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78143

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken to process settlements for the War Pensions Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The average length of time taken to process claims under the War Pensions Scheme in each year since 2010 has been;<br><br>2010-11 – 39 working days<br>2011-12 – 51 working days<br>2012-13 – 82 working days<br>2013-14 – 110 working days<br>2014-15 year to 31 July – 102 working days<br><br>In the majority of cases deadlines for progressing cases are met. The War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Schemes are jointly resourced and administered. The impact of the implementation of the Boyce Review on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (Cm 7798, published February 2010) and its subsequent publicity campaign, combined with an increase in the number of applications for War Disablement Pension (linked to more people with pre-April 2005 service reaching the end of their engagement), led to delays in processing prospective claims.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/09/2014 12:50:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

78989

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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, when his Department plans to conduct its consultation on the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco on the small retail sector; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	206716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not yet made a final decision on whether to introduce standardised packaging for tobacco products. We held a United Kingdom-wide consultation on introducing regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products, which ran from 26 June to 7 August. The consultation asked for new and relevant information that would help in assessing the wider impact of plain packaging, including economic and other considerations.</p><p>The consultation included draft regulations so it is clear how requirements for standardised packaging would work in practice. Alongside the consultation, we have also published an updated consultation-stage Impact Assessment. The consultation asked respondents for further evidence or information which would improve the assumptions or estimates made in the Impact Assessment.</p><p>The Government does not intend to run any further consultations with regard to standardised packaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206715 206788 question first answered 04/09/2014 14:21:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

78994

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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, if his Department will conduct a consultation on the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco on down-trading to cheaper products.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	206788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not yet made a final decision on whether to introduce standardised packaging for tobacco products. We held a United Kingdom-wide consultation on introducing regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products, which ran from 26 June to 7 August. The consultation asked for new and relevant information that would help in assessing the wider impact of plain packaging, including economic and other considerations.</p><p>The consultation included draft regulations so it is clear how requirements for standardised packaging would work in practice. Alongside the consultation, we have also published an updated consultation-stage Impact Assessment. The consultation asked respondents for further evidence or information which would improve the assumptions or estimates made in the Impact Assessment.</p><p>The Government does not intend to run any further consultations with regard to standardised packaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206715 206716 question first answered 04/09/2014 14:21:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

78995

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in New Zealand on the standardising of tobacco packaging.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	206787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>Health ministers have not had any specific discussions about standardised packaging of tobacco with ministers from New Zealand.</p><p>Departmental officials occasionally receive updates from the New Zealand Ministry of Health regarding plans in that country for the introduction of requirements for standardised packaging.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/09/2014 13:02:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

79004

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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, if his Department will conduct a consultation, separate to that carried out by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the potential effect of standardised packaging of tobacco on the Government's long-term economic plan.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	206715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not yet made a final decision on whether to introduce standardised packaging for tobacco products. We held a United Kingdom-wide consultation on introducing regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products, which ran from 26 June to 7 August. The consultation asked for new and relevant information that would help in assessing the wider impact of plain packaging, including economic and other considerations.</p><p>The consultation included draft regulations so it is clear how requirements for standardised packaging would work in practice. Alongside the consultation, we have also published an updated consultation-stage Impact Assessment. The consultation asked respondents for further evidence or information which would improve the assumptions or estimates made in the Impact Assessment.</p><p>The Government does not intend to run any further consultations with regard to standardised packaging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206716 206788 question first answered 04/09/2014 14:21:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

79044

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Fats: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system his Department has put in place to carry out sample checks on imported fat; and what assessment he has made of the risks of imported fat being passed off as a meat product.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	206747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>We have been advised by the Food Standards Agency that in accordance with European Union legislation, all consignments of meat, imported into the United Kingdom (UK) must be presented for official controls at designated Border Inspection Posts (BIPs) in the UK. All consignments must undergo documentary and identity checks to ensure they are the products attested in the required animal and public health certificate accompanying each consignment. In addition, 20% of all meat, including offal, and products of the bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine and equine species, passing through the BIP, must undergo a physical check, which may include a laboratory test. This rate is increased to 50% for poultry, rabbit and game meat. We have no reports of imported fat being presented as meat products from these controls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/09/2014 13:38:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

79058

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyesight: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make eye implants available on the NHS to treat blindness.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	206800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning health care services to meet the needs of their local populations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published technology appraisal guidance recommending fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implants (TA301, November 2013) for treating chronic diabetic macular oedema in certain circumstances and dexamethasone intravitreal implants (TA229, July 2011) for the treatment of macular oedema secondary to retinal vein occlusion, subject to certain clinical criteria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a legal requirement on the National Health Service to provide funding for treatments and drugs recommended by NICE technology appraisal guidance where clinicians wish to use them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has also issued a number of pieces of interventional procedures guidance on eye implants, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Implantation of miniature lens systems for advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (IPG272, August 2008);</p><p> </p><p>- corneal implants for keratoconus (IPG227, July 2007);</p><p> </p><p>- Corneal implants for the correction of refractive error (IPG225, July 2007);</p><p> </p><p>- Implantation of accommodating intraocular lenses for cataract (IPG209, February 2007); and</p><p> </p><p>- Intraocular lens insertion for correction of refractive error, with preservation of the natural lens (IPG289, February 2009).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where positive NICE technology appraisal guidance does not exist, it is for NHS commissioners to make funding decisions based on an assessment of the available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The guidance referred to above can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance" target="_blank">http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/09/2014 13:50:06 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

79061

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) diagnosed with and (b) living with diabetes in (i) Torbay constituency and (ii) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	206783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Public Health England do not routinely present diabetes data by parliamentary constituency. It has produced estimates of the total number of adults with diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed). Across England it was estmated that there were 3,141,622 adults with diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) in 2012. The estimates for 2013 and 2014 were 3,211,368 and 3,279,925 respectively. It was estimated that in Torbay Unitary Authority the total number of adults with diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) was 9,589 in 2012, 9,773 in 2013 and 9,947 in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Quality and Outcomes Framework provides data on the total number of adults aged 17 years and older who have diagnosed diabetes. This showed that in 2012 there were 2,566,436 adults with diagnosed diabetes in England. By 2013 this had increased to 2,703,044. It is not possible to provide local data for consistent areas for recent years. In 2013 there were 14,485 adults with diagnosed diabetes in South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group. However, this covers a larger area than Torbay Unitary Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Cardiovascular Intelligence Network will be publishing cardiovascular disease profiles by clinical commissioning group in August 2014 which will include a chapter about diabetes. These will bring together a number of key indicators about diabetes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/09/2014 13:44:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

79063

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Macular Degeneration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had age-related macular degeneration in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	206799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the number of people with age-related macular degeneration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided the following table. This shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs), for England, where the primary diagnosis was ‘degeneration of the macular and posterior pole’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>77,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>69,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>66,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>52,418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>34,203</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><p>1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. There is no specific code with the Hospital Episodes Statistics to be able to separately identify patients diagnosed with ‘Age related macular degeneration’. Information is, therefore, provided for ‘degeneration of macula and posterior pole’. This includes patients who have been diagnosed with Angioid streaks, Cyst, Drusen (degeneration) of macula, Hole, Puckering, Kuhnt-Junius degeneration, Senile macular degeneration (atrophic) (exudative), Toxic maculopathy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/09/2014 13:48:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

79065

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, how much funding his Department provided to (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	206732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts do not receive the majority of their funding directly from the Department. They are semi-autonomous organisations whose income derives from the provision of services to NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department did however provide public dividend capital to both organisations in 2013-14 to support a number of centrally-led initiatives, shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lancashire Teaching Hospitals<br> NHS Foundation Trust <br> £000s</p></td><td><p>Lancashire Care NHS<br> Foundation Trust<br> £000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dementia care</p></td><td><p>1,014</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improving birth environments</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing and technology fund</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improving maternity care settings</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integrated digital care fund</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,982</p></td><td><p>761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department additionally provided public dividend capital in previous years as set out in the following table. The purpose of these allocations was not collected centrally prior to 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lancashire Teaching Hospitals<br> NHS Foundation Trust<br> £000s</p></td><td><p>Lancashire Care NHS<br> Foundation Trust<br> £000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>3,888</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,888</p></td><td><p>1,524</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/09/2014 13:42:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick