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1015150

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date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drug Seizures: Testing
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 Answers of 23 October and 22 November 2018 to Questions 179178 and 191899 on Cannabis: Misuse, whether the National Crime Agency (a) does not routinely test the strength of street cannabis or (b) monitors the strengths of all illicit drugs seized by the police.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	195568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>In response to the two questions regarding drug strength, I can confirm that:</p><p>(a) the testing and analysis of seized drugs is carried out by forensic service providers and not the National Crime Agency (NCA).</p><p>(b) the National Crime Agency (NCA) does monitor the purity levels and adulteration patterns of certain illegal drugs seized and submitted for forensic analysis in England and Wales, however this does not currently or routinely include the monitoring of cannabis seizures. The NCA provides purity data for other illicit drugs to Focal Point UK who publish this data in their annual report. Relevant information for 2017 can be found in Tables 7.3 and 7.4 of t<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713101/Focal_Point_Annual_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713101/Focal_Point_Annual_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:33 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1015019

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the National Crime Agency’s Thinkuknow education programme in protecting children from online abuse.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s Thinkuknow education programme endeavours to help children and young people identify the risks they may face online, build resilience against the threat of child sexual abuse and exploitation and know where to seek further support, including where appropriate, reporting directly to the NCA.</p><p>The NCA’s performance is monitored quarterly through the NCA’s internal governance structure and overseen by the NCA Board. It is then reported directly to the Home Secretary. This performance reporting includes information on ThinkuKnow.</p><p>There was an external evaluation of ThinkuKnow in 2009. CEOP took on board the recommendations, and the NCA continues to develop its education tools and resources in conjunction with young people, as well as its Ambassador network.</p><p>Following the implementation of new ThinkuKnow resources for eight to ten year olds in November 2016, new resources for four to seven year olds will be launched in January 2019. These have been designed in line with best practice agreed with the PSHE association and have been developed following consultation with over 2000 parents, carers and professionals, and 25 sessions in 12 schools.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/11/2018 16:27:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1015005

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle Albanian crime gangs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	195592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>There are at least 4,600 Organised Crime Groups operating in the UK. A small proportion are foreign national groups, such as those with connections to Albania and the Western Balkans. In its National Strategic Assessment, published in May 2018, the NCA assessed that Organised Crime Groups with links to the Western Balkans dominate the wholesale cocaine market in the UK.</p><p>The Government’s response to the threat posed by these groups is set out in the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy launched in November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/12/2018 16:52:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1015062

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in the document entitled Additional Statistics on Breeding and Genotyping of Animals for Scientific Procedures, Great Britain 2017, published on 8 November 2018, that 1.81 million non–genetically altered animals were bred for but not used in regulated procedures, if the Government will bring forward plans to achieve a significant reduction in such breeding.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	195537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office will publish a framework for the efficient breeding of animals shortly. The framework has been piloted and used for at least the last year by both the Home Office Inspectorate and scientific establishments to drive best practice for efficient breeding. The framework is <br>focussed on the efficient breeding of genetically altered animals, yet also applies to non genetically altered animals.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/11/2018 12:55:25 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1015013

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent steps he taken to advise cross-border traders in Northern Ireland on the arrangements they need to put in place after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government reached an agreement with the EU that guarantees no hard border on the island of Ireland. Under this Protocol Northern Ireland businesses will continue to be able to trade freely across the Irish border. The government will continue to engage with Northern Ireland businesses.</p><p>The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has come out in support of the Withdrawal Agreement, stating “It is clear that businesses recognise the huge efforts made by the Prime Minister and across government to reach this milestone – and it is NI Chamber’s opinion that any deal is better than no deal for business&quot;.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 12/12/2018 16:17:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1014999

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Bladder Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had bladder cancer in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	195586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The following table outlines the number of new diagnoses of bladder cancer in each of the last five years for which data are available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Males</p></td><td><p>Females</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,554</p></td><td><p>2,491</p></td><td><p>9,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,473</p></td><td><p>2,457</p></td><td><p>8,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,346</p></td><td><p>2,302</p></td><td><p>8,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6,231</p></td><td><p>2,361</p></td><td><p>8,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6,111</p></td><td><p>2,326</p></td><td><p>8,437</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Cancer registration statistics, England; 2016: Final</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/datasets/cancerregistrationstatisticscancerregistrationstatisticsengland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/datasets/cancerregistrationstatisticscancerregistrationstatisticsengland</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/12/2018 11:23:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1015083

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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 Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many technologies the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence highly specialised technology programme (a) is resourced to evaluate in 2018-19 and (b) has evaluated in 2018-19 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is resourced to evaluate three technologies through its Highly Specialised Technologies (HST) programme in 2018/19. To date, NICE has published one HST topic in 2018/19 and has a further 11 topics in active development.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2018 16:31:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1015082

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Orphan Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the 10 orphan medicines assessed by NICE in the last five years through its single technology appraisal process as having the highest base case incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER); and what the (a) indication, (b) base case ICER and (c) recommendation from NICE was for each of those medicines; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2018 16:17:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1015185

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Ocrelizumab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) negotiations between Roche pharmaceuticals and NHS England on access to ocrelizumab for people with early primary progressive MS proceed immediately and (b) a new agreement is reached between those two parties.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	195670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on the use of ocrelizumab for the treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis. NHS England is in discussions with Roche, the manufacturer of ocrelizumab, to seek to agree a commercial agreement that might enable NICE to recommend use of the drug. Those discussions are rightly for NHS England and Roche and it would not be appropriate for Ministers to intervene.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1015187

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Multiple Sclerosis: Oxfordshire
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 he has made of the number and proportion of people who have multiple sclerosis and live in Oxfordshire who are eligible for a disease modifying treatment and are accessing one.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	195672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/12/2018 11:24:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran