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61369

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies who have signed up to one or more pledges set out in the Responsibility Deal; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those companies which are meeting all of the pledges they have signed up to.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	200341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>675 partners are currently signed up the Responsibility Deal. Details of these partners, the pledges they are committed to taking action on and their annual updates are available in full on the Responsibility Deal website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2014 14:20:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

61057

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tomography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made for the use of non-NHS facilities for MRI scans where the patient's weight precludes the use of an NHS-standard scanner.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	200163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Arrangements for deciding the most appropriate way for individual patients to access NHS services based on their clinical needs is for local determination.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2014 13:55:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

61093

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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, what progress has been made on procuring the vaccine for Meningitis B as part of the primary infant immunisation schedule; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	199972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Work is nearing completion to gain approvals to commence the procurement. The Department and Public Health England will start negotiations with Novartis, which produces the only licensed Meningitis B vaccine, as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2014 14:41:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

61135

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus
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 in each year since 2010 of treating cancers caused by the human papilloma virus.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	200155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2014 14:17:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

60637

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
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 ensure that the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group takes account of evidence from (a) patients, (b) clinicians and (c) patient groups when making decisions on the availability of treatments for progressive conditions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	199558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group (CPAG) is an advisory group and not a decision making body. It considers policy and makes recommendations to the Directly Commissioned Services Committee who make the final decisions on NHS England's commissioning position.</p><p> </p><p>The Group's membership includes four Patient and Public Voice members and senior clinicians from NHS England. The policies that are presented to CPAG for consideration are developed by Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) who are made up of patients, clinicians, and key stakeholders including patient groups. These members are involved in the development of policies.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to submission of any documents to CPAG, a two week stakeholder testing phase is undertaken where registered CRG stakeholders including clinicians, patients, and patient groups, as well as industry, have an opportunity to make comments. These are considered as well as the evidence base for the policy by CPAG.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2014 14:32:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

60666

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 costs of treatment of UK nationals in each other European Economic Area country in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	199766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The following information is not held by the Department:</p><p>- income health trusts in each region or nation of the United Kingdom received for the cost of treating European Economic Area (EEA) nationals;</p><p>- income each NHS trust in each region of England claimed back for the cost of treating EEA nationals;</p><p>- the number of EEA nationals who received NHS treatment;</p><p>- the cost of treating EEA nationals who received NHS treatment in each region of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Claims to and from EEA countries are managed centrally by the Department on behalf of the whole of the UK. Income claimed from EEA countries is based on both data collected from trusts and arrangements in place with other EEA countries under bilateral agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does hold information on claims to the UK from other EEA countries for healthcare costs. However, claims to the UK from other EEA countries are not based on nationality – they are based on whether the UK is judged to be responsible for someone's healthcare costs, for example due to residency in the UK or, for state pensioners, someone with a UK state pension who has retired to a different EEA country. It is therefore not possible to provide a breakdown of costs based on UK nationality.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 199767 199768 199769 199770 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:01:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

60669

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
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 devolved NHS services of changes to the way temporary migrants and visitors access the NHS in England.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	199632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The intention of the relevant powers in the Immigration Act 2014 is to ensure that temporary migrants and visitors make a fair contribution towards the cost of any National Health Service healthcare they receive in the United Kingdom. Under the Act, temporary migrants will be required to pay a health surcharge when applying for a visa to reside in the UK for more than six months. The Devolved Administrations will receive a proportion of funds received from the surcharge. It will be for the Devolved Administrations to decide whether they spend this on health services and whether they amend their health service charging regulations for other visitors to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>If charges for some primary care services in England are introduced to visitors to the UK, those services will continue to be free of charge to people who are ordinarily resident in the UK. Therefore, residents of the Devolved Administrations will continue to be treated on the same basis as an English resident if they access primary care services in England.</p><p> </p><p>However, introducing charging for visitors may influence behaviour near the borders if visitors from overseas in England choose to travel to the other countries to access primary care services that they would have to pay for in England.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed new process for registering with the NHS in England is unlikely to affect the healthcare systems in the devolved administrations but it may mean that residents from the Devolved Administrations who access NHS care in England are asked more often to demonstrate that they are ordinarily resident in the UK, or otherwise entitled to free NHS care in England.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue our discussions with colleagues in the Devolved Administrations on all of these issues.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 14:36:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

60670

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether officials from his Department met their Northern Ireland counterparts in preparation for the EU Informal Health Council in Athens from 28 to 29 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	199633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Regular meetings are arranged between officials from the Department and officials from the Devolved Administrations to discuss a range of European health matters. Departmental officials met virtually with their Northern Ireland counterparts in preparation for the Informal Health Council in Athens on 28-29 April 2014, and officials from Northern Ireland contributed to the briefing that was prepared for the Informal Health Council.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 14:33:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

60703

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will revise the Government's Responsibility Deal to include sugar in the list of ingredients that companies should work with caterers to reformulate in meals as part of the H4 pledge on Healthier Staff Restaurants.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	199686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>There are 169 organisations currently signed up to the H4 pledge which includes a requirement for employers to work with caterers to reformulate recipes to ensure staff meals are lower in fat, salt and energy and do not contain artificial trans fats. There are currently no plans to include sugar in this list of ingredients. However, as part of the Public Health Responsibility Deal, 11 catering companies have signed up to take a range of actions to help people consume fewer calories, including through reformulation to reduce sugar content.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 14:30:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

60704

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made towards meeting the health goals in the Government's No Second Night Out Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	199811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>We have met the health goals set out in the No Second Night Out Strategy. Action has included setting up the Homeless Hospital Hospitals Discharge Fund to improve hospital discharge arrangements and provide new post-discharge respite care facilities for homeless people, and publishing guidance (<em>Commissioning Inclusive Services</em>) for local Health and Wellbeing Boards.</p><p> </p><p>Work continues on improving the physical and mental health outcomes of rough sleepers and we are investing £40 million in 2015-16 to refurbish existing hostels to support health improvement and reduce the demand on health services through a new Homelessness Change programme. This sits alongside Platform for Life, a new programme providing shared accommodation for young people at risk of homelessness, so they have a stable platform for work and study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 14:31:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger