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1663070

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Dementia: Research
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 to ensure that people with dementia are routinely offered the option of taking part in research.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	200924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to supporting research into dementia. Join Dementia Research (JDR), delivered by the Department via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer Scotland and Alzheimer’s Research UK, is our main tool for enabling people to register their interest in dementia research and be matched to trials. The goal is to improve participation and diversity in dementia research by making it possible for anyone who wants to be involved in dementia research to get the chance to do so.</p><p>To increase uptake and awareness of research opportunities, the NIHR is undertaking several actions, including, direct text messaging from general practitioners to patients at selected sites across England, establishing links with NHS Memory Services and other care networks to integrate discussion of JDR into their processes, working with the NHS Admiral Nurses to develop training materials to support healthcare professionals when discussing research with patients and working to establish a national network of local JDR champions who will build on relationships with local organisations, charities and local groups representing under-represented communities to engage people with JDR.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/10/2023 09:33:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1663377

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains the Government's policy to reduce the prevalence of adult smoking to 5% or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	201231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Smoking rates in England have been consistently falling and are currently at the lowest rate on record at 12.7%, based on 2022 data.</p><p>The Government remains firmly committed to the ambition of England being Smokefree by 2030, namely a smoking prevalence of 5% or less, and recognises that progress must be accelerated to meet this bold ambition. On 4 October 2023, the Prime Minister unveiled plans to introduce a new law to stop children who turn 14 this year or younger from ever legally being sold cigarettes, in a bid to create the first ‘smokefree generation’. This announcement was accompanied with additional funding including £70 million extra per year to fund local stop smoking services and £5 million this year and then £15 million per year thereafter to fund national stop smoking marketing campaigns.</p><p>This is in addition to a range of other measures which we announced in April 2023. The measures included a new national swap to stop scheme to provide vapes to one million smokers to help them to quit, and an evidence-based financial incentives scheme to help all pregnant smokers to quit.</p><p>We are confident that these new measures, in addition to the actions we are already taking, will set us on course to achieve our Smokefree 2030 ambition. We will continue to monitor progress.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 200885 200948 200965 201316 question first answered 18/10/2023 14:14:32 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1663378

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 April 2023, HCWS710, on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping, whether his Department has conducted modelling on the potential impact of the measures outlined in that statement on progress towards the target of reducing smoking rates to 5% or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	201232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Annex 1 of ‘Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation’ sets out the modelling used to forecast changes in smoking prevalence over time based on legislating for a smokefree generation. This modelling is preliminary and will continue to be further refined ahead of publication of a full impact assessment.</p><p>Annex 1 is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stopping-the-start-our-new-plan-to-create-a-smokefree-generation/annex-1-modelling-assumptions</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 200880 200886 200929 200949 200966 201315 question first answered 18/10/2023 14:11:12 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1663383

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the second interim report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 5 April 2023, what steps he is taking to respond to recommendation (k).
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	201237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to make progress with the work necessary to enable a response to the full report, when it is published. In July 2022, I provided evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry setting out the current Government thinking and I will update the House as soon as I am able to provide further information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/10/2023 13:27:09 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1664348

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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 Services: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) consulting on the new name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services, b) rebranding these services (i) digitally and (ii) physically on (A) signs and (B) official documents and (c) informing patients of this name change.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	202201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The new name of NHS Talking Therapies, for services previously known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, was chosen following an extensive consultation process involving clinical leads, staff members, patients and the public. NHS Talking Therapies was chosen as the most accessible and easy to remember name for the public, which was the main objective of the rebranding exercise.</p><p>NHS England has advised that it spent £20,000 on the consultation and implementation of the rebrand, which was funded from within existing budgets. NHS England also provided national support to minimise any additional costs at a local level, including a suite of editable branding resources and a 12-month timeframe for implementation.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/10/2023 08:54:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1656787

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which constituencies the provision of temporary accommodation in hotels for asylum seekers is being reduced; and in which constituencies capacity in already used hotels is being increased.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	197168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data sets are published on a quarterly basis, the latest quarterly figures were released on 24 August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 13:07:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1648225

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that when people aged over 70s renew their driving licences the new licences are dated from the expiry of the previous document.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	191427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) sends a renewal application form to all drivers who are aged 70 or over 90 days before the licence expires. This allows drivers adequate time to submit their renewal application to ensure continuous entitlement to drive. This means that when a new licence is issued before the expiry of the previous one, it will be valid from the date the new licence is issued.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 03/07/2023 11:48:48 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1647940

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce waiting times for drivers to take practical tests and (b) license new driving test centres.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	191211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>People can book driving tests up to 6 months before they take their test.</p><p> </p><p>As of 26 June 2023, there were 546,545 car practical driving tests booked, and 54,480 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has created over one million extra car test appointments by recruiting new examiners, conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests and asking recently retired driving examiners to return. On average, this has created approximately 39,000 extra car test appointments each month.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA does not licence driving test centres.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 29/06/2023 09:44:53 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1647527

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
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	Integrated Care Systems
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 to help to ensure areas of higher deprivation receive the necessary support to continue current services within the Integrated care systems.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	190964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting individuals to live healthier lives and established integrated care systems (ICSs) to improve outcomes in population health including by tackling health inequalities. ICSs bring together a wide range of partners to help plan and deliver well-joined up care and to ensure that population health needs are met.</p><p> </p><p>Within ICSs, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for planning healthcare services and have a duty to reduce inequalities between persons with respect to their ability to access health services and to reduce inequalities between patients with respect to the outcomes achieved for them by the provision of health services. Furthermore, when planning healthcare services, ICBs must also have due regard to the Integrated Care Strategy. The Integrated Care Strategy is prepared by the Integrated Care Partnership and should include measures to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and experiences across the whole population, including addressing the wider determinants of health and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/07/2023 16:28:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1647528

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
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	Integrated Care Systems
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 to ensure that health inequalities are not exacerbated (a) during and (b) after transition to new Integrated care systems.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	190965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Care Act 2022 established integrated care boards (ICBs) and sets out a specific duty for ICBs in Section 14Z35 to reduce inequalities. It states that each ICB must, in the exercise of its functions, have regard to the need to reduce inequalities between persons with respect to their ability to access health services, and reduce inequalities between patients with respect to the outcomes achieved for them by the provision of health services.</p><p>ICBs and its partner trusts are also expected to seek the views of underserved groups during formulation of their Joint Forward Plans.</p><p>NHS England has a legal duty to annually assess the performance of each ICB and publish a summary of its findings. In undertaking this assessment, NHS England will consider how successfully each ICB has discharged its duties set out by the Act including the duty as to reducing inequalities. The annual assessment for 2022/23 is expected to be completed by end of July 2023 and will be shared with ICB chairs. NHS England will also publish the outcome of all annual assessments within its own annual report.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/07/2023 16:37:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi