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93557

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on sharing good practice concerning the treatment of people diagnosed with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	210827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions between my Rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State and devolved administrations on sharing good practice concerning the treatment of people diagnosed with diabetes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 16:02:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

93558

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of treating a patient in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	210828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The average cost of treating a patient varies by setting. Health is a devolved matter in Wales and Northern Ireland, and the information is therefore not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 15:53:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

93564

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that obese and overweight patients receive expert advice on weight loss and weight management as early as possible.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	210634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to providing overweight and obese individuals with expert advice, through supporting local public health teams and health professionals with the evidence based tools they need to deliver early support and advice in adopting healthier behaviours and reducing excess weight. We are giving local authorities £8.2 billion ring fenced public health funding over 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities, NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of the obesity care pathway, providing services based on expert guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) provides tools and support to local authorities to provide evidence based and effective pathways and interventions for overweight and obese individuals to lose weight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Child Measurement Programme and NHS Health Check are national mandatory public health functions which are the responsibility of local authorities. These services enable identification of the overweight and obese; in school aged children at reception and year 6 and for adults aged 40-74 years; and provide access to services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 15:40:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

93565

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity and Osteoarthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that healthcare practitioners routinely check obese patients for signs of osteoarthritis.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	210635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guideline ‘Obesity: Guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children’ published in 2006, makes recommendations on the treatment of obese patients. The guideline outlines that patients who are overweight or obese should be assessed for a number of conditions, including osteoarthritis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 15:58:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

93569

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to protect the future of local breast network groups should his Department's proposal for discontinuing the National Cancer Peer Review programme from 2015 go ahead.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	210723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Cancer Peer Review (NCPR) programme is currently under review by NHS England and a number of options are being considered. The provision of site specific networks, such as those for breast cancer, is written into the national cancer peer review requirements, therefore the future of local breast network groups will be decided as part of the review of the NCPR programme. As yet however, no decision has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210989 question first answered 22/10/2014 15:15:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

93572

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children aged between five and 18 are classified as obese in (a) England and (b) Havering.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	210704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on obesity are collected via the Health Survey for England. For children, the data are presented for age groups 2-10, 11-15 and 2-15. Adults are classified as those aged over 16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>13.7% of children aged 2-15 are classified as obese in England (Health Survey for England 2012).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>13.1% of adults aged 16-24 are classified as obese in England (Health Survey for England 2012)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for Havering is not available from the Health Survey for England as this data collection is only produced at a national level. The number and percentage of children measured as obese or overweight (including obese), as part of the National Childhood Measure Programme (NCMP) in Havering is presented in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reception Year (4-5 years)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Year 6 (10-11 years)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Prevalence of obesity</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Prevalence of obesity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Children</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Children</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>20.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>452</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>539</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> NCMP Local Authority Profile [accessed 20 October 2014]</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/national-child-measurement-programme" target="_blank">http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/national-child-measurement-programme</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 16:05:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

93576

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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, if he will require the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to cease distributing guidance that gender selective abortion is not illegal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210748 210750 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:29:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93577

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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 has requested that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service alter its guidance that gender-selective abortion is not illegal.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210748 210749 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:29:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93578

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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 commissioning by government departments of services from organisations which advise that gender abortion is not illegal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Guidance issued by the Department in May this year states the Department’s view that gender alone is not a lawful ground under the Abortion Act. The Department does not directly commission abortion services but approves independent sector places to perform abortion. All independent sector clinics, including the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), have confirmed that they will comply with the Department’s guidance and Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210749 210750 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:29:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

93580

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on Ebola screening at airports.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	210768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>On 13 October 2014 we announced the decision to carry out entry screening for Ebola. This has now been implemented in Heathrow airport and will be expanded to Gatwick and Eurostar terminals this week and Manchester and Birmingham airport thereafter.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>On 15 October 2014, there was a Four Nations Health Ministers meeting, with the devolved administrations, to discuss the United Kingdom response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which included discussion on issues such as entry screening for Ebola. Additionally, officials from the Department of Health have been in regular contact with their counterparts from the devolved administrations via weekly telecommunications, in which Ebola screening at airports has been discussed. The Department continues to share information and best practise with the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 15:36:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown