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449422

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the risk to the UK and Europe of the spread of the Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	25164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) continue to monitor the situation closely and have provided revised travel advice and updated guidance to healthcare professionals on the management of patients returning from affected countries who present with symptoms. There is no evidence to suggest that the mosquitos that are known to carry Zika are established in the United Kingdom or could survive in our climate and therefore the risk to the UK population from Zika is very low. PHE is in regular contact with specialists in other European countries, as well as internationally, to make sure all necessary steps are being taken to protect the UK travelling public.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/02/2016 16:15:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

449973

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protocol is in place in the event of a person in the UK testing positive for the Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, testing for Zika virus is carried out in the Public Health EnglandRare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory at Porton Down. In the event of a positive result, the clinicians caring for the patient are informed immediately, as well as local Public Health officials. The clinicians will be referred to the national guidance for further advice on management and follow-up. The majority of people (roughly 80%) infected do not have symptoms. For those with symptoms, <a href="http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/_layouts/forms/Publication_DispForm.aspx?List=4f55ad51-4aed-4d32-b960-af70113dbb90&amp;ID=1413" target="_blank">Zika virus generally causes a mild, short-lived (2 to 7 days) illness</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of a pregnant woman, the guidance suggests referral to a fetal medicine service for further assessment, including an ultrasound scan. Samples will also be tested for other infections prevalent in the geographical region that the patient has visited, and which may present with similar symptoms, such as dengue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/02/2016 12:59:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449980

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the UK pharmaceutical industry is playing in the development of a vaccine for the Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry will play a leading role in the development of a vaccine for the Zika virus, in collaboration with a range of the UK’s infectious disease experts, who are world leaders in this area.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spending Review, the £1 billion Ross Fund, run jointly by the Department of Health and Department for International Development, includes over £350 million for the development of new vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for infectious diseases.</p><p> </p><p>Particularly noteworthy within this, the UK Vaccine Network, with up to £120 million of funding, brings together industry, academia and Government to finance the development of new vaccines for priority infectious diseases with epidemic potential, including Zika. Indeed, the Network will launch a major funding call to finance the development of vaccines for Zika and other priority diseases at the end of February.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2016 17:17:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

456620

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on the containment of the Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	29107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State regularly discusses matters across his portfolio with his European counterparts. He continues to monitor this outbreak of the Zika virus closely. In addition, Departmental officials continue to discuss the developing situation, including the measures that can be taken to contain the virus, with European colleagues through a number of channels, including at regular meetings of the European Health Security Committee.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2016 13:02:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

515366

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of the Zika virus spreading to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	uin	35393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The risk of Zika virus to the United Kingdom population remains very low and has been regularly assessed and reviewed since the first reports of cases of Zika infection from Brazil in May 2015. A pre-Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has met to review the Zika outbreak in the Americas, the link with microcephaly and other disorders, and the risk to the UK. In addition, a qualitative assessment of the risk that Zika virus presents to the UK population was undertaken by the UK Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance group, and this was published on the gov.uk website in February 2016, which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hairs-risk-assessment-zika-virus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hairs-risk-assessment-zika-virus</a></p><p> </p><p>All evidence is kept under constant review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/05/2016 16:42:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

521301

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	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 prevent the spread of the Zika virus to the UK following travel to South America for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	38380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The risk to the United Kingdom population posed by Zika virus – and of the mosquito species which transmit the virus establishing itself in the UK – remains extremely low.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is ensuring the UK and those travelling to countries with active Zika transmission by mosquitoes are protected. Up-to-date travel advice is in place, and clinical advice is available to UK medical professionals. Public Health England has been working with Royal Colleges to provide guidance to healthcare professionals on managing symptomatic patients (including pregnant women) returning from areas with active transmission of Zika. This has been cascaded by appropriate Royal Colleges. Furthermore, NHS Blood and Transplant will defer donors returning from areas with active Zika transmission from donating for 28 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 13 May 2016 the Department of Health, along with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, convened an Olympic and Paralympic health advisory group. The group brought together academic experts and cross-government representatives to support the British Olympic Association (BOA) and British Paralympic Association (BPA) in updating their guidance to athletes and staff travelling to Brazil for the Olympics and to ensure consistency with that provided to the travelling public. Zika virus was a key topic for discussion along with other potential health risks. The BOA and BPA are updating their guidance in light of discussions at the meeting and with further input from the academics and clinicians present. The Foreign Office will link this to their wider consular campaign ‘Stay ahead of the Games’.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:33:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518968

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the extent of variation between local authorities in their (a) per capita spending on physical activity services and (b) facilities for children and young people.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	37358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on local authorities’ total spending on physical activity services and facilities for children and young people is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on how much is spent on specific local public health services rests with individual authorities who are best placed to assess local population needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to undertake Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and to develop Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies which must inform local authority commissioning plans.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37359 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:54:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

518967

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Youth Services: Exercise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of spending by each local authority was allocated to provision of facilities and services for children's and young people's physical activity in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	37359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on local authorities’ total spending on physical activity services and facilities for children and young people is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on how much is spent on specific local public health services rests with individual authorities who are best placed to assess local population needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to undertake Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and to develop Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies which must inform local authority commissioning plans.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37358 question first answered 27/05/2016 13:54:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

64521

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients had been waiting for (a) over six months and (b) three months for in-patient admission at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March 1997 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. Information on the number of patients waiting over six months and three months for in-patient admission at what is now York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from March 1997 to March 2010 is shown in the attached table.</p><p>Since 2007, waiting times on a referral to treatment (RTT) basis have been published. Information on the number of patients who waited over six months and over three months on an admitted RTT pathway at York Teaching Hospital NHS FT between March 2008 and March 2012 is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name 202887 Waiting times In-patient York Teaching Hosp FT.docx title Inpatient Waiting Times York Teaching Hospital FT 2 file name 202887 RTT Waiting Times York Teaching Hosp FT.docx title RTT Waiting Times York Teaching Hospital FT question first answered 07/07/2014 15:24:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64522

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for elective admission at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April in 1996 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of patients waiting for elective admission at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for each year between March 1996 and March 2010 is shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Month ending</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number waiting at period end</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1996</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,081</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1997</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,846</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1998</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8,445</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,715</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,477</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2001</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,317</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2002</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,354</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2003</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,425</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2004</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,714</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2005</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,211</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2006</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,738</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2007</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,055</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2008</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2009</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,675</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,336</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Note: </em>Data on inpatient waiting lists not collected after March 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Source:</em> Department of Health KH07, Monthly monitoring return</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 13:32:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley