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1674331

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Liver Diseases: Screening
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 7 July 2023 to Question 191385 on Liver Diseases: Screening, which 10 community diagnostic centres provide FibroScans; and whether she plans to increase the number of such centres that will provide transient elastography for earlier detection of liver disease in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	4734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>There are currently plans for 12 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) to offer FibroScan testing, of which six are operational. A further six CDCs plan to offer this service by the end of March 2024.</p><p>The following CDCs are currently offering FibroScan testing:</p><p>- Bexhill CDC in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex;</p><p>- New QEII Hospital CDC in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire;</p><p>- St Helen’s CDC in St Helen’s, Merseyside;</p><p>- Woking CDC in Woking, Surrey;</p><p>- Hereford City CDC in Hereford; and</p><p>- Andover CDC in Andover, Hampshire.</p><p> </p><p>The following CDCs plan to offer this service by the end of March 2024:</p><p>- Bolton CDC in Bolton, Lancashire;</p><p>- Ely CDC in Ely, Cambridgeshire;</p><p>- Wisbech CDC in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;</p><p>- Gloucestershire Quayside CDC in Gloucester;</p><p>- Northampton CDC in Northampton; and</p><p>- Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton CDC in Roehampton, Surrey.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how much of the £2.3 billion allocated for diagnostics in the Spending Review 2021 has been spent on expanding the FibroScan rollout in CDCs, as this information is not routinely collected.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4735 question first answered 23/01/2024 11:35:45 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1674332

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Liver Diseases: Screening
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 of the £2.3 billion allocated for diagnostics in the Spending Review 2021 was spent on expanding FibroScan rollout in community diagnostic centres.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	4735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>There are currently plans for 12 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) to offer FibroScan testing, of which six are operational. A further six CDCs plan to offer this service by the end of March 2024.</p><p>The following CDCs are currently offering FibroScan testing:</p><p>- Bexhill CDC in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex;</p><p>- New QEII Hospital CDC in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire;</p><p>- St Helen’s CDC in St Helen’s, Merseyside;</p><p>- Woking CDC in Woking, Surrey;</p><p>- Hereford City CDC in Hereford; and</p><p>- Andover CDC in Andover, Hampshire.</p><p> </p><p>The following CDCs plan to offer this service by the end of March 2024:</p><p>- Bolton CDC in Bolton, Lancashire;</p><p>- Ely CDC in Ely, Cambridgeshire;</p><p>- Wisbech CDC in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;</p><p>- Gloucestershire Quayside CDC in Gloucester;</p><p>- Northampton CDC in Northampton; and</p><p>- Queen Mary’s Hospital Roehampton CDC in Roehampton, Surrey.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how much of the £2.3 billion allocated for diagnostics in the Spending Review 2021 has been spent on expanding the FibroScan rollout in CDCs, as this information is not routinely collected.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 4734 question first answered 23/01/2024 11:35:45 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1674350

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Tobacco: Trading Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed generational ban on the sale of tobacco products on trading standards.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p>This is why the Government is planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old or younger this year will never be legally sold tobacco products.</p><p>The Government is providing an additional £30 million a year for enforcement agencies such as trading standards, Border Force and HM Revenue and Customs to implement and enforce the law. The Smokefree generation consultation also proposes to introduce new powers for local authorities to issue on-the-spot fines, otherwise known as fixed penalty notices.</p><p>We will publish our Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/12/2023 16:05:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1674351

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Tobacco: Trading Standards
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 plans to provide guidance to retailers on preventing proxy sales of tobacco products under proposals for a generational ban on the sale of those products.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p>This is why the Government is planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old or younger this year will never be legally sold tobacco products. The Government plans to provide guidance for retailers on the smokefree generation proposal before it begins to take effect on 1 January 2027.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/12/2023 16:10:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1674357

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Dental Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of access to NHS dentist appointments for veterans when they leave the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	4742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022, we announced a package of improvements to the National Health Service dental system, detailed in Our plan for patients. This outlined how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to NHS dental care through several improvements to the 2006 contract. These changes were designed to improve access for all that need it, including veterans.</p><p>A key principle of the Armed Forces Covenant is that the Armed Forces community experiences no disadvantage in accessing healthcare. The NHS takes its responsibilities under the Covenant very seriously.</p><p>We are working on our Dentistry Recovery Plan which will address how we continue to improve access, particularly for new patients; and how we make NHS work more attractive to ensure NHS dentists are incentivised to deliver more NHS care.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/12/2023 16:15:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1674361

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Health Services: 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 percentage of funding announced for NHS services in 2023 will be spent on child health services.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>As the financial year has not yet concluded, outturn data on National Health Service spending in 2023/2024 is not yet available. The Government is committed to ensuring that babies, children, and young people are prioritised in integrated care systems, and that the reforms in the Health and Care Act 2022 to improve child health and wellbeing outcomes are delivered on the ground.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:37:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5562 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1674362

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Health Services: 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 steps she is taking to reduce elective backlogs in child health services.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England continues to action the Delivery Plan for Tackling the COVID-19 Backlog of Elective Care, aiming to reduce the number of patients waiting over a year for treatment, including for child health services.</p><p>The Department and the National Health Service are committed to ensuring that babies, children, and young people are prioritised in integrated care systems, and that reforms in the Health and Care Act 2022 aiming to improve child health and wellbeing outcomes are delivered on the ground.</p><p>To join up work, NHS England has established a National Children and Young People Elective Recovery Delivery Group, bringing together the national Elective Recovery Programme, the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme and other stakeholders. The group to accelerate progress and ensure the recovery of paediatric services keeps pace with recovery of adult elective care.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/12/2023 14:45:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5563 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1674367

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Thames Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to issue a decision on Thames Water’s revised draft Water Resources Management Plan.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	4745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We expect to decide the next steps on Thames Water’s draft water resources management plan in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:40:12 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1674392

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that dogs with similar characteristics to the American XL Bully are not incorrectly affected by the new ban.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Dean Russell
uin	4752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>During the transition period, it is up to owners to identify whether they think their dog may be in scope of the XL Bully ban and whether they wish to apply for a Certificate of Exemption.  We recommend taking a precautionary approach. If they are unsure if their dog is a XL Bully or whether any puppies may grow up to be of this dog type, owners should comply with the relevant requirements and restrictions as they come into force. The definition and guidance have been published on gov.uk to help owners and enforcement officers understand whether a dog should be defined as an XL Bully. Dog Legislation Officers are responsible for identifying prohibited breed types for the purposes of Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and enforcing the ban once it comes into force. We will be supporting the police to deliver additional training to Dog Legislation Officers to ensure they are upskilled and able to consistently apply the breed standard for the XL Bully breed type.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 11/12/2023 13:24:13 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell

1674402

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
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	Skin Diseases: Drugs
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 Getting it Right First Time's report on Dermatology, published in August 2021, what progress she has made on the implementation of recommendation 13a.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The Getting it Right First Time Programme (GIRFT) approached the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and collaboratively identified the issues around uptake of new drugs and the variation in use of biologics.</p><p>As part of the GIRFT peer review process, NHS England has recommended the adoption of consultant pharmacists who can more quickly implement NICE guidance on biologics, use of generics where appropriate and new drugs where beneficial. NHS England has also developed data metrics for the Model Health System which look at the use of both individual and grouped biologics. These will show the variation in prescribing across the country.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 16:59:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon