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1733243

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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	Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
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 his Department is taking with (a) the NHS and (b) stakeholders to help increase awareness of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England runs the Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms, address barriers to acting on them, and to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of symptoms, including symptoms of ovarian cancer, as well as encouraging body awareness to help people spot symptoms across a wide range of cancers at an earlier point. Previous phases of the campaign have focused on abdominal symptoms which, among other abdominal cancers, can be indicative of ovarian cancer.</p><p>NHS England and other National Health Service organisations, nationally and locally, also publish information on the signs and symptoms of many different types of cancer, including ovarian cancer. This information can be found at the NHS website.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/10/2024 16:35:05 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733244

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	Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
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 people have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms pathway.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of people diagnosed with ovarian cancer through non-specific symptom cancer pathways in the last five years. Data on cancer incidence is published by NHS England and the National Disease Registration Service, with further information available, respectively, at the following two links:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cancerdata.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cancerdata.nhs.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 15/10/2024 17:00:48 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 10180 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733245

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>Improving railway performance and driving forward rail reform is the Department’s top priority. The Secretary of State and Rail Minister are meeting with Train Operating Companies and Network Rail to hold them to account in a joined-up manner across track and train. Great British Railways (GBR) will put passengers back at the heart of our railways and the Secretary of State established Shadow GBR to kickstart those improvements prioritising performance ahead of the formal establishment of GBR.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 15/10/2024 16:37:00 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733385

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of food insecurity in (a) England and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the proportion of people living in food insecure households at regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/households-below-average-income-hbai--2" target="_blank">Households below average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Birkenhead answering member printed Alison McGovern question first answered 15/10/2024 12:35:00 answering member 4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1733406

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	Cervical 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, what recent steps he has taken to increase the uptake of cervical screening appointments.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>A range of national improvements and innovations have been implemented to help increase uptake in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. In some areas cervical screening appointments can now be made in any primary care setting rather than just at an individual’s own general practice, with appointments being made available during evenings and on weekends and via integrated sexual health clinics. In addition, laboratories that analyse samples can now operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to accommodate surges in capacity.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/10/2024 12:26:34 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1732894

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	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Radiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trained radiologists within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as of October 2024.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These report staff working for hospital trusts and other core organisations. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system for the National Health Service, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics</a></p><p>The latest available published data, which is for June 2024, shows there are 40 full time equivalent (FTE) consultants, two FTE specialty doctors and further 11 FTE speciality registrars working in the radiology speciality group at the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 14/10/2024 13:30:42 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1732899

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	Community Diagnostic Centres: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Community Diagnostic Centres are operated by private healthcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The independent sector is involved in the delivery of community diagnostic centres (CDCs), in line with the role they play in supporting the NHS as trusted partners to recover elective services. There are 170 approved CDCs, 13 of which are fully owned and operated by private healthcare providers. A further 25 of the 170 are jointly operated by the private healthcare providers and the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 14/10/2024 13:23:43 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1732900

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	Fire and Rescue Services: Berkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current availability of fire appliances in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	8219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to determine how to allocate funding based on its analysis of risk and local circumstances, including the availability of fire appliances. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 14/10/2024 17:13:18 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1732248

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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	Cervical 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, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce disparities in access to cervical screening, (b) increase cervical screening rates and (c) improve cervical cancer outcomes within high-risk populations.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>A range of national improvements and innovations are being implemented to help address disparities, and increase uptake in cervical screening. In some areas appointments can now be made in any primary care setting rather than just your general practice, are available during evenings and on weekends, and can be made via integrated sexual health clinics. In addition, laboratories that analyse samples can now operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to accommodate surges in capacity.</p><p>We are currently working to see if an offer of self-sampling for cervical cancer screening would improve the uptake of people screened. As this method may reduce barriers that prevent people from engaging with the screening offer, including availability of appointments, physical disability, and past trauma.</p><p>The YouScreen study which has recently been published, provides evidence on offering a self-sampling test to non-attenders in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) plans to review this study once evidence has been collated.</p><p>In addition, an in-service evaluation is being commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research to determine whether self-sampling could be offered as an option to everyone eligible for cervical screening. The findings from this evaluation will be used to inform any recommendations made by the UK NSC.</p><p>Through cervical screening and through our human papillomavirus vaccination programme we aim to reduce cervical cancer numbers in line with the World Health Organization’s commitment for the elimination of cervical cancer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 14/10/2024 15:35:08 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1732293

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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 Credit: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending targeted letters directly to people who are potentially eligible to claim Pension Credit.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>In November we will be writing to approximately 120,000 pensioners who are in receipt of Housing Benefit and who may also be eligible for, but not currently claiming, Pension Credit. We will be inviting these pensioners to claim Pension Credit by the 21 December, which is the latest date for making a successful backdated Pension Credit claim and still qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 16/10/2024 11:02:56 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi