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1186495

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	NHS and Public Health England: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has for the care of children of NHS workers and Public Health England workers if they are (a) incapacitated due to illness and (b) hospitalised.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	32047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The NHS England has recently published in-depth guidance covering a range of scenarios for National Health Service and Public Health England workers, which will be updated as the situation develops, which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/</a></p><p>NHS England has written to all colleagues recently and a copy of the letter is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/urgent-next-steps-on-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-simon-stevens.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/urgent-next-steps-on-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-simon-stevens.pdf</a></p><p>Support for NHS and PHE workers is a high priority for the Government, and it will continually assess the measures required to support them fully.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:45:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1186547

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much compensation was paid from the public purse in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (e) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019 for wrongful births.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	32133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England.</p><p>NHS Resolution have provided the following information:</p><p>NHS Resolution define “wrongful birth’’ as a clinical negligence claim brought by the parents of a child born with birth defects, alleging that negligent treatment or advice deprived them of the opportunity to avoid conception or terminate the pregnancy.</p><p>Number of Claims Closed/Settled with damages paid related to ‘Wrongful Birth’ per financial year</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of closure (Settlement year for Periodical Payment Orders)</p></td><td><p>Number of Claims</p></td><td><p>Damages Paid £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8,158,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17,313,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12,520,949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13,363,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17,296,750</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: The figures supplied are for each financial year rather than calendar year. The figures for the 2019/20 financial year are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/03/2020 12:44:09 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1186577

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Public Health Laboratory Service
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 public health laboratories have closed in England and Wales from 2010 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	32075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and Public Health England (PHE) have withdrawn from the direct management of four regional laboratories. In each instance HPA and PHE then commissioned arrangements with the National Health Service laboratories in these regions to support the required public health functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:53:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

1186584

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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: Public Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department's guidance on covid-19 will be made available in other languages; what information is being translated; and into which languages that guidance will be translated.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	32233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government's work to ensure people are informed about COVID-19 and how best to respond, work in ongoing to translate the stay at home guidance for households with possible COVID-19; the guidance on social distancing and protecting older people and vulnerable adults into a range of languages. These are the critical pieces of guidance that are relevant to a general public audience.</p><p> </p><p>The translations include Polish, Welsh, Arabic (Modern), French, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Traditional Chinese (Cantonese), Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Portuguese.</p><p> </p><p>The stay at home guidance for households with possible COVID-19 can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:55:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1186594

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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: Dental Services
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 assessment of the potential merits of closing all dental practices to non-essential patient care to minimise the spread of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	32238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS England issued guidance, on 20 March 2020, setting out expectations for primary care dentistry to minimise spread of disease and protect dentists and patients during the current pandemic. The advice includes radically reducing the number of routine check-ups and agreeing local arrangements to consolidate, where necessary, the provision of any essential, routine National Health Service work that cannot be delayed and urgent dental problems. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Issue-2-Preparedness-letter-for-primary-dental-care-20-March-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/Issue-2-Preparedness-letter-for-primary-dental-care-20-March-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:54:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1186595

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Obesity: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2020 to Question 21988 on World Obesity Day, what plans the Government has to improve weight management services for adults living with obesity.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	32239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Through chapter three of the childhood obesity plan, published in July 2019 as part of ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, we are exploring how we can support individuals to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. As part of this process, we have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the stigma associated with overweight and obesity, and is taking action to meet our bold ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030 and significantly reduce the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 32241 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:46:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1186597

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Obesity
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 5 March 2020 to Question 21989 on Obesity, what steps the Government is taking to reduce weight stigma among adults living with obesity.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	32241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Through chapter three of the childhood obesity plan, published in July 2019 as part of ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, we are exploring how we can support individuals to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. As part of this process, we have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the stigma associated with overweight and obesity, and is taking action to meet our bold ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030 and significantly reduce the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 32239 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:46:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1186599

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Obesity: Take-away Food
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 effect of food delivery orders with minimum value requirements on trends in the level of (a) takeaway calorie consumption and (b) obesity; and if he will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	32243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not made a recent assessment of the effect of the takeaway delivery sector on levels of obesity.</p><p> </p><p>Through the second chapter of our Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June 2018, we have consulted on introducing consistent calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector to help families make healthier choices. The consultation closed in December 2018. We will publish our response as soon as we can.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 32244 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:47:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1186602

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Obesity: Take-away Food
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 his Department has made of the effect of the takeaway delivery sector on levels of obesity.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	32244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not made a recent assessment of the effect of the takeaway delivery sector on levels of obesity.</p><p> </p><p>Through the second chapter of our Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June 2018, we have consulted on introducing consistent calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector to help families make healthier choices. The consultation closed in December 2018. We will publish our response as soon as we can.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 32243 question first answered 24/03/2020 15:47:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1186112

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
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	Autism: 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, if he will make it his policy to establish specialist autism teams in each region of England to (a) diagnose and (b) support autistic people.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	31452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out National Health Service commitments to improve diagnosis and support for autistic people. The NHS Long Term Plan does not prescribe that there should be specialist autistic teams in each region of England to diagnose and support autistic people. However, the NHS Long Term Plan sets out clear commitments and support, including increased investment, for local areas to increase the range of support and care available to autistic people in their area including children and young people with the most complex needs and their families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/03/2020 12:47:25 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy