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818827

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of hospital beds there are per one thousand of the population in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	121591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly data on hospital bed availability and occupancy. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/</a></p><p> </p><p>Health is a devolved matter which means the devolved administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland determine their own methods for capturing and publishing data on their number of hospital beds.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/01/2018 12:09:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

816672

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last year; and what proportion of total sick leave in his Department that leave was.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The cost of average working days lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September was £856,882.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental information systems do not record sickness absence relating to stress as a distinct category. Within the broader category that includes all mental health issues, 1,822 working days were lost in the rolling year period as at 30 September 2017, and 89 staff had periods of sickness absence which is 4% of the headcount in the rolling year period. The proportion of days taken due to all mental health issues (from all sickness absence) was 34%.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121104 121111 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:05:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816730

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses: Children
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 expand routine outcome data collection for long-term conditions in children.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Patient outcome data collections currently include the National Clinical Audits on Diabetes and Epilepsy, which are delivered by the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and managed by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England. There is also a Child Health Clinical Outcome Review Programme, which is run by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, also managed by HQIP on behalf of NHS England. The Review Programme is currently examining two topics: chronic neurodisability; and, adolescent mental health.</p><p> </p><p>Audit programmes are routinely reviewed with new audits being commissioned as and when a need is identified. More information about HQIP audits and Review Programme can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hqip.org.uk" target="_blank">www.hqip.org.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>There is also a range of service and population outcome data, available at national, and in many cases, local level, relevant to the care and support of children with long term conditions, as well as the prevention of conditions. For example, the NHS Outcomes framework indicators 1.6 ii Five year survival from all cancers in children and 2.3ii Unplanned hospitalisation for asthma, diabetes and epilepsy in under 19s; and the Public Health Outcomes Framework indicator 2.06 Child excess weight in 4-5 and 10-11 year olds. The latest versions of the frameworks can be found at the following links (the 2016/17 version of the NHS Outcomes framework remains in use). The Frameworks are routinely reviewed and revised as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-outcomes-framework-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-outcomes-framework-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-outcomes-framework-2016-to-2019" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-outcomes-framework-2016-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Additional data may also be collected by local services to improve patient care, where such a need is identified.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816733

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Shingles: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the take-up of the shingles vaccine by people aged over 70.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The shingles vaccination programme is for the vaccination of patients who become eligible for the vaccine from their 70th and 78th birthdays and remain eligible for vaccination (if not previously vaccinated) until their 80th birthday. Vaccination can be offered to those patients who are eligible for the vaccine on an opportunistic basis.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England provides communication materials to both patients and healthcare professionals to better illustrate eligible cohorts. This includes guidance for those in age groups with previous eligibility who have missed the opportunity to receive the vaccine, up to their 80th birthday. Guidance is available to view here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/shingles-vaccination-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/shingles-vaccination-programme</a></p><p>NHS England has a focus on reducing variation in all Section 7a immunisation programmes and works with local teams to seek assurance that low uptake and variation are addressed, and to identify good practice that can be shared.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:53:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816739

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Tobacco Control Plan for England will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	121166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Delivery of the Tobacco Control Plan for England will be funded through existing budgets. In addition, the Department plans to provide funding under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 to fund eligible organisation(s) to support implementation of the plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/01/2018 12:21:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

816867

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many FP57 forms were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority in 2017 for people seeking a refund for prescription charges; and what the average cost of processing a FP57 form and returning the prescription charge to the applicant was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	121294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of FP57 forms processed by the NHS Business Services Authority in 2017 for people seeking a refund for prescription charges cannot be provided as this information is not available. We can verify that a total of 9,819 refund applications for prescription charges were processed in England during the period of 1 January 2017 and 30 November 2017. Prescription refund applications may contain one or more FP57 forms. Applications received during December 2017 are still being processed and the data for this month is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing a FP57 form and returning the prescription charge to the applicant in 2017 cannot be provided as this information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:38:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

810505

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the paragraphs entitled (a) Inputting evidence to the development of the next tobacco control plan and (b) Undertaking activity to support effective communication of new regulations under the revised Tobacco Products Directive and the introduction of plain standardised packaging were removed from the draft 2016-17 grant agreement between his Department and Action on Smoking and Health.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	120851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The two deliverables were removed as they were complete. It was agreed that activity would focus on addressing inequalities in smoking rates experienced by many disadvantaged groups in society and supporting local and national stakeholders to implement the tobacco control plan commitments.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/01/2018 16:12:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

810540

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a></p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 120973 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:22:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810702

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	EU Rapid Alert Systems for Food and Feed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the UK will continue to participate in the EU Rapid Alert Systems for Food and Feed after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	121047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed is important in enabling the management of food and feed safety risks by providing early alerts of health or food contamination issues across the European Union. At present, this enables the United Kingdom to respond quickly to serious risks to public health relating to food and animal feed. The Government is considering the best approach for the management of notification of food and feed safety risks once we have left the EU. It will be our priority to maintain the UK’s high standards of food and feed safety, and continue to be able to provide a timely response to food safety incidents. This is essential for the protection of public health, and for maintaining consumer confidence in food.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/01/2018 16:36:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

810727

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accountable Care Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Accountable Care Organisations are permitted to make a profit.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	121072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>No Accountable Care Organisation yet exists in the National Health Service in England, as no contract to commission a provider organisation to operate in this way has yet been awarded. In the very small number of pilot areas in which this process is well advanced, indications are that the lead provider will be a NHS foundation trust. The powers of an NHS foundation trust to borrow are prescribed by section 46 of the NHS Act 2006 and related statutory provisions.</p><p> </p><p>NHS foundation trusts are not-for-profit, public benefit corporations. They are part of the NHS and can retain any surpluses they make in order to invest in services for patients and service users. They can also, subject to the conditions set by their regulator, NHS Improvement, borrow money for the same purpose. All of their activities are subject to meeting the requirements of the regulator.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 121071 question first answered 11/01/2018 16:47:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders