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1109464

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to individuals on universal credit who are able to afford accommodation in private sector but are unable to find landlords who will rent to them.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	240482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>We know that there are people who have experienced difficulties when trying to rent a property whilst claiming benefit.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Government recently announced its intention to work with the sector to ensure those in receipt of housing support are able to access properties. This work has already begun and we have seen meaningful change from key market players to ensure tenants in receipt of housing support can find the properties they need.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has awarded nearly £20m to local authorities through the Private Rented Sector Access Fund to help vulnerable people access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/04/2019 10:50:07 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1109465

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an assessment has been made of the standard of accommodation that universal credit claimants are able to rent in the private sector; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	240483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made in respect of the standard of accommodation for specific types of tenant.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 16:42:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1055980

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department made of the level of violent crime directed at homeless people.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	217445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold relevant data on levels of violent crime directed at homeless people, however in April 2018 the Government published the Serious Violence Strategy which sets out our evidence and analysis of violent crime.</p><p>The Strategy identifies a range of risk and protective factors that may increase an individual’s involvement in violent crime and the evidence suggests that being homeless is one of the markers for increased risk of both victimisation and perpetration of serious violence and also substance abuse. We also know that the homeless are particularly targeted by county lines gangs.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/02/2019 17:18:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

806054

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fireworks: Antisocial Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the anti-social use of fireworks.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	119263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of powers to tackle anti-social and nuisance behaviour. Provided that the relevant legal tests are met, these powers can be used to tackle those who cause alarm or distress to others through their misuse of fireworks.</p><p>These powers are in addition to regulations in place covering the supply, storage, possession and use of fireworks which includes restrictions on when fireworks can be sold, curfews which limit the hours during which fireworks can be used, local authority powers to deal with excessive firework noise and a prohibition on setting off or throwing fireworks in the street or other public places.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/12/2017 12:14:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

862266

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Retail Crime Steering Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on helping develop a five-year strategy for the National Retail Crime Steering Group.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	132685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>I am the co-chair of the National Retail Crime Steering Group with the British Retail Consortium. It is an important group that brings together representatives from government departments, the police and the retail sector to focus on the crime issues that affect retailers. The Steering Group has a work plan that has been developed in consultation with its members. This helps to ensure that the work is focused on the retail sector’s crime priorities, such as tackling violence and abuse against retail staff.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/03/2018 14:39:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

862271

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Business: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of the different categories of crime to UK businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	132690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that crime against businesses causes damage and disruption to those businesses as well as having a negative impact on their customers and the wider community. However, we do not routinely collect data on the costs of different types of crimes to different types of businesses. We do have assessments of the costs of crime to the retail sector provided by our partners on the National Retail Crime Steering Group. For example, the British Retail Consortium has estimated that the direct financial cost of crime to the UK retail industry was £700 million in 2016-17. It estimated that the cost of customer theft was £503 million and the cost of fraud against the sector was £155 million.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/04/2018 09:40:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

882678

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review hate crime legislation to tackle social media hate speech directed towards ethnic minority groups.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	135740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that what is illegal offline is illegal online.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister announced on 6 February that Government has commissioned the Law Commission to launch a review of current legislation on offensive online communications to ensure that laws are up to date with technology.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887174

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Retail Crime Steering Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 132685, when the National Crime Steering Group's work plan was last updated; how often that work plan is published; and what assessment she has made of whether the objectives of that work plan have been achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	136738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The work plan of the National Retail Crime Steering Group is kept up to date on an ongoing basis, and is formally reviewed by the Steering Group when it meets, twice per year.</p><p> </p><p>As co-chair of the Steering Group, alongside the British Retail Consortium, it is part of my role to ensure that members of the Steering Group are satisfied that the work plan reflects the retail sector’s crime priorities and that the required activity is in place to deliver its component parts. I am satisfied that this is currently the case, and I will review this with the full Steering Group at our next meeting, which is due to take place in June.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/04/2018 13:01:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887176

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2018 to Question 132690, what the British Retail Consortium's estimate of the cost of crime to the UK retail industry was for each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	136740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The British Retail Consortium publishes its estimate of the cost of retail crime as part of its annual retail crime survey. This is published by the British Retail Consortium on its website: <a href="https://brc.org.uk" target="_blank">https://brc.org.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/04/2018 12:59:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

924115

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department is assessing the effect of its policy to allow police forces to convict people who steal under £200 by post on levels of retail crime; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that policy on the regional disparity in retail crime offences.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	153726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Shop theft is a high-volume crime that has a significant impact on retailers and the wider community. This is why we encourage retailers to report these crimes to the police, so that proportionate action can be taken against those who commit these offences.</p><p><em>By virtue of section 176 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, </em>the shoplifting of goods of a value of £200 or less is a summary offence unless the defendant, if an adult, elects to be tried in the Crown Court. Where a summary offence, the case can be handled as a police-led prosecution, and the defendant will be given the opportunity to plead guilty by post.</p><p>Police-led prosecutions were introduced to improve the efficiency of the criminal justice system by allowing for a simpler, more proportionate police-led process in high-volume, low-level, uncontested cases. We have not undertaken a specific assessment of the effect of this approach in relation to shop theft, including in relation to any regional variations in retail crime offences. However, the National Retail Crime Steering Group which I co-chair with the British Retail Consortium provides a forum for addressing issues in relation to shoplifting, which is a priority issue for the Steering Group.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/06/2018 16:38:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

174817

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that UK pensioners living in France receive winter fuel payments when the temperature where they live is below freezing.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Winter Fuel Payments are intended to give older people in the UK reassurance that they can keep warm during cold weather. Winter Fuel Payments are payable to UK pensioners in France, however this will end from September 2015. Winter Fuel Payments are not triggered by temperature either in the UK or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:24:30 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

174820

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to Question 220107, if he will make it his policy to exclude French Overseas Departments in the calculation of average temperature for France for the purposes of determining eligibility for winter fuel payments to UK citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is the French Government that defines itself as the mainland and its outermost regions, and as such are included in the EU social security co-ordination regulations, used and applied by all member states.</p><p> </p><p>It is because of this that the French Overseas Departments<em> (départments d’outre mer</em> or DOMs) are treated in the same way as mainland France with regard to Winter Fuel Payments, which are currently made to those entitled who live there. Therefore, the hotter French Overseas Departments have to be included in the calculation of the average temperature of France. We are being consistent with our policy approach.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/01/2015 11:29:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

175334

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the eligibility criteria are for a UK pensioner living in France to receive winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	221740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>This year, all EU residents, with a genuine and sufficient link to the UK, qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment if they are born on or before 5 July 1952 and satisfy the conditions of the qualifying week, 15 to 21 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of eligibility and how to make a claim for a Winter Fuel Payment is available at GOV.UK</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility</a></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>From the 21 September 2015, Winter Fuel Payments will no longer be payable to individuals in Portugal, Spain, Greece, France, Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus, where the average winter temperature is warmer than the warmest region of the UK.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/01/2015 12:29:24 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1011648

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Bowel 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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2018 to Question 175904 on colorectal cancer, whether NHS England has a timeframe for lowering the screening age to 50.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	194051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is currently prioritising the introduction of the faecal immunochemical test at 120μg/g to the current eligible cohort, and plans for lowering the age eligibility will be confirmed as part of the National Health Service long term plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:48:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1027351

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Cataracts: Surgery
	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 cataract procedures have been undertaken by each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	202702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is attached. NHS Digital has provided data on the number of finished consultant episodes where a cataract procedure has occurred in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector between 2013/14 and 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/12/2018 16:02:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ202702 - Cataract data.xlsx title PQ202702 attached data
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1057018

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	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	Pancreatic Cancer
	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 ensure that every patient with pancreatic cancer receives treatment within the first 20 days of diagnosis.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	218748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical priority remains the main determinant of when a patient should be treated.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be introducing a new Faster Diagnostic Standard for all cancer patients, including those with suspected pancreatic cancer, which will see patients given a diagnosis or the all clear within 28 days. The 31-day standard of decision to treat to undergoing first treatment will remain in place. However, this is an upper limit and clinical priority will always remain the main determinant of when a patient should be treated.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218749 question first answered 18/02/2019 17:29:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1057020

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	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	Pancreatic 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 pancreatic cancer patients received treatment within 20 days of diagnosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	218749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical priority remains the main determinant of when a patient should be treated.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be introducing a new Faster Diagnostic Standard for all cancer patients, including those with suspected pancreatic cancer, which will see patients given a diagnosis or the all clear within 28 days. The 31-day standard of decision to treat to undergoing first treatment will remain in place. However, this is an upper limit and clinical priority will always remain the main determinant of when a patient should be treated.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 218748 question first answered 18/02/2019 17:29:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063647

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	GP at Hand: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS England lifted the ban on the Babylon GP at Hand plans to expand into Birmingham before the independent evaluation by IPOS Mori of that service is published next month.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	222634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222635 222637 222638 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063648

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	GP at Hand: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding allocated to patients that sign up to the Babylon GP at Hand application is transferred to the Hammersmith and Fulham Care Commissioning Group where the application is hosted.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	222635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222637 222638 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063650

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	GP at Hand
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to GP practices that lose income as a result of patients signing up to the Babylon GP at Hand application.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	222637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222638 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063651

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	GP at Hand: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients in Birmingham that sign up to the Babylon GP at Hand application are recorded as a patient of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG in London.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	222638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222637 222639 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063652

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	GP at Hand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the trends in the level of patients presenting at (a) A&E Departments and (b) GP Walk-in Centres as a result of being deregistered from their local GP Practice after signing up for the Babylon GP at Hand application.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	222639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222637 222638 222640 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063653

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	GP at Hand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place to ensure that patients that have signed up to Babylon GP at Hand application maintain access to a local GP practice in the event that they need to see a GP face-to-face.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	222640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has considered the expansion of the service to Birmingham following initial concerns, in particular regarding access to immunisation and screening programmes for Babylon GP at Hand patients, and a solution has been identified. NHS England will now work together with NHS Hammersmith and Fulham and Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), national screening services, and Babylon GP at Hand to mobilise the service and agree a start date.</p><p>General practice payments are made to practices according to their registered patient list size, so the funding for general practice care will follow the patients. NHS England will shortly engage on changes to out of area registration rules, some of the current payments to primary care providers and the mechanisms by which new providers can enter the market.</p><p>The new General Practitioner Contract Framework made two changes to the current payment system:</p><p>- the rurality index payment will be amended to apply to patients living within a practice catchment area only, rather than to all patients. This is to better reflect costs; and</p><p>- the London adjustment will be amended to apply to patients resident in London, rather than registered with a London-based practice</p><p> </p><p>CCG allocations have been revised for 2019/20. Hammersmith and Fulham CCG’s allocation takes account of the increased list size of the GP at Hand practice, with the CCG’s funding growth determined by an assessment of the CCG’s fair share of overall funding and rules on the pace of change in funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p>All patients registered with the Babylon GP at Hand practice are recorded as patients of Hammersmith and Fulham CCG.</p><p> </p><p>Hammersmith and Fulham CCG have commissioned an independent evaluation of the Babylon GP at Hand practice. This will look at the impact of the service on patient experience, primary care workforce, use of other services, such as accident and emergency departments and walk-in centres, and system value.</p><p> </p><p>Babylon GP at Hand will provide physical premises in both London and Birmingham for those patients who require a face-to-face consultation. Under the current GP of Choice Policy, the CCGs where ‘out of area’ patients live are required to ensure out of hours care and home visits can be accessed by those patients in their resident area if they need it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 222634 222635 222637 222638 222639 question first answered 21/02/2019 16:24:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1077672

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Pharmacy: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on Pharmacy legislation on dispensing errors and organisational governance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	226026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Rebalancing Medicines Legislation and Pharmacy Regulation Programme Board met on 18 October 2018 and 23 November 2018 to discuss the responses received to the public consultation on the draft Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors – Hospital and Other Pharmacy Services) Order 2018 and the draft Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2018.</p><p> </p><p>After considering the responses received at length, the Board has recommended that all proposals made in respect of the two draft Orders are progressed - albeit with minor amendments to the draft Pharmacy (Responsible Pharmacists, Superintendent Pharmacists etc.) Order 2018. These proposed amendments will be subject to agreement with Parliamentary Counsel.</p><p> </p><p>The Department remains committed to laying the two draft Orders before Parliament as quickly as possible, subject to legal and Parliamentary time and European Union exit preparations. The Government’s response to the consultation will be laid in Parliament alongside the draft legislation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 11:05:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1083740

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Metoprolol
	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 has taken to ensure the continued availability of the Beta Blocker Metoprolol for people who are prescribed this medicine on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	229619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is aware of a supply issue affecting metoprolol 50mg and 100mg tablets. The issue has been caused due to some manufacturers discontinuing the products and other manufacturers experiencing supply difficulties. Limited supplies of both strengths of tablet are currently available. While further deliveries of both the 50mg and 100mg tablet are expected to be released to the United Kingdom market during March, supplies of metoprolol are likely to be intermittent for a number of months.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has worked with NHS England, NHS Improvement, UK Medicines Information and specialist clinicians to develop guidance for clinicians to use with their patients, who may be affected by this supply issue. The guidance outlines management options, including the use of alternative beta blockers and monitoring requirements during switching, should this be necessary. Information about this supply issue and the clinical guidance has been cascaded through primary and secondary care networks in the NHS. Departmental officials are working with all manufacturers of metoprolol to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and will continue to monitor the supply situation for all beta blockers closely.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 13:27:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1088497

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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 Treatments: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the future of NHS England’s Commissioning through Evaluation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	231897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Commissioning through Evaluation programme is led by NHS England. The programme opened in 2014, with a small number of initial schemes established to generate material new data to support clinical commissioning policy formation for potentially promising specialised treatments. The evaluative commissioning programme continues to develop based on the learning from these early pilot areas. The future developments of the programme are the responsibility of NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/03/2019 16:24:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

746704

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral contribution by the former Under-Secretary of State for Health on 21 March 2017, Official Report, Column 775, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Food and Drink Federation's decision not to introduce the Government's 20 per cent optional reduction in sugar content in its members' products by 2020 on his Department's policies to tackle (a) childhood obesity and (b) childhood tooth decay.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	2048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>There has been no assessment made of the effect of Food and Drink Federation members’ compliance or non-compliance in achieving the 20% reduction in sugar content of key products contributing to children’s intakes by 2020 on childhood obesity or childhood tooth decay.</p><p> </p><p>In ‘Sugar reduction: The evidence for action’, published in October 2015, Public Health England (PHE) undertook modelling work to estimate the potential health impact and wider economic benefits of achieving the average population intake recommendation for sugar. This modelling found that achieving this over a 10-year period would result in 4,100 premature deaths and 204,000 cases of dental caries being averted, resulting in a total cost saving to the National Health Service of £484 million.</p><p> </p><p>PHE encourages all businesses to achieve the reductions in sugar as set out in ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’. A detailed assessment of industry’s progress will be published in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 11:13:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754008

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2048, what steps Public Health England has taken to encourage (a) all businesses and (b) businesses in the Food and Drink Federation to achieve the reductions in sugar set out in Childhood obesity: a plan for action.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	6313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan published in August 2016 challenged industry to reduce overall sugar across the products contributing most to children’s sugar intakes by at least 20% by 2020, with a 5% reduction to be achieved in the first year by August 2017. Public Health England (PHE) published our first technical report ‘Sugar reduction: Achieving the 20%’ on 30 March 2017. The report set out guidelines for industry to deliver the 20% sugar reduction in nine categories of food by 2020. The report is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604336/Sugar_reduction_achieving_the_20_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604336/Sugar_reduction_achieving_the_20_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE is continuing its programme of engagement with businesses across all sectors of industry to achieve these guidelines, including members of the Food and Drink Federation and retailers with a significant focus on restaurants, takeaways and cafés. The first detailed progress report will be published in March 2018. PHE is now developing the metrics that will be used to monitor progress towards the 5% reduction that is to be achieved by August 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/09/2017 14:13:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754112

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 70314, what progress his Department has made on determining the scope of and implementing the early intervention scheme for oral health.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	6314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>At the request of Ministers, NHS England is setting up a scheme in 13 high needs areas to improve the oral health of young children. The scheme will be based in dental practices and will have a particular focus on those children who do not currently visit the dentist. The scheme is expected to be launched in the next few months and will be funded from existing dental resources, including unused units of dental activity. Evaluation has been designed in from the start and the learning, once available, will inform the approach going forward.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the West Midlands scheme is still under consideration following local discussions this month. The scheme would incentivise dentists to see more children under the age of two. Decisions on the future of the scheme are expected to be taken next month.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6315 question first answered 05/09/2017 14:26:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

754113

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 70854, if he will make an assessment of the merits of re-investing money from unused units of dental activity into a national early intervention programme for tackling child tooth decay.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	6315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>At the request of Ministers, NHS England is setting up a scheme in 13 high needs areas to improve the oral health of young children. The scheme will be based in dental practices and will have a particular focus on those children who do not currently visit the dentist. The scheme is expected to be launched in the next few months and will be funded from existing dental resources, including unused units of dental activity. Evaluation has been designed in from the start and the learning, once available, will inform the approach going forward.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the West Midlands scheme is still under consideration following local discussions this month. The scheme would incentivise dentists to see more children under the age of two. Decisions on the future of the scheme are expected to be taken next month.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6314 question first answered 05/09/2017 14:26:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

756637

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NICE on updating its final guidance on the use of Orkambi as a result of the scientific research published by Vertex at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference on 27 October 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	7803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for determining whether its guidance should be updated following the publication of new evidence. NICE published technology appraisal guidance on the use of lumacaftor-ivacaftor (Orkambi) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in July 2016. NICE plans to review its guidance to determine whether it should be updated in the light of any new evidence in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>If significant new evidence comes to light before the scheduled review date, NICE has processes in place to bring forward a review. NICE remains open to a further approach from the company, with new evidence or a revised price. Although there has been recent correspondence between NHS England and the company, NICE has not yet received any fresh proposals from the company.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 15:54:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

760688

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracted units of dental activity were not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts in England in each year from 2012 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	105149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows:</p><p>- the contracted units of dental activity not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts;</p><p>- total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity; and</p><p>- number of contracts where not all contracted units of dental activity were delivered in England, for each year from 2012/13- 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</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></tr><tr><td><p>Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>5,210,585</p></td><td><p>3,812,758</p></td><td><p>3,799,633</p></td><td><p>4,352,738</p></td><td><p>4,363,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level) (£)</p></td><td><p>113,854,578</p></td><td><p>95,227,354</p></td><td><p>105,711,840</p></td><td><p>120,090,256</p></td><td><p>128,842,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS dental contracts in England where not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>- The table includes contracts closed during the year</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts does not assume that up to 4% of under delivery is carried forward by the contractor, for delivery in the subsequent year (up to 4% under delivery is a contractual tolerance managed by commissioners).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 105147 105148 question first answered 09/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

760701

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value of undelivered contracted units of dental activity in NNS dental contracts in England was in each year from 2012 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	105147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows:</p><p>- the contracted units of dental activity not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts;</p><p>- total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity; and</p><p>- number of contracts where not all contracted units of dental activity were delivered in England, for each year from 2012/13- 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</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></tr><tr><td><p>Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>5,210,585</p></td><td><p>3,812,758</p></td><td><p>3,799,633</p></td><td><p>4,352,738</p></td><td><p>4,363,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level) (£)</p></td><td><p>113,854,578</p></td><td><p>95,227,354</p></td><td><p>105,711,840</p></td><td><p>120,090,256</p></td><td><p>128,842,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS dental contracts in England where not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><p>- The table includes contracts closed during the year.</p><p>- Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts does not assume that up to 4% of under delivery is carried forward by the contractor, for delivery in the subsequent year (up to 4% under delivery is a contractual tolerance managed by commissioners).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

760703

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many NHS dental contracts in England were not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year from 2012 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	105148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows:</p><p>- the contracted units of dental activity not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts;</p><p>- total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity; and</p><p>- number of contracts where not all contracted units of dental activity were delivered in England, for each year from 2012/13- 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</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></tr><tr><td><p>Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>5,210,585</p></td><td><p>3,812,758</p></td><td><p>3,799,633</p></td><td><p>4,352,738</p></td><td><p>4,363,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level) (£)</p></td><td><p>113,854,578</p></td><td><p>95,227,354</p></td><td><p>105,711,840</p></td><td><p>120,090,256</p></td><td><p>128,842,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS dental contracts in England where not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>- The table includes contracts closed during the year</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts does not assume that up to 4% of under delivery is carried forward by the contractor, for delivery in the subsequent year (up to 4% under delivery is a contractual tolerance managed by commissioners).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 105147 105149 question first answered 09/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

765271

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 6313, on sugar, whether the 5 per cent reduction target has been met.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	105623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The assessment of achievement of the 5% reduction in the nine food categories contributing most to children’s sugar intake will be published by Public Health England (PHE) in March 2018. In this report, PHE will provide a detailed assessment of progress across the product categories included in the programme as well as by individual businesses and in high selling products. This commitment was set out in Childhood obesity: A plan for action, available to view here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/10/2017 13:06:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

768955

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Lung Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish an independent taskforce for lung health.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	107275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to set up a taskforce on lung health. However, the Government’s Mandate to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHS_England" target="_blank">NHS England</a> includes a requirement to achieve a significant reduction in avoidable deaths by 2020. Reducing premature mortality rates among patients with lung disease will play an important part in this. There are a range of initiatives being taken forward that will support reducing mortality rates amongst patients with lung disease.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currently producing new guidelines on asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the ongoing National Audit on COPD will be joined by one on asthma next year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/10/2017 16:21:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

778813

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 105147, on dental services: contracts, what the total value of undelivered contracted units of orthodontic activity in England was in each year from 2010 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The attached table shows the total value of undelivered contracted units of orthodontic activity in England for each year from 2010 to 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/11/2017 16:33:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ110056 attached table.docx title PQ110056 attached table
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

778819

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 107275, on the respiratory system, what the range of initiatives to reduce mortality rates among patients with lung disease are.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The 2016/17 mandate to NHS England contains objectives aimed at reducing premature mortality, including respiratory illness. This is complemented by the NHS Outcomes Framework 2016/17 which sets out the Department’s priority areas for the National Health Service and includes reducing deaths from respiratory disease as a key indicator. It also highlights the need to reduce unplanned hospital admissions due to asthma.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of initiatives being taken forward that will support reducing mortality rates amongst patients with lung disease. NHS England advises that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currently producing new guidelines on asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the ongoing National Audit on COPD will be joined by one on asthma next year. Specific programmes to reduce asthma deaths are already in place in London and at a specialised commissioning level for severe asthma.</p><p> </p><p>NHS RightCare is a national NHS England supported programme committed to delivering the best care to patients, making the NHS’s money go as far as possible and improving patient outcomes. Their COPD pathway is expected to be published in December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110120 question first answered 06/11/2017 11:33:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

778820

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 107275, on the respiratory system, what reduction in avoidable deaths his Department plans to achieve by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The 2016/17 mandate to NHS England contains objectives aimed at reducing premature mortality, including respiratory illness. This is complemented by the NHS Outcomes Framework 2016/17 which sets out the Department’s priority areas for the National Health Service and includes reducing deaths from respiratory disease as a key indicator. It also highlights the need to reduce unplanned hospital admissions due to asthma.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of initiatives being taken forward that will support reducing mortality rates amongst patients with lung disease. NHS England advises that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currently producing new guidelines on asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the ongoing National Audit on COPD will be joined by one on asthma next year. Specific programmes to reduce asthma deaths are already in place in London and at a specialised commissioning level for severe asthma.</p><p> </p><p>NHS RightCare is a national NHS England supported programme committed to delivering the best care to patients, making the NHS’s money go as far as possible and improving patient outcomes. Their COPD pathway is expected to be published in December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110137 question first answered 06/11/2017 11:33:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781417

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses: Prescription Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on patients with (a) inflammatory bowel disease and (b) a long-term condition.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110619 110620 110621 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781418

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on (a) the management of urgent care services and (b) the number of hospital admissions.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110620 110621 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781419

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Prescription Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on access to medications for (a) children, (b) older people and (c) other vulnerable people.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110619 110621 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781420

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses: Pre-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on patients with a long-term condition who have already purchased a prescription prepayment certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110619 110620 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781421

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on the medicine-taking behaviour of patients who rely on regular and multiple medications to prevent symptoms of long-term conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	110622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110619 110620 110621 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

784923

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medicine: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) affordability and (b) accessibility of medicines which are produced through publicly-funded medical research.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>We have made no assessment. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) assesses medicines on the basis of their value to patients and to the National Health Service. The source of financial support in developing each medicine is not assessed.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is required by law to ensure that all medicines recommended by NICE are funded within three months, ensuring patient access to cost-effective medicines in England. New medicines are not subject to payments under the voluntary Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, and NHS England monitors access to innovative medicines via the Innovation Scorecard in recognition of the value this Government places on innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Many countries fund research and development (R&amp;D), often at an early stage. Private companies also invest in R&amp;D. It is not possible to assess the contribution made by public investment or private investment in bringing products to market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and its partners recently published the response to the Accelerated Access Review which sets out plans to give patients quicker access to life-changing treatments and make the United Kingdom the best place in the world for industry to invest and innovate. A total of £86 million of funding has already been committed to make the vision a reality.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/11/2017 16:48:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

784924

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce standardised financial reporting measures for each medicine procured by the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The only standardised National Health Service financial reporting measure for medicines is the drug cost at list price. This is published annually by NHS Digital in Prescribing Costs in Hospitals and the Community. This data does not reflect any discounts agreed with suppliers which are often commercially confidential. This data does not take account of any contract prices or discounts so the amount the NHS spent will be different. NHS negotiated contract prices for medicines are commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/11/2017 16:55:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

784942

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the implementation of the Cancer Strategy; and what resources from the public purse he has allocated for that implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed funding of £607 million between 2017/18 and 2020/21 to support delivery of the Cancer Strategy for England. Progress on implementation and the full investment in delivering the strategy is set out in the Progress Report for 2016/17 published in October 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-cancer-transformation-programme-2016-17-progress.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-cancer-transformation-programme-2016-17-progress.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2017 12:09:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

784943

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans =he-she has to reform the process for (a) appraisal and (b) funding of life-extending medicines for cancer patients.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Following a public consultation, NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence introduced new arrangements for the appraisal and funding of cancer drugs in July 2016. The new arrangements, including the Cancer Drugs Fund, are designed to ensure that patients benefit from faster access to the most promising new drugs whilst delivering better value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>On 3 November, the Government published its response to the Accelerated Access Review. It set out plans to give patients quicker access to life-changing treatments and make the United Kingdom the best place in the world for industry to invest and innovate. From April 2018, the new Accelerated Access Pathway will mean selected products with the greatest potential to change lives could be available up to four years earlier by reducing the time taken to negotiate the evaluation and financial approvals necessary before the National Health Service can purchase them.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/11/2017 11:41:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve patient access to preventative drugs for breast cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently updating its guideline on the diagnosis and management of early and locally advanced breast cancer. The use of adjuvant bisphosphonates has been identified as one of the key areas that will be covered in the update which is scheduled for publication in July 2018. In the meantime, NICE has published an evidence summary on the use of adjuvant bisphosphonates in early breast cancer. NHS England expects clinical commissioning groups to take account of NICE guidelines and local population needs when making commissioning decisions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/11/2017 11:39:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

785072

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that all licensing agreements for medicines made by the NHS are placed on a publicly-accessible database.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	111607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Medicines manufactured by the National Health Service are subject to requirements of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012/1916. As such the manufacturer must be licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and must comply with specified quality standards. The licence provides for stipulated processes to be conducted. There is a public register of all United Kingdom licensed manufacturers of medicines for human use on the Government services website GOV.UK at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-and-vetinary-medicines-register-of-licensed-manufacturing-sites-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-and-vetinary-medicines-register-of-licensed-manufacturing-sites-december-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The MHRA does not hold data on what medicines the NHS manufactures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/11/2017 17:35:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe