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1602237

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women’s equality in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	903993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is determined to support women in the workplace. We are supporting several Private Members’ Bills which will improve their employment rights. These include Bills which will extend redundancy protections for pregnant women, give employees better access to flexible working and strengthen protections against sexual harassment.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/03/2023 12:38:44 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1602238

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Customers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure companies make reasonable adjustments for customers with a disability.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Richard Foord
uin	903994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 places a duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve disabled people’s access to goods and services, so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people. This reasonable adjustment duty is an anticipatory duty, meaning that those who provide goods, facilities and services to members of the public are expected to anticipate the reasonable adjustments that disabled customers may require, including auxiliary aids. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced guidance for service providers on reasonable adjustments and its Statutory Codes of Practice provide more detailed information on the legal responsibilities of service providers and employers to make such adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2023 12:56:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1602239

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Epilepsy: Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women with epilepsy to make informed family planning choices and have safe pregnancies.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	903995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Tighter restrictions continue to reduce the number of pregnancies exposed to sodium valproate and support women to make informed choices. The MHRA and Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has announced it will introduce tighter restrictions to reduce pregnancies exposed to sodium valproate, including the recommendation for no new patients under 55 years of age to be prescribed valproate unless two specialists independently consider and document that no other medicine is effective or tolerated.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/03/2023 17:33:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1602240

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to implement section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	903996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to commence Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in England. As merely a “due regard” duty, it requires no specific action from the public body concerned, and risks becoming a tick-box exercise, complied with to minimise the risk of litigation rather than to promote real change in society. The duty is also wrongly focussed on equalising socio-economic outcomes rather than opportunities. The Government’s preferred approach is to progress specific policies and practical actions that will deliver real change.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2023 12:53:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1602241

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Men: Crimes of Violence and Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on ensuring sufficient focus on men and boys who are victims of sexual violence, domestic abuse and other forms of interpersonal violence.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that men and boys can be victims of these crimes and are committed to providing them with the support they need. In March 2022 we published our supporting male victims policy document, which contains commitments to strengthen our response to male victims. This financial year, we are also providing up to £200,000 funding to Respect to help run the Men’s Advice Line, who supported over 10,000 calls last financial year.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/03/2023 12:40:35 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1601785

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure patients nominated pharmacies are not altered without the patient’s permission.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is to allow prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of the patient's choice. A patient can choose to nominate a pharmacy and all prescriptions will be sent to the nominated pharmacy until the patient chooses to change or remove this nomination.</p><p>Changes to a patient nomination should only be made with the patient’s consent. Although consent does not have to be provided in writing, there must be an auditable process in place.</p><p>Patients can change their current nomination using the National Health Service app or on the NHS website. General practitioners and pharmacies can also change a patient’s nomination but only with the patient’s consent. There are instances where prescriptions can be sent to another pharmacy as a one-off nomination instead of the patient’s nominated pharmacy, but this must be done at the request of the patient.</p><p>In the event a pharmacy business changes hands as an on-going concern, NHS England asks the outgoing owners to inform their nominated patients that the pharmacy is being taken over and by whom, and to offer those patients the opportunity, during a time-limited window, to opt out of their nomination being transferred to the new owner.</p><p>Additionally, patients can choose not to nominate a pharmacy, in which case patients will receive an EPS token that includes a barcode, allowing any pharmacy with access to the EPS to retrieve the electronic prescription.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 160207 160208 question first answered 15/03/2023 13:38:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601786

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his officials have had discussions with NHS Digital on the switching of patients nominated pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is to allow prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of the patient's choice. A patient can choose to nominate a pharmacy and all prescriptions will be sent to the nominated pharmacy until the patient chooses to change or remove this nomination.</p><p>Changes to a patient nomination should only be made with the patient’s consent. Although consent does not have to be provided in writing, there must be an auditable process in place.</p><p>Patients can change their current nomination using the National Health Service app or on the NHS website. General practitioners and pharmacies can also change a patient’s nomination but only with the patient’s consent. There are instances where prescriptions can be sent to another pharmacy as a one-off nomination instead of the patient’s nominated pharmacy, but this must be done at the request of the patient.</p><p>In the event a pharmacy business changes hands as an on-going concern, NHS England asks the outgoing owners to inform their nominated patients that the pharmacy is being taken over and by whom, and to offer those patients the opportunity, during a time-limited window, to opt out of their nomination being transferred to the new owner.</p><p>Additionally, patients can choose not to nominate a pharmacy, in which case patients will receive an EPS token that includes a barcode, allowing any pharmacy with access to the EPS to retrieve the electronic prescription.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 160206 160208 question first answered 15/03/2023 13:38:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601787

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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	Pharmacy: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department allows private businesses to change a patient's nominated pharmacy without seeking the patients permission; if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) is to allow prescribers to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of the patient's choice. A patient can choose to nominate a pharmacy and all prescriptions will be sent to the nominated pharmacy until the patient chooses to change or remove this nomination.</p><p>Changes to a patient nomination should only be made with the patient’s consent. Although consent does not have to be provided in writing, there must be an auditable process in place.</p><p>Patients can change their current nomination using the National Health Service app or on the NHS website. General practitioners and pharmacies can also change a patient’s nomination but only with the patient’s consent. There are instances where prescriptions can be sent to another pharmacy as a one-off nomination instead of the patient’s nominated pharmacy, but this must be done at the request of the patient.</p><p>In the event a pharmacy business changes hands as an on-going concern, NHS England asks the outgoing owners to inform their nominated patients that the pharmacy is being taken over and by whom, and to offer those patients the opportunity, during a time-limited window, to opt out of their nomination being transferred to the new owner.</p><p>Additionally, patients can choose not to nominate a pharmacy, in which case patients will receive an EPS token that includes a barcode, allowing any pharmacy with access to the EPS to retrieve the electronic prescription.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 160206 160207 question first answered 15/03/2023 13:38:26 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601788

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
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 Digital and NHS England: Data Protection
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 help ensure (a) NHS Digital and (b) NHS England are compliant with their data protection obligations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	160209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>NHS Digital functions legally transferred to NHS England on 1 February 2023. NHS England is consequently responsible for ensuring it meets its obligations to protect people’s data. Data protection law will continue to apply. This means there must always be a valid, lawful basis for the collection and processing of personal information including special category information within federated data platforms and any other NHS England IT system, as defined under data protection legislation. Data protection impact assessments must be carried out and privacy notices published which explain what data is collected, analysed and shared and for what purposes.</p><p>NHS England must have regard to statutory guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care under the power in section 274A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which sets out measures that the Secretary of State expects NHS England to take to protect confidential information. The draft guidance has been published on GOV.UK, and the finalised guidance will be published shortly, and kept under review.</p><p>NHS England is legally required to report annually to Parliament on how well it has discharged its data functions. NHS England also makes an annual Data Security and Protection submission which demonstrates how they meet data protection obligations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/03/2023 14:41:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1601789

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Children and Drinking Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase (a) access to safe and affordable drinking water and (b) the quality of life of young children.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	160275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>WASH is an essential part of the UK's work on global health and education. To maximise impact when providing safe and affordable drinking water, we are changing our approach from direct delivery to helping governments strengthen the systems that they need to deliver sustainable, resilient and inclusive WASH services at scale.</p><p>Our systems approach benefits the quality of life of children, and forms part of our work on ending the preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children. Our support promotes equitable access to nutritious diets, quality health services, addresses health impacts of climate change and improves access to WASH services.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 15/03/2023 10:39:54 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon