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1089511

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date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Colne-Skipton Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances they give credit to individual Members of Parliament or Peers in written answers; and further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 7 March (HL13981), whether the inclusion of the fact that the project was "championed by Andrew Stephenson MP, the Hon Member for Pendle" influenced the remainder of that answer.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL14592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The response to HL13981 simply reflects the fact that the Hon Member for Pendle, Andrew Stephenson MP, has made strong representations to Ministers about the proposal to reinstate the Colne-Skipton rail link. In response the Secretary of State for Transport has visited Colne twice in the last 12 months in relation to this scheme and so hence he is personally aware of the Hon Member’s commitment to this scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This did not influence the remainder of that answer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 20/03/2019 16:17:20 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1089512

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Methadone: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), whether any public body other than NHS Digital holds the necessary prescription level data to provide the annual cost of prescribing methadone in England for each of the last five years; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL14593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The full data requested is not collected centrally or by NHS England. The data is partially held by either NHS Digital or the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its formal framework agreement with the Department, NHS Digital collects, processes and publishes data from across the health and social care system in England, including data on prescribing and medicines. NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested but does hold data on the net ingredient cost of Methadone Hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, via an FP10 prescription form. This is provided in the following table. Data is not available broken down into the cost of ordering, storage, transport, security, administration and prescription costs<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on local methadone prescribing and supply may be held by individual National Health Service bodies, for example, clinical commissioning groups or NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>British National Formulary (BNF) Chemical Name</p></td><td><p>BNF 3.9.1 Cough Suppressants</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence</p></td><td><p>Total Net Ingredient Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,025</p></td><td><p>£986,129</p></td><td><p>£20,139,545</p></td><td><p>£21,126,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,692</p></td><td><p>£964,223</p></td><td><p>£18,852,099</p></td><td><p>£19,818,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,586</p></td><td><p>£858,415</p></td><td><p>£18,456,074</p></td><td><p>£19,316,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£362</p></td><td><p>£596,809</p></td><td><p>£17,054,254</p></td><td><p>£17,651,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£590</p></td><td><p>£517,711</p></td><td><p>£15,252,240</p></td><td><p>£15,770,541</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for the five calendar years from 2013 to 2017, which is the latest data currently available. Information for 2018 is due to be released later in March 2019.</li><li>Data is provided for Methadone Hydrochloride, which is listed in the BNF within sub-paragraphs BNF 3.9.1 cough suppressants, BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic and BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence.</li><li>NHS Digital only has information about NHS prescription items dispensed to patients in the community in England using a FP10 prescription form. Accordingly, NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, on private prescriptions, on prescriptions written but not dispensed and about other supply routes such as directly through a Patient Group Direction.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority and arm’s length body of the Department and processes 1 billion prescription items for pharmacists who have dispensed prescriptions in England. The NHS Business Services Authority has provided data of remuneration costs from 2014 to 2018, for English pharmacies only, for the dispensing of methadone. This is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Remuneration for Methadone (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,556,608.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,647,409.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41,720,280.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>45,319,400.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>45,932,852.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>The data is based on items dispensed in the community in England.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The data is based on dispensed prescription items that were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority, not including items not dispensed, disallowed and returned, also excluding items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14594 HL14595 HL14596 HL14597 HL14598 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:40:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1089513

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Methadone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), what was the annual cost to the NHS of providing methadone in England in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) ordering, (2) storage, (3) transport, (4) security, (5) administration, (6) prescription, and (7) dispensing costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL14594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The full data requested is not collected centrally or by NHS England. The data is partially held by either NHS Digital or the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its formal framework agreement with the Department, NHS Digital collects, processes and publishes data from across the health and social care system in England, including data on prescribing and medicines. NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested but does hold data on the net ingredient cost of Methadone Hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, via an FP10 prescription form. This is provided in the following table. Data is not available broken down into the cost of ordering, storage, transport, security, administration and prescription costs<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on local methadone prescribing and supply may be held by individual National Health Service bodies, for example, clinical commissioning groups or NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>British National Formulary (BNF) Chemical Name</p></td><td><p>BNF 3.9.1 Cough Suppressants</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence</p></td><td><p>Total Net Ingredient Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,025</p></td><td><p>£986,129</p></td><td><p>£20,139,545</p></td><td><p>£21,126,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,692</p></td><td><p>£964,223</p></td><td><p>£18,852,099</p></td><td><p>£19,818,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,586</p></td><td><p>£858,415</p></td><td><p>£18,456,074</p></td><td><p>£19,316,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£362</p></td><td><p>£596,809</p></td><td><p>£17,054,254</p></td><td><p>£17,651,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£590</p></td><td><p>£517,711</p></td><td><p>£15,252,240</p></td><td><p>£15,770,541</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for the five calendar years from 2013 to 2017, which is the latest data currently available. Information for 2018 is due to be released later in March 2019.</li><li>Data is provided for Methadone Hydrochloride, which is listed in the BNF within sub-paragraphs BNF 3.9.1 cough suppressants, BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic and BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence.</li><li>NHS Digital only has information about NHS prescription items dispensed to patients in the community in England using a FP10 prescription form. Accordingly, NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, on private prescriptions, on prescriptions written but not dispensed and about other supply routes such as directly through a Patient Group Direction.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority and arm’s length body of the Department and processes 1 billion prescription items for pharmacists who have dispensed prescriptions in England. The NHS Business Services Authority has provided data of remuneration costs from 2014 to 2018, for English pharmacies only, for the dispensing of methadone. This is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Remuneration for Methadone (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,556,608.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,647,409.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41,720,280.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>45,319,400.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>45,932,852.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>The data is based on items dispensed in the community in England.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The data is based on dispensed prescription items that were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority, not including items not dispensed, disallowed and returned, also excluding items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14593 HL14595 HL14596 HL14597 HL14598 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:40:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1089514

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Methadone: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), how much NHS England spent on prescribing methadone in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL14595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The full data requested is not collected centrally or by NHS England. The data is partially held by either NHS Digital or the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its formal framework agreement with the Department, NHS Digital collects, processes and publishes data from across the health and social care system in England, including data on prescribing and medicines. NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested but does hold data on the net ingredient cost of Methadone Hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, via an FP10 prescription form. This is provided in the following table. Data is not available broken down into the cost of ordering, storage, transport, security, administration and prescription costs<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on local methadone prescribing and supply may be held by individual National Health Service bodies, for example, clinical commissioning groups or NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>British National Formulary (BNF) Chemical Name</p></td><td><p>BNF 3.9.1 Cough Suppressants</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence</p></td><td><p>Total Net Ingredient Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,025</p></td><td><p>£986,129</p></td><td><p>£20,139,545</p></td><td><p>£21,126,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,692</p></td><td><p>£964,223</p></td><td><p>£18,852,099</p></td><td><p>£19,818,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,586</p></td><td><p>£858,415</p></td><td><p>£18,456,074</p></td><td><p>£19,316,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£362</p></td><td><p>£596,809</p></td><td><p>£17,054,254</p></td><td><p>£17,651,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£590</p></td><td><p>£517,711</p></td><td><p>£15,252,240</p></td><td><p>£15,770,541</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for the five calendar years from 2013 to 2017, which is the latest data currently available. Information for 2018 is due to be released later in March 2019.</li><li>Data is provided for Methadone Hydrochloride, which is listed in the BNF within sub-paragraphs BNF 3.9.1 cough suppressants, BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic and BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence.</li><li>NHS Digital only has information about NHS prescription items dispensed to patients in the community in England using a FP10 prescription form. Accordingly, NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, on private prescriptions, on prescriptions written but not dispensed and about other supply routes such as directly through a Patient Group Direction.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority and arm’s length body of the Department and processes 1 billion prescription items for pharmacists who have dispensed prescriptions in England. The NHS Business Services Authority has provided data of remuneration costs from 2014 to 2018, for English pharmacies only, for the dispensing of methadone. This is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Remuneration for Methadone (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,556,608.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,647,409.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41,720,280.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>45,319,400.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>45,932,852.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>The data is based on items dispensed in the community in England.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The data is based on dispensed prescription items that were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority, not including items not dispensed, disallowed and returned, also excluding items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14593 HL14594 HL14596 HL14597 HL14598 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:40:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1089515

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Methadone: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), what data they hold on the annual cost of prescribing methadone on the NHS in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL14596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The full data requested is not collected centrally or by NHS England. The data is partially held by either NHS Digital or the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its formal framework agreement with the Department, NHS Digital collects, processes and publishes data from across the health and social care system in England, including data on prescribing and medicines. NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested but does hold data on the net ingredient cost of Methadone Hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, via an FP10 prescription form. This is provided in the following table. Data is not available broken down into the cost of ordering, storage, transport, security, administration and prescription costs<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on local methadone prescribing and supply may be held by individual National Health Service bodies, for example, clinical commissioning groups or NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>British National Formulary (BNF) Chemical Name</p></td><td><p>BNF 3.9.1 Cough Suppressants</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence</p></td><td><p>Total Net Ingredient Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,025</p></td><td><p>£986,129</p></td><td><p>£20,139,545</p></td><td><p>£21,126,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,692</p></td><td><p>£964,223</p></td><td><p>£18,852,099</p></td><td><p>£19,818,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,586</p></td><td><p>£858,415</p></td><td><p>£18,456,074</p></td><td><p>£19,316,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£362</p></td><td><p>£596,809</p></td><td><p>£17,054,254</p></td><td><p>£17,651,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£590</p></td><td><p>£517,711</p></td><td><p>£15,252,240</p></td><td><p>£15,770,541</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for the five calendar years from 2013 to 2017, which is the latest data currently available. Information for 2018 is due to be released later in March 2019.</li><li>Data is provided for Methadone Hydrochloride, which is listed in the BNF within sub-paragraphs BNF 3.9.1 cough suppressants, BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic and BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence.</li><li>NHS Digital only has information about NHS prescription items dispensed to patients in the community in England using a FP10 prescription form. Accordingly, NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, on private prescriptions, on prescriptions written but not dispensed and about other supply routes such as directly through a Patient Group Direction.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority and arm’s length body of the Department and processes 1 billion prescription items for pharmacists who have dispensed prescriptions in England. The NHS Business Services Authority has provided data of remuneration costs from 2014 to 2018, for English pharmacies only, for the dispensing of methadone. This is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Remuneration for Methadone (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,556,608.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,647,409.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41,720,280.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>45,319,400.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>45,932,852.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>The data is based on items dispensed in the community in England.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The data is based on dispensed prescription items that were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority, not including items not dispensed, disallowed and returned, also excluding items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14593 HL14594 HL14595 HL14597 HL14598 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:40:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1089516

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Methadone: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), what costs are associated with the NHS prescribing methadone in England; and which public bodies, if any, collate data in relation such costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL14597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The full data requested is not collected centrally or by NHS England. The data is partially held by either NHS Digital or the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its formal framework agreement with the Department, NHS Digital collects, processes and publishes data from across the health and social care system in England, including data on prescribing and medicines. NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested but does hold data on the net ingredient cost of Methadone Hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, via an FP10 prescription form. This is provided in the following table. Data is not available broken down into the cost of ordering, storage, transport, security, administration and prescription costs<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on local methadone prescribing and supply may be held by individual National Health Service bodies, for example, clinical commissioning groups or NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>British National Formulary (BNF) Chemical Name</p></td><td><p>BNF 3.9.1 Cough Suppressants</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence</p></td><td><p>Total Net Ingredient Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,025</p></td><td><p>£986,129</p></td><td><p>£20,139,545</p></td><td><p>£21,126,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,692</p></td><td><p>£964,223</p></td><td><p>£18,852,099</p></td><td><p>£19,818,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,586</p></td><td><p>£858,415</p></td><td><p>£18,456,074</p></td><td><p>£19,316,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£362</p></td><td><p>£596,809</p></td><td><p>£17,054,254</p></td><td><p>£17,651,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£590</p></td><td><p>£517,711</p></td><td><p>£15,252,240</p></td><td><p>£15,770,541</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for the five calendar years from 2013 to 2017, which is the latest data currently available. Information for 2018 is due to be released later in March 2019.</li><li>Data is provided for Methadone Hydrochloride, which is listed in the BNF within sub-paragraphs BNF 3.9.1 cough suppressants, BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic and BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence.</li><li>NHS Digital only has information about NHS prescription items dispensed to patients in the community in England using a FP10 prescription form. Accordingly, NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, on private prescriptions, on prescriptions written but not dispensed and about other supply routes such as directly through a Patient Group Direction.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority and arm’s length body of the Department and processes 1 billion prescription items for pharmacists who have dispensed prescriptions in England. The NHS Business Services Authority has provided data of remuneration costs from 2014 to 2018, for English pharmacies only, for the dispensing of methadone. This is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Remuneration for Methadone (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,556,608.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,647,409.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41,720,280.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>45,319,400.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>45,932,852.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>The data is based on items dispensed in the community in England.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The data is based on dispensed prescription items that were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority, not including items not dispensed, disallowed and returned, also excluding items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14593 HL14594 HL14595 HL14596 HL14598 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:40:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1089517

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Methadone: Prescriptions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 11 March (HL14049), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what the annual cost of prescribing methadone in England was in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL14598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The full data requested is not collected centrally or by NHS England. The data is partially held by either NHS Digital or the NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its formal framework agreement with the Department, NHS Digital collects, processes and publishes data from across the health and social care system in England, including data on prescribing and medicines. NHS Digital reports that it does not hold the prescription level data requested but does hold data on the net ingredient cost of Methadone Hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, via an FP10 prescription form. This is provided in the following table. Data is not available broken down into the cost of ordering, storage, transport, security, administration and prescription costs<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Data on local methadone prescribing and supply may be held by individual National Health Service bodies, for example, clinical commissioning groups or NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>British National Formulary (BNF) Chemical Name</p></td><td><p>BNF 3.9.1 Cough Suppressants</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic</p></td><td><p>BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence</p></td><td><p>Total Net Ingredient Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,025</p></td><td><p>£986,129</p></td><td><p>£20,139,545</p></td><td><p>£21,126,699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,692</p></td><td><p>£964,223</p></td><td><p>£18,852,099</p></td><td><p>£19,818,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£1,586</p></td><td><p>£858,415</p></td><td><p>£18,456,074</p></td><td><p>£19,316,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£362</p></td><td><p>£596,809</p></td><td><p>£17,054,254</p></td><td><p>£17,651,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Methadone Hydrochloride</p></td><td><p>£590</p></td><td><p>£517,711</p></td><td><p>£15,252,240</p></td><td><p>£15,770,541</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for the five calendar years from 2013 to 2017, which is the latest data currently available. Information for 2018 is due to be released later in March 2019.</li><li>Data is provided for Methadone Hydrochloride, which is listed in the BNF within sub-paragraphs BNF 3.9.1 cough suppressants, BNF 4.7.2 Opioid Analgesic and BNF 4.10.3 Opioid Dependence.</li><li>NHS Digital only has information about NHS prescription items dispensed to patients in the community in England using a FP10 prescription form. Accordingly, NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, on private prescriptions, on prescriptions written but not dispensed and about other supply routes such as directly through a Patient Group Direction.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is a special health authority and arm’s length body of the Department and processes 1 billion prescription items for pharmacists who have dispensed prescriptions in England. The NHS Business Services Authority has provided data of remuneration costs from 2014 to 2018, for English pharmacies only, for the dispensing of methadone. This is provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Remuneration for Methadone (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41,556,608.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>41,647,409.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41,720,280.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>45,319,400.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>45,932,852.74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>The data is based on items dispensed in the community in England.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The data is based on dispensed prescription items that were processed by the NHS Business Services Authority, not including items not dispensed, disallowed and returned, also excluding items prescribed but not presented for dispensing or not submitted to NHS Prescription Services by the dispenser.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14593 HL14594 HL14595 HL14596 HL14597 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:40:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1089518

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recommendation of the Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement that the book Life in the UK should be revised, and to the undertaking by them to do so, when that review will take place; and when they plan to publish the revised text.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL14599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it will review and revise the Life in the UK test and associated text to give much greater prominence to and in-formation on the shared values which we believe underpin society here in the UK. We are currently considering how this will be taken forward.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/03/2019 13:31:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1089519

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Medical Records: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether NHS Digital is compliant with all legal obligations under the national data opt out Direction 2017, in particular the requirements in that Direction under the subheading Analysis of the impact of national opt outs; and if so, what analysis NHS Digital has undertaken.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL14600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has complied with all aspects of the national data opt-out Direction 2017. The national data opt-out, including the systems to collect and store national data opt-out preferences, was implemented on 25 May 2018.</p><p>Since July 2018, NHS Digital has published regular statistical publications on the number of people with a national data opt-out. Since November 2018 the analysis has included a breakdown by age, gender and geography.</p><p>NHS Digital has also produced some analysis of the impact on Hospital Episode Statistics. The analysis is based on recent national data opt-out data and will be published by April 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 28/03/2019 16:34:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1089520

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the proposed Brexit deal (1) fulfils, and (2) is consistent with the spirit of, Article 50(1) of the Treaty on European Union.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL14601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Article 50 (1) of the TFEU states that any Member State may decide to withdraw from the EU in accordance with its own constitutional requirements. The decision to permit the Prime Minister to notify (under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union) of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the EU, was approved overwhelmingly by Parliament through the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017.</p><p>Under the terms of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the withdrawal agreement may be ratified only if the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future relationship have been approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/03/2019 13:56:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch