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447240

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	23895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Figures of the cost to the National Health Service of alcohol misuse for each of the past five years is not available. The most recent estimate from 2014 is that alcohol costs the NHS around £3.5 billion per annum(1), just under half of which is due to alcohol related inpatient admissions to hospital.</p><p><br></p><p>(1)<em>Source: </em>“Alcohol and drugs prevention, treatment and recovery: why invest?”, Public Health England, <a href="http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/why-invest-2014-alcohol-and-drugs.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/why-invest-2014-alcohol-and-drugs.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/01/2016 16:16:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

447241

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
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 effect on public health of rising levels of alcohol consumption in England.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	23896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>There has been a reduction in overall consumption in recent years which is welcome, but there is no room for complacency. Harms such as liver disease remain much too high.</p><br /><p>To help people understand how to keep health risks from alcohol consumption low, the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers published new low risk alcohol guidelines on 8 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/01/2016 16:08:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

447243

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bone Marrow Disorders: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of bone marrow donors in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	24014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department has provided £19 million in additional funding to improve the provision of stem cells through the work of our delivery partners, NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan since 2011. This funding has supported a range of developments including the targeted recruitment of young male donors. To date over 75,000 young male donors have been recruited and evidence shows that these donors are approximately six times more likely to be requested to donate.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 14:42:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

447248

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to support the implementation of the UK Chief Medical Officer's proposed new alcohol guidelines, published in January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	23897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The guidelines are currently out for consultation. They are available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-risks-from-alcohol-new-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-risks-from-alcohol-new-guidelines</a></p><br /><p>We will consider any next steps once we have feedback from the public on the guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/01/2016 17:02:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

447249

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the What About YOUth survey, published 8 December 2015, what assessment he has made of the findings of that survey; and if he will commission further research on the health behaviour of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	23850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>We want all young people to have healthy lives, and reducing inequalities is central to our work. We have increased the National Health Service budget by £10 billion and introduced legal duties to ensure inequalities are taken into account when planning health services.</p><p> </p><p>Further research on the health of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people has not been commissioned. The data collected through What About YOUth survey is available on a dedicated tool on the Public Health England (PHE) Public Health Profiles webpage. Key indicators on this page can be viewed partitioned by different factors, such as sexuality, gender, ethnic groups and deprivation deciles.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has developed an action plan to address the health and wellbeing inequalities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. A strand of this work considers ways to reduce the risk of suicide experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and includes training for nurses in a range of health and community settings and in schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware of the difficulties experienced by some LGB patients in accessing primary care, in response to this the Department recently funded work by the Lesbian &amp; Gay Foundation to develop a benchmarking tool to identify general practitioner surgeries that are fully committed to assuring that their surgery is fully accessible to lesbian, gay and bisexual people, including their young LGB patients.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 17:08:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

447391

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to increase the number of BAME (a) executive and (b) non-executive staff of (i) NHS trusts, (ii) clinical commissioning groups and (iii) related arms length bodies since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	24037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2014, NHS England, in partnership with the National Health Service and arm’s length bodies, developed a Workforce Race Equality Standard which requires NHS organisations to demonstrate progress against a number of indicators of workforce race equality, including a specific indicator to address the low levels of Black and Minority Ethnic representation at Board level.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2015, the Standard has been included in the NHS contract for providers, and it will feature in the new assessment framework for clinical commissioning groups for 2016/17. The Standard has also been included in the Care Quality Commission’s inspections of provider organisations.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to supporting the implementation of the Standard, the arm’s length bodies are also applying it to their own workforces. Further information on the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/gov/equality-hub/equality-standard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/gov/equality-hub/equality-standard/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department keeps diversity in focus throughout the appointments process for non-executives of arm’s length bodies. The Department’s “Non-Executive Appointments Diversity Action Plan” is published annually which outlines progress and actions to improve the diversity of public appointments and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445660/Diversity_Action_Plan_14_15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445660/Diversity_Action_Plan_14_15.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office publishes annual diversity statistics on new public appointments made by United Kingdom Ministers at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments#history</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 14:39:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

447392

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to implement the recommendation of Professor Steve Field in his report on how the NHS treats transgender people.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	24054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Specialised gender identity services are directly commissioned by NHS England.</p><p>NHS England has considered the outcomes of the listening exercise conducted by Professor Field and has put in place a significant programme of work to improve healthcare services for transgender and non-binary people. A dedicated task group has been established to provide leadership and coordination of NHS England’s work to improve transgender and non-binary people’s experience of the National Health Service, and NHS England holds a Transgender Network event twice a year. Regular updates on NHS England’s work to improve gender identity services are given on NHS England’s website by the Regional Director of Specialised Commissioning (London) who chairs the task group.</p><br /><p>A Clinical Reference Group for Gender Identity Services has been established, comprising professional and lay experts. This group makes recommendations to NHS England on clinical matters. Issues around the standardisation of pathways across gender identity services and clinical protocols are being considered as part of the current work to develop a service specification that, it is proposed, will describe how NHS England will commission these services in the future. The process for developing a proposed service specification has included a period of public consultation.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 23936 23937 question first answered 28/01/2016 11:28:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

447394

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 10 December 2015 to Questions 18458 and 18543, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health of its the provision of secretariat assistance to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health; if he will review the conditions set out in the award letters for such grants; and if he will investigate any breaches in such conditions.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	24088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are set out in the grant award letters. The Department has made clear that none of this funding is to be used for lobbying purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The Section 64 grant must be spent in delivering the agreed project outputs set out in the grant award letter and it does not fund secretariat support for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health.</p><p> </p><p>ASH’s compliance with the conditions of the grant is assessed at the grant monitoring meetings held between the Deputy Director of tobacco control and representatives from ASH as well as in the final full year grant monitoring and governance reports.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/02/2016 11:59:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

447398

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to provide a standardised pathway service across gender reassignment services.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	23936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Specialised gender identity services are directly commissioned by NHS England.</p><p>NHS England has considered the outcomes of the listening exercise conducted by Professor Field and has put in place a significant programme of work to improve healthcare services for transgender and non-binary people. A dedicated task group has been established to provide leadership and coordination of NHS England’s work to improve transgender and non-binary people’s experience of the National Health Service, and NHS England holds a Transgender Network event twice a year. Regular updates on NHS England’s work to improve gender identity services are given on NHS England’s website by the Regional Director of Specialised Commissioning (London) who chairs the task group.</p><br /><p>A Clinical Reference Group for Gender Identity Services has been established, comprising professional and lay experts. This group makes recommendations to NHS England on clinical matters. Issues around the standardisation of pathways across gender identity services and clinical protocols are being considered as part of the current work to develop a service specification that, it is proposed, will describe how NHS England will commission these services in the future. The process for developing a proposed service specification has included a period of public consultation.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 23937 24054 question first answered 28/01/2016 11:28:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

447400

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gender Dysphoria: 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 develop polices on confirming the date a transgender person has begun living in role.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	23937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Specialised gender identity services are directly commissioned by NHS England.</p><p>NHS England has considered the outcomes of the listening exercise conducted by Professor Field and has put in place a significant programme of work to improve healthcare services for transgender and non-binary people. A dedicated task group has been established to provide leadership and coordination of NHS England’s work to improve transgender and non-binary people’s experience of the National Health Service, and NHS England holds a Transgender Network event twice a year. Regular updates on NHS England’s work to improve gender identity services are given on NHS England’s website by the Regional Director of Specialised Commissioning (London) who chairs the task group.</p><br /><p>A Clinical Reference Group for Gender Identity Services has been established, comprising professional and lay experts. This group makes recommendations to NHS England on clinical matters. Issues around the standardisation of pathways across gender identity services and clinical protocols are being considered as part of the current work to develop a service specification that, it is proposed, will describe how NHS England will commission these services in the future. The process for developing a proposed service specification has included a period of public consultation.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 23936 24054 question first answered 28/01/2016 11:28:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern