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1346004

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date	13/07/2021
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	General Practitioners: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help improve the quality of local GP practices.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	902652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>In January 2019 a five-year framework for general practitioner (GP) contract reform was agreed to implement the commitments made in the NHS Long Term Plan, including care quality and outcomes improvement.</p><p>In 2020 we also committed at least an additional £1.5 billion for general practice until 2023 to support our commitment to recruit 26,000 extra staff to support GPs and ensure patients have better access to a wider range of health professionals.</p><p>We have also made an additional investment of an extra £4.5 billion a year by 2023/24 in primary and community care.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2021 17:00:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1346238

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Cancer: Waiting Lists
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 NHS Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service, Early: Cancer Diagnosis Guidance, published on 31 March 2021, what plans the Government has to produce a long-term strategy to tackle the estimated 37,000 people who had not started their first cancer treatment.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	32419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>Following the ‘Help us help you’ campaign which raised awareness of general symptoms of cancer and encouraged people experiencing persistent symptoms to contact their general practitioner, cancer referrals reached over 10,500 referrals per day in April and 11,000 per day in May. Local systems, drawing on advice and analysis from their Cancer Alliance, will ensure that there is sufficient diagnostic and treatment capacity in place to meet the increased level of referrals and treatment required to address the number of first treatments by March 2022.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are prioritising delivery of NHS Long Term Plan commitments which supports recovery, such as increasing diagnostic capacity and early diagnosis and survival rates through rapid diagnostic centres (RDC). As of June 2021, there were 88 live RDC pathways across hospitals in England, compared to 12 in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/07/2021 11:28:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1346239

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Cancer: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing a fully-costed and comprehensive multi-year funding settlement to ensure the adequacy of the size of the Cancer Nurse Specialist workforce to deliver the targets in the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	32420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>Discussions with HM Treasury on any multi-year settlement will take place within the Spending Review process. There are specialist training grants for 250 nurses to become cancer nurse specialists.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/07/2021 15:53:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1346240

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Prescriptions: ICT
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 the NHS is making on the rollout of electronic prescribing medications systems.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	32421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service is on course to eliminate paper prescribing in hospitals and achieve the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to introduce digital prescribing by 2024. Since 2018, we have invested £78 million with 216 NHS trusts having received a share of this fund. The proportion of trusts with an electronic prescriptions and medicines administration system is estimated to have risen from 19% in 2018 to more than 80% to date.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 19/07/2021 12:08:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1346245

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tom Cooper
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether UK Government Investment pays UKGI director Mr Thomas Cooper’s salary through his firm TKGC Consulting.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>All UKGI employees are remunerated directly and not via any external firm.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/07/2021 08:29:04 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346246

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Abortion: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the Government decided to include home-administered early medical abortions in the Coronavirus Act 2020; what the evidential basis was for that decision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	32533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>In March 2020, the Government put in place a temporary approval to enable eligible women and girls to be able to take both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation in their own homes. This approval was put in place on a temporary basis using powers in the Abortion Act 1967 following engagement with key stakeholders, including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.</p><p>Factors taken into consideration when making this decision included the impact of staff isolation on the provision of abortion services, the need to limit travel and the transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic, and maintaining access to safe abortion services for women including those who were shielding. Safe and continued access to urgent healthcare has been and remains our priority.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/08/2021 14:37:17 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1346247

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
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	Abortion: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) commissioned or (b) plans to commission research on the health and welfare of women who have used home-administered early medical abortion during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	32534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to commission research on this specific issue.</p><p>The Government’s public consultation on whether to make permanent the temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women asked questions about the impact on the provision of services for women and girls with particular regard to safety. The consultation has now closed and we are considering all evidence submitted and plan to publish our response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/08/2021 14:40:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1346248

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any compensation claims have been brought against his Department by personnel assessing the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>To date, no personal injury claims have been identified by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 12:28:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346249

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ajax Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Institute for Naval Medicine's report commissioned in May 2020 on the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle has been made available to General Dynamics.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Institute of Naval Medicine's final report was shared with General Dynamics on 16 December 2020, having been received by Defence Equipment &amp; Support on 10 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 10:55:19 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1346250

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of EU procurement law on his Department's procurement policy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	32307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>Amendments to the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations (DSPCR) came into force at the end of the Transition Period to ensure these rules operate effectively following the UK's departure from the EU. The main change is that legal rights of access to UK procurements are now limited to UK and Gibraltar based suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy published in March 2021, the Government is using the opportunity offered by our departure from the EU to develop a defence and security procurement regime tailored to better meet the UK's needs. We have embarked on a comprehensive review of the DSPCR, as part of the broader Cabinet Office led reforms of procurement regulations set out in the December 2020 Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 19/07/2021 10:50:32 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones