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793035

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State, when his Department plans to complete the approvals process to enable the competition for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan to proceed.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	114820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114822 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793037

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State, what plans his Department has to open the competition for the grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England this year.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	114822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114820 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

598256

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	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 3 May 2016 to Question 35653, how much Public Health England plans to spend on campaigns promoting the cessation of smoking in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	47621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England took over all the public health campaigns formerly run by the Department on 1 April 2013, including smoking cessation.</p><p> </p><p>Campaigns for 2016-17 promoting the cessation of smoking are currently ongoing. Final media costs will be available only after the 2016-17 financial year end, when spend has been confirmed and completed.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 18/10/2016 15:49:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793039

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the grant competition to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England will contain provisions for future year funding to cover the full length of the Plan from 2017 to 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	114824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114820 114822 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

731707

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Tobacco Control Plan for England will provide sustainable funding for local tobacco control and stop-smoking services.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is developing a new tobacco control plan, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2017 10:37:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

731708

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce inequalities in health outcomes caused by higher rates of smoking among lower socioeconomic groups.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>As smoking rates in England continue to decline, tobacco use is increasingly concentrated in our poorest and most disadvantaged communities.</p><p> </p><p>Local stop smoking services provided by local authorities are effective in reducing health inequalities where they are targeted to meet identified needs. Public Health England (PHE) supports local areas with a range of evidence, data and tools to facilitate targeted and effective interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and have a programme of work focussed on reducing smoking in pregnancy and in mental health settings.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, PHE will run the Stoptober and January smoking health harms mass media campaigns, targeted to reach people in lower socioeconomic groups.</p><p> </p><p>A national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme incentivises National Health Service trusts in England to identify inpatients that smoke and provide them with treatment and a referral for support with quitting.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/06/2017 11:14:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

426806

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support and promote Self Care Week; and what promotional materials he is disseminating in the NHS to support that campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	15253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Self-care week is managed and promoted by the Self-Care Forum, an organisation which seeks to embed approaches to self-care it into everyday life and to educate and empower people to manage their own health and wellbeing. The Self Care Forum has been running its annual awareness campaign since 2011. This year, self-care week is taking place from 16-22 of November and the theme is ‘self-care for life’.</p><br /><p>The Self Care Forum has produced a range of promotional literature including posters, leaflets and a communication pack to help NHS services and other organisations raise awareness of self-care week locally. These materials are freely available from its website and can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week-resources/" target="_blank">www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week-resources/</a></p><br /><p>As in previous years, NHS England is promoting Self Care Week and the ‘self-care for life’. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/09/self-care-week/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/09/self-care-week/</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/11/2015 17:49:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

682367

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	62400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is assessing fully how the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union will impact on medicines regulation in the UK, including the future role of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and its capacity requirements.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 08/02/2017 10:14:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

681202

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of NICE's appraisal processes for (a) muscle-wasting treatments and (b) treatments for other rare diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	62147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has the necessary capacity to develop technology appraisal guidance on all the technologies prioritised through its established topic selection processes, including drugs and treatments for muscle-wasting conditions and other rare diseases.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/02/2017 15:54:00 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

681203

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to emotional and psychological support for people with (a) muscle-wasting conditions and (b) other rare diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	62148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Patients and their families affected by rare diseases and muscle-wasting conditions often require emotional and psychological support. NHS England has committed to a number of national priorities to improve the support available including the Improved Access to Psychological Therapies programme and the Government’s choice commitment to end of life care. Teams within NHS England’s medical directorate are working with a wide range of stakeholders and patient representatives to embed person-centred care for all patients with long-term life limiting conditions.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 07/02/2017 10:06:53 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman