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1646411

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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	Smoking: Health Services
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 efficacy of smoking cessation (a) products and (b) approaches; and what research his Department has commissioned into the efficacy of smoking cessation (i) products and (ii) approaches.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	190508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The assessment of the efficacy of smoking cessation products and approaches are presented in the evidence review for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline ‘Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence’ published 30 November 2021 available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng209/evidence/evidence-reviews-11188110061?tab=evidence" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng209/evidence/evidence-reviews-11188110061?tab=evidence</a></p><p>Through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the Department regularly commissions research into the efficacy of smoking cessation products and approaches. Active NIHR projects include:</p><p>- Effectiveness of Electronic Cigarettes compared with combination nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease And effect on Lung health (ECAL study);</p><p>- Effects of e-cigarettes vs usual care for smoking cessation when offered at homeless centres: A cluster randomised controlled trial;</p><p>- Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (CoSTED); and</p><p>- Do e-cigarettes help smokers quit when not accompanied by intensive behavioural support?</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR is also the largest funder of the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group which conducts systematic reviews of the evidence on interventions to prevent and treat tobacco addiction.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/06/2023 15:08:45 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1639592

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money NHSE planned to allocate to Integrated Care Boards to fully implement the NHS Long Term Plan tobacco dependence treatment services in 2023-24 as at February 2022; how much money was allocated to ICBs for those services after the publication of the Spring Statement 2022, CP 653; and whether any, additional funding has been allocated by NHSE during financial year 2023-24 to help reduce smoking at regional and national level.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	186355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>As at February 2022, NHS England had an indicative planned integrated care board (ICB) allocation of £65.6 million to fully implement the NHS Long Term Plan tobacco dependence treatment services in 2023/24. In line with the NHS Operating Model and in agreement with ICBs, broader funding allocations have been made in 2023/24 with tobacco dependence treatment allocations forming part of the wider universal and targeted Prevention bundles, totalling £69 million.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 30/05/2023 16:38:32 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1639247

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of WHO's implementation of harm reduction strategies to help reduce smoking; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	186146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment on the effectiveness of World Health Organization’s implementation of harm reduction strategies to help reduce smoking. We have no future plans to perform an assessment or issue a statement.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/05/2023 12:57:45 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1551602

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of investing in measures to help people quit smoking in order to ease pressure on NHS and GP services.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	110821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/12/2022 16:40:51 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1536353

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to publishing a smoking action plan.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	72222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>We are currently considering the wide range of recommendations set out in the independent Khan Review, published in June. No decisions have been taken on the publication of a new Tobacco Control Plan.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/11/2022 10:47:41 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1518972

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of smoking has been to the public purse in England in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	59014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. However, the independent ‘The Khan review: making smoking obsolete’ estimated that the annual of cost of smoking to society is £17 billion.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 17/10/2022 10:52:54 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson previous answer version 22417 answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1505928

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to improve access to smoking cessation services.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	49098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Through the Public Health Grant, we are supporting stop smoking services and ensuring that individual smokers have the best chance of quitting. Local authorities are responsible for providing stop smoking services and are best placed to make decisions about improving access to local services.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 26/09/2022 16:11:34 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1503652

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Smoking: Health Services
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 recommendations in The Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published 9 June 2022, whether he has had discussions with the devolved Administrations on the proposals to increase (a) ringfenced funding specifically for stop smoking services and (b) the age of sale for tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	45214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Departmental officials regularly meet with the devolved administrations to discuss tobacco control matters in the United Kingdom. This includes discussions on the recommendations in the Khan Review on stop smoking services and the age of sale of tobacco.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 07/09/2022 16:08:02 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1327345

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Smoking: Health Services
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 implications for his policies of the Royal College of Physicians’ report, Smoking and health 2021: a coming of age for tobacco control?, published in 29 April 2021, recommendation to provide smoking cessation services on an opt-out basis to all smokers at any point of contact with the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	6285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to delivering National Health Service-funded tobacco treatment services to all inpatients, pregnant women and people accessing long term mental health and learning disability services; which are expected to be opt-out services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/05/2021 14:31:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1194921

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Smoking: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to recommence (a) drug and (b) alcohol cessation support services once covid-19 lockdown restrictions have ended.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	46082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>Stop smoking services are continuing to be provided during the COVID-19 pandemic, as outlined in the ‘COVID-19 Prioritisation within Community Health Services’ document available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0145-COVID-19-prioritisation-within-community-health-services-1-April-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0145-COVID-19-prioritisation-within-community-health-services-1-April-2020.pdf</a></p><p>Providers of community smoking cessation services have been asked to continue to deliver services, while considering how these services can best support smokers during the pandemic. Any changes to services which are impacted by COVID-19 and how this should be addressed will be an issue for local commissioners, working with providers, taking account of national guidance.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/05/2020 13:29:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle