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458504

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Arthritis
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 introduce inflammatory arthritis clinics across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The configuration of services, including decisions to establish inflammatory arthritis clinics, is a matter for the local National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/03/2016 11:10:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458507

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations have withdrawn from the Responsibility Deal since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Two organisations have withdrawn from the Responsibility Deal since May 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the Deal and the partners that have signed up to it can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/03/2016 13:22:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458509

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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, how many people were diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	30221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for collecting cancer data to support national cancer registration in England and recognises the importance of collecting data on recurrent breast cancer.</p><p>At present pilot work in acute trusts has improved the reporting for breast cancer recurrence and metastasis to the National Cancer Registration Service but the uptake has been slow and the data is not complete. Further work is being scoped by NHS England and PHE based on the recommendation in the recent Independent Cancer Taskforce report to establish robust surveillance systems to collect this data on all cancers.</p><p>Data on the number of people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 30222 30225 question first answered 16/03/2016 16:52:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

458512

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish its childhood obesity strategy.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Childhood Obesity Strategy will be launched in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/03/2016 12:28:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458513

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what buildings owned by his Department are empty or vacant.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department own three buildings that are empty or vacant; all are part of the Department’s retained estate.</p><p> </p><p>They are the former Harperbury Hospital, the former Little Plumstead Hospital and 100 Churchill Rd, Wisbech.</p><p> </p><p>The future use of all sites is subject of active consideration, which is at different stages.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/03/2016 12:59:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458514

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of office space owned or occupied by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies is currently unused.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of office space owned or occupied by the Department and its executive agencies which is currently unused is (a) 0% and (b) 1.37 %.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s executive agencies are Public Health England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. The vacant space is leased by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and will be released on 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/03/2016 13:05:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458516

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Oesophageal Cancer: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to run a second Be Clear on Cancer campaign on oesophago-gastric cancers.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>There will be two national ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaigns in 2016-17. The decision on which cancers these campaigns will focus on will be informed by a steering group, whose members include primary and secondary care clinicians, analysts and key voluntary sector organisations. A number of factors are taken into account when deciding which campaigns to run, including all available evaluation data. A second national oesophago-gastric campaign will be considered alongside the other existing campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is analysing cancer waiting times data and campaign tracking research and it is expected that the first national oesophago-gastric cancer (1st wave) interim report will be published this summer.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 30148 question first answered 16/03/2016 12:13:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458517

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Oesophageal Cancer: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department's evaluation of the Be Clear on Cancer campaign for oesophago-gastric cancers will be published.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	30148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>There will be two national ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaigns in 2016-17. The decision on which cancers these campaigns will focus on will be informed by a steering group, whose members include primary and secondary care clinicians, analysts and key voluntary sector organisations. A number of factors are taken into account when deciding which campaigns to run, including all available evaluation data. A second national oesophago-gastric campaign will be considered alongside the other existing campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is analysing cancer waiting times data and campaign tracking research and it is expected that the first national oesophago-gastric cancer (1st wave) interim report will be published this summer.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 30147 question first answered 16/03/2016 12:13:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

458523

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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 is taking to improve his Department's collection of data for secondary breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	30222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for collecting cancer data to support national cancer registration in England and recognises the importance of collecting data on recurrent breast cancer.</p><p>At present pilot work in acute trusts has improved the reporting for breast cancer recurrence and metastasis to the National Cancer Registration Service but the uptake has been slow and the data is not complete. Further work is being scoped by NHS England and PHE based on the recommendation in the recent Independent Cancer Taskforce report to establish robust surveillance systems to collect this data on all cancers.</p><p>Data on the number of people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 30221 30225 question first answered 16/03/2016 16:52:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

458524

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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 is taking to ensure that secondary breast cancer patients have access to a clinical nurse specialist as part of their care.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	30223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The independent Cancer Taskforce published its report, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes, in July last year, recognising the importance of access to clinical nurse specialists or other key workers for patients with all types of cancer.</p><p>NHS England is currently working with partners across the health system to determine how best to implement the recommendations of the Cancer Taskforce and has appointed Cally Palmer CBE (Chief Executive of the Royal Marsden) as National Cancer Director to lead on implementation, as well as new cancer vanguards to redesign care and patient experience. She has set up a new Cancer Transformation Board to implement the strategy, which met for the first time on 25 January. There will also be a Cancer Advisory Group, chaired by Sir Harpal Kumar, to oversee and scrutinise the work of the Transformation Board.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/03/2016 12:39:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander