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HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleAs ever, I am very happy to write. In terms of the northern hub, I mentioned GOSH and Evelina just as examples. The Royal Manchester and Alder Hey are the northern sites that will…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresThe main point is that we already have two levels of appeal. In the first instance, someone can appeal to a local authority and if they are not satisfied with that, they can…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresFirst, I take issue with the inadequacy comment. Some 89% of people expressed a high level of satisfaction with the social care provided, which, although not 100%, is pretty good,…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresI thank my noble friend for that question. The Government absolutely recognise the role that unpaid carers play—I have fulfilled such a role myself for a number of years—and it…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresAgain, this goes to the point about the massive increase we have put in place of £7.5 billion. I have not heard of but would be pleased to hear about any plans on the other side…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresYes, we are taking them very seriously. The House has heard me talk many times about the 13% of beds that are blocked. This is a key issue for the whole flow of the system, which…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresYes, absolutely; a large part of it is from central government funding and a large part is from local authority funding, given local authorities’ ability to use a precept and…19 Apr 2023HANSARDAdult Social Care: Challenge ProceduresI will answer quickly to allow a final question, but yes, our anti-obesity strategy is very much about that.19 Apr 2023HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleMy noble friend will be aware that I do have some personal knowledge in this area, and I recognise very much the point that neurodiverse people can become fixed on a certain…19 Apr 2023HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleThe points are well made, and they are understood and accepted on this side. My understanding is that the northern and southern hubs, as recommended in the Cass review, have…19 Apr 2023HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleI feel I am probably outgunned to some degree by the noble Lord. I would like to make sure that I answer that in the proper way and give him a detailed written response. I am…19 Apr 2023HANSARDGender Identity Services: Children and Young PeopleAgain, my understanding—and I freely admit that the benefit of having these questions is that you then delve into them, which I very much support in terms of how this process…19 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaAbsolutely. As the noble Baroness is aware, vaccination take-up is the responsibility of the ICBs in their areas. Like many other places, London has unique demographics. As I…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaAs I mentioned, we are doing the screening. We lead Europe on this; my understanding is that no other European country is taking the extensive measures that we are. I can also…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaI am probably best placed to speak about how we engage with the Home Office, which we have been doing pretty successfully. I agree with the noble Lord about the role that those…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaTo be honest, I think the most effective method is to have the screening when people enter. Refugees come in from across the world so, to concentrate resources, it is best done on…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaWe are all aware of the rumours and allegations about the safety of the MMR vaccine, which we are all delighted to know were totally unfounded. As my noble friend says, it has…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaAll I can say is that the Department of Health co-operates very closely with the Home Office. We have a screening programme for all migrants coming in, as I mentioned, and an 88%…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaIn response to an increase in cases of diphtheria in November 2022, the UK Health Security Agency issued guidance recommending that new arrivals into initial accommodation sites…18 Apr 2023HANSARDDiphtheriaI thank my noble friend. I was just talking about the first stage; we have a follow-up where we look at not just diphtheria but HIV, hepatitis, TB and other cases, on top of…18 Apr 2023