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884929

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date	16/04/2018
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	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what funding he plans to allocate to such campaigns in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	135917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on smoking cessation advertising media by Public Health England (PHE) in 2016-17 was £1,520,000.</p><p> </p><p>The projected expenditure for smoking cessation campaigns for PHE campaigns in 2017-18 is £2,060,000. Figures for 2017-18 are provisional at this stage. A final amount will be available later in the year once all accounts have been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed planning is underway for 2018-19 smoking cessation campaigns; therefore at this stage advertising media allocations are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/04/2018 15:38:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

839241

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he monitors observance by UK overseas posts of the revised guidance on support to the tobacco industry published in December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	127795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government and UK officials overseas are committed to limiting interactions with the tobacco industry as part of Her Majesty’s Government’s obligations under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has standing instructions to all diplomatic staff to follow the revised December 2013 guidelines on interactions with tobacco companies. In line with this guidance, assistance may be offered to counter discriminatory practices. The Government does not catalogue the representations it makes on behalf of companies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 127796 question first answered 21/02/2018 10:50:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

839242

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Tobacco
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 monitor adherence to the revised guidance to UK overseas posts on support to the tobacco industry, issued in December 2013, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	127796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government and UK officials overseas are committed to limiting interactions with the tobacco industry as part of Her Majesty’s Government’s obligations under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has standing instructions to all diplomatic staff to follow the revised December 2013 guidelines on interactions with tobacco companies. In line with this guidance, assistance may be offered to counter discriminatory practices. The Government does not catalogue the representations it makes on behalf of companies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 127795 question first answered 21/02/2018 10:50:29 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