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818999

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of changing the name of his Department to the Department of Health and Social Care.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	121676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The costs of changing the name ‘Department of Health’ to ‘Department of Health and Social Care’ will be kept to an absolute minimum. The current estimate for costs associated to the name change will be no more than £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>Stationery, such as business cards and headed paper, will only be changed when stock is used up.</p><p> </p><p>Signage in the Department’s London headquarters is digital only. Physical signage in the Leeds headquarters will only be changed later in 2018, as part of a planned refurbishment of the building.</p><p> </p><p>Amends to the website and intranet have not incurred additional costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121678 121742 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:12:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819001

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of renaming his Department including signage, stationery, website, business cards and any other associated costs.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	121678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The costs of changing the name ‘Department of Health’ to ‘Department of Health and Social Care’ will be kept to an absolute minimum. The current estimate for costs associated to the name change will be no more than £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>Stationery, such as business cards and headed paper, will only be changed when stock is used up.</p><p> </p><p>Signage in the Department’s London headquarters is digital only. Physical signage in the Leeds headquarters will only be changed later in 2018, as part of a planned refurbishment of the building.</p><p> </p><p>Amends to the website and intranet have not incurred additional costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121676 121742 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:12:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

819065

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the renaming of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	121742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The costs of changing the name ‘Department of Health’ to ‘Department of Health and Social Care’ will be kept to an absolute minimum. The current estimate for costs associated to the name change will be no more than £1,000.</p><p> </p><p>Stationery, such as business cards and headed paper, will only be changed when stock is used up.</p><p> </p><p>Signage in the Department’s London headquarters is digital only. Physical signage in the Leeds headquarters will only be changed later in 2018, as part of a planned refurbishment of the building.</p><p> </p><p>Amends to the website and intranet have not incurred additional costs.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 121676 121678 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:12:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

819082

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Health Services: Lancashire
	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 (a) general consultant-led outpatient clinics dealing with suspected cancer and Crohn’s disease and (b) nurse-led speciality colorectal clinics are held each week by (i) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (ii) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, (iii) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (iv) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	121759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:52:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

819091

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Social Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his ministerial responsibilities include children's social care.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	121768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Children’s social care is the policy responsibility of the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/01/2018 16:00:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

819110

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Energy Drinks: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he makes of the health effects of energy drink products on children aged 16 and under.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	121787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Energy drinks can be high in caffeine and sugar. Based on the current evidence on the safety of caffeine, the Food Standard Agency advises that children, or other people sensitive to caffeine, should consume caffeine only in moderation.</p><p> </p><p>In its review of the evidence on “Carbohydrates and Health” (2015), the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) concluded that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, as compared with non-calorically sweetened beverages, results in greater weight gain and increases in body mass index. Consuming too many sugary drinks can also cause tooth decay. In light of these findings, SACN recommended that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (for example, sugary fizzy drinks, soft drinks and squash) should be minimised by both children and adults.</p><p> </p><p>Key measures in our world-leading childhood obesity plan, launched in August 2016, include the soft drinks industry levy and sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, which will encourage the food and drink industry to reduce the amount of sugar in products popular with children, including energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the situation and any new emerging scientific evidence on the consumption of energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>“Carbohydrates and Health” is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 121788 question first answered 15/01/2018 11:56:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

819111

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Energy Drinks: Children
	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 restrict the sale of energy drink products to children under 16.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	121788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Energy drinks can be high in caffeine and sugar. Based on the current evidence on the safety of caffeine, the Food Standard Agency advises that children, or other people sensitive to caffeine, should consume caffeine only in moderation.</p><p> </p><p>In its review of the evidence on “Carbohydrates and Health” (2015), the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) concluded that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, as compared with non-calorically sweetened beverages, results in greater weight gain and increases in body mass index. Consuming too many sugary drinks can also cause tooth decay. In light of these findings, SACN recommended that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (for example, sugary fizzy drinks, soft drinks and squash) should be minimised by both children and adults.</p><p> </p><p>Key measures in our world-leading childhood obesity plan, launched in August 2016, include the soft drinks industry levy and sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, which will encourage the food and drink industry to reduce the amount of sugar in products popular with children, including energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the situation and any new emerging scientific evidence on the consumption of energy drinks.</p><p> </p><p>“Carbohydrates and Health” is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-carbohydrates-and-health-report</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 121787 question first answered 15/01/2018 11:56:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

819159

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Influenza: 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 assessment he has made of the take-up of the new enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s by (i) GPs and (ii) pharmacies in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 influenza seasons.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	121836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine was not available for use in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) and pharmacies are responsible for ordering and purchasing flu vaccines for the adult seasonal flu programme (eligible individuals aged 18 years and over) directly from manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>Information on what vaccines are being ordered by these independent contractors is not routinely collected. Information on vaccines used by pharmacies and GPs will be available after the end of a flu season when practice/pharmacies claim reimbursement for the cost of the vaccines they have used.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:50:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

819160

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Influenza: 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 plans he has to encourage the take-up of the new enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s for the 2018-19 influenza season with GPs and pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	121837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has updated their advice in the Green Book chapter on influenza so that clinicians are aware of the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in relation to the adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England wrote to general practitioners and clinical commissioning groups (via NHS England local teams) in December 2017 to provide an update on the use of the adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine for 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>This update will also be made available to community pharmacies as part of confirming that the Advanced Influenza Vaccination service has been recommissioned in early 2018. Community pharmacies are able to order relevant vaccines as detailed in the service specification, including the enhanced vaccine for patients within the relevant cohort.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:47:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

819161

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Influenza: 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 discussions he has had with representatives from (a) GPs, (b) patient organisations and (c) manufacturers on the availability of the new enhanced influenza vaccine for the over-65s for the 2017-18 and the 2018-19 season.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	121838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials at the Department and Public Health England have regular discussions with manufacturers on a range of issues. This has included discussion with Seqirus, the company that has produced the new adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine (aTIV).</p><p> </p><p>Officials have had no discussions with general practitioner representatives or patient groups on the aTIV.</p><p> </p><p>Officials also attend meetings of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which includes a lay member.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:51:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron