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62639

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Charitable Donations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 146W, on food: charitable donations, and 7 March 2013, Official Report, column 1105, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency has made of the compatibility of legislation to remove criminal and civil liability from good faith food donors with EU food safety laws.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	201171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We are advised by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that consideration was given to whether an exemption from European Union food safety law was available in respect of donations of food for charitable purposes in 2012. The FSA's view at that time was that no exemption is available and as the FSA's advice has not changed it does not consider that any further assessment of the issue is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA published guidance on its web site in July 2013 on which charitable and community food provision does not require registration. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>http://multimedia.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/hall-provision.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Food supply not requiring registration is exempt from the requirements of food hygiene legislation although all such provision is still required to provide food that is safe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 16:22:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

62654

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar
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 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 293W, on sugar, what discussions he has had and what representations he has received on including sugar in the list of ingredients that companies should work with caterers to reformulate in meals as part of the H4 pledge on Healthier Staff Restaurants; and what response his Department gave in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>There have not been any discussions or representations made to the Secretary of State for Health or any Departmental officials, on including sugar in the list of ingredients that companies should work with caterers to reformulate in meals as part of the H4 Responsibility Deal pledge on Healthier Staff Restaurants.</p><p> </p><p>There are 169 organisations currently signed up to the H4 pledge which includes a requirement for employers to work with caterers to reformulate recipes to ensure staff meals are lower in fat, salt and energy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, 11 catering companies have signed up to take a range of actions to help people consume fewer calories, including through reformulation to reduce sugar content.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 16:25:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62656

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been provided from his departmental expenditure limit to meet the costs of (a) clinical negligence and (b) NHS litigation in this financial year.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	201347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>£1.2 billion has been budgeted by the National Health Service Litigation Authority for the current 2014-15 financial year. £1.1 billion of this is allocated to clinical negligence, by far the most significant proportion of which is funded by members' contributions, rather than allocated directly from the Department's expenditure limit.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/06/2014 15:28:57 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

62657

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Business
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 June 2014, Official Report, column 486W, on health: business, whether he plans to make an assessment of the overall (a) number and (b) proportion of those companies which are meeting all of the pledges they have signed up to.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of our Responsibility Deal partners, the pledges they have committed to taking action on, their delivery plans and annual updates are all readily available on the Responsibility Deal website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/</p><p> </p><p>This information is published in full and the Department does not therefore publish an assessment of partners' achievements under the pledges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 14:29:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ201371- Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62658

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Plastic Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS-funded cosmetic surgeries have been performed in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of those surgeries which were not based on a mental health need.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/06/2014 14:44:12 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62659

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Business
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 June 2014, Official Report, column 486W, on health: business, what assessment his Department makes of the annual updates; and what estimate he has made of the number of hours of officials' time spent assessing those updates.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Officials review annual updates to Responsibility Deal pledges on receipt and liaise with partners directly if any clarification is required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not record separately the spent on reviewing annual updates to the Responsibility Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 14:31:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62660

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery; and what the average waiting time for such surgery was in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Information about how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery and average waiting times for such surgery is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/06/2014 15:16:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62661

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Equitable Life Independent Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive about the timetable for publication of the Penrose Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	201168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The timetable for Lord Penrose to complete his report and publish it, is a matter for Lord Penrose himself to decide. Lord Penrose has publicly announced that he will publish his report in the autumn of 2014, but we do not know the exact date. We are keeping in touch with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well Being of the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 15:52:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

62663

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Magnetic Resonance Imagers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records his Department holds on numbers of magnetic resonance imaging scans deing undertaken on behalf of the NHS at zoological or veterinary premises.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	201245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department holds no information on the numbers of magnetic resonance imaging scans undertaken on behalf of the National Health Service at zoological or veterinary premises.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for deciding the most appropriate way for individual patients to access NHS services based on their clinical needs is for local determination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 15:05:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

62664

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Information Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason callers to NHS England's EHIC renewal line are assumed to agree to data-sharing if they do not hang up, whilst other government departments require legal data-sharing gateways.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	201255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) administers the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) application system and telephone line.</p><p> </p><p>Applicants for EHIC cards are asked to agree to share their application details for the purpose of validating EHIC applications and claims (for which information is shared with the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) and in order to prevent and detect fraud and errors (for which information may be shared with NHS Protect and the Department of Health – International Division). The agreement of customers to share their data is sufficient under the Data Protection Act. No personal medical or clinical data is shared as part of this process.</p><p> </p><p>Callers to the EHIC telephone service are assumed to agree to share their application details. We acknowledge that the current telephone message advising callers about data sharing could be clearer. The NHS BSA has undertaken that they will not share any further EHIC data which is gathered through the telephone service, until the message has been updated.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 15:06:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah