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449669

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Students
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 number of students at university who are prescribed medical treatment for mental health issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of the number of students at university who are prescribed medical treatment for mental health issues as this information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:50:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

449670

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Students
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 costs to the NHS of providing treatment to students who cannot afford to pay for prescriptions and subsequently experience a deterioration in their health.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>We have not made such an assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Where a student has difficulty in paying for their prescriptions, they may be able to get help through the National Health Service low income scheme, which may provide exemption from the prescription charge, and help with other health costs, on the basis of a means-tested assessment. They may also be entitled through other exemptions (for example based on medical condition, maternity or though receipt of a qualifying benefit, for example, child tax credit), or, if they have to pay and need many prescription items, can purchase a Prescription Prepayment Certificate to minimise the cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:50:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

449673

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prescriptions, per year, are (1) made for students aged 19–25, and (2) not collected by students aged 19–25.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not collect this information.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5756 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:41:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

449674

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prescriptions, per year, are (1) made for adults aged 70–76, and (2) not collected by adults aged 70–76.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not collect this information.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5755 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:41:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

449682

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Zika Virus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how and when they intend to introduce and implement a comprehensive plan in relation to the Zika virus to (1) inform fully the British public about that virus, (2) advise on travel to Central and South America in the light of that virus' prevalence in that region, and (3) clarify all known means of transmission of that virus.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre have issued travel advice to people who may be travelling to the affected countries, particularly pregnant women and provided information for the general public through the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has been working with appropriate professional groups to develop information and guidance on Zika for clinicians. They have worked in partnership with the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to develop specifically targeted at primary care which is available on the PHE website and has been cascaded by the RCGP. A copy of this guidance is attached.</p><p> </p><p>PHE have also issued a Central Alerting System update alert letter to clinicians, which includes specific information and guidance about Zika virus and pregnancy and general guidance on Zika virus and travel. A copy of this is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Although some evidence of sexual transmission exists and there is the possibility that blood transfusions may be able to transmit the virus this will be very rare. Transmission from mother to fetus via the placenta is also possible. If a person acquires Zika abroad and becomes ill on their return to the United Kingdom, mosquito-borne transmission will not occur as the mosquito is not present in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Information on these issues is available on the PHE website. The Government continues to monitor this situation very closely and will continue to take action as appropriate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Zika_virus_guidance_for_primary_care_February_2016_FINAL.pdf title Guidance for clinicians 2 file name Final CAS alert letter Zika with updated annex (1).pdf title Central Alert System letter to clinicians question first answered 11/02/2016 17:45:04 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

449684

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Zika Virus: Pregnancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department of Health has begun to carry out a survey of pregnant women where either partner has been to Brazil or other neighbouring countries where there has been a significant outbreak of the Zika virus.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is actively exploring the feasibility of working with other parts of the United Kingdom to undertake the systematic collection of data on pregnant women presenting to National Health Service maternity services where they have travelled to a country with active Zika virus transmission during pregnancy or within four weeks of conception. The aim of such work would be to measure the impact of Zika virus on obstetric services and on pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes for women.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has been working with appropriate Royal Colleges to provide updated guidance for healthcare professionals, including midwives, on the management of any symptomatic patients (particularly pregnant women) returning from affected countries. A copy of this guidance is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 12/02/2016 08:29:51 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Guidance for healthcare professionals HL5766.pdf title Guidance for healthcare professionals Zika
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

449686

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 22 July 2014 (HL939), what was the ranking of the UK in the <i>Health at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators </i>report for (1) infant mortality, (2) numbers of MRI and CT Scanners, (3) low birth weight infants, (4) overweight and obesity amongst adults, (5) overweight and obesity amongst children, (6) mortality from cardiovascular disease, and (7) mortality from cancer; how these rankings compared to those for 2013; and what plans they have to improve the UK rankings.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL5768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s rankings among OECD member states (as shown by the 2015 and 2013 Health at a Glance reports) are the following:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Health at a Glance 2013</p></td><td><p>Health at a Glance 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infant mortality</p></td><td><p>25th lowest out of 34</p></td><td><p>19th lowest out of 34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low birth weight infants</p></td><td><p>21st lowest out of 34</p></td><td><p>21st lowest out of 34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MRI units</p></td><td><p>7th lowest out of 28</p></td><td><p>4th lowest out of 32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CT scanners</p></td><td><p>3rd lowest out of 29</p></td><td><p>3rd lowest out of 32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Obesity among adults</p></td><td><p>28th lowest out of 34</p></td><td><p>27th lowest out of 34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overweight and obesity among children (measured)</p></td><td><p>18th lowest out of 34</p></td><td><p>32th lowest out of 33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mortality from cardiovascular disease (ischemic heart disease)</p></td><td><p>19th lowest out of 33</p></td><td><p>18th lowest out of 34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mortality from cardiovascular disease (cerebrovascular disease)</p></td><td><p>22nd lowest out of 33</p></td><td><p>14th lowest out of 34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mortality from cancer</p></td><td><p>25th lowest out of 33</p></td><td><p>26th lowest out of 34</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government welcomes the OECD reports as an authoritative contribution to the development of health policy in the UK. For the health service in England, we have taken note of the OECD’s findings. The underlying data on health outcomes informs the development of our mandates and other guidance to the health and care system, in particular to NHS England and Public Health England.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:18:11 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

449691

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 27 January (HL5039), whether they will place in the Library of the House a full copy of the original licence application submitted to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to perform genome editing in human embryos by means of CRISPR-Cas9; whether this will also be published on the HFEA website, and if not, why not; and whether the HFEA will provide a full report on its website of how the ethical implications of genome editing in human embryos had been considered before giving approval to proceed.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes on its website the inspection report relating to a licence renewal application and the minutes of the Licence Committee’s decision. It does not publish other information associated with a licence application.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) permits the genetic modification of embryos in research, subject to an HFEA licence. As the regulator, the HFEA’s responsibility is to apply the test in the legislation, namely that the research is necessary or desirable for any of the purposes specified in the Act and that the use of embryos is necessary. The Licence Committee has added a condition to the licence that no research using genome editing may take place until it has received approval from an NHS Research Ethics Committee.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5649 HL5959 HL5960 question first answered 11/02/2016 17:51:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

449699

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Prisons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that learning disabilities services are commissioned by the NHS in every prison in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL5781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England, NHS England and the National Offender Management Service commission individual health and wellbeing needs assessments (HNAs) in all prisons and young offender institutions in England on a regular basis. An HNA identifies the health needs of the population for which health services will be commissioned in that establishment, which includes learning disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissions health services to standard specifications which ensures that evidence-based clinical standards of care are delivered in individual prisons.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 13:15:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

449702

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Wheelchairs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost of operating wheelchair services in England in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grey-Thompson
uin	HL5784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Information on the cost of operating wheelchair services in England is not available centrally. Such information as is available is from reference costs, which are the average unit costs to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services to patients. The total cost of operating wheelchair services reported in 2014-15 reference costs was £143.4 million.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that as clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning wheelchair services, it does not collect data on how much is spent on the purchase of wheelchairs. NHS England is however supporting improvement in wheelchair services and has just established a new national data collection. This will enable tracking at local and national levels of issues such as the number of wheelchair users, the costs of services and the length of time people have to wait.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL5840 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:52:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3862 label Biography information for Baroness Grey-Thompson