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706371

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on income tax rates.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	908911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury attended a Joint Exchequer Committee with the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance in November, where they discussed the ongoing work between both governments to implement Scotland’s tax powers.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/03/2017 14:06:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

706373

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Local Government: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the effect of City Deals on cities in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	908912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased that the UK Government has committed to, or is in discussions with, each of Scotland’s cities to deliver a City Region Deal. All deals are in line with Treasury Green Book Guidance, and each is subject to rigorous governance arrangements that have been agreed by both UK and Scottish Governments.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/03/2017 14:07:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

485692

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with whom NHS England's specialised commissioning service has consulted in the past 18 months in preparation for the planned public consultation on pre-exposure prophylaxis.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	32415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a new use of HIV drugs which has shown clinical effectiveness in research trials at preventing HIV in people at high risk of getting HIV such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and people with HIV-positive partners. The drug used in the trials, Truvada, is not yet licenced for use as PrEP. Public Health England (PHE) has undertaken modelling work looking at cost-effectiveness of PrEP. Much depends on the price of the drugs and HIV prevalence in the target group. However, as with any new intervention, PrEP now needs to be properly assessed in relation to cost effectiveness to see how it could be commissioned in the most sustainable and integrated way and how it compares with other cost-effective approaches. The Department is considering this with PHE, NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p>A wide range of stakeholders were included in the initial work by NHS England on PrEP including the Department of Health, PHE, the Medical Research Council, voluntary organisations and Genitourinary and HIV Clinicians. NHS England will be building on the work to date by making available up to £2 million over the next two years to run a number of early implementer sites. These will be undertaken in conjunction with PHE.</p><p>The data on new HIV diagnosis is available in table 1a in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469321/National_Tables20102015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469321/National_Tables20102015.xls</a></p><p>As part of the PROUD study, PHE has assessed how many men may be considered high risk but it is not possible to estimate how many would seek to access PrEP.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 32412 32413 32414 32416 question first answered 11/04/2016 16:57:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

348521

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which organisations his Department has discussed the responsibility deal since December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	1115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Details of meetings held by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information requested in respect of other officials’ meetings is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/06/2015 16:17:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

228172

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the table in Paragraph 123 of the Impact Assessment to the Government's 2011 Cancer Strategy, whether the projected increase in staff numbers required to deliver that strategy by 2014-15 was achieved for (a) radiographers, (b) consultant radiologists, (c) ultrasonographers, (d) technicians and (e) endoscopists.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	228259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information for 2014-15 is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 17:44:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

64788

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the speech by Simon Stevens, CEO, NHS England on 4 June 2014, if he will call in and review the decision taken by the East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust to transfer community services currently based at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay to the Estuary View Medical Practice in Whitstable.
	tabling member constituency	North Thanet
	tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
	uin	203152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The reconfiguration of local health services is the responsibility of the local National Health Service, led by clinicians, and should be in the best interests of patients. Any reconfiguration proposed has to ensure that it shows support from general practitioner commissioners, strengthened public and patient involvement, clarity on the clinical evidence base and consistency with current and prospective patient choice.</p><p> </p><p>East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) and NHS Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are leading plans to consolidate outpatient sites from 15 locations down to six, and conducted public consultation on plans between December 2013 and March 2014. We understand EKHUFT's board approved these proposals on 27 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>These changes do not affect the future of any community hospitals in Kent. NHS England confirms the NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG Governing Body met on the 2 July 2014 and approved EKHUFT's move to implement new ways of working in an outpatient setting, including the reduction of specialist acute outpatient clinics from 15 sites down to six sites, and the choice of Estuary View Medical Centre as the centralised site for specialist acute outpatient services on the north Kent coast.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 14:53:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

347786

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the speech at the Hay Festival by the Minister for Life Sciences on 21 May 2015, what plans he has to introduce a sugar tax.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to introduce a sugar tax.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:02:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

174418

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Doctors: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the review by Professor Sir John Temple of the quality of training for doctors, published in May 2010, what progress has been made in negotiations between the NHS and the British Medical Association on changes to the national contract for junior doctors to better reflect the training needs of doctors.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	221283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>In October 2013, NHS Employers entered into formal negotiations with the British Medical Association (BMA). The intention was to reform the contract for doctors and dentists in training (juniors) to promote higher quality medical education, motivate doctors to achieve excellent results for patients and to ensure that contracts remain fair, affordable and fit for the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, after almost 18 months of discussions and negotiations, the BMA ended the negotiations in October 2014. The failure of negotiations led Government to issue a remit to the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. The review body will make recommendations on a new contract in July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/01/2015 17:45:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

453751

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report of the independent cancer taskforce, Achieving world class cancer outcomes: A strategy for England 2015-2020, published in July 2015, what progress has been made in developing a new tobacco control strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	27740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The development of a new tobacco control plan for England is currently in progress and will be published later this year. The recommendations of the Independent Cancer Taskforce will be considered alongside this work.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/02/2016 15:20:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

453752

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report of the independent cancer taskforce, Achieving world class cancer outcomes: A strategy for England 2015-2020, published in July 2015, what progress NHS England has made in putting a mandate in place to ensure that GPs have direct access to key investigative tests for suspected cancers.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	27741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Independent Cancer Taskforce’s five-year strategy <em>Achieving World-class Cancer Outcomes A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em> recommends improvements across the cancer pathway, including improved access to investigative testing.</p><p> </p><p>We have already announced funding of up to £300 million a year by 2020 to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the new target that patients will be given a definitive cancer diagnosis, or the all clear, within 28 days of being referred by a general practitioner (GP). The NHS National Cancer Director has set up a new Cancer Transformation Board to lead the roll-out of the recommendations of the new strategy, and a Cancer Advisory Group, chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, will oversee and scrutinise their work.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence <em>Suspected cancer: recognition and referral guideline</em> which was published in June 2015 includes recommendations regarding when GPs should refer patients for direct access investigative tests. NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to enable GPs to follow the guideline.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/02/2016 14:45:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne