Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Public Health Grant settlement for the London Borough of Bexley compared with other London boroughs.
Answered by Jo Churchill
As for all local authorities, the London Borough of Bexley’s allocation is primarily based on historical National Health Service spend prior to 2013. Since 2019/20, adjustments have been made to the grant to take account of estimated cost pressures arising from an NHS Agenda for Change pay deal and the launch of routine pre-exposure prophylaxis commissioning. Differing levels of need and funding between local authorities has been taken into account when determining allocations. All local authorities received a cash increase in both 2020/21 and 2021/2022.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the London Borough of Bexley through the Public Heath Grant settlement in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The information requested is shown in the following table:
2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
£9,951,000 | £9,695,000 | £9,439,000 | £9,861,460 | £9,990,146 |
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been provided to London boroughs on average through the Public Health Grant settlement in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The information requested is shown in the following table.
2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
£20,156,818 | £19,638,515 | £19,119,939 | £19,927,704 | £20,408,896 |
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of the covid-19 vaccination programme for the housebound.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
No specific assessment has been made. However, for these individual patients, general practitioners will determine the best approach to vaccination alongside the community teams, based on their knowledge of the patient and circumstances. Some of these patients may be able to attend Primary Care Network (PCN) designated sites with assistance and discussion should be held with the family and/or carer to facilitate this process. PCNs have established mobile vaccination teams, which will also focus on people who are housebound.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people experiencing long covid symptoms in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
We do not currently have the data requested at Greater London or constituency level. The Office for National Statistics that as of 27 December 2020, 301,000 people in England were living with COVID-19 symptoms that had persisted for between five and 12 weeks.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been advised to self-isolate in (a) Bexley Borough and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each of the last three months.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
NHS Test and Trace does not hold data in the format requested.
Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adapting and using the eCDOP system, which records child deaths in real-time, to record deaths from the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Department currently has no plans to use the eCDOP system to record deaths related to COVID-19.