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1276664

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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, if he will make it his policy to extend priority access to the covid-19 vaccine to people with all levels of learning disability.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	138082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that those with severe and profound learning disabilities and those with learning disabilities residing in residential care, should be offered vaccine in group six and that all individuals with Down’s syndrome should be offered vaccination in priority group four.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 February the JCVI published a clarification of their advice on vaccinating people with a learning disability. The JCVI confirmed their advice that priority should be given to those with a severe and profound learning disability. To efficiently identify those who are more severely affected and may not be invited for vaccination due to coding of learning disability on general practitioner (GP) systems, the JCVI supports a practical approach of inviting everyone who is on the GP Learning Disability Register for vaccination in cohort six.</p><p> </p><p>The JCVI also supports an approach for the National Health Service to work with local authorities to identify adults in residential and nursing care, and those who require support, for example as part of assisted living in the community and those in shared accommodation with multiple occupancy. This will mean at least 150,000 more people with learning disabilities will now be offered the vaccine more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2021 15:37:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 75472 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1276672

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the regularly covid-19 testing of asymptomatic NHS staff working in community hospitals in (a) Berkshire and (b) the rest of the country.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	138029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>All National Health Service patient facing staff in acute, mental health, ambulance and community trusts have been provided with lateral flow tests to enable them to test themselves at home twice a week. Over 25 million tests have been distributed nationally.  Lateral flow tests are also being provided across primary care including general practice, community pharmacy, dentistry and optometry. In addition tests have been provided to independent sector providers and community interest companies providing NHS care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/03/2021 16:49:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1276673

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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: Screening
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 he has to regularly test asymptomatic NHS staff working in community hospitals for covid-19 in (a) Berkshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	138030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>All National Health Service patient-facing staff in acute, mental health, ambulance and community trusts have been provided with lateral flow tests to enable them to test themselves at home twice a week with over 25 million tests distributed. Lateral flow tests are also being distributed across primary care including general practice, community pharmacy, dentistry and optometry. In additional tests have been provided to independent sector providers and community interest companies providing NHS care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/03/2021 17:00:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1276674

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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: Screening
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 planned timescale is for providing regular covid-19 testing for asymptomatic NHS staff working in community hospitals in (a) Berkshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	138031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>All National Health Service patient facing staff in acute, mental health, ambulance and community trusts have been provided with lateral flow tests to enable them to test themselves at home twice a week. Lateral flow tests are also being issued across primary care including general practice, community pharmacy, dentistry and optometry.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/03/2021 14:25:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1276692

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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 the evidence base was for the Government's decision to allow health services to delay the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine; and for what reason the Government's policy on that matter differs to the advice of the manufacturer and the World Health Organization.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	137963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2021 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s decision to delay the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine has been taken based on advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination Immunisation (JCVI), as well as the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p>After studying the available data, it’s clear both vaccines provide substantial protection within two to three weeks of vaccination from severe COVID-19 disease. The Government is advised on the safety, efficacy and strategy for the vaccines by independent scientists including those from the JCVI and the Commission on Human Medicines Expert Advisory Group. While we are monitoring different countries’ vaccination plans and rollouts, the approach taken in the UK is based on the advice of the world’s leading clinicians and scientists.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2021 14:14:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1276694

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Prescription Drugs
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 12 January 2021 to Question 133917 on Prescription Drugs, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Public Health England review entitled Dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines; and what his timescale is for publishing a report on progress on implementing those recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	137969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>An oversight group has been established by NHS England and NHS Improvement to oversee the recommendations of the Public Health England Review on prescribed medicines.</p><p>The group is focusing on the implementation of the recommendations, ensuring alignment with other relevant programmes already underway in the National Health Service and overseeing any new policy initiatives being taken forward in in response to the review.</p><p>This work is a priority and implementation of the recommendations is being taken forward as quickly as possible, taking into account other pressures on healthcare professionals and the NHS. With progress having been initially delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, an update on the programme is expected later this year or early in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/01/2021 14:09:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1276695

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
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 his Department responds to named day Written Questions within five sitting days.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	138087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Since March 2020, the Department has received a huge increase in the number of Written Question tabled. In the last calendar year to 1 March 2021, we have received over 13,000 Written Questions and as a result response times have significantly fallen. We have created and put into action an iterative recovery plan, the objectives of which are to increase the number of questions answered on time, to clear the backlog of overdue questions and to ensure high-quality answers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/03/2021 10:11:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 75473 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1276705

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Vitamin D
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 clinically extremely vulnerable people have access to vitamin D supplements.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	137973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>From January 2021, the Government is providing a free four-month supply of daily vitamin D supplements to adults on the clinically extremely vulnerable list that have opted in to receive the supplements and residents in residential and nursing care homes in England. The registration period for this scheme has been extended to 21 February. For those who have opted into the scheme and are eligible, supplements will be sent directly to their homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has prioritised groups that were asked to stay indoors more than usual over the spring and summer due to national restrictions. Through this commitment, 2.7 million vulnerable people in England will be offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter by the Government. As of 1 January, 320,000 applications had been received and approved for free vitamin D supplements for individuals on the clinically extremely vulnerable list.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 137974 question first answered 27/01/2021 14:42:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1276706

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Vitamin D
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 his Department has made of the number of clinically extremely vulnerable individuals who have accessed the four-month free supply of vitamin D supplements.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	137974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>From January 2021, the Government is providing a free four-month supply of daily vitamin D supplements to adults on the clinically extremely vulnerable list that have opted in to receive the supplements and residents in residential and nursing care homes in England. The registration period for this scheme has been extended to 21 February. For those who have opted into the scheme and are eligible, supplements will be sent directly to their homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has prioritised groups that were asked to stay indoors more than usual over the spring and summer due to national restrictions. Through this commitment, 2.7 million vulnerable people in England will be offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter by the Government. As of 1 January, 320,000 applications had been received and approved for free vitamin D supplements for individuals on the clinically extremely vulnerable list.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 137973 question first answered 27/01/2021 14:42:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1276707

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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	Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who was responsible for the distribution of letters offering clinically extremely vulnerable people a four-month free supply of vitamin D supplements; and how many people received those letters.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	137975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>On 27 November 2020 the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government wrote to all 2.24 million people on the shielded patient list, providing information regarding the return to a tiered system of guidance for those considered clinically extremely vulnerable. In addition, this letter outlined the offer of a free four-month supply of vitamin D and contained information on how to register for this service.</p><p>A subsequent letter was sent to all clinically extremely vulnerable individuals on 7 January 2021, advising that the registration period for the provision of free vitamin D had been extended. Those considered clinically extremely vulnerable now have until 21 February to register for the service.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/01/2021 14:34:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft