Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to help improve breast screening uptake.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has developed an internal national plan in collaboration with key stakeholders, to improve uptake within the breast screening programme from 2023 and beyond. This plan will encompass a series of evaluative projects, which are expected to report by April 2024. It is available on the NHS Futures Platform. This is a collaboration platform that empowers everyone working in health and social care to safely connect, share, and learn across boundaries.

The Government has invested £10 million of funding for the breast screening programme, which provided 28 new breast screening units and nearly 60 upgrades, to be targeted at areas with the greatest challenges of uptake and coverage. This will provide extra capacity for services to recover from the impact of the pandemic, boost uptake of screening in areas where attendance is low, tackle health disparities, and contribute towards higher early diagnosis rates in line with the NHS Long Term Plan.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase access to shared ownership properties for potential buyers who have inherited a property or part of a property that they cannot or are unable to sell, but which is not suitable for them to live in.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The provision of affordable housing is part of the Government’s plan to build more homes and provide aspiring homeowners with a step onto the property ladder. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country, including new shared ownership homes.

If a beneficiary inherits a shared ownership home that it is not suitable for them to live in, we advise that they discuss their sale options with the home’s landlord, including how best to market the home and if the landlord can help to identify eligible buyers.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce crime in Hampshire.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

This Government is committed to cutting crime, keeping our streets safe, and restoring confidence in the criminal justice system. Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are responsible for policing in their area and are focused on the local priorities for policing, to help cut crime.

The Government is funding a range of initiatives in Hampshire to reduce crime. This includes the Safer Streets Fund, the Government’s flagship crime prevention programme, where Hampshire has received over £4 million of investment. Hampshire has received almost £1.5 million for 2024/2025 to increase uniformed police hotspot response, and since 2019 the Home Office has invested over £5.1m to develop and run the Hampshire Violence Reduction Unit.

These initiatives are in addition to the investment we have made available to increase officer numbers. Hampshire and Isle of Wight recruited 582 additional uplift officers against a total three-year allocation of 518 officers. As at 30 September 2023, there were 3,422 police officers in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, a total growth of 631 additional officers against the baseline (2,791) at the start of the Police Uplift Programme.

Hampshire Police’s funding will be up to 464.2 million in 2024/25, an increase of up to 29.2 million when compared to 2023/24.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the use of Gillick competence for vaccinations in schools.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The Gillick competence is a guideline used to determine whether children can provide informed consent based on their level of intelligence, knowledge, and competence. In schools, where requests for parental consent haven’t been responded to, vaccinators may ask for the child’s parents’ contact details to seek oral consent over the phone. For young people, and children in secondary school settings who may be offered the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine alongside other school aged vaccinations, after every attempt to gain parental consent has been exhausted, the School Aged Immunisation Service team may make a clinical decision to give the vaccination using the Gillick competence framework. This allows a child to consent to their own treatment where appropriate, and when they are competent to do so.

The Green Book Chapter two, Information for public health professionals on immunisation, provides guidance on seeking consent for vaccination, including the use of the Gillick competence. Obtaining consent to treatment and assessing the adequacy of the use of the Gillick competence in schools is the responsibility of each service provider.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of levels of parental (a) choice and (b) responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

No assessment has been made of the adequacy of levels of parental choice and responsibility to decide the medical care their child receives. Those with parental responsibilities are entitled to give consent for medical treatment on behalf of their children. However, they are not entitled to inappropriate treatment for their children, or to refuse treatment which is in the child’s best interests.

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Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

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Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Morris [R] Andrew Lewer Kelly Tolhurst Kevin Foster Craig Whittaker Sir Iain Duncan Smith Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Morris [R] Andrew Lewer Kelly Tolhurst Kevin Foster Craig Whittaker Sir Iain Duncan Smith Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil

Found: Morris [R] Andrew Lewer Kelly Tolhurst Kevin Foster Craig Whittaker Sir Iain Duncan Smith Mr Ranil

Found: Vara Tracey Crouch Mr David Jones Tim Farron Jane Stevenson Ms Marie Rimmer Damien Moore Mr Ranil