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1049987

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: 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 his Department is taking to reduce underage drinking.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need and commissioning prevention initiatives and alcohol and drug services for young people, using the public health grant.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) and the Home Office fund Mentor UK’s Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service which provides evidence-based practical advice and tools, including briefing sheets for teachers, available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://mentor-adepis.org/" target="_blank">http://mentor-adepis.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE’s Rise Above social marketing programme aims to equip 11 to 16 year olds with the skills required to reject or manage risky behaviours, including drinking alcohol. It reaches young people via social media and provides accredited lesson plans for use in secondary schools. The Rise Above website is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://riseabove.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://riseabove.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The protection of children is one of four licensing objectives that local licensing authorities are required to uphold. A mandatory licence condition requires all licensed premises to have a policy on age verification and to require anyone who appears under 18 to verify their age.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 15:18:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049988

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Diabetes
	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 he is taking to reduce the number of people experiencing insulin resistance.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Lifestyle interventions that promote weight loss and physical activity, such as the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, will address insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p>A number of stated intentions in the NHS Long Term Plan also serve to address insulin resistance in individuals.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><p>- Targeted support and access to weight management services in primary care for people with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes or hypertension with a Body Mass Index of 30 or over (adjusted appropriately for ethnicity);</p><p> </p><p>- The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme which supports those at high risk of type 2 diabetes. A joint commitment by NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK, the programme is the largest undertaking of its kind in the world and over 100,000 people have already benefited since its introduction in 2016. In many areas demand has outstripped supply, and it has proven highly effective. NHS England is now committing to fund a doubling of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme over the next five years, including a new digital option to widen patient choice and target inequality;</p><p> </p><p>- Medical research has shown that some people with type 2 diabetes can achieve remission through adoption of a very low calorie diet. NHS England will test an NHS programme supporting very low calorie diets for obese people with type 2 diabetes; and</p><p> </p><p>- Together with professional bodies and universities, NHS England will ensure nutrition has a greater place in professional education training.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 14:55:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049991

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Obesity: 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 his Department is taking to reduce levels of obesity among (a) Asian and (b) other BAME children.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>We published the second chapter of our world-leading childhood obesity plan in June 2018. This builds on the real progress we have made since the publication of chapter one in 2016, particularly in reformulation of the products our children eat and drink most. In chapter two we have set a bold ambition to halve childhood obesity by 2030 and significantly reduce the gap in obesity between children from the most and least deprived areas by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Through chapter two of our plan, we are delivering a trailblazer programme working with local authorities to address childhood obesity at local level. The programme has a strong focus on inequalities and ethnic disparities in childhood obesity and will support a small number of local authorities to take innovative action to address these issues in their community. It is a priority to encourage and support all local authorities to address these issues and we will share learning and best practice throughout the programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:38:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049992

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Glaucoma
	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 been diagnosed with glaucoma in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>This data is not held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:36:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049994

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 finding of Public Health England's news story of 18 July 2018, Flu vaccine effectiveness in 2017 to 2018 that the flu vaccine was 15 per cent effective in all age groups, what steps he is taking to improve the effectiveness of the flu vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England monitors the vaccine effectiveness of influenza vaccines each year against all the strains in circulation. The effectiveness observed varies from year to year, depending on factors such as the match between those strains in circulation and those in the vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) keeps the influenza vaccine programme under constant review and assesses new influenza vaccines ahead of licensure to ensure that improved products can be brought rapidly to the United Kingdom population. The JCVI has recently reviewed three new influenza vaccines with evidence of improved effectiveness. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation#influenza-vaccines-jcvi-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation#influenza-vaccines-jcvi-advice</a></p><p> </p><p>Based on the JCVI advice, NHS England then advises doctors on when to use these newer influenza vaccines. In 2018/19 those aged 65 and above were offered adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine. Cell cultured quadrivalent influenza vaccine will also be advised for use in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 15:28:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049998

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Cystic Fibrosis
	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 a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The data on the number of people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) is not held.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2017, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published new guidance for the diagnosis and management of CF which states that 1 in every 2500 babies born in the United Kingdom has CF.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance can be found via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng78" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng78#</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:35:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049999

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Scoliosis
	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 been living with a diagnosis of scoliosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The data on the number of people who have been living with a diagnosis of scoliosis in each of the last five years is not held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:33:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1050000

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Incontinence
	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 a diagnosis of incontinence.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England published revised guidance on Continence Care in July 2018 which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/excellence-in-continence-care.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/excellence-in-continence-care.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This guidance states that in the United Kingdom an estimated 14 million men, women, young people and children of all ages are living with bladder problems, 900,000 children and young people suffer from bladder and bowel dysfunction, and 6.5 million adults suffer with some form of bowel problem.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:30:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1050001

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Diabetes
	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 been living with a diagnosis of diabetes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has provided the following data that details the number of people who were registered with diabetes or under the care of a specialist diabetes service in England in each of the five National Diabetes Audit (NDA) periods 2013/14 to 2017/18:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Diabetes Type</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Type 1</p></td><td><p>143,910</p></td><td><p>149,825</p></td><td><p>203,035</p></td><td><p>227,410</p></td><td><p>248,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Type 2 and other</p></td><td><p>1,458,275</p></td><td><p>1,567,295</p></td><td><p>2,327,525</p></td><td><p>2,772,445</p></td><td><p>2,952,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,602,185</p></td><td><p>1,717,120</p></td><td><p>2,530,560</p></td><td><p>2,999,855</p></td><td><p>3,200,930</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Audit Participation</p></td><td><p>57.1%</p></td><td><p>57.3%</p></td><td><p>82.4%</p></td><td><p>95.3%</p></td><td><p>98.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NDA</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the NDA publication - all numbers are rounded to the nearest 5, unless the number is 1 to 7, in which case it is rounded to ‘5’.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that participation was particularly low for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 audit periods. Audit participation is the percentage of eligible general practitioner practices in England and Wales that submitted data to the NDA during the audit period. To be eligible, a practice must have been open for the full audit period.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:39:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1050002

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Anaemia
	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 been diagnosed with anaemia in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	213366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The data on the number of people who have been diagnosed with anaemia in each of the last five years is not held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/02/2019 11:32:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon