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521301

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	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 prevent the spread of the Zika virus to the UK following travel to South America for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	38380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The risk to the United Kingdom population posed by Zika virus – and of the mosquito species which transmit the virus establishing itself in the UK – remains extremely low.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is ensuring the UK and those travelling to countries with active Zika transmission by mosquitoes are protected. Up-to-date travel advice is in place, and clinical advice is available to UK medical professionals. Public Health England has been working with Royal Colleges to provide guidance to healthcare professionals on managing symptomatic patients (including pregnant women) returning from areas with active transmission of Zika. This has been cascaded by appropriate Royal Colleges. Furthermore, NHS Blood and Transplant will defer donors returning from areas with active Zika transmission from donating for 28 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 13 May 2016 the Department of Health, along with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, convened an Olympic and Paralympic health advisory group. The group brought together academic experts and cross-government representatives to support the British Olympic Association (BOA) and British Paralympic Association (BPA) in updating their guidance to athletes and staff travelling to Brazil for the Olympics and to ensure consistency with that provided to the travelling public. Zika virus was a key topic for discussion along with other potential health risks. The BOA and BPA are updating their guidance in light of discussions at the meeting and with further input from the academics and clinicians present. The Foreign Office will link this to their wider consular campaign ‘Stay ahead of the Games’.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:33:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

456620

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on the containment of the Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	29107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State regularly discusses matters across his portfolio with his European counterparts. He continues to monitor this outbreak of the Zika virus closely. In addition, Departmental officials continue to discuss the developing situation, including the measures that can be taken to contain the virus, with European colleagues through a number of channels, including at regular meetings of the European Health Security Committee.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2016 13:02:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

515366

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of the Zika virus spreading to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	uin	35393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The risk of Zika virus to the United Kingdom population remains very low and has been regularly assessed and reviewed since the first reports of cases of Zika infection from Brazil in May 2015. A pre-Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has met to review the Zika outbreak in the Americas, the link with microcephaly and other disorders, and the risk to the UK. In addition, a qualitative assessment of the risk that Zika virus presents to the UK population was undertaken by the UK Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance group, and this was published on the gov.uk website in February 2016, which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hairs-risk-assessment-zika-virus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hairs-risk-assessment-zika-virus</a></p><p> </p><p>All evidence is kept under constant review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/05/2016 16:42:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

518968

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the extent of variation between local authorities in their (a) per capita spending on physical activity services and (b) facilities for children and young people.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	37358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on local authorities’ total spending on physical activity services and facilities for children and young people is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on how much is spent on specific local public health services rests with individual authorities who are best placed to assess local population needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to undertake Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and to develop Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies which must inform local authority commissioning plans.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37359 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:54:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

518967

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Exercise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of spending by each local authority was allocated to provision of facilities and services for children's and young people's physical activity in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	37359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on local authorities’ total spending on physical activity services and facilities for children and young people is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on how much is spent on specific local public health services rests with individual authorities who are best placed to assess local population needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to undertake Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and to develop Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies which must inform local authority commissioning plans.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37358 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:54:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

532490

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Yoga
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making yoga available through the NHS for treatment and recovery; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	41737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local National Health Service organisations to make decisions on the commissioning and funding of any healthcare treatments for NHS patients, taking account of issues to do with safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness and the availability of suitably qualified and regulated practitioners.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/07/2016 12:56:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

456950

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	World Health Organization: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has contributed to the World Health Organisation in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	29546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department contributes financially, on a calendar year basis, to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the form of the United Kingdom’s assessed contribution, and voluntary contributions to support areas of work such as dementia, tobacco control and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including a contribution in 2015 to support the WHO Global Action Plan on AMR. The Department’s contributions for the last three years are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>year</p></td><td><p>Assessed contribution (£)</p></td><td><p>Voluntary contribution (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19,482,012.20</p></td><td><p>153,957.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,343,925.23</p></td><td><p>719,233.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15,129,522.23</p></td><td><p>3,778,937.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/03/2016 17:58:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

519202

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	World AIDS Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to raise awareness of World AIDS Day before 1 December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
	uin	37075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>In preparation for World AIDS Day 2016 Public Health England (PHE) will publish the annual <em>HIV in the UK situation report</em> and associated data tables in mid-November 2016. This report will include the latest HIV epidemiology for the United Kingdom, providing national and local systems essential information to inform their World AIDS Day 2016 awareness campaigns. Alongside this HIV Prevention England, co-ordinated by Terrence Higgins Trust and commissioned by PHE will provide a national HIV testing campaign ‘HIV Testing week’. This will commence prior to World AIDS Day and run for one week from the 19 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/05/2016 12:19:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

542302

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests for taking a trivial commutation of an occupational pension have been (a) granted and (b) refused due to the pension value exceeding £30,000.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	43813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by my Hon. Friend the then Economic Secretary on the 13<sup>th</sup> June (Written Question 39027)</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2016 13:43:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

669126

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department overpaid in working tax credit claims in the last financial year; and what the estimated cost is of recovering those overpayments.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	58735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Figures for overpayments in Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits claims in 2014-15 can be found on page 8 of the Child and Working Tax Credits, Finalised Annual Awards, Supplement on Payments National Statistics, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525468/cwtc_awards_sup.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525468/cwtc_awards_sup.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Due to the nature of Tax Credits payments it is not possible to divide overpayments between Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits. The equivalent information for 2015-16 will be published in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Recovering overpayments from those Tax Credit customers who continue to be in award is an automated process. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has teams to deal with cases where an overpayment is disputed or where a customer informs HMRC they are in hardship. Figures for the administrative costs for the specific aspects of this work that relate to recovering overpayments are not available.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/01/2017 16:27:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby