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348267

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of NHS abortion services from May 2010 to April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	1015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Information about expenditure on termination of pregnancy services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 11:56:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348416

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	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 cost to NHS England of the provision of fitness for work certificates as required by the Department for Work and Pensions in the period 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	1022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor NHS England has made any assessment of the cost of the provision of fitness for work certificates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2015 10:50:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

348257

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
	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 make additional funding available to tackle drug-resistant infections over the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The health and care system across the United Kingdom is taking action against the growing threat of infections that are resistant to the antimicrobial drugs used to treat them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2014, we published the UK Five Year AMR Strategy detailed implementation plan. The plan set out those activities that needed to be undertaken to deliver the strategy in each of seven key areas for action. Activity in the plan is led by the Department of Health, Public Health England, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and NHS England and is incorporated within existing business plans for those organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to make additional funding available to tackle drug-resistant infections. Any proposals for funding would be subject to the outcome of the Spending Review later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 10:54:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348258

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Infectious Diseases
	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 drug-resistant infections (a) in the West Midlands and (b) nationally in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has published no estimates for the number of drug-resistant infections in the West Midlands or nationally over the next five years. The science of drug resistant infections is incompletely understood and is rapidly changing and evolving. Multi-drug resistant infections are unpredictable in their occurrence and can rapidly change. For these reasons producing estimates of the likely burden in future years is unlikely to be meaningful or robust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Antimicrobial resistance is a priority for PHE who are working to improve surveillance and knowledge in this area. Specific antimicrobial resistant infections have been measured by PHE and openly published in weekly Health Protection Reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 10:58:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348268

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF: Licensing
	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 licences the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will grant under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Antrim
	tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
	uin	1046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no estimate of the number of licences that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authorisation (HFEA) might grant over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA will make an assessment of applications as set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2015 10:55:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348377

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations his Department is making for the commencement of the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 on 20 May 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	1058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Guidance will be made available to local authority trading standards officers, or in the case of Northern Ireland, environmental health officers. It will be developed with the relevant bodies responsible and made publically available before the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 come into force.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 15:28:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

348390

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations his Department is making for the commencement of the Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 on 1 October 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	1077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>There will be a communications campaign to raise awareness of the Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 in advance of them coming into force on 1 October. Guidance and training materials are currently being developed and will be available for the police and local authority enforcement officers. Information will be available for local authorities so that they can work locally to help build compliance and raise awareness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 14:30:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

348372

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Southend University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent (a) discussions he has held and (b) representations he has received concerning Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's performance on A&E waiting times; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	1096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>A search by the Department’s Ministerial private offices and of the Ministerial correspondence database shows no discussions have been held, nor representations received in the past six months about Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's performance on accident and emergency waiting times.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 14:26:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

348391

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cervical Cancer: Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 1052, on cervical cancer screening, whether Ministers in his Department hosted a special day in Parliament on the take-up of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccinations.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	1100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>As I said in the debate on 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 1052, if hon. and Rt. hon. Members indicated that they would want to initiate a Parliamentary event on cervical screening and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination, I would be happy to support it. Although, to date, I have received no specific representations from any hon. or Rt. hon. Members, I remain happy to support such an event.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2012 the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) gave its support for a pilot to assess the value of using HPV testing as primary screening (HPV TaPS) for cervical disease, rather than the currently used cytology test. The pilot is establishing the feasibility of using HPV testing as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better outcomes for women, while minimising over-treatment and anxiety, and whether it is practical to roll out nationally. The UK NSC will open a public consultation shortly on whether HPV TaPS for cervical disease should replace the currently used cytology test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) continues to work with NHS England via the Public Health Section 7A agreement to develop a system of performance improvement through the use of performance floors, and strengthened governance for screening. The aims of the performance floors are:</p><p> </p><p><br> - Improving performance and equity of service over time by reducing the range of variation at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>- Enabling easy identification of poor performance and the setting of objectives and plans for local action, to reduce variation and improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE will look at research provided by the STRATEGIC study (Strategies to increase cervical screening uptake at first invitation) to identify methods to help increase uptake among women. The STRATEGIC study will be publishing findings in May 2016, more details of this can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/0916401" target="_blank">http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/0916401</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Responsibility Deal Health at Work Network has worked with employers to develop the Staff Health Checks pledge, which encourages eligible employees to participate in NHS Health, and other NHS screening programmes. 160 employers have signed up to this pledge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 1101 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:54:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

348392

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cervical 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 contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 1052, on cervical cancer screening, what steps his Department has taken to modernise the NHS cervical cancer screening programme; what progress has been made by Public Health England on addressing low coverage of cervical cancer screening in certain areas and working on local action plans to improve such coverage; and what work his Department has carried out with employers to encourage them to make it clear to young women that they will facilitate them taking time off for cervical cancer screening.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	1101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>As I said in the debate on 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 1052, if hon. and Rt. hon. Members indicated that they would want to initiate a Parliamentary event on cervical screening and the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination, I would be happy to support it. Although, to date, I have received no specific representations from any hon. or Rt. hon. Members, I remain happy to support such an event.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2012 the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) gave its support for a pilot to assess the value of using HPV testing as primary screening (HPV TaPS) for cervical disease, rather than the currently used cytology test. The pilot is establishing the feasibility of using HPV testing as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better outcomes for women, while minimising over-treatment and anxiety, and whether it is practical to roll out nationally. The UK NSC will open a public consultation shortly on whether HPV TaPS for cervical disease should replace the currently used cytology test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) continues to work with NHS England via the Public Health Section 7A agreement to develop a system of performance improvement through the use of performance floors, and strengthened governance for screening. The aims of the performance floors are:</p><p> </p><p><br> - Improving performance and equity of service over time by reducing the range of variation at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>- Enabling easy identification of poor performance and the setting of objectives and plans for local action, to reduce variation and improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE will look at research provided by the STRATEGIC study (Strategies to increase cervical screening uptake at first invitation) to identify methods to help increase uptake among women. The STRATEGIC study will be publishing findings in May 2016, more details of this can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/0916401" target="_blank">http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/0916401</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Responsibility Deal Health at Work Network has worked with employers to develop the Staff Health Checks pledge, which encourages eligible employees to participate in NHS Health, and other NHS screening programmes. 160 employers have signed up to this pledge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 1100 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:54:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger