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599469

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the Zika virus from entering the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	48087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The female mosquitoes responsible for Zika virus transmission are not native to the United Kingdom and it is considered highly unlikely they could survive the current UK climatic conditions long enough to become established. The risk to public health posed by Zika virus is, therefore, very low and no greater than the risks posed by other mosquito-borne infections, such as malaria, for example.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors various insect vectors (in particular, mosquitoes) in the UK through surveillance projects that it runs in collaboration with a range of organisations across the UK. In England, detection of an invasive species considered to pose a threat to the UK would trigger the use of appropriate control measures.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is ensuring UK residents travelling to countries with active Zika transmission are encouraged to take measures to minimise the risk of being bitten by mosquitoes, for example through the use of insect repellent.</p><p> </p><p>Up-to-date travel advice is in place, and clinical advice is available to UK medical professionals. More information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zika-virus-zikv-clinical-and-travel-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zika-virus-zikv-clinical-and-travel-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:51:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

595811

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Strokes: East Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust response times for stroke victims for whom 999 emergency services are requested.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
	uin	47123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, working with its commissioners and other local partners and supported by NHS Improvement.</p><p>The Trust intends to deliver improved performance for all patients, including patients who have had a stroke. This includes increasing the resources available to respond to patients by recruiting more frontline staff and investing in new ambulances to increase the fleet size. The Trust is also working with the local acute hospitals and commissioners to help reduce the delays experienced by ambulance crews when handing over patients at hospitals and reviewing its stroke care practice to ensure that stroke patients are taken to specialist centres within the ideal timeline.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:16:05 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

599510

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Stem Cells: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who have been denied a second allogeneic stem cell transplant following an individual funding request in each of the last three years; and what estimate his Department has made of the associated cost saving to the health service.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	47980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The total number of Individual Funding Requests for a second allogenic stem cell transplant that were declined during the calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015 is below NHS England’s threshold for releasing individual data, as fewer than 10 individual funding requests were declined.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the complexity of such treatments, and any alternatives used, it is not possible to assess any associated cost impact to the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:46:27 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

595393

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government Actuary's Department report, A cohort approach to social care funding, published on 15 September 2016, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of his Department's policies on meeting the pension and social care needs of the millennial generation; and if he will bring forward proposals for a cohort approach to social care funding in his Autumn Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	46900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Social care continues to be a key priority for this Government. It is critical in enabling people with care and support needs to retain their independence and dignity. That is why we have already introduced landmark reforms to ensure people should not have to sell their home in their lifetime to meet the cost of care and we have set out plans to cap the amount that people will need to spend to meet their cost of care.</p><p>We are mindful of the changing demographic of our population and the evidence produced from the Foresight ‘Future of Ageing Population’ project and are looking in the longer term about how best to respond to the challenges ahead. Decisions about the Autumn Statement are a matter for the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 16:08:16 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595433

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of areas of the country with a relatively low level of social care provision; and what steps he plans to take to reduce that number.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	46884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>There has been no estimate of the number of local authorities with low level of social care provision. Access to adult social care is based on the level of need an adult has and not on the number of users.</p><p>In April 2015, the Care Act 2014 introduced a national eligibility criteria for access to adult social care. The Act requires that local authorities must meet the needs of any adult whose needs meet this national criteria. Authorities cannot restrict eligibility beyond this threshold. This ensures that the most vulnerable adults have their eligible needs met.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 15:59:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

595643

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: CCTV
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of requests made to slaughterhouses with CCTV to release their footage for independent review in each of the last five years; and in how many of those cases that footage was released.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	47086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Authorised Officers can and do review CCTV footage with the permission of the Food Business Operator (FBO). Where they have grounds to believe an offence has occurred FSA Authorised Officers can seize footage relevant to the offence.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the regular audit and/or inspection process in slaughterhouses an Authorised Officer may ask an FBO for access to CCTV footage. Whilst the outcome of the reviewed footage will be recorded at a local level we do not keep a national log of such requests and therefore the FSA does not hold a record of this information. Similarly, we do not keep a national record of the number of cases where CCTV footage was released.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 15:45:43 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

595628

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) meat hygiene inspectors and (b) independent vets have been employed to report to the FSA on animal welfare standards in slaughterhouses in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	46847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Food Standards Agency (FSA) official veterinarians and meat hygiene inspectors, either employed by the FSA, or supplied through an approved contractor, are present during processing of animals. They carry out a wide range of duties, including ante- and post mortem checks (checks on live animals and carcases and offal) and checks on the health and welfare of animals presented for slaughter. These official control duties ensure that food businesses operators have produced meat in accordance with regulatory requirements, with a health mark applied to show that meat is safe to enter the food chain.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below states the number of Meat Hygiene Inspectors employed or supplied through contractors, carrying out official control duties in FSA approved meat establishments in the last six financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year End 2010-11</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Hygiene Inspector</p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2011-12</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Hygiene Inspector</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2012-13</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Hygiene Inspector</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2013-14</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Hygiene Inspector</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2014-15</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Hygiene Inspector</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2015-16</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meat Hygiene Inspector</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>671</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Combined [headcount] employed Permanent/Casual/Temporary MHIs</p><p><sup>2</sup> Full Time Equivalent Contract MHIs</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 below states the number of Official Veterinarians, employed or supplied through contractors, carrying out official control duties in FSA approved meat establishments in the last six financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year End 2010-11</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Official Veterinarian</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>267</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2011-12</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Official Veterinarian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2012-13</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Official Veterinarian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2013-14</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Official Veterinarian</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2014-15</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Official Veterinarian</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year End 2015-16</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Position</p></td><td><p>Employed <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Contractor <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Official Veterinarian</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Combined [headcount] employed Permanent/Casual/Temporary Meat Hygiene Inspectors</p><p><sup>2</sup> Full Time Equivalent Contract Meat Hygiene Inspectors</p><p> </p><p>The reduction in the number of Meat Hygiene Inspectors and Official Veterinarians between 2014-15 and 2015-16 was primarily due to the establishment on 1 April 2015 of Food Standards Scotland which assumed responsibility from the FSA for the delivery of official controls in approved meat establishments located in Scotland. All figures exclude Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 15:47:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

595629

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many animals died during transportation to slaughterhouses in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	46848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The new legislation Welfare at Time of Killing implemented in Wales in 2014 and in England in 2015 introduced new welfare reporting requirements. In addition, during 2015/16 the Food Standards Agency (FSA) introduced new animal welfare measures in slaughterhouses which included increased consistency of reporting of transport related breaches. Both these factors are likely to have contributed to the increased instances recorded in the previous two years.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA does not record the numbers of individual animals which died as a result of transportation to slaughterhouses. The FSA records the number of instances that animals were found to be Dead on Arrival (DOA). The number of DOA instances for the last six years are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The FSA does not record the number of individual animals involved in a welfare breaches in slaughterhouses or during transportation. The FSA records the number of instances of breaches. The number of critical welfare breaches in slaughterhouses and transportation for the last six years are set out in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Slaughterhouses</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Transportation</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>1,488</p></td><td><p>2,097</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 46849 question first answered 17/10/2016 15:49:01 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

595630

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breaches of animal welfare regulations (a) in slaughterhouses and (b) during transportation his Department recorded in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	46849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The new legislation Welfare at Time of Killing implemented in Wales in 2014 and in England in 2015 introduced new welfare reporting requirements. In addition, during 2015/16 the Food Standards Agency (FSA) introduced new animal welfare measures in slaughterhouses which included increased consistency of reporting of transport related breaches. Both these factors are likely to have contributed to the increased instances recorded in the previous two years.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA does not record the numbers of individual animals which died as a result of transportation to slaughterhouses. The FSA records the number of instances that animals were found to be Dead on Arrival (DOA). The number of DOA instances for the last six years are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The FSA does not record the number of individual animals involved in a welfare breaches in slaughterhouses or during transportation. The FSA records the number of instances of breaches. The number of critical welfare breaches in slaughterhouses and transportation for the last six years are set out in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Slaughterhouses</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Transportation</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>1,488</p></td><td><p>2,097</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 46848 question first answered 17/10/2016 15:49:01 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

595752

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sepsis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital-borne cases of sepsis in England were recorded in (a) 2000, (b) 2005, (c) 2010 and (d) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	47400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England and NHS Digital do not collect this data to the level of detail and format as requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital is unable to identify the source of a sepsis infection. They are only able to provide data on a count of the number of Finished Discharge Episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of sepsis.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon MP) to Question 45207 regarding available information on sepsis.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 16:58:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman