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867296

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What the timetable is for the implementation of the faecal immunochemical test for bowel cancer screening.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	904478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee has recommended that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) be the primary screening test for bowel cancer and NHS England remains absolutely committed to implementing FIT in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with Public Health England to finalise a number of practical arrangements around sensitivity, production and distribution of FIT kits, and diagnostic and pathology workforce capacity to ensure that when FIT is implemented, it is sustainable.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/03/2018 17:31:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

867298

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the level of capital investment in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	904481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The spring and autumn budgets last year announced over £3.9 billion of additional capital investment for the National Health Service in England to upgrade existing buildings and facilities and build new ones. This will support better services for patients and drive efficiency improvements and better value for money for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/03/2018 14:47:18 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

866427

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what assessment he has made of the effect of charging VAT on the affordability and accessibility of medicines.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	904465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Value Added Tax (VAT) paid by the National Health Service on the purchase of medicines is fully incorporated within the funding allocated to the NHS each year.</p><p>As is the case with many other goods and services, VAT is chargeable at 20% to members of the public when purchasing over the counter and non-prescription medicines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/03/2018 15:37:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

865147

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take for people from at-risk groups, as identified in NICE Public Health Guideline 56, who are no longer able to access appropriate licensed vitamin D maintenance treatments as a result of only over the counter treatments being available under NHS England proposals.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	133014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no such plans. NHS England recently consulted on conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care, ‘A consultation on guidance for CCGs’ and also published a full Equality and Health Inequalities Impact Assessment which covers groups protected by the Equality Act 2010 and those on low income. A copy of the document is attached.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s consultation document proposed that people who have demonstrated vitamin D deficiency will continue to have access to vitamin D on prescription. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Public Health Guideline 56 refers to widened access to vitamin D for those who are at risk of vitamin D deficiency, including the ability to purchase appropriate supplements if needed and access support from health care professionals to be able to safeguard their own health.</p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances states that vitamins and minerals should be prescribed only in the management of actual or potential vitamin or mineral deficiency, and are not to be prescribed as dietary supplements. We understand that NHS England’s consultation is in line with this. Prescribing vitamin D for maintenance would be classed as a treatment for prevention or as a dietary supplement.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/03/2018 15:41:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Equality and Health Inequalities Impact Assessment.pdf title PQ133014
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

865160

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department has raised from the sale of (a) assets, (b) land and (c) buildings in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	133027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The question has been interpreted as relating to the core Department.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial years 2010-11 to 2016-17, the proceeds obtained by the core Department through the disposal of assets are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Proceeds from disposal of</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Plant, property and equipment (£000’s)</p></td><td><p>Intangible Assets (£000’s)</p></td><td><p>Assets held for sale (£000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5,861</p></td><td><p>882</p></td><td><p>261,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>14,691</p></td><td><p>1,276</p></td><td><p>675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>51,840</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>(1,948)</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>197,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,381</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td><td><p>1,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>9,289</p></td><td><p>636</p></td><td><p>2,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>11,417</p></td><td><p>6,620</p></td><td><p>3,197</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/03/2018 16:03:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

865228

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Incontinence: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to explore the potential for a mandatory data set to provide transparency about the continence service which clinical commissioning groups are commissioning to enable NHS England to check how those groups are meeting the health needs of their population.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	133095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines are currently being refreshed and will then go through the publication process. There is no definitive date at the present time for publication. The development of a minimum data set is being considered for both commissioners and providers by the Excellence in Continence Care Group.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/03/2018 15:43:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

864270

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, from which Government budgets the £540m of additional funding for the NHS for 2018-19 announced on 2 February 2018 will come.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	132755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The additional £540 million will be made available by the Department from the recently announced increase in the migrant surcharge, other income, and some reprioritisation within its own Departmental budget. NHS England will receive this funding through the Mandate in 2018-19, and will invest it in core frontline services such as mental health and primary care.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/03/2018 17:02:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

864284

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS (a) fit and proper person requirement and (b) duty of candour applies to an individual who undertakes an independent review commissioned by an NHS body that is funded by his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	132768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The fit and proper person requirement requires all registered health and adult social care providers to make sure board directors, board members and individuals who perform the functions equivalent to the functions of a board director and member, are fit for their roles. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) assesses whether registered providers have appropriate processes in place for this. In this regard the CQC does not look at individuals, an approach which would extend to independent reviewers.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory duty of candour applies to organisations, rather than to individual members of staff. All regulated healthcare professionals working in the United Kingdom have an individual professional duty of candour, which is a responsibility to be open and honest. This responsibility is set out in their respective professional codes of conduct. The duty of candour set out in professional codes of conduct would therefore not automatically extend to independent reviewers, but any reviewer would be expected to be independent and able to express views with candour.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/03/2018 17:02:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

864293

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group: Salute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has received on recent work undertaken by East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group and the charity Salute.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	132777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that following the hon. Member’s letter to the Chief Executive of NHS England, they have launched an investigation.</p><p> </p><p>They also have advised that they are unable to provide further information until the investigation is concluded.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/03/2018 16:42:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

864294

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the validity of Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit's policy of allowing themselves up to 40 working days to respond to constituent casework regardless of whether an investigation is needed.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	132778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>It is important that clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) should respond to constituent casework in a timely manner.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that the Chief Officer for Lancashire CCG, Mike McQuire, has written to the hon. Member about the role of NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit in working with NHS West Lancashire CCG to produce responses to correspondence from hon. Members.</p><p> </p><p>We understand he has set out the process for dealing with letters and the responsibilities of the respective organisations involved in providing accurate responses to hon. Members or constituents, and has requested a further meeting with the hon. Member to discuss the matter further.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/03/2018 16:33:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper