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78723

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care places in the UK have been occupied by Meningitis B patients since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available for England is shown in the following table. Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p><p>Number of critical care periods and critical care bed days with a primary diagnosis of meningitis for the period April 2013-March 2014 (provisional data):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Critical care periods</p></td><td><p>Critical care bed days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viral meningitis</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacterial meningitis</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>1,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other /unspecified causes</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occurring in another disease</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>653</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Meningococcal B disease is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Information on usage of critical care beds resulting from meningococcal B disease is not separately identifiable. Information on meningococcal septicaemia has not been provided.</p><p>2. The data provided covers English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p>3. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p>4. The following International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes have been used to define meningitis:</p><p>A87 Viral meningitis</p><p>G00 Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified</p><p>G03 Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes</p><p>G01.X* Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere (in the 1st or 2nd position)</p><p>G02* Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic disease classified elsewhere (in the 1st or 2nd position)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 10:56:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78725

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what age babies will be eligible for vaccination with the Bexsero vaccine.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that there should be a carefully planned national meningococcal B immunisation programme for infants, using a three dose schedule of Bexsero<sup>®</sup>(at two, four and 12 months of age), subject to the vaccine being available at a cost-effective price .</p><p>The JCVI has also advised that when the programme starts there should be a one-off, opportunistic catch-up programme for babies aged three and four months of age who would have not had the opportunity to receive the vaccine at two months of age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 11:00:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78731

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of Meningitis B there have been in the UK since January 2013; and in how many such cases individuals have (a) died, (b) required amputation of limbs, (c) become blind, (d) become deaf and (e) contracted other central nervous system complications as a result of Meningitis B.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>There were 667 laboratory confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal B disease in England from January 2013 to March 2014, which is the latest available information.</p><p>There were 40 deaths registered in England in 2013 in which the underlying cause was meningococcal infection. Data about deaths from meningococcal B infection are not separately available. Information on deaths for 2014 will be available in July 2015.</p><p>Information on complications associated with invasive meningococcal B disease is not routinely collected as part of meningococcal surveillance. Many of the complications continue to develop, evolve and be tested after the diagnosis is confirmed, especially long-term complications such as behaviour, communication or memory problems, and, therefore, cannot be collected in real-time.</p><p>The most robust and comprehensive data on long-term complications following meningococcal B disease in children in England is in a recent study published in <em>The Lancet Neurology</em> in 2012, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.</p><p>Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 12:47:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ206540 - Document - meningococcal serogroup B disease.pdf title Lancet Neurology - MenB disease in children study
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78734

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring in legislative proposals to (a) require that sunbeds should be supervised, (b) limit access to sunbeds for repeat customers and (c) obligate the display of health warnings.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	206516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has noted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's report on sunbed regulation in England and is considering the recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206594 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

78735

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the recommendations of the publication of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's inquiry into sunbed regulation in England in May 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	206594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has noted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's report on sunbed regulation in England and is considering the recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206516 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

78743

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Screening
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 implement a national screening plan for HIV.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	206429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>Recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and testing are made by a number of bodies including Public Health England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the UK Chief Medical Officer’s Expert Advisory Group on AIDS, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC), and professional organisations such as the British HIV Association and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.</p><p>At present there is a national antenatal screening programme which offers screening to all pregnant women. NICE guidelines for groups at increased risk of HIV include a recommendation on HIV testing in primary and secondary care in areas of higher prevalence. In addition, HIV testing is offered to all attendees of genitourinary medicine clinics.</p><p>The UKNSC is commissioning a review of the evidence for a universal screening programme in adults. The Committee hopes to be in a position to consult on the review in early 2015. In addition, NICE is in the process of reviewing its guidance relating to testing in men who have sex with men and black African communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 10:49:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

78375

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities in England publish on their websites (a) the names and addresses of individuals and businesses convicted under the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006, (b) details of the offences for which those individuals and businesses were convicted and (c) the penalty levied by the courts in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed that local authorities routinely issue press releases with details of the prosecutions that they take. Local authorities also provide details of the number of United Kingdom establishments prosecuted as part of their annual monitoring returns to the FSA. Based on these returns, 271 establishments in England were prosecuted for food hygiene offences during the period April 2012 and March 2013. The FSA publishes information on enforcement activity by individual local authorities, including the number of prosecutions taken, on an annual basis. This is available on the FSA website at:</p><p>www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/monitoring/laems/mondatabyyear/</p><p>The data for 2013-14 is not yet available.</p><p>Consumers can obtain information about hygiene standards in local food businesses from the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme website at:</p><p>http://ratings.food.gov.uk/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 14:46:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

78456

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Horse Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken in response to the discovery of horsemeat in other foods in 2013 to improve co-operation between Government departments on public health issues.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues to develop its capability in relation to food fraud, in response to recommendations made in the reviews of the horsemeat incident, working closely with other Government Departments, enforcement agencies, local authorities and industry to detect and deter food fraud. The FSA is building an intelligence gathering network to increase the opportunity to capture and act on intelligence which may be indicative of future risks, as well as producing strategic and tactical assessments to share with relevant enforcement agencies, particularly through the Government Agency Intelligence Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 14:35:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78457

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Marketing
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 in co-operation with major retailers to prevent unhealthy food being marketed more favourably than healthier foods.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department has been leading a programme of voluntary action by industry to rebalance their advertising and promotion, including by offering the healthier option as a default so that their customers can choose to follow a healthy, balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>For example, major retailers such as Lidl and Tesco have committed to remove sweets and confectionery from all of their checkouts. The Department continues to encourage more partners to follow this example, and through programmes like Change4life promotes such action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2014 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78482

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which senior medical and administrative staff responsible for the operation of the Gamma Knife Centre at St Bartholomew's Hospital Trust are employees of (a) the Trust and (b) the Hospital Corporation of America.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	206125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We are advised that three senior neurosurgery consultants are responsible for the Gamma Knife operation at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, along with one neuro interventional radiologist and two clinical oncologists. All are employed by Barts Health NHS Trust, and are overseen by the Clinical Director for Neurosciences and the Group Director for Emergency Care and Acute Medicine, both of whom are clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>HCA employs one senior administrator, the Acting Chief Operating Officer for the Harley Street Clinic, along with the physicist and nursing staff and an administration co-ordinator who work in the Gamma Knife centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>We are advised that HCA owns the Gamma Knife based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and that HCA pays a rental fee to Barts Health NHS Trust.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that, as the Gamma Knife was purchased by HCA, St Bartholomew’s Hospital (then part of Barts and The London NHS Trust) incurred minimal set up costs for the establishment of the service in 2009. This included costs for associated building work to accommodate the facility.</p><p> </p><p>Gamma Knife surgery is funded by NHS England as the commissioner for all specialist services. We are advised that Barts Health NHS Trust receives approximately £9,200 per patient from NHS England and that HCA charges Barts Health £7,310 per patient treated by the Gamma Knife facility at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>If the hon. Member wishes to obtain further information about the Gamma Knife facility at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, he may wish to contact Barts Health NHS Trust directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206111 206112 206113 question first answered 21/07/2014 16:01:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris