Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 45820 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in (i) April 2022 and (ii) each subsequent month for which data is available.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The Department of Health and Social Care is continuing working with the NHS Business Services Authority and the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain data on the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1509, and the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 18900, on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in April 2022 and each subsequent month for which data is available.
Answered by Caroline Johnson
The Department of Health and Social Care is continuing to work with the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain the relevant data as soon as possible.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1509 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in April 2022.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The information requested is not currently held centrally. However, the Department continues to work with the Department for Work and Pensions to obtain the relevant data as soon as possible.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) in April 2022.
Answered by Maggie Throup
No specific assessment has been made. The attached table shows data on the uptake of Healthy Start in each local authority area in the North East in each month in 2021/22. Data for April 2022 is not yet available.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 234 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the take-up rate of Healthy Start vouchers in each local authority area in the North East from 2016-17 to 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Maggie Throup
No specific assessment has been made. The attached table shows data on the uptake of Healthy Start in each local authority area in the North East in each month in 2021/22. Data for April 2022 is not yet available.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) membership and (b) minutes of the meetings of the Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
We are unable to provide the membership and minutes of the Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum as it relates to the formulation of Government policy.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum has made any recommendations to his Department.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum has not made any specific recommendations to the Department to date.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Research's Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care’s research into the disparities in pregnancy complications and near misses among women from different ethnic groups, what his timescale is for the publication of that research.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The research has been submitted to a journal for peer review. The publication timeline is determined by the journal.
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed Healthy Start vouchers in (a) the North East and (b) each local authority area in the North East in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The following table shows the percentage of eligible claimants who claimed Healthy Start vouchers in the North East and each local authority area in the North East in each of the last five years.
| 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
County Durham | 75% | 72.6% | 70.7% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
Darlington | 74% | 70.3% | 69.2% | 64.4% | 57.6% |
Gateshead | 76.3% | 74.2% | 73.9% | 64.2% | 59.3% |
Hartlepool | 76.7% | 81.4% | 78.3% | 59.4% | 58.6% |
Middlesbrough | 78% | 77.2% | 74.1% | 74.8% | 61.4% |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 79.2% | 80.8% | 78.9% | 63.4% | 57.7% |
North Tyneside | 72.7% | 69.5% | 68.9% | 64.1% | 55.4% |
Northumberland | 73.2% | 70.8% | 69.9% | 70.8% | 61.6% |
Redcar and Cleveland | 79.5% | 78.3% | 74.9% | 77.3% | 65.8% |
South Tyneside | 76.7% | 75.7% | 72.8% | 70.4% | 63% |
Stockton-on-Tees | 74.3% | 73.5% | 70.1% | 67.3% | 59.3% |
Sunderland | 76% | 73.5% | 70.5% | 67.1% | 58% |
Total North East (average) | 76% | 74.5% | 72.4% | 66.8% | 59.3% |
Asked by: Catherine McKinnell (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that public sector procurement in relation to Lighthouse laboratories prioritises local UK firms.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The development of the Lighthouse Labs was a United Kingdom-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic and involved direct contract awards allowed within the procurement regulations. Contracts were placed on due diligence requirements of value for money and meeting service and performance quality standards. We know from the successful entrants that the majority are UK based organisations.