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1218363

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to review the equity of state pension ages for women.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	903920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>We committed in legislation to undertake a review of State Pension age every six years, which means that the statutory deadline for the publication of the next Government review is 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the review is to ensure that the State Pension system protects current pensioners, is affordable, sustainable and fair to future tax payers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/06/2020 16:03:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218599

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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: Medical Treatments
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 had systemic cancer therapy at home in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 12:50:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218600

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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	Huntington's 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 Huntington's disease in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many people have been diagnosed with Huntington's disease in the last 12 months.</p><p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of those affected by rare disease and continues to implement the commitments made in the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 10:10:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218601

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating additional ringfenced funding to support rural bus routes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance that public transport has for the sustainability and independence of communities, which is why we are providing a £20 million Rural Mobility Fund to support demand responsive services in rural and suburban areas and a further £30 million of funding to improve current services and restore lost services affected by COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>This is on top of the annual £43 million Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) directly paid to local authorities so that they can subsidise socially necessary bus services and the Rural Services Delivery Grant which in 2019/2020 provided £81 million.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 07/07/2020 12:43:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218602

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect public transport workers from covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the wider transport sector, including operators and trade unions, on the implementation of the Safer Transport guidance that aims to help organisations, agencies and others (such as self-employed transport providers) understand how to provide safe workplaces and services. The guidance sets out how employers can advise staff and passengers on maintaining good hand hygiene and on ways to keep their distance from other people as much as possible, including, for example, through using screens or staggering departures and arrival times. It also outlines that staff should wear a face covering when they are unable to maintain social distancing in passenger facing roles, while recognising that there will be exceptional circumstances when a staff member cannot wear a face covering, or when their task makes it sensible (based on a risk assessment) for them not to wear a face covering.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Transport is also committed to ensuring that every transport worker who requires testing has access. The Department is engaging closely with stakeholders and DHSC to ensure that a robust testing process is in place for transport workers, whilst recognising that priority needs to be given to patient care, front-line healthcare staff and social care workers. Everyone in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with COVID-19 symptoms can get tested. Antigen testing, or testing for current infection, is currently available through home delivery kits, regional test sites, satellite sites and mobile testing centres throughout the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 07/07/2020 15:11:24 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218603

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart on introduction of Urby buses with wifi and tables; and what assessment has he made of the potential merits of those buses in attracting younger people to use public transport.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	66062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State spoke with Nichola Mallon MLA on February 27 and both parties agreed to work constructively together on many of the cross-cutting issues in transport.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to engage with counterparts from the devolved administrations, including Northern Ireland, around the uptake of zero-emission vehicles, which includes buses. Previous engagement has included a programme of Roundtables and bilateral working.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuously assessing ways to improve public transport across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 07/07/2020 15:01:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218199

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Opioids
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 discussions he has had with the NICE on the (a) use of and (b) benefits of opioids.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends opioids for routine use where evidence supports this, such as in its guideline on palliative care for adults: strong opioids for pain relief [CG140].</p><p>NICE is currently developing a guideline on the safe prescribing and withdrawal management of prescribed drugs associated with dependence and withdrawal [GID-NG10141], which will consider opioids, and on chronic pain: assessment and management [GID-NG10069]. It also published guidance in April 2020 [NG163] recommending that the use of an opioid and benzodiazepine combination could be considered for some patients with COVID-19 to manage their symptoms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2020 15:04:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218200

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Bowel Cancer: 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 extend bowel cancer screening to people aged 50 and over.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>In the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government committed to modernising the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to detect and treat more cancers earlier by lowering the starting age for bowel screening from 60 to 50, following the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation in August 2018.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England agree that a phased approach is required to safely introduce this change, allowing capacity and resources (financial, facilities and accredited workforce) to be built into the system. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently undertaking detailed modelling to assess endoscopy capacity and demand within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, which will inform decisions about the timing and implementation of the age extension.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 12:43:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218201

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Scoliosis: Surgery
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 make robotic spinal surgery for scoliosis be available through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Robotic spinal surgery for scoliosis is not currently commissioned by NHS England. NHS England has advised that this will be reviewed if there is an application presented by a clinical lead, with published evidence demonstrating its effectiveness. For a procedure or treatment to become more widely available for use in the National Health Service, high equality evidence on its efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness would be needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/07/2020 17:13:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218202

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Spinal Injuries: Medical Treatments
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 introduce evoke spinal chord stimulation technology for treatment of chronic back and leg pain through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The commissioning of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Technology Appraisal ‘Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain of neuropathic or ischaemic origin’ reviewed in 2014, recommends SCS as a treatment option for adults with chronic pain of neuropathic of ischaemic origin. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta159" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta159</a></p><p>There are a wide range of SCS devices available, and centres can choose which type of device to implant. The Evoke device is available through the NHS Supply Chain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/07/2020 13:06:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon