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1714081

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle under-age alcohol use.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Guidance from England’s Chief Medical Officer for healthcare professionals is clear, an alcohol-free childhood is the healthiest and best option. The Department promotes this through online platforms such as the NHS.UK website, and the Talk to FRANK online resource. Local authorities promote these guidelines as part of their public health duties.</p><p>The Department for Education’s statutory guidance, Relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education, became mandatory in September 2020. Through this, education on drugs, alcohol, and tobacco became compulsory at state-funded primary and secondary schools, teaching children and young people how to manage influences and pressures, and keep themselves healthy and safe.</p><p>To deter individuals selling alcohol to a person aged under 18 years old, the maximum fine for the offence of persistently selling alcohol to children was increased from £10,000 to £20,000, under s 147A(8) of the 2003 Licensing Act.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/05/2024 12:20:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1714137

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Clinics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on funding for sexual health clinics.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	23886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual health services that meet the local demand, and these include online and face to face provision of advice and interventions. Individual local authorities decide on spending priorities based on an assessment of local need for sexual health services, as well as the blend of service access that best suits their population.</p><p>In 2024/25 we are allocating £3.6 billion to local authorities in England to fund public health services, including sexual health services, through the Public Health Grant. This will provide local authorities with an average 2.1% cash increase compared to 2023/24. No specific discussions on funding for sexual health clinics have been held with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/05/2024 16:44:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1714138

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Clinics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of sexual health clinics which offer cryotherapy treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	23887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Dedicated local sexual health services play a key public health role in diagnosis, early treatment, and management of sexually transmitted infections, cryotherapy being one form of treatment for genital warts. Individual local authorities are responsible for commissioning decisions about the sexual health services, to best meet the needs of their local populations, including providing open-access sexual health testing and treatment services. The Department has not assessed the number of sexual health clinics which offer cryotherapy treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/05/2024 16:40:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1713829

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	General Practitioners: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to NHS England has been of reimbursing GP practices for providing services to (a) non-UK and (b) non-registered UK citizens in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	23670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>General practices (GPs) are paid for providing essential services to all their patients via global sum payments, which are weighted to take patient needs into account. Therefore, there are no dedicated GP payments for providing services to non-United Kingdom or non-registered UK citizens, and the Department does not hold data on GP patient lists by nationality.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/04/2024 21:20:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31584 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1713899

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Food: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 22526 on Food Advertising, what her planned timetable is for (a) publishing finalised guidance and (b) laying regulations before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	uin	23704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>On 1 October 2025, the Government will introduce a United Kingdom-wide 9:00pm television watershed for the advertising of less healthy products, and a restriction of paid-for advertising of these products online. The Government has published and consulted on the draft secondary legislation needed to underpin this policy. The Government will publish its response to the consultation on the draft secondary legislation shortly, and set out the next steps in implementing the regulations.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/05/2024 11:13:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1713919

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will meet charities representing people affected by alcohol harm to inform her Department’s work on health prevention.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	23807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department meets regularly with alcohol charity representatives, at a ministerial and official level, and is content to continue to do so, to support and inform our work in tackling alcohol related health harms.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/04/2024 21:24:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31574 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1713920

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of developing a cross-departmental strategy to tackle alcohol harm.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	23808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes a wide-ranging approach to addressing alcohol-related harms, including through taking forward the commitments set out in Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, to increase the availability of no- and low-alcohol alternatives, establish alcohol care teams in the 25% of acute hospitals in England with the greatest need as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, and improve the alcohol and drug treatment system through the 10-year Drug Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/04/2024 21:25:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31573 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1713924

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	GP Practice Lists: Lancaster and Wyre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the GP to patient ratio in Wyre.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	23755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>In March 2024, the median general practice patient ratio in Wyre was 5.1 full time equivalent doctors in general practice per 10,000 registered patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:22:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1713939

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to educate people about the use of synthetic drugs in vapes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The health advice is clear, if you don’t smoke, don’t vape, and children should never vape. Vaping can play a role in helping adult smokers to quit, but the number of children using vapes has tripled in the past three years, and a staggering 20.5% of children had tried vaping in March to April 2023</p><p>Drugs education is a mandatory component of the Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education curriculum taught in schools. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has commissioned the PSHE Association to publish teaching resources for schools on drug and alcohol use, and vaping. These resources are in the process of being updated, and there will be increased emphasis on the risks of synthetic drugs, including vapes.</p><p>Information on the dangers of using THC vapes is available on FRANK, the Government’s drug information and advisory website, which signposts users to support services and provides an around the clock and free-to-use confidential helpline, text and email message services, and an online chat.</p><p>Where there are incidents of synthetic cannabinoids in THC vapes, it is for the local authority public health team and the police force to take appropriate actions to warn and protect their at-risk populations, supported by regional teams.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 30/04/2024 21:23:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 31576 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1713940

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Drugs: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how she is monitoring deaths from synthetic drugs.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has a longstanding surveillance system in place to collect information on the nature and location of novel drug use and drug markets, and receives reports alerting us to harms experienced. Work is ongoing to improve drug surveillance on synthetic opioids, through development of an early warning system which will include new data feeds, such as ambulance call-out data.</p><p>For surveillance purposes, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities reconciles local and regional reports received via our drug alerts system, with police force reports received by the National Crime Agency, to arrive at an agreed figure for recent nitazene deaths. Statistics on the number of deaths related to other synthetic drugs are reported by the Office for National Statistics, and will be published in its annual report on the number of deaths related to drug poisoning.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:25:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell