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1733737

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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	Hypertension: Drugs
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 make an assessment of the adequacy of guidance issued by his Department on the best time to take blood pressure medication.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service monitors evidence on all interventions and updates our public facing guidance accordingly. The routine review of blood pressure medication guidance on the NHS website is due in December 2024. However, the timing of medication is a clinical decision which is made by doctors, and depends on several patient factors.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 18/10/2024 12:17:07 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1733758

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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	Cancer: Health Services
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 he is taking to help reduce delays in treatment for cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Lord Darzi’s report has set out the scale of the challenges we face in fixing the National Health Service and the need to improve cancer waiting time performance and cancer survival. In particular, he highlighted the need to improve the number of patients starting their treatment within 62 days of referral and to increase the number of patients diagnosed at an earlier stage.</p><p>We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all NHS cancer waiting time targets within five years, so no patient waits longer than they should.</p><p>The NHS will maximise the pace of the roll-out of additional diagnostic capacity, delivering the final year of the three-year investment plan for establishing Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) and ensuring timely implementation of new CDC locations and upgrades to existing CDCs, with capacity prioritised for cancer diagnostics.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 18/10/2024 11:43:29 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1733228

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Government Departments: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to increase the use of digital technologies across Government; and what steps he plans to take to improve the training for such technologies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>We are fully committed to the goal of driving a modern digital government and harnessing data and technology to help deliver the government’s five missions.</p><p>To achieve this goal, this government is creating a new digital centre of government within DSIT, bringing together several expert teams. The new digital centre of government will champion digital and data across government, accelerating the use of digital technologies in order to deliver a modern digital government that gives citizens a better experience. This modern digital government will also build on existing programmes such as the Digital Excellence Programme and Tech Track to recruit, develop and retain digital talent across government.</p> answering member constituency Enfield North answering member printed Feryal Clark question first answered 18/10/2024 09:25:18 answering member 4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1733230

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase cross-government collaboration with the devolved Administrations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State made clear the importance of resetting her department’s relationship with devolved governments so that we are increasing collaboration on shared opportunities and challenges.</p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister has held productive meetings with First Ministers and Deputy First Ministers across the UK, and look forward to continuing positive engagement in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p>Ministers are also working actively with counterparts in the devolved governments, with recent meetings on housing and the Grenfell announcement.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 18/10/2024 10:03:29 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1733231

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Propranolol: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people being prescribed propranolol to treat anxiety.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. National Health Service prescriptions do not list the indication for which the medicine is prescribed. It is therefore not possible to determine from prescribing data held by the NHS Business Services Authority the number of people being prescribed propranolol to treat anxiety.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 17/10/2024 12:52:33 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1732807

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of prison workforce numbers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>We know that sufficient and skilled frontline staffing is fundamental to delivering safe, secure, and rehabilitative prison regimes. In England and Wales, we are currently above our target staffing levels for prison officers, although challenges remain in some sites with higher numbers of vacancies. Recruitment efforts will continue at all sites with a current or projected future need, and we have a number of targeted recruitment interventions that can be deployed where needed. Where establishments feel that their staffing levels will affect stability or regime, we look to provide short-term tactical support.</p><p>HMPPS has also commissioned a workforce delivery project to refresh the current staffing model for prisons, and to help improve our analysis of resource allocation across the system, so we are better able to prioritise our staff resources to improve delivery.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 17/10/2024 17:16:02 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1732808

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Football: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on tackling violence at football games.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing violence and disorder at football matches and tournaments in England, Wales and overseas. Policing is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Government funds the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU), a unit designed to reduce violence, antisocial behaviour and disorder at football events involving UK football teams. The UKFPU undertakes various statutory and operational national policing functions, including maintaining oversight of the football banning order regime, working with overseas policing counterparts and coordinating policing deployment at international matches, and coordinating policing’s football disorder strategy.</p><p>The Home Office works closely with the UKFPU, the National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Football Policing and other police stakeholders to ensure the police are supported to tackle football-related violence and disorder.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 18/10/2024 11:04:15 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1732816

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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	Mental Health: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of the Mental Health Bill on Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has made clear his commitment to ongoing engagement and collaboration with the devolved governments. Officials are currently working to find a date for the next Health and Social Care Interministerial Group.</p><p>The Department has engaged with Northern Ireland Department of Health officials on the Mental Health Bill. Officials have established a regular Four Nations Meeting on mental health reform, in which the Mental Health Bill’s measures and potential implications for the devolved governments are discussed. We will continue to engage our counterparts in Northern Ireland closely throughout the bill’s passage.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 17/10/2024 15:07:30 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1732818

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the number of sales of electric vehicles in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The total number of EVs registered in the UK continues to increase, amidst a growing overall market. Just under 270,000 battery electric cars have been sold so far this year, according to industry statistics, 13% higher than the number sold this time last year. The battery electric vehicle share of the new car market in the year to date is 17.8%, and in the month of September 2024 this was 20.5% - a record high.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 18/10/2024 08:42:40 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1732819

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current level of tuition fees.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	8142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and this response outlines the information for England only.</p><p> </p><p>The government is determined that the higher education (HE) funding system should deliver for our economy, for universities and for students. The department will look carefully at all options and come forward with proposals. Funding plans for the HE sector will be set out at the relevant fiscal event in line with the approach to public spending commitments across government.</p><p> </p><p>The department recognises the immediate financial strain that some providers are under. As such, the department will continue to work closely with the Office for Students to monitor any risks and to ensure there are robust plans in place to mitigate them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/10/2024 13:10:17 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon