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1352284

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
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 local authorities on the link between the Local Housing Allowance rates and Discretionary Housing Payment applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	41927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>We regularly engage with local authorities in relation to Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs), this includes discussions on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates.</p><p> </p><p>DHPs can be paid to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs, including those in the private rented sector whose LHA maximum rate does not cover the full amount of their rent. Local authorities have broad discretion to spend in line with their local priorities, supported by non-statutory guidance, which provides a list of priority groups to assist with their decision making.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for LHA rates was boosted by almost £1bn in 2020/21 and rates have been maintained in cash terms at their increased levels for 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are notified annually of the total amount allocated to each authority. For 2021-22 the Government has made available £140m in DHP funding for local authorities in England and Wales to distribute to help support vulnerable people with housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/09/2021 16:44:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348374

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Suicide
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 representatives of (a) Network Rail and (b) other rail operators on the increase in (i) suicides, (ii) attempted suicides and (iii) injuries on mainline rail from 2017 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly engages with Network Rail, Transport for London and train operators to discuss fatalities on the rail network. The number of suicides each year is relatively static averaging about 300 per year. We support the extensive work taking place within the rail industry to both prevent, and attempt to drive a reduction in incidents.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/07/2021 13:44:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348376

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Veterans: Disability
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 merits of extending free prescriptions to veterans other than holders of a Valid War Pension Exemption Certificate in cases where the prescription is for an accepted disability.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>Exemptions from National Health Service prescriptions charges for veterans have been extended beyond valid war pension exemption certificate holders to Armed Forces Compensation Scheme recipients. If the prescription is not for their accepted disablement there would be a charge if they were under 60 years old, unless there was another exemption in place. No assessment has been made of the effect of the cost of prescriptions on veterans’ mental health.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 35703 question first answered 28/07/2021 14:56:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348377

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Veterans: Mental Health
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 assessment the Government has made of the effect of the cost of prescriptions on veterans' mental health outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>Exemptions from National Health Service prescriptions charges for veterans have been extended beyond valid war pension exemption certificate holders to Armed Forces Compensation Scheme recipients. If the prescription is not for their accepted disablement there would be a charge if they were under 60 years old, unless there was another exemption in place. No assessment has been made of the effect of the cost of prescriptions on veterans’ mental health.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 35702 question first answered 28/07/2021 14:56:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348379

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Motor Neurone Disease: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been awarded to research bodies to investigate potential drug combinations for the treatment of symptoms of motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR has invested over £10 million in motor neurone disease (MND) research over the last five years. This includes research on potential treatments to improve survival rate, function and quality of life for people with MND. The NIHR has spent £2.4 million on research to investigate drug combinations for the treatment of MND. The NIHR is also funding research on drug combinations to treat MND through NIHR research infrastructure, although the information requested is not available at individual study level.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2021 10:48:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348380

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: Telemedicine
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 GPs on the effect of e-consult on workload pressures.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>We have regular discussions general practitioner (GP) stakeholder organisations and representatives on a wide range of issues, including appointment and consultation systems and workload.</p><p>We continue to work with NHS England and NHS Improvement and general practice to assess the impact of different types of appointment and the effects on workload. NHS England and NHS Improvement have commissioned an independent evaluation to understand the impact for staff, patients and the wider health and care system of using digital tools in primary care to inform its long-term strategy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 35707 question first answered 27/07/2021 14:45:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348381

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: Telemedicine
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 effect of eConsult on GPs' workloads during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>We have regular discussions general practitioner (GP) stakeholder organisations and representatives on a wide range of issues, including appointment and consultation systems and workload.</p><p>We continue to work with NHS England and NHS Improvement and general practice to assess the impact of different types of appointment and the effects on workload. NHS England and NHS Improvement have commissioned an independent evaluation to understand the impact for staff, patients and the wider health and care system of using digital tools in primary care to inform its long-term strategy.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 35706 question first answered 27/07/2021 14:45:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348385

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: Screening
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 publish (a) details of the MHRA's review into the Innova covid-19 lateral flow tests and (b) criteria applied to determine that those tests are satisfactory for use.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department and NHS Test and Trace have taken on the role of legal manufacturer for lateral flow self-tests, which have been given a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) exceptional use authorisation for the purpose of detection of COVID-19 in asymptomatic individuals as part of the national testing programme. As legal manufacturer, the Department and NHS Test and Trace are required to have a Quality Management System (QMS) in place. The QMS is separate to that of the Innova Medical Group in the United States of America (USA) and ensures that tests being used in the United Kingdom (UK) are subject to appropriate controls.</p><p>After the US Food and Drug Association safety notice was issued on 10 June, MHRA asked the Department and NHS Test and Trace to investigate whether the UK could be affected by any of the concerns raised. MHRA were satisfied of the limited applicability of the FDA’s actions in the USA to the products supplied in the UK by the Department and NHS Test and Trace and their proposed actions to mitigate risks from these issues.</p><p>The Department published information and data on the performance of lateral flow tests in the UK which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lateral-flow-device-performance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lateral-flow-device-performance-data</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/09/2021 12:19:55 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348386

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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 recent discussions he has had with local transport providers on regulations to make face coverings mandatory on public transport in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>The success of the vaccination rollout has paved the way for the gradual lifting of restrictions. Since 19 July, many of the legal restrictions that the Government has imposed through the pandemic have been lifted, including the requirement to wear face coverings on public transport. However, cautious guidance will remain. The Government expects and recommends that people wear face coverings in crowded areas. This includes public transport but also other settings which are busy. By practising key behaviours, people can continue to protect themselves and others. Employees and customers who wish to wear a face covering should be supported to do so. If transport operators wish to set their own policy on face coverings, that is a matter for them to consider, as long as they meet existing legal obligations including under equalities law.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/07/2021 13:25:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1348387

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Abortion: Drugs
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 effect of permitting both pills for early medical abortions to be taken at home on NHS services.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s public consultation on whether to make permanent the temporary measure allowing for home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation for all eligible women has now closed. We are considering all evidence submitted and plan to publish our response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/07/2021 12:08:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders