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1388875

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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 Equipment: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to (1) repeal section 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 relating to procurement of medical supplies during emergencies such as pandemics, and (2) amend the Health and Care Bill to make provision for new public procurement policies during times of emergency or pandemics based on transparency, accountability and value for public money.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government is transforming the regulatory framework for public procurement following the publication of a Green Paper last year. This work is being led by the Cabinet Office. Following a consultation exercise and as set out in the Government response to the consultation exercise published in December 2021, the Government proposes to retain provision allowing limited tendering in situations of extreme urgency brought about by unforeseeable events (Regulation 32(2)(c) in the Public Contracts Regulations). However, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed some uncertainty in applying Regulation 32 where the situation is prolonged or evolving and new measures will set out clear arrangements for how procurement should be conducted, including in situations where extreme urgency is a factor.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Care Bill does not include provisions for new public procurement policies during times of emergency or pandemics as this is a matter for the Cabinet Office’s regulatory framework for public procurement.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 29/12/2021 10:02:05 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1388355

registered interest
date	15/12/2021
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: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward proposals to dismiss all NHS staff who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to 1 January 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2021 answer text <p>In light of the concerns raised by stakeholders about the potential impacts of these measures on workforce pressures and the pressures on services, particularly over winter, the Government has made the decision to include a grace period of 12 weeks in regulations. This grace period will mean an enforcement date of 1 April 2022, crucially avoiding the winter period and helping to minimise workforce pressures.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 29/12/2021 10:23:46 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1387597

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Prosthetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have prosthetic limbs by (a) gender and (b) age group.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	92936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/12/2021 17:07:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1387598

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	92937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/12/2021 14:25:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1387600

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Antibiotics: Breast Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Royal College of Nurses and (b) other relevant bodies on any connection between antibiotic usage and the development of breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	92939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/12/2021 13:00:07 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1387609

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Long Covid: 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, what the average waiting time is for patients wishing to be seen in at designated Long Covid clinics as of 13 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	92973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Since September 2021, information on activity and demographics of patients who have been referred to a post-COVID-19 assessment service in England have been published as part of the official statistics publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-post-covid-assessment-service/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-post-covid-assessment-service/</a></p><p>The most recent publication of 9 December covered the period from 27 September to 24 October 2021. The attached table shows the waiting times of patients who had an initial assessment at a post-COVID-19 assessment service in this period. Data on waiting times was first added to this publication in October 2021, for the period from 2 August. As this is a relatively new data collection and this is experimental data, some variation may be due to incomplete data submissions.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/12/2021 15:33:25 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Waiting times table 9 December.docx title Waiting times table 9 December
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1387612

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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: Finance
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 analysis by the Alzheimer's Society that the adult social care sector will need at least £3.9 billion per annum to maintain current standards and keep up with demographic changes and changes to the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	92974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>The provisional local Government finance settlement proposes making available over £1 billion of additional resource to local authorities specifically for social care in 2022-23. Councils will also have access to funding from grant covering all services, including the 2022-23 Services Grant, and from council tax to meet the inflationary and demographic pressures facing social care.</p><p>In addition to this increased local Government funding, the Government will provide £5.4 billion over 2022-23 to 2024-25 for adult social care reform. The funding available to councils means overall local Government spending will increase by 4%, including the investment in adult social care reform.</p><p>No assessment has been made of the figure quoted by the Alzheimer’s Society. Local Government finance settlement provides funding to allow councils to increase their spending on the vital public services they provide, such as adult social care, and will ensure those services can respond effectively to rising demand and cost pressures.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 23/12/2021 10:52:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1387613

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Dementia
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 Dementia Strategy in the People at the heart of care: adult social care reform White Paper, what budget will be allocated to the delivery of the Dementia Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	92975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>We will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for future years in 2022. We are currently working with stakeholders and have established task and finish groups to develop the strategy. We will consider the funding implications as part of forthcoming business planning for the next financial year.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 23/12/2021 10:49:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1387614

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Dementia: Research
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 timetable is for allocating additional funding for dementia research.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	92976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to invest £375 million in neurodegenerative disease research over the next five years to fund projects into a range of diseases including dementia. This funding will be provided through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The NIHR and UKRI rely on researchers submitting high-quality applications to access funding therefore details of allocations and timescales are not currently available.</p><p>All applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. A new dementia strategy, which will set out our plans on dementia for England for future years, will be published in 2022. The strategy will include our ambitions for dementia research.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/12/2021 13:53:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1387680

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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 steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of the covid-19 vaccine among pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	92886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>Vaccine toolkits for local services, stakeholders, partners and employers address concerns around pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility. Additionally, we have shared case stories in the media of women of childbearing age who have received the COVID-19 vaccine before, during or after pregnancy to reassure women with concerns. Locally, we have supported webinars and engagement sessions focused on women’s concerns and tailored to demographic groups. We have also introduced new communications through social media focused on younger women.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with regional teams and providers to ensure that advice on vaccination in pregnancy, including the risks and benefits, is being offered antenatally and that information materials are available across antenatal and primary care settings. NHS England and NHS Improvement have asked maternity and primary care services to support all general practitioners, practice nurses, midwives and obstetricians to give objective, evidence-based advice to women on vaccination in pregnancy at every antenatal contact.</p><p>Local systems are encouraged to implement best practice on vaccinating pregnant women opportunistically during maternity appointments wherever possible. All National Health Service regions have pathways with maternity providers in place, to facilitate antenatal vaccination through mobile or pop-up clinics, those at maternity sites or local or national vaccination centres. We are currently considering a targeted approach for the identification and invitation of pregnant women under the age of 18 years old.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/12/2021 14:59:54 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman