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1422850

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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	Dietary Supplements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on changes being proposed to Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances policy about oral nutritional supplements listed in part XV of the Drug Tariff.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	125057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) is independent of Government. The ACBS will present its findings in a consultation report to the Department. At this stage, the report will be shared with the British Specialist Nutrition Association for further comment within a month. The Department will then consider the finalised report in relation to each of the proposed policy options.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/02/2022 17:04:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1387197

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2021
	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	Dietary Supplements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances consultation on standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements will report and publish interim conclusions.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	92063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) is independent of the Government. The ACBS has not informed the Department when it will publish its conclusions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/12/2021 17:08:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1387198

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2021
	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	Dietary Supplements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources he has allocated to reviewing the responses to the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances consultation on standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	92064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The Committee’s Secretariat function is provided by one member of staff. The Department has allocated the Secretariat and part of two staff members’ time to review the responses to the consultation. The Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances is independent of the Department and will also review the responses.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/12/2021 13:52:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1252368

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	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	Dietary Supplements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the legalisation of the supplement Agmatine for medical purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	115524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Agmatine is a substance that is classified as a novel food in the European Union. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) can confirm Agmatine is not present in any licensed medicines in the United Kingdom and there have been no clinical trials using agmatine either.</p><p>In order for the MHRA to authorise a medicine for use in the UK, a manufacturer has to apply to obtain a marketing authorisation. The MHRA makes its decision to approve a licence for a product based on demonstration of safety, quality and efficacy. Thus far, the MHRA has not received any application for Agmatine to be used for medical purposes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 01/12/2020 11:42:40 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 62798 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1145482

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2019
	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	Dietary Supplements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of benefits of the use of (a) prebiotics and (b) probiotics in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	290343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) has made an assessment of the benefits of the use of prebiotics and probiotics.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, in partnership with NHS Clinical Commissioners, carried out a public consultation between December 2017 and March 2018 on reducing prescribing of over the counter medicines for minor, short-term health concerns. Probiotics were included in the consultation proposals as items of limited clinical effectiveness which are of high cost to the National Health Service.</p><p>Following the consultation, in March 2018, NHS England published guidance for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care. This guidance included a recommendation advising CCGs that probiotics should not be routinely prescribed in primary care given the limited evidence of clinical effectiveness. The clinical working group advised that there is currently insufficient clinical evidence to support prescribing of probiotics within the NHS for the treatment or prevention of diarrhoea of any cause.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 01/10/2019 09:49:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1145017

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Dietary Supplements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of benefits of the use of (a) prebiotics and (b) probiotics in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	287519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 16:33:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott