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1628860

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Diabetes: Health Services
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 his Department has to improve access to diabetes technologies across local diabetes services in the North East.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	185752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service across the North East is dedicated to supporting patients in monitoring and managing their lifestyle with cutting edge technology. This has resulted in a high proportion of type 1 diabetic patients in the North East utilising the latest glucose monitors and insulin pumps to manage their condition. Local services are being redesigned to improve access to the latest technologies and reduce variation in care for vulnerable patients living with type 1 diabetes.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on hybrid closed loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes, which considers their clinical and cost effectiveness<strong><p><p> <br> </strong>Should NICE recommend Hybrid Closed Loop and issue eligibility criteria, NHS England will then work with integrated care boards (ICBs)to support meeting their commitments.</p><p>It is not possible to list the ICBs in England which do not have a formal commissioning policy for real-time continuous glucose monitoring for adults and children with type 1 diabetes as this information is not collected</p><p><br> ICBs must pay due regard to NICE guidance, however local decision making applies in terms of deciding whether to utilise their funding to implement the recommendation or not.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 25/05/2023 13:01:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1628862

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Diabetes: Health Services
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 are accessing type one diabetes services in each Integrated Care System; and how many specialist health and care workers are trained to onboard patients onto diabetes technology in each Integrated Care System in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	185765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of people accessing type one diabetes services in each Integrated Care Board (ICB). It is not possible to provide data on how many specialist health and care workers are trained to onboard patients onto diabetes technology in each ICB.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>ICB</p></td><td><p>Patients with Type 1 Diabetes who attended specialist services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB</p></td><td><p>1,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Black Country ICB</p></td><td><p>1,475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB</p></td><td><p>4,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB</p></td><td><p>5,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB</p></td><td><p>2,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Devon ICB</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Dorset ICB</p></td><td><p>1,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Frimley ICB</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Gloucestershire ICB</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Greater Manchester ICB</p></td><td><p>4,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ICB</p></td><td><p>2,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB</p></td><td><p>3,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB</p></td><td><p>3,555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Kent and Medway ICB</p></td><td><p>3,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB</p></td><td><p>2,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Lincolnshire ICB</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Mid and South Essex ICB</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB</p></td><td><p>3,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS North Central London ICB</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB</p></td><td><p>8,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS North East London ICB</p></td><td><p>890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS North West London ICB</p></td><td><p>3,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Northamptonshire ICB</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB</p></td><td><p>1,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Somerset ICB</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS South East London ICB</p></td><td><p>3,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS South West London ICB</p></td><td><p>2,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS South Yorkshire ICB</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB</p></td><td><p>795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB</p></td><td><p>2,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Sussex ICB</p></td><td><p>4,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS West Yorkshire ICB</p></td><td><p>3,855</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>In line with The National Diabetes Audit disclosure control rules, all numbers are rounded to the nearest five, unless the number is one to seven, in which case it is rounded to five.</li><li>People in the 2021/22 The National Diabetes Audit data collection have been mapped to an ICB through their general practitioner practice.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/05/2023 13:12:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1628864

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Diabetes: Health Services
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 is taking steps to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are able to implement the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's appraisals on hybrid closed loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	185766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service across the North East is dedicated to supporting patients in monitoring and managing their lifestyle with cutting edge technology. This has resulted in a high proportion of type 1 diabetic patients in the North East utilising the latest glucose monitors and insulin pumps to manage their condition. Local services are being redesigned to improve access to the latest technologies and reduce variation in care for vulnerable patients living with type 1 diabetes.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on hybrid closed loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes, which considers their clinical and cost effectiveness.</p><p>TARGET DATE 26/05/2023</p><p>Should NICE recommend Hybrid Closed Loop and issue eligibility criteria, NHS England will then work with integrated care boards (ICBs)to support meeting their commitments.</p><p>It is not possible to list the ICBs in England which do not have a formal commissioning policy for real-time continuous glucose monitoring for adults and children with type 1 diabetes as this information is not collected. ICBs must pay due regard to NICE guidance, however local decision making applies in terms of deciding whether to utilise their funding to implement the recommendation or not.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 185767 185768 question first answered 25/05/2023 13:03:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1628871

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Diabetes: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term financial merits of a move to hybrid closed loop technology for people with type one diabetes who are clinically eligible to access that therapy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	185767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service across the North East is dedicated to supporting patients in monitoring and managing their lifestyle with cutting edge technology. This has resulted in a high proportion of type 1 diabetic patients in the North East utilising the latest glucose monitors and insulin pumps to manage their condition. Local services are being redesigned to improve access to the latest technologies and reduce variation in care for vulnerable patients living with type 1 diabetes.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on hybrid closed loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes, which considers their clinical and cost effectiveness.</p><p>TARGET DATE 26/05/2023</p><p>Should NICE recommend Hybrid Closed Loop and issue eligibility criteria, NHS England will then work with integrated care boards (ICBs)to support meeting their commitments.</p><p>It is not possible to list the ICBs in England which do not have a formal commissioning policy for real-time continuous glucose monitoring for adults and children with type 1 diabetes as this information is not collected. ICBs must pay due regard to NICE guidance, however local decision making applies in terms of deciding whether to utilise their funding to implement the recommendation or not.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 185766 185768 question first answered 25/05/2023 13:03:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1628872

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 list the Integrated Care Systems in England which do not have a formal commissioning policy for real-time continuous glucose monitoring for adults and children with type 1 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	185768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Health Service across the North East is dedicated to supporting patients in monitoring and managing their lifestyle with cutting edge technology. This has resulted in a high proportion of type 1 diabetic patients in the North East utilising the latest glucose monitors and insulin pumps to manage their condition. Local services are being redesigned to improve access to the latest technologies and reduce variation in care for vulnerable patients living with type 1 diabetes.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on hybrid closed loop systems for managing blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes, which considers their clinical and cost effectiveness.</p><p>TARGET DATE 26/05/2023</p><p>Should NICE recommend Hybrid Closed Loop and issue eligibility criteria, NHS England will then work with integrated care boards (ICBs)to support meeting their commitments.</p><p>It is not possible to list the ICBs in England which do not have a formal commissioning policy for real-time continuous glucose monitoring for adults and children with type 1 diabetes as this information is not collected. ICBs must pay due regard to NICE guidance, however local decision making applies in terms of deciding whether to utilise their funding to implement the recommendation or not.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 185766 185767 question first answered 25/05/2023 13:03:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1628873

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Blockchain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to encourage the use of blockchain technologies by business to help decarbonise the economy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	185769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Blockchain technologies may allow trading of low-carbon energy and account for emissions of greenhouse gases to facilitate decarbonisation. However, the concepts still need to demonstrate that they could offer advantages over technology using centralised ledgers in specific applications related to decarbonisation. Several companies have been funded by the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund Programme to innovate their blockchain decarbonisation concepts further and to demonstrate applications useful to achieving net zero.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/05/2023 16:37:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1624003

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Pets: Prizes
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 legislation applies to the distribution of pets as prizes in England; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of that legislation.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	182800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>In England and Wales, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 prohibits the sale of an animal or the transfer of an animal as a prize to anyone under the age of 16 years old and ensures that any person winning an animal as a prize is obliged to provide for its welfare. We consider these restrictions to be balanced and proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/05/2023 11:29:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1611727

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the effectiveness of existing regulations relating to debt collection agencies for (a) vulnerable people and (b) financially insecure people.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for the regulation of debt collection activity. Where debt collection firms take steps to recover debts that have arisen under consumer credit agreements, they are required to do so according to the FCA’s principles, rules and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, firms are required to treat customers fairly and to have policies in place for the fair and appropriate treatment of vulnerable customers. Additional requirements apply in relation to the recovery of debt from customers with mental capacity limitations.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has published guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. In 2023-24, the FCA plans to evaluate the action firms have taken and whether we see improvements in the outcomes experienced by vulnerable consumers. The guidance can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fca.org.uk%2Fpublications%2Ffinalised-guidance%2Fguidance-firms-fair-treatment-vulnerable-customers&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crajesh.kapoor%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb860737e8fba4436348108db40fd10d3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638175228146403015%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8Kx5gz%2BRHm0bzF5xgLrDbFEYkAiYIFii%2BVYTyAC7MP4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/finalised-guidance/guidance-firms-fair-treatment-vulnerable-customers</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, earlier this year the FCA wrote to all firms operating in this sector to set out their expectations of how firms should provide a higher standard of care to customers in the context of the Consumer Duty. The letter can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fca.org.uk%2Fpublication%2Fcorrespondence%2Fconsumer-duty-portfolio-letter-dpca.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crajesh.kapoor%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb860737e8fba4436348108db40fd10d3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638175228146559233%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ru4KlKrKIx5fUwOi6lBHsrnc7tvPGjdhs5kjBm5sq%2B0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/correspondence/consumer-duty-portfolio-letter-dpca.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Duty builds on the FCA’s guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – that sets out what firms should do to ensure that customers in vulnerable circumstances experience outcomes as good as those for other customers.  Falling below the standard set out in that guidance is likely to be a breach of the Consumer Duty.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans either by the Government or the FCA to review legislation or existing FCA requirements in this area. But the FCA will continue to monitor the activities of debt collection firms, including the steps they have taken to ensure they are compliant with the Consumer Duty, in accordance with their usual supervisory processes.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/04/2023 13:03:47 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1611732

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of any changes agreed by the International Telecommunication Union at the World Radiocommunications Conference in November-December 2023 on the UK's military capabilities.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a team that engages regularly with the World Radiocommunication Conference process, throughout its four-year lifecycle, to ensure the MOD's views are fully represented. This includes engagement with our NATO and Five Eyes partners. Extensive work is undertaken to understand and assess the impact of any changes on Defence capabilities both before and after regulatory changes have been agreed. We are actively engaging with international partners on the topics for the World Radiocommunication Conference in November-December 2023, to ensure these are acceptable to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/04/2023 16:20:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1610551

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the use of electric propulsion in Army vehicles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	180684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>Last year, the British Army announced a major step-change in its commitment to ultra-modern warfare with the publication of its Battlefield Electrification approach. A key part of the <em>Future Soldier</em> vision, the approach sets out how the Army will focus on an increase in the use of batteries, sustainable energy, and Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) technologies across its vehicle fleet.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.army.mod.uk/media/17010/british-army-approach-to-battlefield-electrification.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.army.mod.uk/media/17010/british-army-approach-to-battlefield-electrification.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/04/2023 12:13:26 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones