Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a numerical target for the commitment in the Female Offenders Strategy on reducing the number of women entering prison.
Answered by Rob Butler
We remain committed to the aims in the Female Offender Strategy (2018) of seeing fewer women offending and reoffending; fewer women in custody, especially on short sentences, with more managed effectively in the community; and better conditions for women in custody that support effective rehabilitation.
As we have an independent judiciary, setting a numerical target as proposed is not appropriate and may have unintended consequences. We are working to ensure that interventions and pilot projects are, where possible, evaluated so that we can understand their impact on the numbers and make-up of the population.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding his Department provided for the provision of home dialysis to NHS trusts in England was passed on to patients in the last 12 months.
Answered by Will Quince
This information requested on funding in 2022 is not currently held centrally. However, in 2021/22, NHS England provided approximately £117 million to renal providers in England for the provision of home dialysis therapy. This is inclusive of haemodialysis and all modalities of peritoneal dialysis. The following table shows funding provided by NHS England to each specialist renal provider in England in 2021/22.
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £996,247
Barts Health NHS Trust £9,873,038
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £841,162
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,297,309
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust £510,650
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £933,545
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust £1,832,292
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust £2,210,524
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust £919,822
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,800,712
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £135,252
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust £3,191,945
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,344,022
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust £6,704,239
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £5,583,181
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,356,531
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,806,242
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,772,510
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust £4,634,713
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust £2,668,753
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust £1,430,263
North Bristol NHS Trust £2,128,904
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust £731,871
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,111,524
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,169,549
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust £4,819,664
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust £1,483,022
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust £2,091,381
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust £5,252,797
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust £2,718,068
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £3,413,902
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust £2,027,726
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £857,527
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust £1,294,611
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,699,134
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust £976,574
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,843,691
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust £2,340,870
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust £5,578,386
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust £2,410,502
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation
Trust £3,127,492
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust £4,318,784
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust £3,006,318
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust £836,807
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust £2,199,773
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £1,056,816
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £267,484
Total £116,606,127
The information requested on funding passed to patients is not held centrally as renal providers have local arrangements in place with patients to facilitate reimbursement.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for the provision of home dialysis to each NHS trust in England in the last 12 months.
Answered by Will Quince
This information requested on funding in 2022 is not currently held centrally. However, in 2021/22, NHS England provided approximately £117 million to renal providers in England for the provision of home dialysis therapy. This is inclusive of haemodialysis and all modalities of peritoneal dialysis. The following table shows funding provided by NHS England to each specialist renal provider in England in 2021/22.
Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £996,247
Barts Health NHS Trust £9,873,038
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £841,162
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,297,309
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust £510,650
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £933,545
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust £1,832,292
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust £2,210,524
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust £919,822
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,800,712
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £135,252
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust £3,191,945
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,344,022
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust £6,704,239
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £5,583,181
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,356,531
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £1,806,242
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,772,510
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust £4,634,713
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust £2,668,753
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust £1,430,263
North Bristol NHS Trust £2,128,904
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust £731,871
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust £3,111,524
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,169,549
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust £4,819,664
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust £1,483,022
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust £2,091,381
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust £5,252,797
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust £2,718,068
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £3,413,902
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust £2,027,726
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £857,527
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust £1,294,611
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,699,134
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust £976,574
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £1,843,691
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust £2,340,870
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust £5,578,386
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust £2,410,502
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation
Trust £3,127,492
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust £4,318,784
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust £3,006,318
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust £836,807
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust £2,199,773
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £1,056,816
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust £267,484
Total £116,606,127
The information requested on funding passed to patients is not held centrally as renal providers have local arrangements in place with patients to facilitate reimbursement.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness amongst clinicians that brain fog can be a symptom of both dementia and menopause.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
A Women’s Health Ambassador for England has been appointed to raise the profile for women’s heath, including the menopause and long term conditions, such as dementia. The Ambassador will support implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy, in which the menopause is a priority area.
NHS England is supporting clinicians to deliver improved menopause care through a clinical pathway being developed by a menopause clinical reference group, which will include the symptoms of concentration-loss or ‘brain fog’.
The NHS Health Check for adults in England aged 45 to 74 years old is designed to identify early signs of stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, type 2 diabetes or dementia. Since 2018, dementia risk reduction has been incorporated within the NHS Health Check to increase awareness and motivate people to reduce their risks. In addition, those aged 65 years old and over are made aware of the signs and symptoms of dementia and guided to memory clinics.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the report by the Low Pay Commission entitled, The National Living Wage Review (2015-2020), published on 18 May 2022.
Answered by Jane Hunt
We welcome the publication of the Low Pay Commission’s review. We would like to thank them for their continued excellent work and look forward to receiving their recommendations in the Autumn for minimum wage rates to apply from April 2023.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of women referred to Memory Services when experiencing cognitive symptoms of menopause.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
No specific assessment has been made as data on the number of menopausal women referred to memory services is not held centrally.
However, NHS England has undertaken preliminary work to deliver improved menopause care. An optimal clinical pathway is currently being developed by a menopause clinical reference group, which will include memory-loss and concentration-loss as symptoms women may present with.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide additional support for research into potential links between dementia and the menopause.
Answered by James Morris
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including into dementia and the menopause. The NIHR’s School for Primary Care Research has funded an observational study investigating the risks of developing dementia associated with menopausal hormone therapies.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women received Hormone Replacement Therapy prescriptions for (a) utrogestan, (b) body-identical oestrogen patches and gels, (c) non-body-identical oestrogen, (d) non-body identical progestogens and (d) the testosterone products (i) testogel, (ii) testim and (iii) tostran in each of the last ten years by Parliamentary constituency or the lowest available administrative level if that data is not available.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information is not held in the format requested.
The attached table shows items dispensed in the community at clinical commissioning group level in England from 2015/16 to 2021/22.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) the Gambling Commission and (b) her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of technology such as open banking to remove the need for customers to hand over financial information for affordability checks to multiple online gambling operators.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government and Gambling Commission are exploring how technology and data can be harnessed in a number of areas to better prevent harmful gambling online. We recognise the role that data sharing could play in supporting interventions across multiple operators, as well as the benefits of considering a player’s financial circumstances as part of a rounded assessment of whether they are at risk of harm. The government’s white paper on the Gambling Act Review will be published in the coming weeks.
It is important that any data-driven protections are proportionate, handle data securely, and are implemented in a way that is acceptable to consumers. Officials from the Department and the Commission have therefore met a range of technology providers to understand potential delivery options, including those which may cause less friction in the customer journey such as checks facilitated by open banking.
The Single Customer View project is currently in a pilot stage with GAMSTOP, which operates the national online self-exclusion scheme, as technical provider. This is taking place within the Information Commissioner’s Office regulatory sandbox, and progress will be closely monitored by Government and regulators. There will be ongoing evaluations once data sharing has started. The Gambling Commission’s most recent update surrounding progress and next steps can be found here, and the Information Commissioner’s update on the sandbox can be found here.
Asked by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Swansea East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to introduce online gambling affordability assessments as part of the gambling white paper, to be conducted independently of the industry.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government and Gambling Commission are exploring how technology and data can be harnessed in a number of areas to better prevent harmful gambling online. We recognise the role that data sharing could play in supporting interventions across multiple operators, as well as the benefits of considering a player’s financial circumstances as part of a rounded assessment of whether they are at risk of harm. The government’s white paper on the Gambling Act Review will be published in the coming weeks.
It is important that any data-driven protections are proportionate, handle data securely, and are implemented in a way that is acceptable to consumers. Officials from the Department and the Commission have therefore met a range of technology providers to understand potential delivery options, including those which may cause less friction in the customer journey such as checks facilitated by open banking.
The Single Customer View project is currently in a pilot stage with GAMSTOP, which operates the national online self-exclusion scheme, as technical provider. This is taking place within the Information Commissioner’s Office regulatory sandbox, and progress will be closely monitored by Government and regulators. There will be ongoing evaluations once data sharing has started. The Gambling Commission’s most recent update surrounding progress and next steps can be found here, and the Information Commissioner’s update on the sandbox can be found here.