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1127582

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding has been allocated to (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) Food Standards Scotland for preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	256234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>For financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 the Food Standard Agency was allocated £30,900,000 cumulatively for preparations for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Food safety in Scotland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 23/05/2019 15:06:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1127593

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology departments in England.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	256287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement publishes vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement does not specifically produce vacancy data for staff working in mammography or breast radiology at national, regional, county, constituency or hospital trust level.</p><p>The latest NHS Improvement report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256288 256289 256290 256291 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:37:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1127595

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology departments in each region.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	256288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement publishes vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement does not specifically produce vacancy data for staff working in mammography or breast radiology at national, regional, county, constituency or hospital trust level.</p><p>The latest NHS Improvement report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256287 256289 256290 256291 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:37:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1127596

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology departments by each county in England.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	256289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement publishes vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement does not specifically produce vacancy data for staff working in mammography or breast radiology at national, regional, county, constituency or hospital trust level.</p><p>The latest NHS Improvement report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256287 256288 256290 256291 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:37:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1127597

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology departments in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	256290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement publishes vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement does not specifically produce vacancy data for staff working in mammography or breast radiology at national, regional, county, constituency or hospital trust level.</p><p>The latest NHS Improvement report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256287 256288 256289 256291 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:37:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1127598

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies there are in (a) mammography and (b) breast radiology in each hospital trust.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	256291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement publishes vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement does not specifically produce vacancy data for staff working in mammography or breast radiology at national, regional, county, constituency or hospital trust level.</p><p>The latest NHS Improvement report can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/4942/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_quarter_ended_31_Dec_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256287 256288 256289 256290 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:37:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

1127642

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Animals and Food: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses are prepared to transition from the EC abbreviation health mark on packaging for animal carcasses and foods of animal origin to the GB abbreviation after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	256244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>To ensure that businesses are aware of the necessary changes to the health and identification marks, the Food Standard Agency (FSA) has produced guidance which explains the form of the mark and when the necessary changes will take effect.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has worked with industry bodies to promote awareness of the guidance amongst members, as well as communicating directly with industry via key representative organisations. The FSA has and continues to attend and organise stakeholder meetings to promote awareness of the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>FSA operational staff and local authorities have also been briefed on the guidance so that they can promote awareness directly with food business operators. The guidance continues to be publicly available on the FSA’s website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/eu-exit-changes-to-health-and-identification-marks" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/eu-exit-changes-to-health-and-identification-marks</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 23/05/2019 15:03:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1127698

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Sickle Cell Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 135010 on Sickle Cell Diseases, if he will provide updated estimates of the costs to the NHS of treating sickle cell anaemia in (a) England (b) each NHS England region and (c) each Clinical Commissioning Group area in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	256313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS England specialised commissioning only reports the costs of the National Health Service specialised commissioning services by region and hub for treating sickle cell disease, which includes sickle cell anaemia. This information is shown in the following table. The data is not broken down by clinical commissioning group (CCG) area. This information does not include non-specialised activity that CCGs may fund. Information was not collected prior to 2015/16 and information for 2018/19 is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Costs of NHS specialised commissioning services by region and hub for treating sickle cell disease</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Hub</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td><td><p>31.0</p></td><td><p>44.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41.6</p></td><td><p>41.5</p></td><td><p>60.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Costs extracted from the annual CCG exercise.</p><p>Between 2012/13 and 2018/19, approximately 117,000 patients were admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of sickle cell disease. Information for years prior to 2012/13 is not available. NHS England has advised that it is unable to separate expenditure between admitted patient care episodes and the overall costs provided in the table without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256314 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:40:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1127699

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Sickle Cell Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 December 2014 to Question 216527 on Sickle Cell Diseases, if he will provide updated estimates of the costs to NHS of admitted patient care episodes for sickle cell anaemia in (a) England, (b) each NHS England region and (c) each Clinical Commissioning Group area in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	256314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS England specialised commissioning only reports the costs of the National Health Service specialised commissioning services by region and hub for treating sickle cell disease, which includes sickle cell anaemia. This information is shown in the following table. The data is not broken down by clinical commissioning group (CCG) area. This information does not include non-specialised activity that CCGs may fund. Information was not collected prior to 2015/16 and information for 2018/19 is not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>Costs of NHS specialised commissioning services by region and hub for treating sickle cell disease</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Hub</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td><td><p>31.0</p></td><td><p>44.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41.6</p></td><td><p>41.5</p></td><td><p>60.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Costs extracted from the annual CCG exercise.</p><p>Between 2012/13 and 2018/19, approximately 117,000 patients were admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of sickle cell disease. Information for years prior to 2012/13 is not available. NHS England has advised that it is unable to separate expenditure between admitted patient care episodes and the overall costs provided in the table without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 256313 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:40:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1127283

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage fairer pricing by pharmaceutical companies for drugs supplied to the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	255651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, and the statutory scheme for branded medicines pricing, work together to control the cost of branded medicines to the National Health Service and ensure it stays within affordable limits.</p><p> </p><p>The 2019 Voluntary Scheme began on 1 January 2019 and will run for five years until the end of 2023. The Voluntary Scheme aims to provide stability and predictability for all parties in terms of the United Kingdom’s branded medicines expenditure and the medicines pricing and access environment for the period 2019 to 2023. It also aims to achieve a balance between patient access, affordability and supporting the development of innovative new medicines, including support for small companies.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 14:30:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham