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595713

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text The total Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) workforce as at 31 March 2016 was 12,563 comprising 4,295 FCO UK based staff and 8,268 FCO local staff. The Aliens' Employment Act 1955 makes it a requirement that all UK-based staff must be British nationals or dual nationals where one of those nationalities is British. We do not collect centrally details of the nationality of our staff employed locally overseas. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/10/2016 15:59:44 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595730

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Nationality is not a mandatory field in the Department’s Business Management System where the details of staff are registered. This means that a fraction of the workforce are ‘undeclared’ with respect to nationality.</p><p>All the figures given in the table below are as of 6 October 2016. These figures do not include contractors, temporary agency workers or the staff of service companies.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>Headcount in category</p></td><td><p>Proportion of workforce in category</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British</p></td><td><p>1,572</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-UK</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undeclared</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total employed</p></td><td><p>1,923</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 15:19:57 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595732

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the article in The Lancet, Adjuvant bisphosonphate treatment in early breast cancer: meta-analyses of individual patient data from randomised trials, published in July 2015, what steps he has taken to ensure that bisphosphonates for the indication of preventing secondary breast cancer are routinely available to the patients who need them.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	47436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Independent Cancer Taskforce report included a specific recommendation on the use of adjuvant bisphosphonates for treating people with breast cancer. We understand that NHS England is working to realise the ambitions set out in the report and will publish an update on progress made soon.</p><p> </p><p>National prescribing arrangements already allow for bisphosphonates to be prescribed for the prevention of secondary breast cancer.</p><p> </p><p>Updated guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the use of adjuvant bisphosphonates for the management of breast cancer treatment-induced bone loss, taking into account the latest available evidence, is expected in July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 47140 47612 question first answered 12/10/2016 16:30:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

595737

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided for research on pancreatic cancer in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	47269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Spend on research funded directly by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is categorised by Health Research Classification System (HRCS) health categories including ‘cancer’. There are no HRCS health sub-categories, such as for pancreatic cancer or other cancer sites.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in cancer research by the NIHR has risen from £101 million in 2010/11 to £135 million in 2014/15 (the latest available figure). The NIHR works closely with patients, charities and our world-leading life sciences industry to support further research into pancreatic cancer.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/10/2016 10:05:21 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

595743

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has made to the Government on the potential effect on health of restricting television advertising for unhealthy food on programming likely to be watched by children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	47361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Evidence shows that current restrictions on the advertising of less healthy food and drink in the United Kingdom are amongst the toughest in the world.</p><p>The Department worked with other Government Departments in developing the recently launched <em>Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action</em>. The policies in the plan are informed by the latest research and evidence, including from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report <em>Carbohydrates and Health</em>, Public Health England’s evidence package <em>Sugar reduction: the evidence for action</em>, debates in this House and various reports from key stakeholders including the Health Select Committee.</p><p>Copies of <em>Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action, Carbohydrates and</em> <em>Health</em> and<em> Sugar reduction: the evidence for action </em>are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 13/10/2016 13:11:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

595745

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the career destinations of doctors who completed foundation training in August 2016 were.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	47358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Foundation Programme Office collects data on the intended career destinations of second year foundation doctors who have completed their foundation training.</p><p> </p><p>The information for doctors who completed foundation training in August 2016 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:12:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

595748

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency of provision in the quality of care in mental health services across England.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	47291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Mental health is one of the six core clinical areas to be covered by NHS England’s new CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework. NHS England is working to ensure that this will provide as broad a view as possible of how well commissioners are supporting and driving improvement in mental health.</p><p> </p><p>A dashboard for mental health will be published this autumn, containing a set of standard indicators to articulate progress in mental health services at a national level and allow benchmarking of services across the country.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will continue to ensure that mental health is represented within the full suite of levers and incentives at its disposal including Commissioning for Quality and Innovation payment framework (CQUINs), Quality Premium, the NHS Standard Contract and within the design of new models of care. The Technical Guidance for NHS planning covering 2017/18 and 2018/19 that accompanied the publication of the main NHS Planning Guidance earlier this autumn included a number of draft proposals for specific mental health CQUINs:</p><p> </p><p>- Improving services for people with Mental Health needs who present to A&amp;E;</p><p>- Improving physical health care for people with Severe Mental Illnesses; and</p><p>- Improving transitions for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The Quality Premium is based on measures that cover a combination of national and local priorities, and on delivery of the fundamentals of commissioning. The Premium is paid to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in 2018/19 and 2019/20 reflects the quality of the health services commissioned by them in 2017/18 and 2018/19. There will be six mandated indicators including a mental health indicator.</p><p> </p><p>Mental health service providers are responsible for the consistency and quality in the services that they provide. Services in England are regulated by the Care Quality Commission which introduced a new regulation and inspection regime in 2014. CCGs are expected to increase their spending on mental health in line with overall growth in their baseline allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 46870 question first answered 17/10/2016 16:59:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

595754

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Streptococcus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans routinely to offer screening tests for Group B Strep to pregnant women as part of their antenatal care.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	47405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) is in the process of updating its evidence review into antenatal screening for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in accordance with its published three year review cycle.</p><p>When the update is completed, a public consultation on the evidence review document will begin, and will remain open for a three month period.</p><p>The UK NSC will then review the recommendation for GBS, taking into consideration the outcomes of the public consultation and the evidence review, at the successive meeting.</p><p>More information and how to contribute to the public consultation will be available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://legacy.screening.nhs.uk/screening-recommendations.php" target="_blank">http://legacy.screening.nhs.uk/screening-recommendations.php</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:20:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

595759

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Education England: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for Health Education England (a) was in each year since 2012 and (b) will be for 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	47397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2012-13, the strategic health authorities nationally were allocated £4.879 billion to spend on education and training in the National Health Service. This budget was transferred to Health Education England (HEE) from 1 April 2013 when it assumed full operational responsibilities for workforce planning, education and training.</p><p>From 2013 to 2016, HEE received the following annual budget allocations from the Department: £4.867 billion in 2013/14; £4.933 billion in 2014/15; and £4.912 billion in 2015/16.</p><p>For the current year, HEE’s revenue allocation is £4.995 billion as at 31 July 2016. Further in-year capital and revenue allocations will be made to HEE later in this financial year.</p><p>HEE’s budget for 2017-18 is yet to be determined through the Departmental business planning process.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:13:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

595763

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	46922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of full time equivalent health visitors employed in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England in each of the last three years.</p><p>Full time equivalent figures are used as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>30 June 2014</p></td><td><p>30 June 2015</p></td><td><p>30 June 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8,887</p></td><td><p>10,042</p></td><td><p>9,491</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Digital NHS Hospital and Community Health Service monthly workforce statistics</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:17:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh