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1471097

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Young People
	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 the recommendations of the independent review by Dr Javed Khan OBE on preventing youth access to vaping products, if his Department will take steps to ensure that (a) cartoon imagery, (b) references to youth culture and (c) flavour names that appeal to minors do not appear on the packaging or within the flavour names and descriptors of disposable vapes.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	19613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department will consider the recommendations set out in the Review. The Government's regulatory framework aims to maximise the opportunities for smokers to use vaping as a tool to quit, while preventing non-smokers and young people from using these products.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 23/06/2022 13:58:42 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup previous answer version 8331 answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1587264

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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	Lung Cancer: Screening
	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 the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee, if he will set a timeline for implementing a targeted lung screening programme.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	148608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department acknowledges the UK National Screening Committee recommendation, from their meeting in June 2022, for a national targeted lung cancer screening programme and is considering this with NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 22/02/2023 11:08:38 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1381031

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	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	Integrated Care Systems
	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 the delegation of certain specialised services to Integrated Care Systems (ICS) under proposed reforms to the NHS, when he plans to announce the specialised services that will (a) remain under NHS England commissioning and (b) be delegated to ICSs.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	79370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>There are no plans to fully delegate NHS England’s functions for specialised services in 2022/23. Subject to the passage of the Health and Care Bill, certain specialised services may become subject to joint commissioning arrangements between NHS England and integrated care boards during 2022/23. The services which would benefit from this more integrated commissioning approach remain under consideration. Further details will be provided before April 2022.</p><p>NHS England will remain accountable for all specialised services, including those that are jointly commissioned or delegated. NHS England will retain responsibility for setting national standards and clinical policies determining access to both new and existing treatments. There are currently no plans to delist any services as specialised services.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/11/2021 11:44:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1675141

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Smoking
	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 the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, whether she plans to update that consultation to reflect the planned repeal of the generational smoking ban in New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	5078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p>Vaping is rightly used by adults as a tool to quit smoking as they are substantially less harmful than cigarettes. However, the Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years and one in five children having now used a vape.</p><p>Whilst New Zealand plan to repeal their legislation, the Government is still planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old or younger this year will never be legally sold tobacco products, and further crack down on youth vaping by consulting on measures to reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to children. On 12 October 2023, we launched a UK-wide consultation to gather views on these proposals and their implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/12/2023 17:58:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1675140

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes
	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 the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, whether her Department plans to mitigate the potential impact of the proposals in that consultation on adults using vapes as a smoking cessation tool.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	5077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Due to nicotine content and the unknown long-term harms, vaping carries risks to health and lifelong addiction for children. The health advice is clear that young people and people who have never smoked should not vape.</p><p>This is why the Government is consulting on measures to reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to children. These measures will need to balance having the biggest impact on youth vaping with ensuring vapes continue to support adult smokers to quit</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2023 16:18:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1675137

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation
	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 the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, if she will publish an Impact Assessment of the proposals in that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p>Vaping is rightly used by adults as a tool to quit smoking. They are substantially less harmful than cigarettes. However, the Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years and one in five children having now used a vape.</p><p>This is why the Government is planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old or younger this year will never be legally sold tobacco products, and further crack down on youth vaping by consulting on measures to reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to children.</p><p>We will publish our Impact Assessment shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 4975 question first answered 11/12/2023 17:17:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1675138

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation
	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 the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October 2023, for how long her Department plans to consider responses to that consultation before publishing a Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for around 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service.</p><p>Vaping is rightly used by adults as a tool to quit smoking. They are substantially less harmful than cigarettes. However, the Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years and one in five children having now used a vape.</p><p>This is why the Government is planning to create a smokefree generation by bringing forward legislation so that children turning 14 years old or younger this year will never be legally sold tobacco products, and further crack down on youth vaping by consulting on measures to reduce the appeal and availability of vapes to children.</p><p>We have received approximately 25,000 responses to our consultation and will publish a response shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/12/2023 17:19:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1438505

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	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	Oral Tobacco: Sweden
	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 the article in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Patterns of Smoking and Snus Use in Sweden: Implications for Public Health, published in November 2016, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding in that article that the availability and use of snus has been a major factor behind Sweden’s record-low prevalence of smoking.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	135490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>No formal assessment of the article has been made. The Department holds no assessment of adverse health outcomes caused by snus compared to smoking. Snus is banned in the United Kingdom and we have no plans to introduce additional tobacco products to the market. Alternative tobacco-free products are available, such as nicotine pouches.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 135491 question first answered 10/03/2022 17:41:57 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1677803

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs
	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 the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203835 on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs, when she expects to see ADHD Medication availability return to its regular levels.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	6793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with the respective manufacturers of medicine used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Some issues have now been resolved; however, we know that there continue to be disruptions to the supply of some other medicines, which should resolve by April 2024.</p><p>We have well-established processes to manage supply issues and continue to work with the respective manufacturers and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the supply disruptions are resolved as soon as possible.</p><p>We understand how frustrating and distressing medicine shortages can be and we want to assure patients that we are working with the respective manufacturers to resolve the issues with ADHD medicine supply in the United Kingdom as soon as possible and to help ensure patients are able to access these medicines in the short and long term.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/12/2023 16:23:59 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1587261

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	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	Cancer: Health Services
	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 his Written Statement of 24 January on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, how the Major Conditions Strategy will tackle waiting times for cancer (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	148606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Major Conditions Strategy will look at cancer, covering the patient pathway from prevention, through treatment, to follow-up care. The strategy will look at a wide range of interventions and enablers to improve outcomes and experience for cancer patients.</p><p>The Major Conditions Strategy will draw on previous work on cancer, including over 5,000 submissions provided to the Department as part of our Call for Evidence last year.  We will continue to work closely with stakeholders, citizens, and the National Health Service in coming weeks to identify actions for the strategy that will have the most impact.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 148607 question first answered 01/03/2023 11:13:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon