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1175047

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Breastfeeding
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 promote the health benefits of exclusively breastfeeding babies; and what steps his Department is taking to enable babies born prematurely to receive a human milk based diet.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting mothers to breastfeed their babies where possible, especially during the first six months. We would like to see more mothers breastfeeding and doing so for longer and are working with our partners including Public Health England (PHE), NHS England, UNICEF and others to achieve this goal.</p><p> </p><p>Support and information, including on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, is provided through various sources. Examples include NHS Choices, the National Breastfeeding Helpline, PHE’s Start4life, UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative and local peer support parents. The PHE interactive Breast-Feeding Friend voice product ‘chatbot’ is now available through Facebook Messenger, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant and provides live breastfeeding support to new mums at any time of day.</p><p> </p><p>The promotion of breastfeeding is one of the six high-impact areas for health visiting. The mandated contact points are an opportunity for health visitors to support parents around infant feeding. Contact takes place antenatally, at 10 to 14 days and six to eight weeks after birth. Further information on ‘Early years high impact area three: Breastfeeding’ can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754791/early_years_high_impact_area_3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/754791/early_years_high_impact_area_3.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines on postnatal care and neonatal care sets out standards for supporting women to breastfeed whether their babies are born at term or preterm, including being supported to express milk.</p><p>The Department’s Toolkit for High-Quality Neonatal Services states that as a standard maternity and neonatal services should encourage breastfeeding and the expression of milk through the provision of information and dedicated support.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’ consultation, invited views on how we can do more to support mothers to breastfeed. The consultation closed in October 2019. We will set out our response to the consultation by spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/02/2020 15:45:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175051

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
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 is having with local health commissioners on the pause in recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial at Conifer-Wilberforce Health Centre, Hull.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is currently provided in England through the three-year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide the number of allocated places they can accept. The Department has held no discussions with local health commissioners in relation to the pause in recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial at Conifer-Wilberforce Health Centre or access to the trial in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 10781 question first answered 10/02/2020 15:37:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1175052

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
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 local health commissioners on ensuring access for gay and bisexual men in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency to the PrEP Impact Trial.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is currently provided in England through the three-year PrEP Impact Trial. Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide the number of allocated places they can accept. The Department has held no discussions with local health commissioners in relation to the pause in recruitment for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial at Conifer-Wilberforce Health Centre or access to the trial in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 10780 question first answered 10/02/2020 15:37:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1175064

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the decision was made to quarantine citizens that have been repatriated from Wuhan at Arrowe Park Hospital; what criteria his Department used to make that decision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	10732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>We have put in place proportionate, precautionary measures in response to the outbreak of coronavirus in China, acting at all times on the clinical advice of the Chief Medical Officer and national experts in the treatment of infectious diseases.</p><p>A Ministerial decision was taken on supported isolation, based on advice by PHE, on 29 January.</p><p>Arrowe Park Hospital was chosen because it offers appropriate accommodation and other facilities for those coming back from Wuhan.</p><p>It also allows the health of those in the group to be regularly monitored and has the necessary medical facilities close at hand should they be required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/02/2020 16:14:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1175065

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of quarantining citizens that have been repatriated from Wuhan at Arrowe Park Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	10733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p><em></em>The Government has responded to the Wuhan coronavirus by putting in place protocols to protect the United Kingdom, and will continue to take action in line with the level of threat. Funding is in place to support this.</p><p>It is too early to know the final cost to the public purse associated with placing citizens returning from Wuhan in supported isolation at Arrowe Park Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/02/2020 16:02:42 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1175066

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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: Quarantine
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 plans to allocate additional funding to (a) Wirral Council and (b) Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for quarantining citizens that have been repatriated from Wuhan.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	10734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>We have put in place proportionate, precautionary measures in response to the outbreak of coronavirus in China, acting at all times on the clinical advice of the Chief Medical Officer and national experts in the treatment of infectious diseases.</p><p>It is too early to know the final cost to the public purse associated with placing citizens returning from Wuhan in supported isolation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/02/2020 16:10:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1175068

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the hon. Member for Wallasey was not informed in advance of the decision to quarantine citizens flying back from Wuhan in an accommodation block at Arrowe Park hospital.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	10736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The priority was to contact the hon. Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood MP), where Arrowe Park Hospital is located, and she was informed in advance about the decision to place returnees in supported isolation.</p><p>Due to fast moving circumstances and the need to prioritise the protection of the public and those being evacuated, contact was made with all Wirral MPs subsequently.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/02/2020 16:13:18 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1175069

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Urgent Treatment Centres: Canterbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2020 to Question 2446, what plans are in place for the delivery of an urgent treatment centre in Canterbury during 2020.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	10765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has designated Kent and Canterbury Hospital as a tranche 6 Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). The plan developed is for the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) currently located at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital to change to a UTC from April 2020.</p><p>This means urgent care services will be offered at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital in line with the national UTC specification, in practice an enhancement on the services currently available from the MIU. The regional team is working with NHS Digital, the CCG and acute trust to ensure compliance with the specification and standards as laid out in national policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/02/2020 16:20:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1175071

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Human Papillomavirus: 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 implications for his policies of the WHO recommendation that member states temporarily suspend HPV vaccination programmes for boys.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The implications of the World Health Organization’s advice on temporarily suspending human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes for boys are due to be discussed at the next meeting of the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) in February 2020. The Department does not currently have plans to suspend the HPV vaccination programme for boys in England, but will take account of the JCVI’s advice in any future review of its policy on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/02/2020 15:44:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1175072

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
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	Human Papillomavirus: Boys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the level of risk of (a) HPV infection and (b) HPV-caused diseases among boys aged 14-15 compared with boys aged 12-13.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England does not hold information on the level of risk of either human papillomavirus (HPV) infection or HPV-caused diseases among boys aged 14-15 compared with boys aged 12-13.</p><p>The latest data on HPV infection in young 16-18-year-old women has shown HPV 16 and 18 infections to be less than 2%. Infection rates in their male sexual partners are expected to be correspondingly low. Data to the end of 2018 can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hpv-prevalence-in-sexually-active-young-females-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hpv-prevalence-in-sexually-active-young-females-in-england</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/02/2020 16:56:48 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson