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1691810

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Thyroid Gland: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health Research is funding research projects relating to thyroid disorders as of 26 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	15787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government funds research on thyroid disorders via the Department through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds and supports research into thyroid disorders through its research infrastructure, namely facilities, services and research workforce, and its research programmes. This includes research on the broad range of conditions that may affect the function of the thyroid gland, including hypo- and hyper-thyroidism, thyroid cancer and thyroid removal following surgery.</p><p>An example of NIHR research is a study investigating the risks of developing obesity, cardio-metabolic conditions, and risk of death in a cohort of 25,000 newly diagnosed patients with hyperthyroidism, and to compare the risks of these outcomes between all three modalities used to treat hyperthyroidism.</p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including thyroid disorders and applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. It is not usual practice for the NIHR to ring fence funds for particular topics or conditions.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 04/03/2024 15:59:16 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1691812

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the data published by the Royal College of Nursing on 8 February 2024 on the proportion of general practice nursing staff that received a pay uplift for 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	15789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>We hugely value and appreciate the vital work carried out by general practice (GP) nurses. The Government accepted the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body’s recommendation on salaried GP staff pay, and increased the 2023/24 GP contract to provide funding for them to receive a 6% pay rise. We expect all practices to pass this on to staff. As self-employed contractors to the National Health Service, it is for GPs to determine employee pay.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2024 13:54:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1691229

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Nurses: Students
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 she is taking to increase the number of students enrolling in nursing higher education courses.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	15375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>We are working closely with NHS England, the Department for Education, and universities, to ensure everyone who wants to pursue a rewarding healthcare career in nursing, has the support and opportunities to do so.</p><p>To support students training in clinical roles, we provide eligible students with a grant of at least £5,000 a year through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF). This includes additional incentives for priority specialisms, such as mental health, with further funding available depending on personal circumstances. The Government continues to widen access to nursing careers through blended learning and apprenticeship routes. Apprenticeships provide an alternative route for people to earn as they learn and we now have a complete apprentice pathway for nursing, from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice.</p><p>The number of applicants to nursing degrees continues to outstrip the places on offer. Nursing training places are competitive, and lead to an attractive and important career in the National Health Service. There are record numbers of nurses now working in the NHS, and the first ever NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, backed by over £2.4 billion, will add 24,000 more nurse and midwifery training places by 2031.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 15376 question first answered 28/02/2024 13:33:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1691230

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Nurses: Students
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 she has had with officials in the Department for Education on steps to support student nurses.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	15376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>We are working closely with NHS England, the Department for Education, and universities, to ensure everyone who wants to pursue a rewarding healthcare career in nursing, has the support and opportunities to do so.</p><p>To support students training in clinical roles, we provide eligible students with a grant of at least £5,000 a year through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF). This includes additional incentives for priority specialisms, such as mental health, with further funding available depending on personal circumstances. The Government continues to widen access to nursing careers through blended learning and apprenticeship routes. Apprenticeships provide an alternative route for people to earn as they learn and we now have a complete apprentice pathway for nursing, from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice.</p><p>The number of applicants to nursing degrees continues to outstrip the places on offer. Nursing training places are competitive, and lead to an attractive and important career in the National Health Service. There are record numbers of nurses now working in the NHS, and the first ever NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, backed by over £2.4 billion, will add 24,000 more nurse and midwifery training places by 2031.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 15375 question first answered 28/02/2024 13:33:24 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1689323

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
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 tests for lynch syndrome were funded by NHS England in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>There are several different stages to testing for Lynch syndrome. We know from local audit data that, in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines, the mean proportion of colorectal cancer patients who receive an initial tumour test, immunohistochemistry or microsatellite instability, for Lynch syndrome is 94%, and for endometrial cancer is 95%. Although some funding has been provided to Cancer Alliances by NHS England to support this testing, we do not hold records of the number of tests carried out nationally.</p><p> </p><p>Where the result of the initial tumour test indicates Lynch syndrome, patients are referred for germline testing, which is commissioned directly by NHS England. Testing of family members of Lynch syndrome patients is not a direct Cancer Alliance responsibility. The 17 NHS Clinical Genetics Services are commissioned to provide predictive testing for family members when a diagnosis of Lynch Syndrome has been made in a first degree relative, in accordance with NICE guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14244 question first answered 22/02/2024 13:59:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1689324

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of Cancer Alliances that are offering close family members of Lynch syndrome patients tests for that syndrome in accordance with NICE guidance.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>There are several different stages to testing for Lynch syndrome. We know from local audit data that, in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines, the mean proportion of colorectal cancer patients who receive an initial tumour test, immunohistochemistry or microsatellite instability, for Lynch syndrome is 94%, and for endometrial cancer is 95%. Although some funding has been provided to Cancer Alliances by NHS England to support this testing, we do not hold records of the number of tests carried out nationally.</p><p> </p><p>Where the result of the initial tumour test indicates Lynch syndrome, patients are referred for germline testing, which is commissioned directly by NHS England. Testing of family members of Lynch syndrome patients is not a direct Cancer Alliance responsibility. The 17 NHS Clinical Genetics Services are commissioned to provide predictive testing for family members when a diagnosis of Lynch Syndrome has been made in a first degree relative, in accordance with NICE guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14243 question first answered 22/02/2024 13:59:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1689325

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Bowel Cancer: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) extent of and (b) reasons for inequalities in bowel cancer outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department and the National Health Service are working to improve bowel cancer outcomes for patients across England including an improvement of referral rates. Through the Help Us Help You campaign, the NHS has urged people to take up the offer of bowel screening when invited, while gradually extending the screening offer from those aged 60 years old, down to those aged 50 years old, ensuring more people are diagnosed with bowel cancer at the earliest stage.</p><p>The NHS is also now offering routine preventative bowel cancer screening to thousands of people in England with a genetic condition, Lynch syndrome, that increases their chance of developing certain cancers. This gives the NHS a better chance of finding cancers at a time when they can be more easily and effectively treated.</p><p>Tackling disparities is important in improving cancer outcomes. The Government is committed to its levelling up mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy by 2030 and increase healthy life expectancy by five years, by 2035. Our approach will continue to focus on supporting people to live healthier lives, helping the NHS and social care to provide the best treatment and care for patients, and tackling health disparities through national and system interventions such as the NHS’s Core20PLUS5 programme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14246 question first answered 23/02/2024 15:37:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1689326

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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	Bowel Cancer: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) extent of and (b) reasons for geographical disparities in the number and proportion of bowel cancers diagnosed at stages (i) 3 and (ii) 4 in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department and the National Health Service are working to improve bowel cancer outcomes for patients across England including an improvement of referral rates. Through the Help Us Help You campaign, the NHS has urged people to take up the offer of bowel screening when invited, while gradually extending the screening offer from those aged 60 years old, down to those aged 50 years old, ensuring more people are diagnosed with bowel cancer at the earliest stage.</p><p>The NHS is also now offering routine preventative bowel cancer screening to thousands of people in England with a genetic condition, Lynch syndrome, that increases their chance of developing certain cancers. This gives the NHS a better chance of finding cancers at a time when they can be more easily and effectively treated.</p><p>Tackling disparities is important in improving cancer outcomes. The Government is committed to its levelling up mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy by 2030 and increase healthy life expectancy by five years, by 2035. Our approach will continue to focus on supporting people to live healthier lives, helping the NHS and social care to provide the best treatment and care for patients, and tackling health disparities through national and system interventions such as the NHS’s Core20PLUS5 programme.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14245 question first answered 23/02/2024 15:37:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1689440

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time taken to process a naturalisation application in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s Home Department publishes data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.uk website. We do not publish data on average processing times for naturalisation applications.</p><p>The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2023" target="_blank">Visas and citizenship data: Q3 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/02/2024 17:15:08 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1689442

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Friendly Societies: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that the Financial Conduct Authority is able to penalise misconduct by officers of friendly societies.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has the power to prosecute offences by officers under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 and Friendly Societies Act 1992 .</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, for friendly societies authorised and regulated to conduct regulated activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), the FCA has an extensive range of disciplinary, criminal and civil powers to take action against regulated and non-regulated firms and individuals who are failing or have failed to meet the standards it requires.</p><p> </p><p>The FSMA powers are stated in the FCA’s Enforcement Guide which can be found here: <a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/enforcement-information-guide.pdf" target="_blank">Enforcement Information Guide (fca.org.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 26/02/2024 10:57:58 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi