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1194158

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will fund the salaries of frontline cancer charity workers who have been redeployed from cancer care to tackling covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>In instances where NHS Providers have called upon non-National Health Service organisations for their staff to be deployed to an NHS service, it would be expected that the contracting body will pay back the organisation accordingly and claim that money as a reasonable additional cost in their cost collection exercise.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 12:52:52 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194159

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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: 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 plans he has to create covid-19 free hospital sites for the treatment of cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have published guidance and supported the development of ‘hubs’ for cancer surgery. Hubs are being developed in all 21 Alliance areas across England and are already fully or partially operational in at least 18 areas. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working now with all Cancer Alliances on plans for the next phases of service delivery.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/06/2020 11:04:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194160

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Palliative Care: 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 steps the Government is taking help ensure provision of end of life care by community-based palliative care teams during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>It is important to ensure patients requiring high-quality palliative and end of life care, whether in hospices or in the community, continue to receive that support during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>To support local commissioners during this challenging time, a range of guidance has already been made available to support the delivery of high-quality end of life care in community settings, including:</p><p>- The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Rapid Guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community’<em>.</em></p><p>- The NHS England and NHS Improvement clinical specialty guide ‘Community Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Care in the COVID-19 pandemic’<em>.</em></p><p>- The NHS England and NHS Improvement clinical guidelines for children and young people with palliative care needs in all care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Links to the guidance are as follows:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG163" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG163</a></p><p><a href="https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/pluginfile.php/149342/mod_resource/content/1/COVID%20Community%20symptom%20control%20and%20end%20of%20life%20care%20for%20General%20Practice%20FINAL.PDF" target="_blank">elearning.rcgp.org.uk/pluginfile.php/149342/mod_resource/content/1/COVID%20Community%20symptom%20control%20and%20end%20of%20life%20care%20for%20General%20Practice%20FINAL.PDF</a></p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0249-clinical-guidelines-children-young-people-with-palliative-care-needs-24-04-2020.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0249-clinical-guidelines-children-young-people-with-palliative-care-needs-24-04-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/05/2020 09:47:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194161

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking through the benefits system to support vulnerable claimants with cancer during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <ul><li>The Department is committed to ensuring people affected by cancer are supported in a sensitive, fair and appropriate way.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In Employment and Support Allowance a light touch evidence gathering process exists, to help determine eligibility. Claimants should not delay making a claim because of difficulties in providing supporting medical information. We will continue to process claims and work with customers to gather the best supporting evidence available.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We’ve suspended award reviews and DLA to PIP reassessment activity and extended existing awards to ensure they don’t go out of payment. We have also suspended all routine award reviews and re-assessments of disability additions in Universal Credit.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Supporting people who are terminally ill remains an absolute priority for the Department and we will continue to fast track terminally ill claimants to higher rates of award.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/05/2020 15:36:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194162

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her department has taken to help ensure that decision making on new claims for disability benefits continues during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s immediate focus has been supporting people impacted by COVID-19 by putting claims into payment as quickly as possible and being flexible in our response to the challenges claimants are facing while keeping them safe.</p><p> </p><p>I should emphasis that for all disability benefits, people should not delay making a claim because of difficulties in providing supporting medical information. We will continue to process claims and work with claimants to gather the best supporting evidence available.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to refer people making new claims for disability benefits to health assessments. Where it is not possible to complete an assessment based on the paper evidence, a telephony assessment will be arranged where possible and appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/05/2020 14:19:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1194163

registered interest
date	11/05/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to monitoring the effectiveness of its systems in managing increased demand during the covid-19 outbreak; and what data her Department holds on (a) processing times and (b) payment timeliness across all benefits during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Department has a robust and effective performance management regime, tracking performance across all social security benefits using a range of metrics. When COVID-19 struck in mid-March, we accelerated our normal reporting from monthly or weekly, to be able to track the daily profiles of incoming work and telephone calls and support a focus on managing significantly increased demand on key benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We do hold data on benefit processing times, and publish an annual view in the Annual Report and Accounts, which is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts</a>. We also publish data on key benefits such as Universal Credit payment timeliness, which is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-12-march-2020" target="_blank">Universal Credit 2013-2020</a> and on PIP processing times which is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=PIP%20statistics&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">PIP Statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/05/2020 16:58:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1192550

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
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 he is taking to ensure that immunological expertise is being used to inform his Department’s decision-making in relation to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	43019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) is an expert committee of the Department which advises the Government. Members include those with expertise in immunology and serology all of whom advise the Chief Medical Officer and share information with the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).</p><p>SAGE provides expert medical and scientific advice to the Chief Medical Officers of the four United Kingdom Governments, who, in turn, advise Government and agencies in all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/06/2020 10:56:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1192551

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
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	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, when his Department plans to publish its vaccine strategy for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	43020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established a Vaccines Taskforce to coordinate and make the most of all the work going on across Government, academia and industry to accelerate the development and manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine. The development of various coronavirus vaccines is at an early stage but progressing rapidly. The taskforce will draw on expert scientific and medical advice to make sure all parts of the pursuit of a vaccine are as efficient as possible. Further information on the Government’s approach will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/05/2020 10:38:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1192552

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
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: Mental 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 mental health support has been made available to people living with cancer, whose treatment has been interrupted as a result of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	43021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that social distancing and self-isolation are likely to increase the risk of loneliness and mental health issues, particularly for people with pre-existing health conditions, such as cancer, whose treatment has been interrupted, and those who are shielding.</p><p>To respond to this, the Department and Public Health England are working with the National Health Service, social care, voluntary sector and across Government to improve mental health support and provide guidance for those shielding, self-distancing and in self-isolation.</p><p>We are working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to ensure the mental health needs of those who are shielding are adequately met.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 13/05/2020 10:57:18 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1190157

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on granting early access to the state pension for women reaching state pension age in 2020-21 in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Unlike a personal or workplace pension, which is payable at the scheme's normal pension age and that can potentially be drawn earlier on grounds of ill health, it has always been the case that nobody can claim their State Pension before they reach their State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>The welfare system continues to provide a safety-net for those experiencing hardship, including that caused by unemployment, disability, and coping with caring responsibilities, which affect those unable to work and therefore most in need in the run up to their State Pension age.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/05/2020 12:32:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon