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1316894

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
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	Food Poverty
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 Cabinet colleagues on steps taken in response to the Trussell Trust's State of Hunger report, published on 12 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	4722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>This Government has long-championed the principle that the best and most sustainable way to tackle poverty is by supporting people to move into and to progress in work wherever possible. Before the pandemic, this approach had seen record levels of employment, the strongest growth in household incomes for almost 20 years, and 1.3 million fewer people, including 300,000 children, in absolute poverty, after housing costs compared with 2010.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Throughout the pandemic, Government departments have worked together to deliver support to help people cope with its the financial effects including, for example, on the Covid Winter Support Package. Part of this package included the Covid Winter Grant and Covid Local Support Grant, together totalling £269m administered by local authorities to help the most vulnerable stay warm and well fed, with the principal focus on children.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Holiday Activities and Food Fund, which provides healthy meals, enriching activities and nutritional education, as well as signposting families to wider local support, has received £220m of funding for the major school holidays in 2021.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>As we recover from the pandemic, Departments will continue to work together to deliver a number of key cross-cutting outcomes linked to the 2020 Spending Review. These outcomes include addressing poverty through enabling progression into work and increasing financial resilience. DWP is leading this work in collaboration with other Departments including, in particular, HMT, DfE, MHCLG and Defra.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/05/2021 14:05:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 2690 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1507092

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Bladder Cancer
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 her Department is taking to improve the (a) treatment, (b) diagnosis and (c) survival rates for people with bladder cancer.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	52015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2022 answer text <p>NHS England (NHSE) has funded the following treatments for bladder cancer from the date of draft positive National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance in the last 12 months:</p><p>- September 2021 - Atezolizumab for untreated PD-L1-positive advanced urothelial cancer when cisplatin is unsuitable</p><p>- April 2022 - Avelumab for maintenance treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy</p><p>- July 2022 - nivolumab for adjuvant treatment of invasive urothelial cancer at high risk of recurrence.</p><p>The NHSE Cancer Programme’s key approach to improving survival rates for cancer, including bladder cancer, is earlier diagnosis. One of the principal priorities, as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, is to increase the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages one and two to 75% by 2028. The latest NHS ‘Help Us Help You’ campaign focuses on the barriers to earlier presentation across all cancer types, and aims to address some of the underlying challenges to earlier diagnosis. This phase of the campaign has so far run during March and June 2022 and in both months saw 1,600% increases in the numbers of visits to the NHS website’s cancer symptoms page. NHSE’s plans include repeating the abdominal and urological symptoms campaign, which addresses symptoms relevant to bladder cancer.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/10/2022 09:19:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 20317 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1540372

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Gynaecology: Waiting Lists
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 make an estimate of (a) the average waiting time, (b) the number of women waiting and (c) the number of women waiting over one year for a gynaecological appointment or procedure; what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for these appointments; and whether she has made an estimate of when waiting times will return to pre covid-19 levels.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	80918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>As of September 2022, the median average waiting time for gynaecology treatment was 15.7 weeks. The information requested on the number of women waiting for an appointment or procedure is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including gynaecological services. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity. This funding aims to deliver the equivalent of approximately nine million additional checks and procedures and 30% further elective activity by 2024/25 than pre-pandemic levels.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/11/2022 15:11:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 34142 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1520647

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Dental Services: Ilford North
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 her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Ilford North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	61212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>‘Our plan for patients’ outlines the steps we are taking to meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Ilford North constituency.</p><p> </p><p>No central assessment has been made of the adequacy of the National Health Service (NHS) dentist provision in Ilford North constituency. ‘Our plan for patients’ includes initial improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver NHS treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local integrated care system to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England are also delivering a programme to reform dental education which will help recruitment and retention of dental professionals, including NHS dentists and other dental care professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 61213 question first answered 27/10/2022 16:13:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 23312 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1520648

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Dental Services: Ilford North
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 she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Ilford North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	61213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>‘Our plan for patients’ outlines the steps we are taking to meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including in Ilford North constituency.</p><p> </p><p>No central assessment has been made of the adequacy of the National Health Service (NHS) dentist provision in Ilford North constituency. ‘Our plan for patients’ includes initial improvements to ensure dentists are renumerated fairly for more complex work, allowing greater flexibility to reallocate resources and to utilise dentists with greater capacity to deliver NHS treatment, whilst enabling full use of the dental team. The plan also includes streamlining processes for overseas dentists and holding the local integrated care system to account for dentistry provision. In addition, Health Education England are also delivering a programme to reform dental education which will help recruitment and retention of dental professionals, including NHS dentists and other dental care professionals.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 61212 question first answered 27/10/2022 16:13:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 23314 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1520649

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Breast Cancer: Ilford North
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 her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Ilford North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	61214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is working with NHS England to finalise the delivery of £10 million for breast screening units, including determining which areas will benefit from this investment.</p><p>National Health Service breast screening providers are also encouraged to work with Cancer Alliances, Primary Care Networks, NHS regional teams and the voluntary sector to promote the uptake of breast screening and ensure access to services.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/10/2022 13:17:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 23287 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1521300

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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: Ilford North
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 provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased workloads in GP surgeries in Ilford North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	61999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’, published in February 2022, stated the ambition to reduce patient backlogs for planned National Health Service treatments and the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25. We made £520 million available to expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. This was in addition to at least £1.5 billion announced in 2020 by 2024 which includes supporting increased workloads in general practitioner (GP) surgeries, including in Ilford North. In September 2022, ‘Our plan for patients’ announced measures to support GP practices increase access and manage workloads, such as the provision of 31,000 phone lines and funding to expand the staff roles working in general practice, including in Ilford North.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2022 13:33:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 23229 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1521301

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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: Ilford North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Ilford North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	62000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>On 22 September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which contains measures to assist people make an informed choice on their general practitioner (GP) practice, book an appointment more easily, benefit from more care options and increase the diversity of general practice teams. This aims to increase the availability of appointment types, such as face-to-face, in England, including in Ilford North.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s guidance states that GP practices must provide face to face appointments and remote consultations and should respect preferences for face-to-face care unless there are good clinical reasons to the contrary.  While remote consultations can provide additional choice, flexibility and convenience for patients, this is not suitable for all patients or in all circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/10/2022 13:56:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25025 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1521736

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Blood: Shortages
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 estimate she has made of the number of operations that will need to be cancelled due to the shortage of blood supplies in NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	62908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. NHS England is currently exploring options to identify the impact of blood supplies on the elective waiting list. NHS Blood and Transplant is deploying measures to increase capacity for blood collections, ensure stocks remain available for emergencies and urgent surgeries in the immediate term and increase future resilience to similar or new challenges, such as staff absences. These measures include fast-track training for new staff, use of agency staff to support frontline donation centres in the short term and plasma collection capacity has been converted to use for blood collections. NHS Blood and Transplant is encouraging existing donors to book an appointment to donate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/11/2022 15:19:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 25555 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1523142

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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: Ilford North
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 and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in the Ilford North constituency as of October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	64221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In October 2022, 16 or 100% of general practitioner practice locations in the Ilford North constituency are currently rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘good’ overall.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/10/2022 15:16:00 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 27458 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting