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1037605

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when their review of post-18 education and funding will be published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL12661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Review of Post-18 Education and Funding is being informed by independent advice from an expert panel, chaired by Philip Augar.</p><p> </p><p>The panel have undertaken an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement and evidence gathering. They will report in 2019 before government concludes the overall review.</p><p>The government will want to move swiftly to improve the post-18 system once the review has concluded. Implementation timetables will depend on the review’s findings and recommendations and the legislative and operational requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/01/2019 11:25:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1038495

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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	Drugs: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is an objective of the new NHS Long Term Plan to ensure that the most innovative drugs will be accessible to patients more quickly than they currently are.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	206878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, together with other recent initiatives including the Life Sciences Sector Deal and the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, describe the Government’s objectives for a health and care system that delivers world leading patient care and health outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants patients to benefit from effective new drugs and the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access agreed between the Department and the branded pharmaceutical industry commits to align the speed of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisals for non-cancer medicines to the faster timeline for cancer medicines.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy set out a vision of being a world-leader in developing and bringing to market innovative medicines to improve life-chances of United Kingdom patients. It highlighted the importance of evolving and simplifying the access system for new medicines by implementing, and building on, the findings of the Accelerated Access Review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:18:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1039010

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 NHS prescriptons have been issued for patients to use medical cannabis since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medicinal cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207187 207189 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039016

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 NHS prescriptions have been honoured at a pharmacy for patients to use medical cannabis since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medicinal cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207185 207189 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039028

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Asparaginase
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Erwinase will be available for the treatment for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia between January 2019 and March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	207238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Erwinase is produced by Porton Biopharma Ltd (PBL) and is licensed and distributed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals under a global licencing agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Due to increased demand for Erwinase and because PBL are manufacturing at capacity, until increases in capacity are brought into beneficial use there will be occasional stock-outs.</p><p> </p><p>The product is currently in stock in the United Kingdom. The Department has been informed, it is likely there will be a short stock-out in early February 2019 and then a further batch is planned to be released to Jazz Pharmaceuticals, who are responsible for the packaging/distribution and allocation of worldwide product supply, anticipated to reach the UK market by mid-February 2019 which should last until the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and Public Health England (PHE) are in close contact with, and have been kept informed by the PBL management of short periods of interrupted supply. PBL have and will be implementing a series of initiatives to increase capacity and better supply the market in both the short and long term. PBL are fully aware of the consequences that the unavailability of Erwinase has on patients and are absolutely committed to working with all involved to resolve any issues and be able to supply this critical medicine.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and PHE will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:18:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1039029

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 number of (a) prescriptions issued and (b) patients that use medical cannabis in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medicinal cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207185 207187 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039035

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department with NHS Trusts on implementing adequate measures to ensure access to medical cannabis for patients.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Officials in the Department have worked with colleagues in NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the Home Office and individual National Health Service trusts, as necessary, to ensure that individual patients can access cannabis-based medicinal products where specialist doctors have decided this would be clinically beneficial.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:12:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039036

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 his Department has made of the number of patients that were denied access to medicinal cannabis by their (a) NHS trust, (b) GP and (c) neurologist.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:15:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039038

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS and medical professionals body guidelines on the prescription of medical cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The interim clinical guidance, commissioned by NHS England and issued by the Royal College of Physicians, British Paediatric Neurology Association and Association of British Neurologists is based on the best available clinical evidence for safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness and reflects clinical guidance that has been published in other jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, has been commissioned to develop guidelines for the National Health Service on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products by October 2019. This will update and replace the interim guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:16:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039039

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of hospital trusts in implementing the law change of 1 November 2018 to ensure patients that might benefit from medical cannabis are able to.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of National Health Service trusts in implementing the change of law.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:10:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039040

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Bedrocan
	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 times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met with Bedrocan.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials have communicated with a range of manufacturers and importers regarding the establishment of supplies of cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met with Bedrocan, Tilray, GW Pharmaceuticals or Aphria, the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord O’Shaughnessy) did meet with GW Pharmaceuticals once.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2018, officials from the Department have met with Bedrocan once, Tilray three times and GW Pharmaceuticals seven times (including a meeting which involved the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor). No meetings have taken place between Departmental officials and Aphria.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207195 207196 207197 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:01:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039041

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Tilray
	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 times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met with Tilray.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials have communicated with a range of manufacturers and importers regarding the establishment of supplies of cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met with Bedrocan, Tilray, GW Pharmaceuticals or Aphria, the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord O’Shaughnessy) did meet with GW Pharmaceuticals once.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2018, officials from the Department have met with Bedrocan once, Tilray three times and GW Pharmaceuticals seven times (including a meeting which involved the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor). No meetings have taken place between Departmental officials and Aphria.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207194 207196 207197 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:01:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039042

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	GW Pharmaceuticals
	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 times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met with GW Pharmaceuticals.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials have communicated with a range of manufacturers and importers regarding the establishment of supplies of cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met with Bedrocan, Tilray, GW Pharmaceuticals or Aphria, the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord O’Shaughnessy) did meet with GW Pharmaceuticals once.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2018, officials from the Department have met with Bedrocan once, Tilray three times and GW Pharmaceuticals seven times (including a meeting which involved the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor). No meetings have taken place between Departmental officials and Aphria.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207194 207195 207197 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:01:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039043

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Aphria
	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 times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have met with Aphria.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Departmental officials have communicated with a range of manufacturers and importers regarding the establishment of supplies of cannabis-based products for medicinal use in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met with Bedrocan, Tilray, GW Pharmaceuticals or Aphria, the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord O’Shaughnessy) did meet with GW Pharmaceuticals once.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2018, officials from the Department have met with Bedrocan once, Tilray three times and GW Pharmaceuticals seven times (including a meeting which involved the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor). No meetings have taken place between Departmental officials and Aphria.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207194 207195 207196 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:01:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039558

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	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	General Practitioners: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 6 of the NHS Long-Term Plan, whether the right of every patient to have an online digital GP consultation will be added to the NHS constitution.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, no decision has been taken to whether the right of every patient to have an online general practitioner consultation will be added to the NHS Constitution. The ultimate decision about what is included in the NHS Constitution rests with the Department and may be subject to parliamentary agreement.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:23:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1039559

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	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	General Practitioners: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 6 of the NHS Long-Term Plan, what estimate has he made of the proportion of online GP consultations that will be carried out by private providers that do not currently provide NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, no estimate has been made. The proportion will depend on the preferences of patients and the extent to which existing providers of primary care take up the opportunity to offer online general practitioner consultations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:19:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1041259

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Gambling: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the £20.5 billion of investment announced in the NHS Long Term Plan will be allocated to clinics dedicated to the treatment of problem gambling.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	208214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The allocation of funding to the expansion of specialist treatment for gambling related harm announced in the NHS Long Term Plan has yet to be determined by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:08:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96128 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041305

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of Prescription Ordering Direct services' ability to deny or delay repeat prescription requests from patients with lifelong or long-term illnesses or diseases for whom their GP has always previously and continues to prescribe such medication on the health of such patients.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	208241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no such plans to make an assessment. It is important that patients can access their prescribed medicines in a timely and convenient manner, and any service introduced should not hinder general practitioner’s ability to provide this.</p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council’s Prescribing Guidance has specific recommendations on this topic, and explains that prescribers “must make sure that any repeat prescription they sign is safe and appropriate” and “repeat prescriptions received earlier or later than expected may indicate poor adherence, leading to inadequate therapy or adverse effects”.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:07:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96130 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1041326

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Preventive Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 38 of his Department's document of 5 November 2018, Prevention is better than cure, our vision to help you live well for longer, what progress he is making on considering the best available evidence of what a health in all policies approach could look like.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	208249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Prevention Vision document, ‘Prevention is Better Than Cure’, we committed to publishing a Prevention Green Paper setting out Government plans on prevention in more detail. Planning for this Green Paper is now underway, and officials will be working with a range of external partners and other Government departments on the content. Full details will be available later this year, when the Green Paper is published.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:24:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1041401

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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	Dental Health: 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 proportion of children aged five had at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth in each of the last eight years .
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	208231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on five year old dental health is not collected annually. Data on the proportion of five year olds with at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth because of decay available for the last eight years is in the following table. These data are not comparable due to changes in methodology between the surveys.</p><p> </p><p>Data collection for the 2018/19 survey is currently underway and results will be published in spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the surveys of five year old children can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/5year%20docs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/5year%20docs.aspx</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of five year old children with one or more teeth affected by decay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>23.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Caution is advised when making comparisons of these data as they come from different data sets</p><p>- <sup>1</sup> Source: former NHS Dental Epidemiology Programme</p><p>- <sup>2 </sup>Source: Child Dental Health Survey, 2013</p><p>- <sup>3 </sup>Source: Public Health England Dental Public Health Intelligence Programme</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:06:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96129 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1038936

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on the financial circumstances of universal credit claimants who receive their wages on a fixed day each month and therefore have multiple pay days during an assessment period; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	207176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit payments reflect, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if a claimant’s income falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>Some claimants receive earnings from work multiple times within an assessment period if they are paid via four-weekly, fortnightly, or weekly patterns. This in turn may reduce, or in some cases, nil the Universal Credit award the claimant receives that month. Claimants can always discuss the implications of this with their case managers and work coaches and can be referred to Personal Budgeting Support to help them manage their budgeting.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant’s Universal Credit claim is closed due to this, claimants can re-claim the following month via a more simplified process than for an initial claim. We have produced guidance to help ensure claimants, staff and representatives are aware of the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles. This is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments-payment-cycles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments/universal-credit-different-earning-patterns-and-your-payments-payment-cycles</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with employers to ensure that they use the most appropriate payment practices and comply with RTI guidelines in order to minimise the incidence of erroneous or late reporting by employers. HMRC have recently updated guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2019 15:22:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1039045

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Crawley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of allegations (a) of approximately £500,000 being spent inefficiently by Crawley Borough Council on a recent IT project and (b) that freedom of information requests by residents on that subject have not been fully responded to; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	207242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Local councils act independently of central government. They are accountable for their actions to their electorate and there are mechanisms in place for local people to hold councils to account. This means that any questions about spending decisions, the delivery of services, or the performance of a council are for that council to respond to. If local people remain unsatisfied with the response they receive from the council they can contact the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman for advice.</p><p>In respect of Freedom of Information requests, if a requester is unhappy with the response of the local authority to their FOI requests, they can ask the independent Information Commissioner to investigate.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/01/2019 13:09:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1041423

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much private (a) schools and (b) hospitals claimed in business rate relief in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	208389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information about the value of business rates reliefs split by type of business.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/01/2019 13:10:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1038348

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the full procurement process took in each case to agree the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services; and if he will place a copy of each contract in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	206769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>In each case, the full procurement process was completed within the month of December. Details of the contracts are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/01/2019 14:06:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1038349

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the minimum number of vessels required to fulfil the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services from UK ports.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	206770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Specific vessel arrangements are a matter for operators.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/01/2019 14:10:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner