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731163

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, when the Government will publish the Tobacco Control Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	43
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is developing a new tobacco control plan, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 269 question first answered 26/06/2017 14:01:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

731218

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, when his Department plans to publish the updated Tobacco Control Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is developing a new tobacco control plan, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 43 question first answered 26/06/2017 14:01:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731201

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to extend the period of the ring fence on the public health grant until plans to fund local authorities through 100 per cent business rates retention are implemented after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Since the announcement in 2015 of the intention to allow local authorities (LAs) to retain 100% of their income from business rates, officials at the Department of Health have held regular discussions on the implications for LA public health funding and services with their counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government and with representative bodies. We expect these discussions to continue and have already confirmed that the ring-fenced public health grant for LAs will stay in place for the remainder of 2017/18 and for 2018/19. Any proposed changes to the regulations prescribing particular services or steps will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 266 267 268 question first answered 27/06/2017 10:34:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731205

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Communities and Local Government on the future administration of the public health grant.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Since the announcement in 2015 of the intention to allow local authorities (LAs) to retain 100% of their income from business rates, officials at the Department of Health have held regular discussions on the implications for LA public health funding and services with their counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government and with representative bodies. We expect these discussions to continue and have already confirmed that the ring-fenced public health grant for LAs will stay in place for the remainder of 2017/18 and for 2018/19. Any proposed changes to the regulations prescribing particular services or steps will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 267 268 551 question first answered 27/06/2017 10:34:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731215

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to hold discussions with representative organisations in public health on the mandated public health duties of local authorities in light of the Government's plan to devolve the public health grant.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Since the announcement in 2015 of the intention to allow local authorities (LAs) to retain 100% of their income from business rates, officials at the Department of Health have held regular discussions on the implications for LA public health funding and services with their counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government and with representative bodies. We expect these discussions to continue and have already confirmed that the ring-fenced public health grant for LAs will stay in place for the remainder of 2017/18 and for 2018/19. Any proposed changes to the regulations prescribing particular services or steps will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 266 268 551 question first answered 27/06/2017 10:34:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731216

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to hold discussions with representative organisations in sexual health, drugs and alcohol services on the mandated public health duties of local authorities in light of the Government's plan to devolve the public health grant.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Since the announcement in 2015 of the intention to allow local authorities (LAs) to retain 100% of their income from business rates, officials at the Department of Health have held regular discussions on the implications for LA public health funding and services with their counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government and with representative bodies. We expect these discussions to continue and have already confirmed that the ring-fenced public health grant for LAs will stay in place for the remainder of 2017/18 and for 2018/19. Any proposed changes to the regulations prescribing particular services or steps will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 266 267 551 question first answered 27/06/2017 10:34:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731338

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pregnancy: Smoking
	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 reduce smoking amongst pregnant women.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing smoking prevalence in pregnant women and will be publishing its new Tobacco Control Plan for England shortly. This will aim to reduce smoking prevalence generally and includes actions to reduce smoking during pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England continues to work closely with NHS England to increase the number of women having a smoke-free pregnancy through a variety of initiatives. This is a key priority within NHS England’s Maternity Transformation Programme and a key action to reduce stillbirths and meet the Secretary of State’s ambition to halve the number of stillbirths by 2030, and to reduce stillbirths by 20% by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2017 10:33:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731344

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Paracetamol: General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow GP surgeries to directly provide patients with paracetamol, and other low cost readily available drugs, rather than issuing such medication via a prescription.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make changes to legislation to enable general practitioners to directly provide paracetamol, or other low cost readily available drugs for patients without the need for a prescription.</p><p> </p><p>These drugs remain available to patients over the counter.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2017 11:40:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731343

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Paracetamol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent in prescribing paracetamol in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The net ingredient cost of paracetamol items prescribed in the United Kingdom and dispensed in England in each of the last five years is provided in the table below. The cost reported is at reimbursement prices. This does not take account of the margin that pharmacies earn on the medicines they dispense. This margin is subsequently taken into account as contributing towards the target level of funding for community pharmacy as part of the community pharmacy contractual framework.</p><p> </p><p>Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) per prescription items of paracetamol dispensed in England in each financial year within British National Formulary 4.7.1 non-opioid analgesics</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>NIC</p></td><td><p>Items</p></td><td><p>NIC per Item</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£73,793,906</p></td><td><p>21,963,186</p></td><td><p>£3.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£83,146,567</p></td><td><p>22,616,462</p></td><td><p>£3.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£86,884,281</p></td><td><p>23,326,577</p></td><td><p>£3.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£84,863,269</p></td><td><p>22,664,359</p></td><td><p>£3.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£70,187,088</p></td><td><p>21,740,142</p></td><td><p>£3.23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA)</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 327 question first answered 29/06/2017 09:37:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731345

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Paracetamol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse is for a prescription of paracetamol.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The net ingredient cost of paracetamol items prescribed in the United Kingdom and dispensed in England in each of the last five years is provided in the table below. The cost reported is at reimbursement prices. This does not take account of the margin that pharmacies earn on the medicines they dispense. This margin is subsequently taken into account as contributing towards the target level of funding for community pharmacy as part of the community pharmacy contractual framework.</p><p> </p><p>Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) per prescription items of paracetamol dispensed in England in each financial year within British National Formulary 4.7.1 non-opioid analgesics</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>NIC</p></td><td><p>Items</p></td><td><p>NIC per Item</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£73,793,906</p></td><td><p>21,963,186</p></td><td><p>£3.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£83,146,567</p></td><td><p>22,616,462</p></td><td><p>£3.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£86,884,281</p></td><td><p>23,326,577</p></td><td><p>£3.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£84,863,269</p></td><td><p>22,664,359</p></td><td><p>£3.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£70,187,088</p></td><td><p>21,740,142</p></td><td><p>£3.23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA)</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 325 question first answered 29/06/2017 09:37:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris