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422666

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Haematological Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take further steps to support Anthony Nolan's Destination Cure campaign.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	12658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>Since 2011, the Department of Health has provided our delivery partners, NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan, a total of £16 million in additional, new funding to improve stem cell transplantation services in the United Kingdom. A further £3 million investment was announced in March 2015.</p><br /><p>The Government remains committed to improving stem cell transplantation services and doing all we can to help those in need of a transplant to find a suitable donor. The report ‘Destination Cure – arriving at a better future’ from Anthony Nolan provides a timely contribution to this work.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2015 17:09:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

438129

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Department of Health: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies spent on consultancy services in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	20037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>Total Non Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB) spend on consultancy services in the year 2014-15 is shown in the table below. Data for 2015-16 will not be available until the accounts are published after the financial year end.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NDPB Consultancy Spend 2014-15 (excluding NHS England)</p></td><td><p><strong></strong>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>11,773</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional Standards Authority for Health &amp; Social Care</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>1,526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NDPB total</p></td><td><p>15,092</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p>Operating expenses, including expenditure on consultancy services, can be found on pages 148 and 149 of NHS England’s 2014/15 annual report:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nhse-annual-report-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nhse-annual-report-2014-15.pdf</a></p><br /><p>The figures provided are disclosed as expenditure on “consultancy services” in the administration and programme costs notes in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><br /><p>Consultancy services are defined as “The provision to management of objective advice and assistance relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of an organisation in pursuit of its purposes and objectives. Such assistance will be provided outside the ‘business as usual’ environment when in-house skills are not available and will be of no essential consequence and time-limited. Services may include the identification of options with recommendations and/or assistance with (but not delivery of) the implementation of solutions.”</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/12/2015 16:39:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

421101

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Sex Selection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Ministers or officials of his Department will meet Jeena International, Karma Nirvana and other organisations representing women who have been the victim of coerced sex-selective abortion to discuss the implications of his Department's assessment of the evidence of termination of pregnancy on grounds of gender.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	11522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <br /><p><em></em></p><p>Officials are happy to meet with these organisations and have already offered to meet Jeena International.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2015 14:04:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

438685

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he has made of the reason for the failure to meet ambulance response time targets for Red 1 999 emergencies between June 2015 and September 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	20188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Ambulance services are experiencing a significant increase in demand compared with previous years.</p><br /><p>NHS England and trusts are responding to this challenge with a number of measures including the Ambulance Response Programme which enables trusts to provide a more clinically appropriate response to patients.In 2014/15, there were 1,048,500 more ambulance journeys compared with 2009/10 (2,800 per day). There are now almost 2,000 more paramedics compared to 2010.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/12/2015 14:53:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

443451

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Department of Health: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each gender work in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	21613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>As at 31 December 2015, of the civil servants employed by the Department 1,180 were women and 838 were men. Their full-time equivalent numbers were 1,110 and 822 respectively.</p><br /><p>The Office for National Statistics produce annual and quarterly statistics for the whole of the Civil Service. The published figures include a gender distribution and a number of other demographics, for each Government Department and Executive Agency. These can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics/index.html</a></p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2016 14:30:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

427633

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Game
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much game meat has entered the human food chain from licensed hunting activities on land owned by Government Departments or agencies in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	15977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>As part of its regulation of approved meat establishments, the Food Standards Agency collects throughput figures on the number of animals slaughtered or processed at each premises. Game meat processed at approved game handling establishments will come from trained hunters and be supported by an appropriate declaration. There is no requirement to detail on these declarations whether the game is from land owned by Government Departments or Agencies.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/11/2015 12:09:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

420097

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Nurses: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) address geographic inequalities in and (b) move towards comprehensive coverage for Community Children's Nursing provision; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	10805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Community Children’s Nurses are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Since the publication of <em>Facing the Future Together</em>, by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of General Practitioners, CCGs are considering how Community-based Children’s Nurses can provide a safe, high-quality service that meets the health needs of every child and young person. This includes training Advanced Practitioners, with additional skills such as prescribing, and considering how children’s community nurses should support continuing care and new integrated arrangements for children with special educational needs and disability.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/10/2015 16:57:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

424601

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 2.21 of the Summer Budget 2015, what arrangements he has put in place to enable the funding provided for defibrillators to be disbursed.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	13925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Following our 2015 Budget commitment on defibrillators, we have awarded the British Heart Foundation (BHF) £1 million to make public access defibrillators and coronary pulmonary resuscitation training more widely available in communities across England.</p><br /><p>More information can be found on the BHF’s website:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/nation-of-lifesavers/about-defibrillators/apply-for-a-defibrillator-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/nation-of-lifesavers/about-defibrillators/apply-for-a-defibrillator-in-england</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/11/2015 17:26:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

438179

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with a diagnosis of dementia (a) attended A&E and (b) were admitted to hospital in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	20002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>In the Hospital Episode Statistics data it is not possible to identify patients that attended accident and emergency with a diagnosis of dementia.</p><br /><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre have provided a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) where there was a primary diagnosis of dementia for the years 2012-13 to 2014-15. This is shown in Table A.</p><br /><p>Note that this is not a count of people as the same person may have had more than one admission episode within the same time period.</p><br /><p>Table A: Count of FAEs where there was a primary diagnosis of dementia for the years 2012-13 to 2014-15</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sum of FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>19,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>17,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>18,732</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/12/2015 14:01:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

426553

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Department of Health: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which regulations his Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	15048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>In the years indicated, the Department has introduced the following regulations, either wholly or partially, as a result of European Union legislation:</p><p>2013</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>- Statutory Instruments 2013/1855 and 2013/2593 concerning the regulation of medicines.</p><p>- Statutory Instrument 2013/2327 concerning the regulation of medical devices.</p><p>- National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2269).</p><p>- The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/3243).</p><p>- Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>2014</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>- Statutory Instrument 2014/490 concerning the regulation of medicines.</p><p>- Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1459).</p><p>- Health Care and Associated Professions (Indemnity Arrangements) Order 2014 (Order 2014/1887).</p><p>- The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2883).</p><p>- The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2884).</p><p>- General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014.</p><p>- General Medical Council (Licence to Practise and Revalidation) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2014.</p><p>- General Medical Council (Restoration following Administrative Erasure) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2014.</p><p>- General Medical Council (Voluntary Erasure and Restoration following Voluntary Erasure) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2014.</p><p>- Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) (Knowledge of English) Order 2014.</p><p>- The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2014.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>2015 to date:</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>- National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/139).</p><p>- General Chiropractic Council (Indemnity Arrangements) Rules Order of Council 2015.</p><p>- General Osteopathic Council (Indemnity Arrangements) Rules Order of Council 2015.</p><p>- General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015.</p><p>- Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015.</p><p>- Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015 (Commencement No 1) Order of Council 2015.</p><br /> <br /><p>In the years indicated, the Department expects to implement the following regulations as a as a result of EU legislation:</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>2016</p><br /><p>- The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2016.</p><p>- The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.</p><p>- Regulation (EU) 609/2013, concerning detailed requirements as to the composition of certain specific types of food (infant and follow-on formula; processed cereal-based foods and baby foods; foods for special medical purposes; and total diet replacement for weight control), and the nutritional information that must be provided in respect of such foods.</p><p>- The European Qualification (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016.</p><p>- The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016.</p><br /><p>2017</p><br /><p>- Regulations implementing the EU Regulation on Clinical Trials and Regulations implementing the two EU Regulations on Medical Devices and In-vitro Medical Devices.</p><br /><p>When the Department makes regulations that transpose EU legislation, it follows the guidance and framework set by the Better Regulation Executive. This requires the Department to prepare and publish an impact assessment only when the net costs to business are greater than £1 million per year. These would be laid with associated regulations and explanatory memorandum.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/11/2015 09:26:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies