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1001965

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date	05/11/2018
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sites currently provide the HPV vaccine to gay and bisexual men by region.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	188248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The human papillomavirus vaccination programme for men that have sex with men is being introduced via a phased rollout. There are approximately 233 HIV and sexual health clinics nationally and 151 of these are already offering the programme. NHS England anticipates that rollout will be complete by next year. Of the 151 clinics offering the vaccine 33 are in the North; 45 in the Midlands and East; 36 in the South and 37 in London.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:32:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1001967

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Taking our health for granted: Plugging the public health grant funding gap, published in October 2018, if he will make an assessment of the effect of reductions to sexual health budgets highlighted in that report.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	188043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has mandated local authorities to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services. Local authorities are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities. While councils have had to make savings, they have also shown that good results can be achieved at the same time.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of attendances at sexual health services nationally increased 13% between 2013 and 2017 (from 2,940,779 to 3,323,275). To help manage the overall increase in demand, local authorities have been utilising technology to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. Free, confidential online services which are convenient for patients are increasingly being commissioned. As these services develop, they also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinical services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:36:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1001968

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Preventive Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the radical upgrade in prevention discussed in the NHS Five Year Forward View of October 2014 has been achieved.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	188044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Government vision on prevention, the NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014) and General Practice Forward View (2016) have both developed and taken forward actions and investment to enable a greater focus on primary and community services. Now is the time to build on this and make ‘prevention is better than cure’ a reality in all parts of the country.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:34:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1001969

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Public Health: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Taking our health for granted: Plugging the public health grant funding gap, published in October 2018, whether he plans to increase central government funding for local authority public health services as a result of that report.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	188045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Indicative local authority public health grant allocations for 2019/20 are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Future funding for local authorities’ public health responsibilities will be a matter for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:35:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1001998

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Public Health England: Drinkaware Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October to Question 176664 on Public Health England: Drinkaware Trust, for what reason it was decided that Public Health England would not consult its Alcohol Leadership Board before beginning a partnership with Drinkaware.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	188254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Alcohol Leadership Board meets every three months. Public Health England (PHE) did not consult with its Alcohol Leadership Board before beginning a partnership with Drinkaware because the timing of the campaign was such that the Alcohol Leadership Board was informed at the first opportunity once there was certainty about the collaboration.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the terms of reference for the PHE Alcohol Leadership Board is attached.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will be commissioning an independent evaluation of the ‘Drink Free Days’ campaign, which will include an assessment of the impact on PHE’s reputation. The evaluation and subsequent peer review of the Drink Free Days campaign will be complete by May 2019. Initial indications are that the campaign has been well received by the public.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 188255 188256 question first answered 15/11/2018 12:40:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Prevention of Alcohol Related Harm Leadership Board - Terms of Reference.docx title PQ188254,255,256 attached document
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1002001

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Cannabis: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 179178, on Cannabis: Misuse, whether the results of the monitoring of cannabis seized by The National Crime Agency in (a) 2005, (b) 2008 and (c) 2016 concurred with the findings of the research on the strength of cannabis covering that same time period by King’s College London; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	188046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information about the strength of cannabis seized by the National Crime Agency. Therefore, we cannot confirm the findings in the research published by King’s College London.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:37:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1002046

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Public Health: Finance
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 the planned £85 million cuts to local authority public health budgets for 2019-2020 on (a) access to sexual health services and (b) rates of sexually transmitted infections.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	188162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has mandated local authorities to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services. Local authorities are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities. While councils have had to make savings, they have also shown that good results can be achieved at the same time.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of attendances at sexual health services nationally increased 13% between 2013 and 2017 (from 2,940,779 to 3,323,275). To help manage the overall increase in demand, local authorities have been utilising technology to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. Free, confidential online services which are convenient for patients are increasingly being commissioned. As these services develop, they also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinical services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:36:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle