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522119

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: UK Membership of EU
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 25 May 2016 to Question 37198, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK have been returned to his Department; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	38773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Prime Minister's response of 25 May 2016. This information is not collated centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/06/2016 11:01:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

521586

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on conscientious objection for midwives asked to (a) advise on and (b) participate in abortions.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Section 4 of the Abortion Act provides that “no person shall be under any duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any treatment authorised by this Act to which he has a conscientious objection”. In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that this is limited to those staff who actually take part in treatment administered in a hospital or other approved place and does not include ancillary, administrative and managerial tasks that might be associated with treatment.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/06/2016 11:03:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

521593

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heart valve replacements have been undertaken in the last five years for which figures are available; and whether those figures are comparable to France and Germany.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	38514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a main or secondary procedure for a heart valve replacement in England from 2010/11 to 2014/15 is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>10,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>11,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>12,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>12,833</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold comparable data for heart valve replacement in France and Germany.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/06/2016 11:02:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

521595

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to review the current time limits for abortion.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Abortion Act 1967 sets out that an abortion may be carried out after 24 weeks gestation only where:</p><p> </p><p>― the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman Section 1(1)(b); or</p><p> </p><p>― the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated Section 1(1)(c); or</p><p> </p><p>― there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped Section 1(1)(d).</p><p> </p><p>In England and Wales it is accepted Parliamentary practice that proposals for changes to the Abortion Act come from backbench members and that decisions are made on the basis of free votes. The Government has no plans to review this legislation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38469 question first answered 07/06/2016 11:03:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

521596

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the introduction of abortion up to birth.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	38469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Abortion Act 1967 sets out that an abortion may be carried out after 24 weeks gestation only where:</p><p> </p><p>― the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman Section 1(1)(b); or</p><p> </p><p>― the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated Section 1(1)(c); or</p><p> </p><p>― there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped Section 1(1)(d).</p><p> </p><p>In England and Wales it is accepted Parliamentary practice that proposals for changes to the Abortion Act come from backbench members and that decisions are made on the basis of free votes. The Government has no plans to review this legislation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38524 question first answered 07/06/2016 11:03:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

521598

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
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 effectiveness of NHS blood donation services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	38504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is operationally responsible for providing a safe and reliable supply of blood, blood products and expertise to hospitals in England. Each year, donors voluntarily give around 1.7 million units of blood to ensure that hospitals receive the 6,000 blood donations they need every day, to treat patients. There has not been a shortage of blood for many years.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT recruits around 200,000 new donors each year to replace those who can no longer donate for reasons such as ill health, pregnancy or foreign travel.</p><p> </p><p>To meet an on-going overall drop in demand but a more complex need for specific blood groups, NHSBT is increasing donation from O negative blood donors, A negative platelet donors and donors from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. To increase blood donation, NHSBT recently launched a BAME toolkit to be used by Members of Parliament seeking to increase blood and organ donors in their constituencies.</p><p> </p><p>The toolkit can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5d5f93ppiqys38/AAB_Q44nwfOiRFMYUx9qKlH8a?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5d5f93ppiqys38/AAB_Q44nwfOiRFMYUx9qKlH8a?dl=0</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/06/2016 11:00:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

521600

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visits by (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department were made to Coventry in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	38510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following in an official capacity in the last five years:</p><p> </p><p>The former Secretary of State (Mr Andrew Lansley)</p><p>1 March 2012 University Hospital Coventry</p><p> </p><p>The former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Anna Soubry)</p><p>16 October 2012 Coventry City Council</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Jane Ellison)</p><p>16 September 2014 Warwick University</p><p>15 September 2015 Warwick University</p><p> </p><p>The former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Dr Daniel Poulter)</p><p>24 January 2013 University Hospital Coventry</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt)</p><p>18 April 2013 Warwick University</p><p>16 September 2015 Warwick University</p><p> </p><p>Information on visits by officials is not routinely collected and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/06/2016 11:04:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham