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885293

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Visual Impairment
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 people were registered blind in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>As NHS Digital collects data on a triennial basis, data can only be provided for two of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were registered as blind or severely sight impaired in 2013/14 and 2016/17, as well as the number of people who were newly registered in those years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of people registered blind or severely sight impaired*</p></td><td><p>Number of new registrations*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>8,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>141,525</p></td><td><p>8,605</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital - The Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People collection (SSDA902).</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data is also collected on registrations from those who are partially sighted/sight impaired. The figures in the table relate only to those registered blind or severely sight impaired.</p><p> </p><p>*Data is rounded to the nearest five.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/04/2018 14:10:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885218

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 and what proportion of people of working age in England with (a) Parkinson’s disease, (b) cystic fibrosis, (c) sickle cell anaemia and (d) Lupus have to pay for their prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Extensive arrangements are in place to ensure that people can access affordable prescriptions and almost 90% of prescription items are free on the National Health Service in England. Individuals may be exempted on the basis of medical conditions or may be entitled to exemption on the basis of their age or income. To support those who do not qualify for an exemption, Prescription Prepayment Certificates are available, which allow holders to get all the prescriptions they require for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/04/2018 11:00:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885220

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Government's commissioned analysis by Ernst and Young of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the medicines supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	136085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>Due to the large volume of commercial and sensitive information that has been shared by the pharmaceutical industry throughout this work, the Department will be unable to publish the final report. However, we will consider publication of an executive summary of the work.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/04/2018 10:58:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

885233

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Sapropterin
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities on 22 March, Col 488, what recent discussions he has had with BioMarin, the manufacturer of Kuvan, on the pricing of that drug.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	136098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that they have, over the last three years, received fewer than 10 Individual Funding Requests applications and therefore there have been fewer than 10 approvals relating to the use of Kuvan.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not had further recent discussions with the manufacturer (BioMarin) since the oral contribution of my Rt. hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities (Jackie Doyle-Price).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 136042 question first answered 24/04/2018 15:36:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

885234

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Whittington Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services are available for new patients at the Whittington Health NHS Trust clinic specialising in the treatment of chronic urinary tract infections.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	136099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Lower Urinary Tract Service (LUTS) at the Whittington Health NHS Trust (WHT) clinic provides treatments to patients with urinary tract infections which includes prescribing antibiotics.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust has been working to address the recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians following a service review of the LUTS, before the clinic is re-opened to new patients. The Trust is currently in negotiations with commissioners to establish the re-opening of the clinic in the 2018/19 contract.</p><p> </p><p>The service specification will be reviewed within 12 months of the clinic re-opening to new referrals. Patients who might previously have been referred to WHT will remain under the care of their own clinicians locally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/04/2018 11:10:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

885250

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with key infrastructure providers on the steps they are taking to protect themselves from cyber-attack.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	136115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Government Departments and the National Cyber Security Centre have regular discussions with key infrastructure providers on their management of cyber risk.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring the United Kingdom’s Critical National Infrastructure is secure and resilient against cyber-attack is a priority for the Government as set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy. This is supported by a significant programme of work to provide advice, guidance and support to infrastructure providers and develop effective regulatory frameworks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works continuously with national bodies to ensure that the critical information technology infrastructure used by the health and care system is secure. Earlier this month the Department requested written assurances from critical information technology asset owners on the cyber security of those assets.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials have also met with the Senior Information Risk Owners of NHS Digital and NHS England within the last two weeks to discuss the security of the critical information technology infrastructure that they are responsible for providing to the health and social care system.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/04/2018 12:58:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

885281

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Pregnancy: Folic Acid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department gives to pregnant women on folic acid.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>To prevent pregnancies affected by neural tube defects, the Department supports the recommendation of NHS Choices which advises women to take 400 micrograms of folic acid every day prior to conception and in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/04/2018 12:56:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885288

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequate availability of the HPV vaccine throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil is centrally purchased and distributed to the National Health Service across the United Kingdom by Public Health England, for the purposes of both the national HPV vaccination programme for girls, and the recently launched national HPV programme for men who have sex with men. Central stocks of vaccine are monitored and a buffer of stock is maintained, to ensure continuous supply to both programmes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/04/2018 11:08:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885289

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Bowel Cancer
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 his Department is taking to reduce incidences of bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The bowel scope screening (BSS) test is offered to men and women around the time of their 55th birthday to help prevent bowel cancer. It does this by finding and removing any small growths, called polyps, in the bowel that could eventually develop into cancer. Evidence has shown that men and women aged 55-64 attending a one-off BSS test for bowel cancer can reduce their individual mortality from the disease by 43% and reduce their individual incidence of bowel cancer by 33% (23% on a whole population basis).</p><p> </p><p>Being overweight is the biggest single preventable cause of cancer after smoking and causes 13 types of cancer. This includes two of the most common cancers - bowel and breast - and two of the hardest to treat - pancreatic and oesophageal. The Government’s childhood obesity plan, launched in 2016, is a long term plan that focuses on the actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on tackling obesity and reduce the incidence of cancers and other associated diseases.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/04/2018 11:11:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

885294

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Glaucoma
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 people have been diagnosed as having glaucoma in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>A complete set of data is not available to accurately reflect the number of people diagnosed with glaucoma. The recording of a primary diagnosis is not mandatory within the hospital episode statistics outpatient commissioning data set and does not, therefore, provide a reliable estimate of those who have been diagnosed with glaucoma.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/04/2018 11:06:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon