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1700278

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help increase the supply of free lateral flow tests to people who are at risk of becoming seriously ill if they contract covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	21187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>This year, the National Health Service will offer free COVID-19 lateral flow tests and treatments to an additional 1.4 million people at the highest risk of severe illness, on top of the 3.9 million people already eligible for free COVID-19 lateral flow tests and treatments.</p><p>Those who are at highest risk of becoming seriously ill, who are eligible for COVID-19 treatments, can continue to access free COVID-19 lateral flow tests from their local pharmacy. This cohort of people are encouraged to test regularly, to gain timely access to treatments. A full list of those who are eligible, as well as information on how to access the tests, is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/treatments-for-covid-19/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/treatments-for-covid-19/</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/04/2024 12:22:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1696288

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Shingles: 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 she has made of the potential merits of widening the availability of the shingles vaccination to those aged between 66 and 69 years old.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	18759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The potential merit of offering the Shingrix shingles vaccine to adults aged 65 years old from 1 September 2023 is to achieve population benefit from a vaccine which is predicted to provide longer lasting protection, meaning individuals can be vaccinated sooner and benefit for longer, compared to the previous shingles programme using the Zostavax vaccine.</p><p>This reduction in the age of eligibility is part of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s advice, that the roll-out of the 10-year expansion of the shingles programme should be done with a phased approach, to avoid undue additional pressure on National Health Service delivery services. The Shingrix two dose vaccine will be offered to those aged between 65 and 70 years old, until everyone aged 65 to 70 years old has been offered the vaccine, and then to those aged between 60 and 65 years old, until everyone aged 60 to 65 years old has been offered the vaccine. The vaccine would then be offered routinely from 60 years of age. Those over the age of 70 years old remain eligible until they turn 80 years old. Those aged 50 years old and over, who are at higher risk of serious complications as a result of having a severely weakened immune system, are also eligible.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/03/2024 15:43:56 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1694999

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Restricted Growth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the prevalence of abuse of people of restricted growth.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	17946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>We have a robust legislative framework to respond to all forms of hate crime, including those which target a person’s disability.</p><p>Whilst the police are operationally independent and work in line with the College of Policing’s operational guidance to respond to hate crime, we expect them to fully investigate these offences and work with the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure perpetrators are brought to justice.</p><p>The Government is pleased to see the overall reduction in police-recorded hate crime in the year ending March 2023, including a 1% reduction in disability hate crime compared with the previous year. However, any instance is one too many and we remain absolutely committed to ensuring these offences are stamped out.</p><p>A person of restricted growth is not necessarily a disabled person. A disability hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s disability or perceived disability, or any disability including physical disability, learning disability and mental health or developmental disorders. This will be a question of fact in each case.</p><p>Our absolute priority is to get more police onto our streets, cut crime, protect the public and bring more criminals to justice. We are supporting the police by providing them with the resources they need. We delivered our commitment to recruit an additional 20,000 officers by March 2023 and there are now over 149,000 officers in England and Wales, which is higher than the previous peak in March 2010 before the Police Uplift Programme.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 19/03/2024 10:08:33 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1695002

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Restricted Growth: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help reduce discrimination faced by people of restricted growth.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	17947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving life choices and opportunities for disabled people in their private lives, in their communities and in employment. We want everyone, including people of restricted growth, to live their lives free from discrimination and harassment.</p><p>The Equality Act 2010 may protect people of restricted growth on the grounds of disability, depending on the particular circumstances. The 2010 Act defines disability as “a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”. An employer or a service provider is required to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not put at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people.</p><p>On 5 February 2024 we published the final Disability Action Plan together with the independent analysis of the consultation findings. The Disability Action Plan sets out 32 practical actions in 14 different areas which the government will take forward over the next 12 months, with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, and other government departments and public service providers, to improve disabled people’s daily lives, as well as laying the foundations for longer term change.</p><p>Any disabled person who may have been personally discriminated against in employment or provision of services because of a disability may contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website at <a href="http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/" target="_blank">www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/</a>, or by telephone on 0808 8000082.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/03/2024 16:42:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1672654

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
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	Respiratory Diseases: China
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 her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the reported increase in incidence of respiratory diseases in China.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	3527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency is closely monitoring the situation in China and will continue to work with international partners to assess the emerging information as it becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 01/12/2023 13:46:17 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1663160

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of state pension payments.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	201014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Overall error within State Pension is low – the 2022/2023 Annual Report and Accounts show 0.01% overpayment and 0.6% underpayment.</p><p> </p><p>A robust Quality Framework of both local and independent quality checking is in place to assure the accuracy of State Pension payments. Where error is identified proportionate action is taken through root cause analysis and focused improvement activities. Appropriate oversight and governance is provided by a Quality Governance Board.</p><p> </p><p>Fraud and Error risks are further mitigated through the development and design of our online ‘Get your State Pension’ digital service.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to robust quality checking and digital design, lessons learned from the State Pension LEAP exercise have resulted in new data matching rules to reduce the risk of further error entering the caseload and amendments to legacy IT systems reduce the likelihood of human error.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/10/2023 14:34:32 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1656828

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Mental 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 percentage of people using community mental health services are receiving psychological therapy.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	196526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Information derived from the mental health services dataset shows that 9.9 per cent. of people referred to community mental health services with a contact in the period from August 2021 to July 2022 were referred to psychological therapy with a contact in the same period. In some cases, the same person may have had more than one referral within this period.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/09/2023 13:28:29 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1654439

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has she made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health support within universities.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	195168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>It is a priority for the government that students are provided with the mental health support they need.</p><p>We are taking an approach based on three pillars:</p><ul><li>Funding vital services and innovative projects via the Office for Students, with £15 million allocated for the 2022/23 academic year to support students starting university for the first time and enable effective partnerships between higher education (HE) providers and local NHS services. £3.6 million was invested to launch Student Space in 2020 and it has since provided nearly 300,000 students with free online mental health resources and confidential support.</li><li>Spreading and implementing best practice consistently across providers.</li><li>Clear responsibilities for providers and protection for students, with solutions developed by the Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck.</li></ul><p>The government does not collect data on the number of students seeking support for their mental health, but we know from Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student data that 119,480 students with a registered mental health condition were enrolled in UK HE providers in academic year 2021/22, which is the most recent year data is available. This table is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15</a>.</p><p>The department recently conducted research on the design and delivery of mental health and wellbeing services to meet the needs of their students. This found that almost all HE institutions (99%) provided in-house self-help resources and the vast majority (97%) offered in-house psychological support for those experiencing poor mental health, either through face-to-face or virtual contact with a counsellor. Research also found a substantial increase in the proportion of HE institutions that now have a specific mental health and wellbeing strategy in place (two thirds in 2022 compared with just over a half in 2019). The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-wellbeing-practices-in-higher-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-wellbeing-practices-in-higher-education</a>.</p><p>While good progress has been made by the sector, the department is going further to protect students’ wellbeing. 61 universities are already part of the University Mental Health Charter Programme and are following the principles the charter sets out for a whole university approach to mental health. Students should have confidence in the support they will receive, whatever university they have chosen to study at, and so the department has set a target for all remaining universities to sign up to the Mental Health Charter Programme by September 2024.</p><p>To set out a clear plan and targets for further improvements in mental health support, Professor Edward Peck is chairing the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce. The taskforce includes representatives from students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector, and will deliver a final report by May 2024.</p><p>The department is confident the HE sector will rise to meet the challenge set. If the response is not satisfactory, the department will go further, and ask the Office for Students to look carefully at the merits of a new registration condition on mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 195169 question first answered 06/09/2023 14:53:57 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1654440

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she made of the number of university students seeking support for their mental health.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	195169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>It is a priority for the government that students are provided with the mental health support they need.</p><p>We are taking an approach based on three pillars:</p><ul><li>Funding vital services and innovative projects via the Office for Students, with £15 million allocated for the 2022/23 academic year to support students starting university for the first time and enable effective partnerships between higher education (HE) providers and local NHS services. £3.6 million was invested to launch Student Space in 2020 and it has since provided nearly 300,000 students with free online mental health resources and confidential support.</li><li>Spreading and implementing best practice consistently across providers.</li><li>Clear responsibilities for providers and protection for students, with solutions developed by the Student Support Champion, Professor Edward Peck.</li></ul><p>The government does not collect data on the number of students seeking support for their mental health, but we know from Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student data that 119,480 students with a registered mental health condition were enrolled in UK HE providers in academic year 2021/22, which is the most recent year data is available. This table is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15</a>.</p><p>The department recently conducted research on the design and delivery of mental health and wellbeing services to meet the needs of their students. This found that almost all HE institutions (99%) provided in-house self-help resources and the vast majority (97%) offered in-house psychological support for those experiencing poor mental health, either through face-to-face or virtual contact with a counsellor. Research also found a substantial increase in the proportion of HE institutions that now have a specific mental health and wellbeing strategy in place (two thirds in 2022 compared with just over a half in 2019). The report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-wellbeing-practices-in-higher-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-wellbeing-practices-in-higher-education</a>.</p><p>While good progress has been made by the sector, the department is going further to protect students’ wellbeing. 61 universities are already part of the University Mental Health Charter Programme and are following the principles the charter sets out for a whole university approach to mental health. Students should have confidence in the support they will receive, whatever university they have chosen to study at, and so the department has set a target for all remaining universities to sign up to the Mental Health Charter Programme by September 2024.</p><p>To set out a clear plan and targets for further improvements in mental health support, Professor Edward Peck is chairing the HE Mental Health Implementation Taskforce. The taskforce includes representatives from students, parents, mental health experts and the HE sector, and will deliver a final report by May 2024.</p><p>The department is confident the HE sector will rise to meet the challenge set. If the response is not satisfactory, the department will go further, and ask the Office for Students to look carefully at the merits of a new registration condition on mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 195168 question first answered 06/09/2023 14:53:57 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1654441

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Mental Health Services: Cost of Living
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 provide additional mental health support for people affected by rises in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	195170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>We remain committed to the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan, investing at least £2.3 billion of extra funding a year in expanding and transforming mental health services in England by March 2024. This extra funding will enable an extra two million people, including those who are affected by rises in the cost of living, to be treated by mental health services in the National Health Service by March 2024.</p><p>We have also been working with Treasury and the Money and Pensions Service to promote the Mental Health Breathing Space scheme. The Breathing Space scheme has been set up to provide support to people who are in debt and receiving mental health crisis treatment to essentially give people a ‘pause’ in their debt repayments so they can focus on recovery.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 04/09/2023 10:40:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan