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1381678

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date	24/11/2021
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	Ambulance Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 he has made of ambulance waiting times in (a) Yorkshire, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	80788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>Ambulance waiting times for North Yorkshire and York are not held centrally therefore no estimate has been made.</p><p>We recognise the vital role that ambulance services play in the rapid identification of suspected stroke patients. We have provided ambulance services in England with an extra £55 million to recruit the staff and ambulance crews to ensure a timely response to the most seriously ill patients, including those with suspected stroke symptoms.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 81052 question first answered 06/12/2021 13:22:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1381690

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Hospitals: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to hospitals in the winter months to assist with additional pressures in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>In the South East, including Slough, NHS England and NHS Improvement are investing £61.1 million capital funding to support the delivery of inpatient elective treatment alongside urgent and emergency care; additional revenue funding to support outsourcing and insourcing with the independent sector; supplying emergency care intensive support to trusts following visits by regional teams; and the provision of guidance regarding best practice for dealing with additional winter pressures.</p><p>Nationally, NHS England and NHS Improvement have led detailed operational level winter planning with providers, regions and stakeholders and is implementing its Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery 10 Point Action Plan. This sets out actions to support improved emergency care performance and patient flow through hospitals. This includes enhanced monitoring and support to systems and providers such as a new Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Unit to coordinate support for the most challenged systems.</p><p>We have provided an additional £5.4 billion to support the National Health Service response to COVID-19 in the second half of 2021/22. This includes an extra £1 billion to tackle the treatment backlog and £478 million for the enhanced hospital discharge programme to increase bed capacity. We are investing more than £34 billion in total this year to help health and social care services deal with the additional demands of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/12/2021 12:42:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381691

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risks to (a) patients and (b) NHS staff his Department has identified as a result of the additional pressures on hospitals during the winter months in (i) Slough, (ii) the South East and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that a range of risks to patients and National Health Service staff in Slough, the South East and England have been identified. These include increasing levels of escalation to prioritise activity and caseloads; increasing accident and emergency attendances and mental health presentations at emergency departments; ambulance handover delays; discharge delays resulting in the postponement of elective activity; and workforce fatigue and absence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/12/2021 12:36:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381692

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults made against retail workers were recorded in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England in each year from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	81104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data relating to assaults and threats against retail staff working in premises in England and Wales via the ‘Commercial Victimisation Survey’ (CVS). This includes information on assaults and threats experienced by staff working in Wholesale and Retail premises, these figures cannot be broken down to lower geographical areas. The latest estimates are from the 2018 CVS (available in the link below).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2018-commercial-victimisation-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-against-businesses-findings-from-the-2018-commercial-victimisation-survey</a>.</p><p>The next CVS results will be available in March 2022.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/12/2021 16:54:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1381700

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Heart Diseases: Research
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 increase funding for research on coronary heart disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2021 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funding for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including coronary heart disease. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. From 2015/16 to 2019/20, the NIHR spent £253.6 million on cardiovascular research, which includes coronary heart disease.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 06/12/2021 12:25:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1381704

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Motor Neurone Disease
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 people have been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 15/12/2021 13:08:40 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1381705

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Food: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce food waste throughout the country.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>Food waste prevention policy is devolved.</p><p> </p><p>We support the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Courtauld 2030 commitment which aims to halve UK food waste by 2030. This will be achieved through cross-sector programmes including consumer campaigns, such as <em>Love Food Hate Waste</em>, and working closely with business signatories on whole supply chain resource efficiency approaches.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap sets out a journey for UK businesses to reduce their food waste by utilising the Target, Measure, Act approach.</p><p> </p><p>WRAP has also developed a new online learning programme called <em>Guardians of Grub</em> to help UK hospitality and food service businesses put food waste reduction and associated cost savings right at the heart of their operations.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent milestone report for Courtauld showed a reduction of 480,000 tonnes of food waste 2015-2018, equating to a 7% reduction per person.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/12/2021 16:19:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1381706

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Xenotransplantation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether operations have taken place in the UK using animal organs for transplants.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant is not aware of any animal organ being transplanted into a human within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/12/2021 16:57:22 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1381708

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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 recent steps he has taken to help increase take up of the covid-19 booster vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	80999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>A national ‘BOOST your immunity this winter’ communications campaign was launched in mid-October. This sets out the importance of those eligible receiving their COVID-19 booster and flu vaccinations this winter. There is regular coverage in the media, with calls to action to book an appointment for a booster vaccine. This is supported by leading voices including Ministers, scientists and clinicians, and community and faith leaders, alongside social media messaging.</p><p>There are more clinics in England delivering COVID-19 vaccines including pharmacies, general practitioner practices and other community sites. Hundreds of walk-in sites are available to allow people to receive their booster dose without an appointment. The National Booking Service was also updated in November to allow those eligible for a booster vaccine to pre-book five months after their second dose.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 03/12/2021 13:00:04 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1381710

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer the letter from the hon. Member for Halton of 30 April 2021 in respect of Laura Higginson.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	80914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department received the hon. Member’s letter in November 2021. We replied on 25 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 138271 99307 question first answered 28/03/2022 10:35:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 35548 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg