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1418063

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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: Staff
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 estimate he has made of potential staff losses as a result of mandating covid-19 vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	114859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The impact assessment published on 11 December 2021 estimated the proportion and number of workers who may remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 12-week grace period and are not medically exempt. For National Health Service staff this was 4.9% or 73,000 and in all social care settings, this was 7.6% or 38,000. Decisions on the dismissal of unvaccinated workers, rather than redeployment, or unpaid leave, was not quantified as this would be a decision for individual employers.</p><p>On 31 January 2022, we announced the Government’s intention to revoke the regulations making vaccination as condition of deployment in health and social care, subject to consultation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/03/2022 14:04:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1418070

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) urgently move families evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021 out of hotel accommodation and (b) enable families to retain reasonable proximity and connection with each other.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	114608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>We are working at pace across government and with local authorities (LAs) to source appropriate accommodation for Afghan families who were evacuated to the UK.</p><p>Once properties are identified and referred to the Home Office, a matching exercise is undertaken which enables us to offer the property to a suitable family. Where possible, we will match families from local bridging hotels allowing them to remain in the area where they may have started to form connections and settle.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities have set up an online housing portal <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-housing-portal-offers-of-support" target="_blank">Afghanistan housing portal - offers of support - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> to allow people to submit offers of housing support for people who have arrived from Afghanistan. We are also engaging with landlords, letting agencies and industry bodies to promote the portal and encourage participation in the resettlement programme.</p><p>This includes a partnership with Rightmove to identify potential properties available in the private rented sector, providing councils with additional information to source appropriate properties.</p><p>We give families seven days’ notice of their move to long-term accommodation. This allows families time to prepare and discuss any concerns with their Home Office Liaison Officer. We also make them aware of their LA contacts.</p><p>Once families move, LAs will support them to settle and integrate, into their new community including help accessing local services such as a GP, schools and employment.</p><p>To assist with the successful integration of families to life in the UK we are piloting a ‘Jobs First Pilot’ in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions. This pilot went live on 31 January. Participants will receive a range of support from Work Coaches to move into work. Importantly, participants will also receive support from a specialist cross government case working team to tackle non-employment barriers. LAs and charities are also actively supporting the pilot. The focus on both employment and non-employment barriers that prevent the take up of job offers will, it is hoped, increase the likelihood of a person moving into work, either in their current geographical area or in another part of the country.</p><p>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2022 17:32:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1418071

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the policy of pursuing constrained Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and Afghan citizens resettlement schemes at the same time as seeking to implement reform of the asylum and immigration system under the terms of the Nationality and Borders Bill.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	114609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud track record of helping those who need our protection – and this will continue.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) launched on 1 April 2021. More than 7,000 people have been relocated under ARAP so far, with more continuing to arrive.</p><p>The ARAP scheme remains open to eligible applicants.</p><p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is separate to ARAP and commenced on 6th January, providing up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>Alongside our response to Afghanistan, the UK continues to welcome those most at risk, including refugees through the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and Mandate Resettlement Schemes. Since 2015, we have resettled more than 26,000 refugees through safe and legal routes direct from regions of conflict and instability - around half of whom were children.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill is the most significant overhaul of our asylum system in over two decades with the aim of promoting safe and legal routes. Only by tackling illegal migration can we effectively help those in greatest need. It will bring in a new, comprehensive, fair but firm long-term plan, which seeks to address the challenge of illegal migration head on, and to take down the serious organised criminals exploiting people and profiting from human misery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2022 17:24:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1418072

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse is of personal protective equipment procured during the covid-19 outbreak which had to be (a) repurposed and (b) resold after being found unfit for use in medical settings; and how much of that cost was spent with companies which were awarded contracts via the high priority lane.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	114913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The technical assurance process is ongoing, therefore the quantity of personal protective equipment currently deemed not fit for use is not yet available. The Department continues to work through resolution processes with the relevant companies.</p><p>1,177 million items were identified as having potential use in other settings, at a corresponding cost of £1,826 million, of which £931 million was paid to suppliers processed through the high priority lane. The Department estimates there are 3.8 billion items of excess stock. However, as excess stock is not ring-fenced as a separate category, the information on the costs for items secured through high priority lane contracts is not available.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 114914 question first answered 22/03/2022 12:45:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 48835 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1418073

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Migraines
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 his Department is taking to increase (a) research into and (b) awareness of migraines and migraine prevention.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	114955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR spent £40.3 million on neurological research in 2020/21, which includes research on migraines. 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 migraines.</p><p>Guidance is available to patients, health care professionals and commissioners on the diagnosis, prevention and management of migraines. This includes guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the RightCare Headache and Migraines Toolkit. The RightCare toolkit should be used by local clinical commissioning groups to ensure that patients are supported effectively. In addition, the National Neurosciences Advisory Group is currently revising its headache and facial pain optimal clinical pathway.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/03/2022 14:59:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1418074

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for England Infected Blood Support Scheme registrants to be classified as (a) stage 1, (b) special category and (c) stage 2 for purposes of hepatitis C support payments.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	114670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>For stage 1 payments, the individual would have been infected with hepatitis C as a result of treatment with National Health Service blood, blood products or tissue prior to September 1991. Applicants must demonstrate that they were chronically infected with hepatitis C; they have not already received payments for hepatitis C infection from the Skipton Fund or any other United Kingdom ex gratia payment scheme; it was probable that they were chronically infected with hepatitis C through treatment in England or a British Military Hospital; and that in cases where treatment was received in more than one country within the United Kingdom, that they reside in England, or lived in England immediately before leaving the UK.</p><p>If the applicant was infected with hepatitis C by someone infected through treatment with NHS blood, blood products or tissue prior to September 1991, they must demonstrate that that they were chronically infected with hepatitis C; and it is probable that they were infected by someone who was infected through treatment in England - the person must be receiving payments from England Infected Blood Support Scheme or have received payment(s) from the Skipton Fund. Where this is not the case, the individual will first need to qualify for a hepatitis C stage 1 payment before the application can be considered.</p><p>The applicant must also confirm how they had contracted the infection. If they have contracted the infection from sexual transmission they must also confirm they were with the person who infected them at the time, either in marriage, civil partnership or long-term relationship, and living together and their spouse or partner was unaware they had the infection, or reasonable precautions were taken to prevent transmission at the time they contracted the infection.</p><p>Applicants for Special Category Mechanism must first be registered for stage 1 payments and whose infection, treatment or associated conditions has a long-term negative impact on their ability to carry out daily activities and their condition has worsened but do not qualify for stage 2 payments. Applicants must demonstrate that they have either autoimmune disease due to or worsened by interferon treatment. This includes coombes positive haemolytic anaemia, idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis of the lung and rheumatoid arthritis; or sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda; or immune thrombocytopenic purpura, if autoimmune with antiplatelet antibodies; or type 2 or 3 mixed cryoglobulinaemia, if accompanied by cerebral vasculitis, dermal vasculitis or peripheral neuropathy with neuropathic pain; and/or have been affected in performing your daily duties due to the infection or the treatment.</p><p>Applicants for stage 2 must first be registered for stage 1 payments and must demonstrate that they have or have had either cirrhosis; or primary liver cancer; or B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; or a liver transplant, or are on the waiting list to receive one; or type 2 or 3 cryoglobulinemia accompanied by membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/03/2022 16:37:24 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 48823 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1418075

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence is acceptable to the England Infected Blood Support Scheme to support applications for (a) hepatitis C stage 1, (b) special category mechanism payments and (c) hepatitis C stage 2 payments.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	114671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The evidence for stage 1 applications includes medical records to confirm that treatment with National Health Service blood, blood products or tissue occurred prior to September 1991; other medical records of the procedure that led to the need for treatment with blood, blood products or tissue but where this is not specifically mentioned; witness statements; a personal statement regarding the procedure and the circumstances which required the need for treatment with blood, blood products or tissue; and physical evidence of the procedure that led to treatment with NHS blood, blood products or tissue.</p><p>Applicants for special category mechanism must request a medical practitioner to provide evidence for the responses given on the application form. This should be their hospital hepatologist doctor or viral hepatitis nurse. If the medical practitioner cannot, or does not, provide evidence for any elements of their answers, they may provide an endorsement based on professional judgement or balance of probability.</p><p>Applicants must arrange for their medical practitioner to complete parts 1 to 8 of the stage 2 application form and provide supporting evidence from the applicant’s medical records. This should be the applicant’s specialist for the qualifying condition they have been diagnosed with.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/03/2022 16:19:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 48824 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1418076

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is provided to the people applying to the England Infected Blood Support Scheme for (a) hepatitis C stage 1 payments, (b) special category mechanism payments and (c) hepatitis C stage 2 payments in gathering the required medical records and other information.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	114672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The England Infected Blood Support Scheme provides information on how an individual can request their medical records and on behalf of someone else, and how to access the medical records of a deceased family member. This information is available online or through the Scheme’s dedicated advisers.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/03/2022 16:15:14 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 48825 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1418083

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the progress of face-to-face appointment availability in GP practices.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	114624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department regularly engages with NHS England and NHS Improvement to monitor the levels of face to face appointments in general practice. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s guidance states that patients’ input into choices about appointment mode should be sought. Practices should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary. Online tools must always be provided in addition to, rather than as a replacement for, other channels for accessing general practice.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/03/2022 15:39:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 49110 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1418086

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
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 stakeholders on bringing covid-19 self-isolation guidance for care homes in line with national guidance.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	114782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>We have regular meetings to gather input from stakeholders on the development and implementation of policy and guidance for care homes. Since the emergence of the Omicron variant, officials have held weekly meetings with stakeholders in various groups.</p><p>On 27 January 2022, we announced that the period for which care home residents would be asked to self-isolate would be reduced from 14 days to a maximum of 10 days, effective from 31 January. Positive cases and people with high-risk exposures can end their isolation early, subject to testing and a risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 11/02/2022 13:02:48 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders