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751341

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the utility of the information provided by the Adult Dental Health Survey in assessing and planning for oral health needs both nationally and locally.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	4726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>There has been no formal assessment of the use of previous Adult Dental Health Surveys. The comparable nature of the data facilitates the following uses: for national and local policy makers to design, implement and monitor policies on oral health and dental services; for dental commissioners in NHS England to ensure commissioned services are meeting the needs of the population; for local authorities to fulfil a statutory function to assess the oral health needs of their populations - to inform the adult oral health elements of their joint strategic needs assessments and their local adult oral health improvement plans.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/07/2017 12:58:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

751351

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans for the next Adult Dental Health Survey to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	4722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken yet on the funding or timing of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 4723 4724 question first answered 17/07/2017 13:38:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

751352

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has made available for the forthcoming Adult Dental Health Survey.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	4723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken yet on the funding or timing of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 4722 4724 question first answered 17/07/2017 13:38:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

751353

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans for the work of the next Adult Dental Health Survey to commence.
	tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
	uin	4724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>No decisions have been taken yet on the funding or timing of the next Adult Dental Health Survey.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 4722 4723 question first answered 17/07/2017 13:38:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

769890

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the amount of sugar consumed by people over 65-years of age and the health implications of that level of consumption.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	107585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The most recent data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS), published in September 2016, show that men and women aged 65 years and older derived 11.4% and 10.2% respectively of their total dietary energy from sugars. This is more than double the level recommended by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in its report ‘Carbohydrates and Health’ report published in July 2015 which recommended that the intake of free sugars should not exceed 5% of total dietary energy. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf</a></p><p>The sugars included in the NDNS assessment are those added to food during manufacture or cooking in the form of table sugar, honey or similar products, or released from the cell structure of food during processing, such as the sugars in fruit juice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/10/2017 15:14:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

769891

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	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 work with retailers to limit the availability of high sugar food and drink products at the point of sale.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	107586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As part of our plan to tackle childhood obesity we launched a broad, structured and independently monitored sugar reduction programme, led by Public Health England (PHE), to remove sugar from the products children eat most. This can be achieved through reduction of sugar levels in products, reducing portion size or shifting purchasing towards lower sugar alternatives.</p><p> </p><p>Since March 2017, PHE has engaged with all of the food industry (retailers, manufacturers and the out of home sector) to discuss what industry could do to meet the 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. PHE will continue these discussions and will publish regular updates on progress towards the 20% sugar reduction.</p><p> </p><p>A list of PHE’s industry and other stakeholder engagement on this agenda was published in March and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 107668 question first answered 19/10/2017 16:15:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

770032

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar: Sales
	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 restrict the sale of high-sugar food and drink products at the point of sale.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	107668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As part of our plan to tackle childhood obesity we launched a broad, structured and independently monitored sugar reduction programme, led by Public Health England (PHE), to remove sugar from the products children eat most. This can be achieved through reduction of sugar levels in products, reducing portion size or shifting purchasing towards lower sugar alternatives.</p><p> </p><p>Since March 2017, PHE has engaged with all of the food industry (retailers, manufacturers and the out of home sector) to discuss what industry could do to meet the 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. PHE will continue these discussions and will publish regular updates on progress towards the 20% sugar reduction.</p><p> </p><p>A list of PHE’s industry and other stakeholder engagement on this agenda was published in March and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 107586 question first answered 19/10/2017 16:15:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

793034

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	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, how much his Department has budgeted for 2017-18 for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	114819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114820 114822 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793035

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	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, when his Department plans to complete the approvals process to enable the competition for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan to proceed.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	114820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114822 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793037

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	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, what plans his Department has to open the competition for the grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England this year.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	114822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114820 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman