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1092609

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to efforts to reopen roads and bridges between (a) Bulawayo, (b) Harare, and (c) the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	235298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Efforts to reopen roads and bridges in Zimbabwe are being led by the Zimbabwean military with the support of private sector firms. The UK’s focus in Zimbabwe is on providing essential health supplies, hygiene kits and child protection support. The UK will continue to monitor the situation closely and stands ready to provide further support.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/03/2019 14:32:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092229

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Life Expectancy: Disadvantaged
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 statement in Public Health England’s report entitled A review of recent trends in mortality in England, that whatever is causing the reduction in the rate of improvement in life expectancy, it is affecting the most deprived areas more than the least deprived areas, and that widening health inequalities have exacerbated the slowdown in improvement.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Preventing ill health is the best way to improve life expectancy and our ambition is to give everyone five more healthy, independent years of life by 2035 whilst narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest. We are already taking action to reduce inequalities in smoking, child obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease and to improve uptake of cancer screening. Later this year we will publish a Prevention Green Paper which will set out cross-Government plans for prevention in greater detail.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out new, funded, action the NHS will take to strengthen its contribution to prevention and health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will base its five-year funding allocations to local areas on more accurate assessment of health inequalities and unmet need. As a condition of receiving Long Term Plan funding, all major national programmes and every local area across England will be required to set out specific measurable goals and mechanisms by which they will contribute to narrowing health inequalities over the next five and 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:14:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092230

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Life Expectancy: Disadvantaged
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 the Government's policies of the conclusion in Public Health England’s report entitled A review of recent trends in mortality in England, that those who have been most affected by the change in trend in mortality are those with the least resources, those living in deprived decile areas, which could indicate a role for government spending.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Preventing ill health is the best way to improve life expectancy and our ambition is to give everyone five more healthy, independent years of life by 2035 whilst narrowing the gap between the experience of the richest and poorest. We are already taking action to reduce inequalities in smoking, child obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease and to improve uptake of cancer screening. Later this year we will publish a Prevention Green Paper which will set out cross-Government plans for prevention in greater detail.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out new, funded, action the NHS will take to strengthen its contribution to prevention and health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will base its five-year funding allocations to local areas on more accurate assessment of health inequalities and unmet need. As a condition of receiving Long Term Plan funding, all major national programmes and every local area across England will be required to set out specific measurable goals and mechanisms by which they will contribute to narrowing health inequalities over the next five and 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:22:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092231

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	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 will make a comparative assessment of the demographic profiles of (a) patients (i) being given and (ii) attending appointments at virtual clinics and (b) patients attending face-to-face appointments, including (A) age, and (B) ethnicity characteristics.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to make an assessment of the demographic profiles of patients as this information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:18:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092232

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	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 comparative assessment he has made of the effect of virtual clinic appointments relative to face-to-face appointments on (a) patient-clinician communication, (b) time to diagnosis, (c) time to treatment, (d) quality of patient care and (e) safety of patient care.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have made no comparative assessment of the effect of virtual clinic appointments.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:16:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092233

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	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 estimate of the extent of substitution of appointments at virtual clinics for face-to-face appointments in England.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not undertaken this type of analysis but we will monitor their impact as these services develop.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:17:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1092234

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	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 representations he has received on the effect of language comprehension difficulties on the effectiveness of virtual clinics.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	234744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not received any such representations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/03/2019 17:16:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1091082

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Midwives
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 effect of reducing the ratio of registered midwives to maternity support workers in midwifery services on (a) workforce skill levels, (b) quality of care, (c) patient safety, (d) staff morale and (e) staff retention.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	233537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>There is no mandated ratio of registered midwives to maternity support workers in midwifery services. Maternity services should develop, update and administer workforce plans, using agreed midwifery specific workforce planning tools. These plans should include the skill mix of midwives and support staff required to provide the quality of care that meets best practice standards. National Health Service provider boards are responsible for making judgements about staffing and the delivery of safe, effective, compassionate and responsive care within available resources. NHS providers for maternity services are supported by guidelines and improvement resources, including the National Quality Board’s ‘Safe, sustainable and productive staffing - An improvement resource for maternity services’ (January 2018), which can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1353/Safe_Staffing_Maternity_final_2.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1353/Safe_Staffing_Maternity_final_2.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Maternity support workers (MSWs) are an integral part of the maternity workforce and play an important role in supporting midwives and the wider maternity teams, mothers and their babies through pregnancy, labour and during the postnatal period.</p><p> </p><p>On 14 February 2019, Health Education England published a new Maternity Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework, which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/document/MSW_Framework_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/document/MSW_Framework_Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The framework gives clarity to the role and sets out the career and skills opportunities available to existing MSWs and those new to the role. The role of MSWs is to undertake, under the direction and supervision of a registered midwife, tasks and duties for which midwifery training and registration are not required (either by statute or professional guidance).</p><p> </p><p>Morale was included in the NHS Staff Survey for the first time in 2018. The overall score for midwives was 5.8 (scores range from 0 which is the worst possible to 10 – the best) which was close to that of staff overall at 6.1. We are working with our arm’s length bodies to improve staff morale to ensure the NHS is the best place to work, proposals for which should be included in the interim People Plan to be published in April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>As at December 2018, there are over 2,200 more Hospital and Community Health Service midwives than there were since the start of this Government.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/03/2019 17:18:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1089444

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many websites or internet-based platforms (a) accessible from the UK and (b) published within the UK have been shut down as a result of intelligence services investigations into islamophobic extremist activities, including radicalisation operations in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	232996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The subject to which the Honourable Lady refers is an operational matter for the intelligence services.</p><p>As such I am afraid I can neither confirm nor deny what figures the Home Office holds on this issue. However, I can confirm that intelligence agencies and their police colleagues are taking vigorous action against extremism with the full range of legal powers available to them.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/03/2019 16:09:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1089445

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home department, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) print and broadcast media and (b) social media publications accessible from the UK which promote beliefs and rhetorics similar to those used by the perpetrator or perpetrators of the terror attack on two Christchurch mosques on 15 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	232997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the threat from extremism seriously and undertakes research into all forms of extremism using a range of sources of infor-mation, including online and conventional sources of media. We do not comment on specific assessments.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/04/2019 17:46:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown