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100716

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date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Risk Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100717

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Impact Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211709 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100718

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the next annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211708 211709 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:23 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100719

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the next annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology to be laid before parliament.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211709 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100720

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Osteoporosis: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on prescriptions for the treatment of osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis in primary and secondary care is in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis have been defined as those included in the following British National Formulary sections:</p><p> </p><p>6.6 Drugs affecting bone metabolism</p><p> </p><p>9.5.1.1 Calcium supplements</p><p> </p><p>9.6 Vitamins (colecalciferol and ergocalciferol only)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Cost of drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis, England<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Name<sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Primary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Secondary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alendronic Acid</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alendronic Acid and Colecalciferol</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calcitonin (Salmon)</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calcium</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calcium and Colecalciferol</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clodronic Acid</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colecalciferol</p></td><td><p>42.4</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>67.6</p></td><td><p>75.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denosumab</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disodium Etidronate</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ergocalciferol</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ibandronic Acid</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pamidronic Acid</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risedronate Sodium and Risedronate Acid</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sodium Clodronate</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strontium Ranelate</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teriparatide</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zoledronic Acid</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Calcium Supplement Preps</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other drugs<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>123.8</p></td><td><p>126.8</p></td><td><p>123.4</p></td><td><p>119.1</p></td><td><p>115.4</p></td><td><p>39.6</p></td><td><p>39.6</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td><td><p>46.2</p></td><td><p>55.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Cost of drugs at NHS list price. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income. Totals may not add up due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> The patent for some of these drugs may have expired during this period.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup> “Other drugs” includes Calcium and Colecalciferol and Ergocalciferol, Calcium and Etidronic Acid, Calcium and Risedronic and Colecalciferol, Disodium Pamidronate, Ergocalciferol and Calcium, Etidronic Acid, Hydroxyapatite, Parathyroid Hormone, Salcatonin, Tiludronic Acid, other Bisphosphonate and other Preparations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em></p><p> </p><p>Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (primary care)</p><p> </p><p>Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index (HPAI) provided by IMS Health (secondary care)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since some drugs are prescribed to treat more than one condition and as the condition for which a drug is prescribed is not collected, it is not possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed. The information provided may therefore include costs from the prescribing of these drugs for conditions other than for osteoporosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/10/2014 16:09:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100724

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the prescription of drugs for the treatment of motor neurone disease in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on drugs for the treatment of motor neurone disease in primary and secondary care is in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Riluzole is the only drug defined in the British National Formulary as being used for the treatment of motor neurone disease</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Cost of riluzole, England<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Primary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td><td><p>Secondary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Cost of drugs at NHS list price. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>The patent for riluzole expired in the first quarter of 2013.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em></p><p> </p><p>Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (primary care)</p><p> </p><p>Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index (HPAI) provided by IMS Health (secondary care)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since a drug could be prescribed to treat more than one condition and as the condition for which a drug is prescribed is not collected, it is not possible to separate the different conditions for which it may have been prescribed. The information provided may therefore include costs from the prescribing of the drug for conditions other than for motor neurone disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/10/2014 16:04:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall