1329122

registered interest
date	27/05/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 and who have had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, who are (1) blood cancer patients, and (2) immunocompromised.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 07/06/2021 14:16:47 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1328374

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether staff working in facilities being used for travel quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic are subject to mandatory, regular tests for COVID-19 infection; and whether such staff are restricted to working only in such facilities during their term of employment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>All staff working in managed quarantine facilities are actively encouraged to take a voluntary daily lateral flow device test. Staff are also offered a weekly polymerase chain reaction test. Whilst the tests are optional, the process is COVID-19 compliant, in addition to social distancing measures and procedures. Staff are not restricted to working only in these facilities during their term of employment.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 14/06/2021 11:46:44 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1328376

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Travel: Quarantine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of the transmission of COVID-19 have been traced to facilities which have been designated for use for quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 14/06/2021 11:33:22 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1328377

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of protecting funding to Clinical Commissioning Groups for diabetes technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the benefits of protecting funding to Clinical Commissioning Groups for diabetes technology. Clinical Commissioning Groups are responsible for commissioning diabetes services for their local populations and are best placed as clinically-led organisations that have both the local knowledge and accountability, to make commissioning decisions in the best interests of their patients. This includes prescribing technologies for people living with diabetes, for example glucose monitoring devices.</p><p>Commissioning decisions for the adoption of technology products in diabetes are always guided by clinical and cost effective assessments, delivered by NICE and other regulatory bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 07/06/2021 14:12:59 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1328382

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Domestic Abuse: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS England Domestic Abuse Action Plan will advise clinicians that they can request that previous NHS waiting times are taken into consideration when making referrals for (1) physical, and (2) mental, healthcare for children fleeing domestic abuse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Existing NHS policy is clear that access to NHS treatment is based on clinical need. Clinicians are expected to consider trauma, such as domestic abuse. The individual circumstances of children and young people seeking help will form part of local clinical judgement.</p><p>Alongside this the Government is focused on addressing the pressures caused by the pandemic as a priority and we are working with the National Health Service to tackle long waiting lists and bear down on waiting times. At the Spending Review (SR) we invested £1 billion to kickstart elective recovery throughout 2021-22, incentivising providers to address backlogs and tackle long waiting lists.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 10/06/2021 11:56:47 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1328394

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Care Homes: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether visitors to care homes will need to be tested for COVID-19 after 21 June 2021.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Testing is crucial to help protect the people who are the most vulnerable to COVID-19 by identifying those who may unknowingly have the virus - enabling those who test positive and their contacts to self-isolate and break the chain of transmission.</p><p>To support effective infection prevention and control in care homes, care home visitors should continue to test, using rapid lateral flow tests in line with the current policy and produce a negative COVID test prior to their visit. In accordance with the roadmap, further announcements on policy from 21st June will be made in due course. Infection prevention and control measures, including testing, will continue to be important for protecting care home residents while ensuring we allow as much visiting as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 10/06/2021 11:57:22 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1328397

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
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	Travel: Mauritius
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to add Mauritius to the list of islands being considered for the Green List of destinations to which tourists can travel without isolating on return to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>Decisions to place countries on ‘red/amber/green list(s)’ are taken by Ministers informed by evidence, including the Joint Biosecurity Centre’s risk assessments alongside other wider public health factors.</p><p>A summary of the methodology used to inform these decisions is published on GOV.UK. The methodology consists of 4 parts: variant assessment; triage; risk assessment; and outcomes that inform ministerial decisions. All countries and territories that pass triage for green or red indicators undergo a more comprehensive risk assessment using additional quantitative and qualitative information (for example, from publicly available platforms such as the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data and the World Health Organization, host government websites, United Kingdom mandatory testing data and travel data), taking into account data availability, limitations and biases.</p><p>Available and relevant sources of information for each country or territory are used to provide an overall assessment on genomic surveillance capability, COVID-19 transmission risk and Variant of Concern/Variant Under Investigation transmission risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 07/06/2021 14:16:43 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham