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1599365

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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 and Care Professions Council: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to advise the Privy Council to reject the Health and Care Professions Council decision to increase their registrants’ fees by 20 per cent.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	153854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is independent of Government and is funded by its registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis. The HCPC has concluded its consultation on the proposed fee rise and its Council has agreed to seek parliamentary approval for increasing annual registration fees by £19.62 from 1 July 2023. The proposal is subject to the <del class="ministerial">affirmative</del> <ins class="ministerial">negative </ins>parliamentary process in both the Westminster and the Scottish Parliaments.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 02/03/2023 15:11:36 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 59007 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1599524

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication of workforce management information for the months of March and April 2022, for what reasons those months show the same figures in the seven categories for payroll staff costs, the three categories for non-payroll staff costs and the total for all staff costs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	153873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures will be updated by 2 March 2023.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The March 2022 workforce management information was incorrectly used to report April 2022 data. The Department has requested the publication of the correct April 2022 data and the figures were updated on 9 March 2023.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 12:00:49 question first ministerially corrected 10/03/2023 10:45:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 58913 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1589092

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Key Workers: Long Covid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to record data on the number of keyworkers who have (a) been affected, (b) taken early retirement, (c) lost their jobs and (d) become reliant on benefits due to long covid.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	152238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 24 February is <del class="ministerial">attached.</del><ins class="ministerial">attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 06/03/2023 17:35:29 question first ministerially corrected 17/05/2023 15:11:11 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238 previous answer version 59811 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name PQ152238HR (1).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ 152238
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1589108

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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	NHS England: Thompson
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 article in the Health Service Journal entitled Branding agency hired to help cultivate new personality for NHSE, published on 7 February 2023, what the value of NHS England's contract with Thompson for work referenced in that article is; and if he will publish the interim update for senior leaders.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	152180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are unable to provide the information requested on NHS England's contract with Thompson as it is commercially sensitive.<del class="ministerial"> </del></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of the implementation of the legal merger of NHS England with Health Education England and NHS Digital approved by Parliament through the Health and Care Act 2022, Thompson were contracted to provide independent support and advice to minimise the risk of disruption to communications with the wider health and care system, operational and strategic partners and stakeholders, and staff patients and the public from the new combined organisation. The value of the contract was £80,000.</ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 59228 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 59813 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 06/03/2023 17:28:35 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1587135

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
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	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, with reference to the independent report entitled JCVI statement on the COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023, updated on 27 January 2023, on what evidential basis the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has proposed including children over the age of (a) 12 who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression and (b) 16 who are carers in the targeted primary course covid-19 vaccination programme in 2023, in the context of the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing transmission.
tabling member constituency	Devizes
tabling member printed	Danny Kruger
uin	148774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The advice within the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) interim statement of 25 January 2023 is that primary course COVID-19 vaccination should move, over the course of 2023, towards a more targeted offer to protect those persons at higher risk of severe COVID-19. As this advice is interim, further work will be done to finalise the eligible cohorts in due course.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Current COVID-19 vaccines may provide some short term protection against infection and onwards transmission and this may reduce the risk of transmission from household contacts to immunosuppressed individuals who are at high risk of complications, and who may not directly benefit from vaccination.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The vaccination of household contacts and carers may provide some short term protection against infection and may reduce the risk of onwards transmission to those at higher risk. It will also reduce the risk of serious disease in carers, which, if they were to fall ill, may compromise the welfare of those they care for. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) report does not contain any evidential basis for proposed cohorts, as it was interim advice. The considerations for any future decisions will be part of future JCVI reports and meeting minutes.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Current COVID-19 vaccines may provide some short-term protection against infection and onwards transmission, weekly surveillance reports can be found at the following link:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexandra.Goodwin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cf8c258e161da49d54a9708db34fe209b%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638162038286550978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UMm7q%2BBQ5yF7CqxrlOoxJFV6k6uFvpjUcfzQesawX20%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-surveillance-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This may reduce the risk of transmission from household contacts to immunosuppressed individuals who are at high risk of complications, and who may not directly benefit from vaccination. It will also reduce the risk of serious disease in carers, which, if they were to fall ill, may compromise the welfare of those they care for.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The advice within the JCVI interim statement of 25 January 2023 is that primary course COVID-19 vaccination should move, over the course of 2023, towards a more targeted offer to protect those persons at higher risk of severe COVID-19. The vaccination programme can be found at the following link:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-vaccination-programme-for-2023-jcvi-interim-advice-8-november-2022%2520&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexandra.Goodwin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cf8c258e161da49d54a9708db34fe209b%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638162038286550978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D2Ue3qeAtDcN%2BbbCGjwLm%2FQYj6CbSG99KdR%2FNDXY0xA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-programme-for-2023-jcvi-interim-advice-8-november-2022 </a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Since the JCVI interim statement of 25 January 2023, the JCVI published a statement on 7 March 2023, which contained detail of the spring 2023 booster programme which can be found at the following link:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fspring-2023-covid-19-vaccination-programme-jcvi-advice-22-february-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlexandra.Goodwin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Cf8c258e161da49d54a9708db34fe209b%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638162038286550978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ok9GK%2FsGRq2wiZry5v4uP0YLec0hs5M39XQe38PvYAY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-2023-covid-19-vaccination-programme-jcvi-advice-22-february-2023</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The JCVI advice for the spring 2023 booster programme does not include primary or booster vaccinations for the groups referred to in this question.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/04/2023 09:05:16 question first ministerially corrected 11/04/2023 10:48:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 66976 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4858 label Biography information for Danny Kruger

1586279

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Fenwick Hospital
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 hold back the proposed sale by the NHS of the site and buildings of the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst until (a) documentation is produced specifying (i) who owns the title and (ii) what the terms were under which the original gift of ownership to the Lyndhurst community came under control of the NHS in 1948 and (b) sufficient time has been given to the League of Friends of the Fenwick Hospital further to develop plans for its future and assemble financial support to implement them.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
uin	146747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The future use of Fenwick Community Hospital is subject to the plans set out by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board <del class="ministerial">who are the legal owners of the land and buildings. It</del> <ins class="ministerial">and NHS England and </ins>is not a matter for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.</p><p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board and NHS England have offered a meeting to League of Friends and Julian Lewis MP, in order that all information relating to the legal title of the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst can be shared and discussed. Following this meeting, date to be confirmed, a decision relating to the auction sale of the site and its timing can be made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 56928 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 57380 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 24/02/2023 11:50:44 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2023 16:06:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1586608

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	Air Pollution
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 she plans to publish a revised Air Quality Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	147328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of unregulated canine fertility clinics on animal welfare.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The department plans to publish a revised National Air Quality Strategy later this year.</ins></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 22/02/2023 17:09:33 question first ministerially corrected 14/03/2023 13:58:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow previous answer version 56873 answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1586737

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
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	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 an estimate of the (a) vaccine, (b) resourcing, (c) other direct, (d) marketing and promotional and (e) other indirect costs of vaccinating children under the age of 18 for covid-19 in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Devizes
tabling member printed	Danny Kruger
uin	147420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">NHS England manages the costs of the COVID-19 vaccine programme across each campaign, rather than on a vaccine-by-vaccine basis. This funding covers the direct cost of vaccinating as well as additional central programme costs. No marketing has been specifically directed at vaccinating under 18s in 2023 to protect against COVID-19. Other indirect costs are not specific to vaccinating under 18s; they are for the wider vaccination programme and support vaccinating under 18s only where relevant. The price that the Government has paid for any COVID-19 vaccine is commercially sensitive. Disclosure would breach the Government’s confidentiality obligations.</ins></p></ins><del class="ministerial">There is no specific budget allocated to NHS England for the treatment of individuals who may have been injured following an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. Treatment will be managed by National Health Service local specialist services, with funding provided in the usual way through general allocations.</del></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/03/2023 14:59:54 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2023 08:25:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 59554 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4858 label Biography information for Danny Kruger

1584543

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the steel procured for each Type 26 frigate is from UK steelyards.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	140032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>For the Batch 1 Type 26 frigates, almost 50 per cent by value of the steel is UK sourced. <del class="ministerial">Steel has not yet been purchased for the Batch 2 ships</del>. <ins class="ministerial">Approximately 994 tonnes of steel was purchased for the first Batch 2 ship, HMS Birmingham, in 2022 and 25 per cent of this steel was produced in the UK.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Steel for the Type 31 frigates is sourced by Babcock from UK-based stockists. Both the Type 26 and Type 31 classes require the use of thin plate steel and this specification of steel with the required combination of thickness, size and flatness is not manufactured in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Steel for our major defence programmes is generally sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers and is procured in accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines. We encourage the sourcing of UK steel wherever it is technically and commercially feasible.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 13/02/2023 11:02:25 question first ministerially corrected 04/04/2023 11:16:18 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk previous answer version 55170 answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1582931

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	General Practitioners
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 fully-qualified GPs were working in General Practice in England in (a) 2019 and (b) the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	137924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has considered the link between changes to the volume-based rebate payments in our medicine pricing schemes and various kinds of investment, along with any associated impacts on employment in the life sciences industry in the United Kingdom, in our impact assessment of recent updates to the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, which operates alongside the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government’s 2023 impact assessment of updates to the statutory scheme is available at the following link:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-update-to-the-2023-statutory-scheme-to-control-the-costs-of-branded-health-service-medicines</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to the impact of medicine price regulation schemes on the level of foreign direct investment into the UK’s life sciences research and development, the evidence on this issue is uncertain. The impact assessment considered this issue, and sets out the Government’s assessment that, while price regulation schemes such as VPAS may be a consideration in the decision to locate such investments, these are complex decisions based on multiple factors. Supply side factors such as the availability of skilled labour are considered likely to be of greater significance.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">With regard to the impact of price regulation on the placement of clinical trials in the UK, the Government’s assessment is that price control schemes in general are more likely to impact decisions about the location of late-stage than early-stage trials, as the location of late-stage trials may be more influenced by commercial considerations about where to launch a new medicine. However, VPAS includes strong commercial incentives to launch new products in the form of freedom of list pricing and exemptions from payments for innovative medicines containing a new active substance.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested is publicly available and can be accessed here: </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-personal-medical-services/31-december-2022.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Notes</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Data includes estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid staff records.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· In December 2022, 2.1% of fully qualified GP FTE was estimated where practices had not provided fully valid staff records.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Before July 2021, data was only available quarterly for the following months: March, June, September and December.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Full-time equivalent (FTE) refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">TARGET DATE 09/02/2023</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Figures shown do not include staff working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings outside of traditional general practice such as urgent treatment centres and minor injury units.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">· Figures include GP partners, salaried GPs, GP retainers and GP regular locums.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:35:51 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2023 13:35:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 62066 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi