Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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Vaccination: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of elderly people have received their (a) influenza, (b) RSV and (c) covid-19 vaccination in the last six months.
Answer: As of 17 November 2024, 68.7% of those aged 65 years old and over had been vaccinated for influenza, whist 54.2% had been vaccinated for COVID-19.The respiratory syncytial virus adult vaccination programme in England began on 1 September 2024, however onl...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDown's SyndromeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) foetuses, (b) infants and (c) children have been diagnosed with trisomy 21 in each of the last five years.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service in NHS England collects and quality assures data about people with congenital anomalies and rare diseases across the whole of England. The service does not hold data in the relevant form for children.The following...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response time was for each category in each of the last 24 months.
Answer: The following table shows the national mean average ambulance service response times in England, in minutes and broken down by category, in each of the last 24 months:YearMonthCategory 1 meanCategory 2 meanCategory 3 meanCategory 4 mean2022November0:09:26...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: ManagersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is to bring forward legislation to regulate NHS managers.
Answer: This Government recognises the importance of ensuring that the NHS has strong and effective leadership in place, and we are committed to introducing professional standards for, and regulation of NHS managers. On 26 November 2024 we published a consultatio...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure there is an adequate supply of (a) donated blood and (b) blood products.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for the collection, manufacture, and supply of blood and blood products to National Health Service hospitals.The Department provided seed funding in 2023 to support NHSBT to increase its collection capacity....
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of medical research in the NHS.
Answer: The Department is improving the quality and quantity of clinical research in the National Health Service, and health and care research more widely, through investing in the National Institute for Health and Care Research. The recent Budget provides record...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccination: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the uptake of routine childhood immunisations.
Answer: In England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) works closely with NHS England, the Department, and wider health system partners at the national, regional, and local levels to improve uptake of the routine childhood immunisations and catch-up children w...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS preparedness for a pandemic.
Answer: Ensuring the United Kingdom is prepared for a future pandemic is a top priority for the Government, and the Department continuously reviews and updates our pandemic preparedness to reflect the latest scientific information, lessons learned from exercises,...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLong CovidDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) people and (b) children are living with long covid.
Answer: The most recent data from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, a joint study carried out by the Office for National Statistics and the UK Health Security Agency, shows that, for the period between 6 February 2024 and 7 March 2024, an estimat...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 11938 on NHS: Employers' Contributions, whether he has made a estimate of the cost of changes to national insurance contributions announced in
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget. This has enabled a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The Government is also providing at least ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 4 and 11 November to Questions 11939 and 12740 on Ministry of Defence: Employers' Contributions, what estimate he has made of the indirect costs to his Department following the proposed
Answer: As individual suppliers and contractors will manage the increase differently, it is not possible for the Department to estimate the indirect costs relating to the change in Employer National Insurance Contributions.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults have received the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency measures the coverage of vaccines against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The RSV adult vaccination programme in England began on 1 September 2024. Only data for the catch-up cohort, those adults aged 75 to 79 years ol...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the increase in the rate of employer National
Answer: The Autumn Budget Statement announced by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 30 October set out that we would continue to deliver the New Hospital Programme by placing it on a more sustainable and deliverable footing.We expect that the p...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Government DepartmentsTreasuryTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12948More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding she has budgeted (a) overall and (b) for each Department to reimburse them for the increased costs they incur from the rise in employers national insurance contributions.
Answer: The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs only. This funding will be allocated to departments, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way.Th...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 11939 on Ministry of Defence: Employers' Contributions, whether the £216 million figure given is the (a) direct cost of his Department’s Ministry of Defence:
Answer: The £216 million Employers' National Insurance cost provided in the previous answer is the estimated direct cost to the Department.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the increase in (a) direct and (b) indirect costs to his Department of the 1.2% rise in employer national insurance contributions announced in the budget.
Answer: The changes to employer national insurance contributions from April are expected to increase Departmental costs c.£216million in financial year 2025-26. The Chancellor has agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support with the cost of employer...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the increased cost to the NHS (a) directly and (b) indirectly of the i
Answer: We have taken tough decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, this enabled the SR settlement of £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care from 2023-24 outturn to 2025-26.The Em...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS that would be incurred by an (a) 1% and (b) 2% rise in the rate of employers national insurance contributions.
Answer: We do not comment on speculation around hypothetical situations. Any decisions that could be taken on National Health Service budgets for future years will be announced at fiscal events, including the Spending Review.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) children have (i) applied for and (ii) been found eligible to relocate and settle permanently in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 1 Stage 2: Sep
Answer: The UK has made an ambitious and generous commitment to help at-risk people in Afghanistan and, so far, we have brought around 32,600 people to safety, including thousands of people eligible for our Afghan schemes. We continue to honour our commitments to...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on access to the RSV vaccination for people over 80.
Answer: There is currently no advice on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination for those aged over 80 years old to discuss with stakeholders. The Department accepted the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI is not ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOlder People: IncomeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who have an annual income that is (i) lower and (ii) higher than (a) £23,795.20, (b) £12,570, (c) £50,271, (d) £125,140, (e) £60,000, (f) £70,000
Answer: These estimates are provided at a pensioner unit level. The estimated number of pensioner units with the gross annual incomes specified are stated in the following text. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 100,000 and then displayed in millions. Indi...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoadsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department is using to assess the (a) value and (b) prioritisation of road projects in its capital spend review.
Answer: As the Chancellor set out in her statement on 23 September, the Government has inherited extremely challenging fiscal conditions and a litany of unfunded commitments. The Transport Secretary is undertaking a review of the previous governments transport pl...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared official documents classified as official sensitive or higher with any individuals, not including Alan Milburn, who do not have an official role within his Department.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out in the House, papers were shared with my rt. Hon. friend, Alan Milburn, on Privy Council terms. Nothing commercially sensitive was shared during these interactions. We have ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make official documents shared with Alan Milburn available to (a) Privy Councillors on all sides of the House on Privy Council terms or (b) hon. Members.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out in the House, papers were shared with my rt. Hon. friend, Alan Milburn, on Privy Council terms. Nothing commercially sensitive was shared during these interactions. We have ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared (a) official sensitive documents and (b) documents of a higher sensitivity classification with Alan Milburn.
Answer: As my rt. Hon. friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out in the House, papers were shared with my rt. Hon. friend, Alan Milburn, on Privy Council terms. Nothing commercially sensitive was shared during these interactions. We have ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
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