Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

971708

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Electronic Cigarettes
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 his Department has made of the potential effect of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s proposal for a worldwide ban on advertising, promoting and sponsoring e-cigarettes on the Government’s tobacco control plan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	173548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is not proposing a worldwide ban on advertising, promoting and sponsoring of e-cigarettes. The Government supports proportionate regulation of e-cigarettes to ensure non-smokers and children are protected from accessing these products, and has implemented the European Union Tobacco Products Directive which ensures such proportionate regulation.</p><p> </p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified two items of correspondence received in the last six months about his Department's participation in the 8th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the WHO FCTC in October 2018. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. The Department has also answered five Parliamentary Questions related to CoP in the last six months.</p><p> </p><p>As a global leader on tobacco control, the Department will engage constructively at the CoP, working closely with fellow members of the European Union and with other partners to continue to support measures proposed to reduce global harms from tobacco and ensure WHO FCTC Secretariat work proposals offer value for money.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 173549 173550 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:00:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971709

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on his Department's participation in the 8th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	173549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is not proposing a worldwide ban on advertising, promoting and sponsoring of e-cigarettes. The Government supports proportionate regulation of e-cigarettes to ensure non-smokers and children are protected from accessing these products, and has implemented the European Union Tobacco Products Directive which ensures such proportionate regulation.</p><p> </p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified two items of correspondence received in the last six months about his Department's participation in the 8th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the WHO FCTC in October 2018. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. The Department has also answered five Parliamentary Questions related to CoP in the last six months.</p><p> </p><p>As a global leader on tobacco control, the Department will engage constructively at the CoP, working closely with fellow members of the European Union and with other partners to continue to support measures proposed to reduce global harms from tobacco and ensure WHO FCTC Secretariat work proposals offer value for money.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 173548 173550 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:00:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971710

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's priorities are for the Eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to be held in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	173550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is not proposing a worldwide ban on advertising, promoting and sponsoring of e-cigarettes. The Government supports proportionate regulation of e-cigarettes to ensure non-smokers and children are protected from accessing these products, and has implemented the European Union Tobacco Products Directive which ensures such proportionate regulation.</p><p> </p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified two items of correspondence received in the last six months about his Department's participation in the 8th Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the WHO FCTC in October 2018. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. The Department has also answered five Parliamentary Questions related to CoP in the last six months.</p><p> </p><p>As a global leader on tobacco control, the Department will engage constructively at the CoP, working closely with fellow members of the European Union and with other partners to continue to support measures proposed to reduce global harms from tobacco and ensure WHO FCTC Secretariat work proposals offer value for money.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 173548 173549 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:00:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971413

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria is used to determine the referral of families to tertiary centres for the management of epilepsy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	172557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the effectiveness of the implementation of a ketogenic diet for young people with epilepsy who are cared for in their own home. A ketogenic diet (high in fat and low in carbohydrates) may reduce seizures for some children whose epilepsy cannot be successfully managed with drugs. Information for the public on the use of ketogenic diets in the treatment of epilepsy is available on the NHS Choices website and is also provided by Epilepsy Action and the Epilepsy Society, the two leading charities for the condition in England. Information provided via NHS Choices can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline, ‘The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care’, published in 2012 and updated in 2018, sets out best practice for clinicians in the treatment of children with epilepsy. All children, young people and adults with epilepsy should have access via their specialist to a tertiary service when circumstances require. The NICE guideline states that if seizures are not controlled and/or there is diagnostic uncertainty or treatment failure, children, young people and adults should be referred to tertiary services soon for further assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guidance also makes clear that a named clinician should assume responsibility for the ongoing management of the young person with epilepsy during adolescence to ensure smooth transition of care to adult services. Whilst the Department does not directly assess compliance with NICE guidance, we expect commissioners to take it, and other examples of evidence based best practice, into account when planning and delivering services for local populations. The NICE guideline can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172558 172559 172562 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

971414

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Epilepsy: Children and Young People
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 level of compliance with NICE guidance for children and young people with epilepsy during the transition of care to adult services.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	172558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the effectiveness of the implementation of a ketogenic diet for young people with epilepsy who are cared for in their own home. A ketogenic diet (high in fat and low in carbohydrates) may reduce seizures for some children whose epilepsy cannot be successfully managed with drugs. Information for the public on the use of ketogenic diets in the treatment of epilepsy is available on the NHS Choices website and is also provided by Epilepsy Action and the Epilepsy Society, the two leading charities for the condition in England. Information provided via NHS Choices can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline, ‘The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care’, published in 2012 and updated in 2018, sets out best practice for clinicians in the treatment of children with epilepsy. All children, young people and adults with epilepsy should have access via their specialist to a tertiary service when circumstances require. The NICE guideline states that if seizures are not controlled and/or there is diagnostic uncertainty or treatment failure, children, young people and adults should be referred to tertiary services soon for further assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guidance also makes clear that a named clinician should assume responsibility for the ongoing management of the young person with epilepsy during adolescence to ensure smooth transition of care to adult services. Whilst the Department does not directly assess compliance with NICE guidance, we expect commissioners to take it, and other examples of evidence based best practice, into account when planning and delivering services for local populations. The NICE guideline can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172557 172559 172562 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

971415

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Epilepsy: Diets
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 accessibility of (a) guidance and (b) information on ketogenic diet for patients with epilepsy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	172559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the effectiveness of the implementation of a ketogenic diet for young people with epilepsy who are cared for in their own home. A ketogenic diet (high in fat and low in carbohydrates) may reduce seizures for some children whose epilepsy cannot be successfully managed with drugs. Information for the public on the use of ketogenic diets in the treatment of epilepsy is available on the NHS Choices website and is also provided by Epilepsy Action and the Epilepsy Society, the two leading charities for the condition in England. Information provided via NHS Choices can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline, ‘The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care’, published in 2012 and updated in 2018, sets out best practice for clinicians in the treatment of children with epilepsy. All children, young people and adults with epilepsy should have access via their specialist to a tertiary service when circumstances require. The NICE guideline states that if seizures are not controlled and/or there is diagnostic uncertainty or treatment failure, children, young people and adults should be referred to tertiary services soon for further assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guidance also makes clear that a named clinician should assume responsibility for the ongoing management of the young person with epilepsy during adolescence to ensure smooth transition of care to adult services. Whilst the Department does not directly assess compliance with NICE guidance, we expect commissioners to take it, and other examples of evidence based best practice, into account when planning and delivering services for local populations. The NICE guideline can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172557 172558 172562 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

971418

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Epilepsy: Diets
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 effectiveness of the implementation of the ketogenic diet for young people with epilepsy that are cared for in their own home.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	172562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the effectiveness of the implementation of a ketogenic diet for young people with epilepsy who are cared for in their own home. A ketogenic diet (high in fat and low in carbohydrates) may reduce seizures for some children whose epilepsy cannot be successfully managed with drugs. Information for the public on the use of ketogenic diets in the treatment of epilepsy is available on the NHS Choices website and is also provided by Epilepsy Action and the Epilepsy Society, the two leading charities for the condition in England. Information provided via NHS Choices can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Epilepsy/Pages/Treatment.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline, ‘The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care’, published in 2012 and updated in 2018, sets out best practice for clinicians in the treatment of children with epilepsy. All children, young people and adults with epilepsy should have access via their specialist to a tertiary service when circumstances require. The NICE guideline states that if seizures are not controlled and/or there is diagnostic uncertainty or treatment failure, children, young people and adults should be referred to tertiary services soon for further assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guidance also makes clear that a named clinician should assume responsibility for the ongoing management of the young person with epilepsy during adolescence to ensure smooth transition of care to adult services. Whilst the Department does not directly assess compliance with NICE guidance, we expect commissioners to take it, and other examples of evidence based best practice, into account when planning and delivering services for local populations. The NICE guideline can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137/resources/epilepsies-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-35109515407813</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172557 172558 172559 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

967406

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the process for developing Public Health England’s upcoming reproductive health action plan referenced on page 5 of Public Health England’s A consensus statement: reproductive health is a public issue; and when will that action plan be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL9907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has created a task and finish group made up of representatives from organisations across the sector including the Department, NHS England, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Public Health, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Gynaecology, Brook, and the Family Planning Association. The task and finish group will work together to inform the development and implementation of the reproductive health action plan. Alongside this, PHE is also working with a user reference group, made up of women who have experienced severe reproductive health issues in order to ensure the action plan reflects service users’ needs. The action plan is due to be published in March 2019.</p><p>In addition, PHE’s regional centres are developing an approach for localising the national research conducted and developing locally appropriate actions in addition to those being driven nationally. PHE are consulting with commissioners and providers in developing the action plan through workshops and presentations across the country and to ensure implementation of the action plan from 2019 onwards.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9908 HL9909 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

967407

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Public Health England will consult external stakeholders during the development of the reproductive health action plan referenced on page 5 of Public Health England’s A consensus statement: reproductive health is a public issue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL9908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has created a task and finish group made up of representatives from organisations across the sector including the Department, NHS England, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Public Health, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Gynaecology, Brook, and the Family Planning Association. The task and finish group will work together to inform the development and implementation of the reproductive health action plan. Alongside this, PHE is also working with a user reference group, made up of women who have experienced severe reproductive health issues in order to ensure the action plan reflects service users’ needs. The action plan is due to be published in March 2019.</p><p>In addition, PHE’s regional centres are developing an approach for localising the national research conducted and developing locally appropriate actions in addition to those being driven nationally. PHE are consulting with commissioners and providers in developing the action plan through workshops and presentations across the country and to ensure implementation of the action plan from 2019 onwards.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9907 HL9909 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

967408

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the proposals in Public Health England’s A consensus statement: reproductive health is a public issue, published on 26 June.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL9909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has created a task and finish group made up of representatives from organisations across the sector including the Department, NHS England, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Public Health, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Gynaecology, Brook, and the Family Planning Association. The task and finish group will work together to inform the development and implementation of the reproductive health action plan. Alongside this, PHE is also working with a user reference group, made up of women who have experienced severe reproductive health issues in order to ensure the action plan reflects service users’ needs. The action plan is due to be published in March 2019.</p><p>In addition, PHE’s regional centres are developing an approach for localising the national research conducted and developing locally appropriate actions in addition to those being driven nationally. PHE are consulting with commissioners and providers in developing the action plan through workshops and presentations across the country and to ensure implementation of the action plan from 2019 onwards.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9907 HL9908 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:03:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker