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1239646

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Health Services: Standards
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 he is taking to ensure that the health service is adequately resourced after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	98219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with its partners, including suppliers, the devolved nations and the health and social care system to ensure they have the resources they need after the end of the transition period. The 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review will set out the Government’s spending plans for health and social care for future years. The Government will set out the results of the Spending Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/10/2020 10:51:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1239655

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Food: Coronavirus
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 his Department has made of the accuracy of the Health and Safety Executive's Riddor reporting system of the number of covid-19 cases and fatalities in food factories; and what steps he is taking to ensure that records of covid-19 (a) cases and (b) fatalities in food factories are accurate.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	98236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has made no assessment of the accuracy of the Health and Safety Executive’s Riddor reporting system.</p><p>Positive tests are notifiable under the Health Protection Regulations 2010, as amended by the Health Protection (Notification) (Amended) Regulations 2020. Under this regulation diagnostic laboratories have a duty to notify PHE when they identify evidence of infection caused by COVID-19. PHE regularly works with labs to help them set up reporting. PHE has published a guide for reporting which is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739854/PHE_Laboratory_Reporting_Guidelines.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739854/PHE_Laboratory_Reporting_Guidelines.pdf</a></p><p>Data on cases and fatalities from COVID-19 in relation to food factories are not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/11/2020 12:24:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1239656

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Food: Coronavirus
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 he is taking to prevent outbreaks of covid-19 in food factories.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	98237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has been working in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to provide guidance to food businesses. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-food-businesses/guidance-for-food-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-food-businesses/guidance-for-food-businesses-on-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 12:31:50 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1239657

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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: City of York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential increase of coronavirus testing capacity for the residents of the City of York in October.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	98216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>We increased our testing capacity to 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, expanding our network of testing sites. For the residents of York, there is a local testing centre at Wentworth Way Car Park at the University of York and a regional testing centre at Poppleton Bar Park and Ride.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/01/2021 13:06:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1239659

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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: City of York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the creation of the covid-19 testing lab in Newcastle will deliver an increase in the number of available lab slots for tests from residents of the City of York.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	98217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2021 answer text <p>Our laboratories are already processing more than a million tests a week and we recently announced new facilities and technology to process results more quickly. Due to unprecedented demand, we continue to target testing capacity at the areas that need it most, including those where there is an outbreak and prioritising at-risk groups.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/01/2021 13:11:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1239668

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Clinical Commissioning Groups
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 pause the mergers of clinical commissioning groups until the covid-19 outbreak has abated.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	98143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>NHS England has been clear that, to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) need to streamline their commissioning arrangements. In many places, this means encouraging CCGs to merge, so they better align with integrated care systems.</p><p>We recognise that COVID-19 is adding pressure to the system – however, allowing CCGs to merge will produce a stronger commissioning voice, better able to support the National Health Service to respond to COVID-19, as well as supporting transformation and the delivery of the Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/10/2020 11:21:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 52326 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1239677

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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, how many people have been instructed to isolate through track and trace to date.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	98269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Since NHS Test and Trace was launched on 28 May, in total, as of 14 October, 1,133,094 people have been reached by the service and instructed to self-isolate. This figure includes both those testing positive and their contacts.</p><p>Weekly statistics for NHS Test and Trace can be found on GOV.UK at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/11/2020 11:40:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 52336 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1239710

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Drugs: Prices
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 has taken to respond to concerns raised by the Competition and Markets Authority on the pricing of (a) hydrocortisone tablets and (b) liothyronine tablets since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	98223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>Concerns about potential drug pricing abuses are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA has several ongoing investigations into excessive prices of generic medicines. Where it has concern about the price of a generic medicine, the Department asks the CMA to investigate that price.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/10/2020 15:33:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 52332 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1239711

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Drugs: Prices
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 publish a list of medicines deemed to be priced excessively by (a) his Department and (b) the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	98224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>Concerns about potential drug pricing abuses are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA has several ongoing investigations into excessive prices of generic medicines. Where it has concerns about the price of a generic medicine, the Department asks the CMA to investigate that price.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/10/2020 15:35:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 52333 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1239713

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
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	Drugs: Prices
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 report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Access to Medicines and Medical Devices on Special Medicinal Products, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a national formulary of red-amber-green coded specials.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	98225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government published a Consultation last year which asked stakeholders to give their feedback to proposals that included improving the system for reimbursement of special medicinal products. The Government will consider the report on Special Medicinal Products by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Access to Medicines and Medical Devices as work post the consultation is taken forward. The Consultation is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/community-pharmacy-drug-reimbursement-reform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/community-pharmacy-drug-reimbursement-reform</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/10/2020 15:39:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 52334 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris