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710570

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the World Health Organisation has requested that his Department provide resources to assist in the implementation of the Framework Consultation on Tobacco Control in countries other than the UK.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	67651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organization (WHO) did not ask the Department to provide resources in relation to implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 12 months, Departmental officials attended the FCTC Conference of the Parties in Delhi, India in November 2016 as part of the United Kingdom obligation to support the FCTC, and have attended meetings with the FCTC Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. No countries have received direct country support from the FCTC project over the past 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 67652 67655 question first answered 16/03/2017 16:25:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

710572

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which countries officials of his Department have visited to assist the World Health Organisation in implementing the Framework Consultation on Tobacco Control in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	67652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organization (WHO) did not ask the Department to provide resources in relation to implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 12 months, Departmental officials attended the FCTC Conference of the Parties in Delhi, India in November 2016 as part of the United Kingdom obligation to support the FCTC, and have attended meetings with the FCTC Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. No countries have received direct country support from the FCTC project over the past 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 67651 67655 question first answered 16/03/2017 16:25:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

710578

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant the Answer of 18 November 2016 to Question 52951, on WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which countries received direct country support funded by his Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	67655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organization (WHO) did not ask the Department to provide resources in relation to implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 12 months, Departmental officials attended the FCTC Conference of the Parties in Delhi, India in November 2016 as part of the United Kingdom obligation to support the FCTC, and have attended meetings with the FCTC Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. No countries have received direct country support from the FCTC project over the past 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 67651 67652 question first answered 16/03/2017 16:25:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

658524

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department plans to provide to the secretariat of the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control in each of the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	57616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The budget for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s secretariat and consequently the Assessed Contributions of Parties is set biannually at the Conference of the Parties (COP). As a direct result of pressure from the European Union at COP 7 it was agreed the budget would be subject to zero nominal growth over the coming two years so the United Kingdom contributions will remain unchanged over this period at $300,000 annually.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 12:30:27 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

646602

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they intend to take following publication of the decisions from the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention of Tobacco Control.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tobacco control and is well advanced in the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In the Autumn Statement, the Government announced legislation to require the licensing of tobacco manufacturing equipment which also takes the UK a further step forward towards ratifying the FCTC’s Illicit Trade Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>In November, the seventh Conference of the Parties considered a report on e-cigarettes by the World Health Organisation and concluded that further monitoring of market developments, emerging research, development of emission testing methodology and regulatory response is required, but that Parties should be invited to regulate these products “as appropriate to their national laws and public health objectives.” The Government has already introduced a regulatory framework for these products in the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015. The implementation and effect of these regulations will be monitored and the Government will examine all opportunities to maximise the health benefits of these products for smokers whilst minimising their uptake by children and non-smokers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also shortly publish a new Plan which will set out a framework for future action on tobacco control.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3621 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:49:27 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

646603

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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 decisions of the seventh session of the Conference of Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in regard to non-nicotine delivery systems.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tobacco control and is well advanced in the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In the Autumn Statement, the Government announced legislation to require the licensing of tobacco manufacturing equipment which also takes the UK a further step forward towards ratifying the FCTC’s Illicit Trade Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>In November, the seventh Conference of the Parties considered a report on e-cigarettes by the World Health Organisation and concluded that further monitoring of market developments, emerging research, development of emission testing methodology and regulatory response is required, but that Parties should be invited to regulate these products “as appropriate to their national laws and public health objectives.” The Government has already introduced a regulatory framework for these products in the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015. The implementation and effect of these regulations will be monitored and the Government will examine all opportunities to maximise the health benefits of these products for smokers whilst minimising their uptake by children and non-smokers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also shortly publish a new Plan which will set out a framework for future action on tobacco control.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3620 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:49:27 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

644338

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the officials from his Department who attended the seventh conference of the Parties of World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control met with representatives of the Group Action on Smoking and Health during that conference.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	54974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Officials met with a range of public health stakeholders on 12 October 2016 before attending the Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Deborah Arnott the Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health, attended that meeting. No further meetings were scheduled or held before or during the conference.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/12/2016 13:45:29 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

637130

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52127, on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which countries are receiving direct country support; what the cost to the Exchequer is of that support; and which countries meet the criterion of being low and middle income countries for the purposes of training and guidance.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	52951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=52127" target="_blank">52127</a>, planning is now underway for the delivery of support to low- and middle-income countries to implement the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The Government will contribute £15 million between 2016/17 and 2020/21 via the Secretariat of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to provide this support.</p><p>Only those countries that have ratified the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and are listed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as being eligible to receive Official Development Assistance will be eligible to receive support through this project. The process of selecting countries to receive direct support will be undertaken over the next six months.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 18/11/2016 09:25:37 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

631173

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 24 October 2016 to Question 49531, on World Health Organisation framework convention of tobacco control, what the nature is of the support being offered to other countries; and which countries have accepted that support.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	52127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is providing support to low and middle income countries both through direct country support to a select number of countries and through producing training and guidance that will be available to all low and middle income countries. Country projects will be delivered through our delivery partners the World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control secretariat and the United Nations development programme.</p><p> </p><p>Robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms have been put in place to ensure the project delivers maximum value for the British taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 14/11/2016 17:38:09 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

620966

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September to Question 46210, who will represent his Department at the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in India in November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	50133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department will be represented at the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 7<sup>th</sup> Conference of the Parties (FCTC COP) by the Team Leader of Tobacco Control (EU) and the Head of Global Tobacco Control Projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will also be represented at the FCTC COP through the attendance of the First Secretary of Health and Pharmaceuticals, the UK Representation to the EU, Brussels.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s priority for the FCTC COP is to ensure the cost effective administration of the FCTC, leading to full implementation of its measures across its 180 Parties to effectively tackle the economic and health harm caused by tobacco use.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 50134 question first answered 28/10/2016 13:49:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies