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1719284

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Pancreatic Cancer: 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 steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy of access to (a) Creon and (b) other drugs that contain pancreatic enzymes for patients after pancreatic surgery.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	26982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of supply issues with three pancreatic enzyme replacement therapies: Creon 10,000 gastro-resistant capsules; Creon 25,000 gastro-resistant capsules; and Nutrizym 22 gastro-resistant capsules. We understand that these are due to limited availability of active pharmaceutical ingredients, and manufacturing constraints in producing the volumes required to meet demand. The Department has issued guidance to healthcare professionals regarding treatment of patients while there is a disruption to the supply of these pancreatic enzyme replacement therapies. We are having regular conversations with the suppliers of these products to ask that they expedite deliveries and increase production forecasts, and to confirm that they are taking action to address the root causes of the issues, to ensure continuity of supply. We are also working with specialist importers to source unlicensed imports from abroad.</p><p>Whilst we can’t always prevent supply issues, we have a range of well-established tools and processes to mitigate risks to patients. These include close and regular engagement with suppliers, use of alternative strengths or forms of a medicine to allow patients to remain on the same product, expediting regulatory procedures, sourcing unlicensed imports from abroad, adding products to the restricted exports and hoarding list, use of Serious Shortage Protocols, and issuing National Health Service communications to provide management advice and information on the issue to healthcare professionals, so they can advise and support their patients.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 23/05/2024 15:24:29 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1717955

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	NHS: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with Royal Mail on the potential merits of treating NHS letters as first class post, in the context of possible reforms to the second class delivery service.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	26093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has written to Royal Mail regarding proposed reforms to the universal postal service, to ask what consideration has been given to patients and National Health Service impacts. A meeting with the Group Chief Executive of Royal Mail is currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/05/2024 07:39:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1717956

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Tenancy Deposit Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of potential conflicts of interest in circumstances where the board members of deposit protection schemes are also landlords who choose to lodge deposits with the same scheme; and if he will make it his policy to require landlords to lodge deposits with deposit protection schemes with which they have no governance involvement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	26094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Landlords are required by law to protect a deposit in relation to most Assured Shorthold Tenancies and are free to choose with which government-authorised scheme they protect a tenant’s deposit.</p><p>The TDP providers are private companies that are operationally independent of Government. TDP providers are contractually obliged to avoid any conflict of interest arising which prejudices the independence and objectivity of the service provided.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 17/05/2024 12:37:14 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1717957

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16213 on Probate, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times in relation to probate grants.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	26095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS remains focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications. Management information published by HMCTS shows the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate (following receipt of the documents required) reduced by 3 weeks in March 2024 compared to February 2024. The average timeliness in March was 9 weeks.</p><p>The first quarter of 2024 (January to March 2024) saw the highest quarterly number of grants issued on record.</p><p> </p><p>A full time series of Official Statistics back to Q3 2019 is published in the Family Court Statistics Quarterly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a> and currently covers the period up to December 2023.</p><p>More recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly) provides waiting time information up to March 2023 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 14:02:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1697078

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with insurers on encouraging car owners to fit car security systems to (a) deter theft and (b) reduce their insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	19299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>New cars and light commercial vehicles require systems to prevent unauthorised use, immobilisers and a vehicle alarm system to enable them to be registered. <br> <br>Department for Transport officials regularly liaise with representatives of the motor insurance industry on a variety of issues such as the cost of insurance. However individual insurers are responsible for setting the terms and conditions of the policies that they offer. The Government does not intervene or seek to control the market.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/03/2024 08:39:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1694186

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the safety of (a) smart and (b) other motorways; and what evidence was used to make that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	17334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government have cancelled plans for new smart motorways, recognising the lack of confidence felt by drivers and cost pressures. This will allow us to track public confidence and consider safety and economic data over a longer period. The most recent comparative assessment is contained in National Highways Smart motorways stocktake Third year progress report, published in December 2023 (www.nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/smart-motorways-evidence-stocktake/). In terms of deaths or serious injuries, the latest safety data continues to show that overall, all smart motorway types are safer than conventional motorways.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 17:53:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1692700

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2024 to Question 12888 on Workplace Pensions, for what reason the findings of that work will not be published.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	16294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>I would refer the Hon. Gentleman to the previous response. It is not convention to disclose policy discussions between Ministers and officials as a matter of course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/03/2024 11:18:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1692744

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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	Pension Protection Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q338 of the evidence given to the Work and Pensions Committee by the Minister for Pensions on 10 January 2024, HC144, how he plans to use the £12 billion surplus in the Pension Protection Fund.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	16302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>No decisions have been made with regard to the reserves held by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). Operational decisions about the PPF are a matter for the Board of the PPF, who have a key role to play in considering the use of its reserves.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/03/2024 11:16:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1692165

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
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	Brain: Tumours
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 she has made of the adequacy of the level of NHS funding for brain tumour research compared to research into other cancers; and if she will provide the quantum of NHS research funding into brain tumours for each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	15848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department invests over £1 billion per year into health research, through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), whose research spending for all cancers was £121.8 million in 2022/23. Funding for the delivery of brain cancer studies in the National Health Service cannot be disaggregated from other studies, but to indicate scale, in 2022/23 the NIHR Clinical Research Network supported 61 brain cancer studies and recruited 4,317 participants to these studies.</p><p>Over the past five financial years, the NIHR has spent over £11.3 million in funding for brain cancer research. The following table shows the amount of funding awarded for brain cancer research, from 2018/19 to 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Funding amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£2.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£2.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£5.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£750,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£11.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: the amount of funding awarded will differ to actual spend in a given year, as total spending will include that of multi-year awards made in previous years.</p><p>The NIHR funds research in response to proposals received from scientists, rather than allocating funding to specific disease areas. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality.</p><p>To increase the quality, diversity, and number of brain cancer research proposals, the NIHR is working with the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission and the research community, to develop research capacity in the brain cancer community.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/04/2024 15:17:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 20891 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1688164

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on the amount spent by local authorities on taxis used to transport children with an education, health and care plan to and from school.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	13537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The government does not collect the specific information requested. The legal responsibility for providing free home-to-school travel for eligible pupils sits with local authorities, who will hold any data available on the amount spent on taxis for children with an Education, Health and Care plan.</p><p>However, the government does publish local authority expenditure data based on Section 251 outturn returns, which includes total expenditure on home-to-school travel for children of compulsory school age where the travel is agreed for reasons of the child’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Local authorities spent a total of £1.25 billion in the 2022/23 financial year on this type of home-to-school travel. The data is available via the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/02/2024 13:22:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker