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178625

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date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the grant letters and reports relating to payments and the objectives of their funding the Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL4775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) were made through the Department of Health's Section 64 General Scheme of Grants to Voluntary and Community Organisations scheme (known as “Section 64 grants”). <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>The grant letters and full year grant monitoring and governance reports relating the Section 64 grants awarded to ASH in the past five years have been placed in the Library. The conditions applicable to the grants are set out in the grant letters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health has responsibility for the Section 64 grants made to ASH. The Departmental official responsible for governance is the Deputy Director, Tobacco Control.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4777 question first answered 23/02/2015 15:03:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

178626

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control on tackling the illicit tobacco market and in respect of the statutory obligations of local authorities in this area.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL4776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2015 answer text <p>The Local Government Declaration on Tobacco Control is an initiative of the Smokefree Action Coalition. Local councils are invited to voluntarily sign the Declaration, as “a statement of a council’s commitment to ensure tobacco control is part of mainstream public health work and commits councils to taking comprehensive action to address the harm from smoking”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/02/2015 12:17:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

178627

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government under which condition of section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 funding is made available to Action on Smoking and Health; and what is the job title of the minister and official responsible for ensuring compliance.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL4777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) were made through the Department of Health's Section 64 General Scheme of Grants to Voluntary and Community Organisations scheme (known as “Section 64 grants”). <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>The grant letters and full year grant monitoring and governance reports relating the Section 64 grants awarded to ASH in the past five years have been placed in the Library. The conditions applicable to the grants are set out in the grant letters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health has responsibility for the Section 64 grants made to ASH. The Departmental official responsible for governance is the Deputy Director, Tobacco Control.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4775 question first answered 23/02/2015 15:03:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

178628

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the information in <i>Guidance for Trading Standards on engaging with the tobacco industry</i>, endorsed by Public Health England; and what is the legal basis of the document.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL4778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2015 answer text <p>This guidance was compiled by the Tackling Illicit Tobacco for Better Health Partnership to assist local authority trading standards officers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The guidance, which has been endorsed by a number of trading standards and public health organisations, references the treaty obligations set out in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and guidelines that have been made for the implementation of the FCTC.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 20/02/2015 12:31:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer