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810247

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date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2017 to Question 11556, what plans his Department has to promote the uptake of a daily supplement containing 10mcg of vitamin D during the autumn and winter months.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	120713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to further promote the use of vitamin D supplements. Advice on taking vitamin D supplements, including both when it might be needed and highlighting the risk of taking too much, is available on the NHS Choices website:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/01/2018 16:21:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

810248

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency in each (a) clinical commissioning group and (b) parliamentary constituency in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	120714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Instead we have provided counts of finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency in each clinical commissioning group and parliamentary constituency, 2007-08 to 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>This information is shown in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/01/2018 16:15:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ120714 table.xlsx title PQ120714 attached table
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

810252

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2017 to Question 111553, what steps the Government is taking to prevent cases of malnutrition.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	120718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to prevent cases of malnutrition and ensure that people, particularly the young, the vulnerable and the elderly, are getting an adequate diet.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Healthy Start programme, the Government provides a nutritional safety net to hundreds of thousands of pregnant women, families and children under four who are from low income households. For example, Healthy Start vitamin vouchers are offered for free to Healthy Start beneficiaries. Vitamin tablets are available to pregnant women and women with a child under one year old, and children’s vitamin drops are available for those between six months and four years old.</p><p> </p><p>Some 1.1 million children get free school meals, and the Government is investing £26 million in breakfast clubs. The School Fruit and Vegetables scheme provides 2.3 million children with a portion of fresh fruit or vegetables each day at school. This contributes towards the recommended five portions a day and helps encourage healthier eating for life. The nursery milk scheme also provides a free daily portion of milk to 1.5 million children and babies.</p><p> </p><p>Important guidance has been published on tackling malnutrition. For example, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2012 quality standard 'Nutrition support in adults’ provides advice to the National Health Service to help identify patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. NHS England published guidance in 2015 on improving the delivery and commissioning of nutrition and hydration care in acute services and the community.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have provided £500,000 to the charity Age UK’s Malnutrition Taskforce to reduce malnutrition among older people and we will continue to train all health staff so early action can be taken. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 requires care homes to make sure that people have enough to eat and drink to meet their nutrition and hydration needs and receive the support they require to do so. The Care Quality Commission can prosecute breaches.</p><p> </p><p>Government advice on a healthy, balanced diet is encapsulated in the Eatwell Guide. This shows the proportions in which different types of foods are required to have a well-balanced and healthy diet. Further information is at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/01/2018 12:26:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

804532

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Folic Acid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8626, when the Government plans to respond to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’s updated evidence on folic acid.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	118734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers will set out their position on mandatory fortification in due course. The Secretary of State has received a joint letter from the Scottish Government’s Minister for Public Health and Sport and the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, sent on 1 December 2017, concerning mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid, and a response will be issued in the New Year.</p><p>No estimate has been made of the cost of implementing mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 118735 118736 question first answered 19/12/2017 17:42:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

804533

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Flour: Folic Acid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8626, what estimate the Government has made of the cost of implementing mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	118735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers will set out their position on mandatory fortification in due course. The Secretary of State has received a joint letter from the Scottish Government’s Minister for Public Health and Sport and the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, sent on 1 December 2017, concerning mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid, and a response will be issued in the New Year.</p><p>No estimate has been made of the cost of implementing mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 118734 118736 question first answered 19/12/2017 17:42:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

804534

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Flour: Folic Acid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8626, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish and Welsh Governments on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	118736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers will set out their position on mandatory fortification in due course. The Secretary of State has received a joint letter from the Scottish Government’s Minister for Public Health and Sport and the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, sent on 1 December 2017, concerning mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid, and a response will be issued in the New Year.</p><p>No estimate has been made of the cost of implementing mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 118734 118735 question first answered 19/12/2017 17:42:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

793998

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for negotiation of the next pharmaceutical price regulation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	115087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>No decision has been made about the timing of negotiations with industry on medicines pricing arrangements for 2019 onwards. The Department has regular and ongoing dialogue with patient representative groups about medicines pricing and access issues, and all those views will help to inform discussions between the industry and the Department on the new arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 115088 question first answered 01/12/2017 12:59:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

793999

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to engage with patient groups regarding the next Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	115088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>No decision has been made about the timing of negotiations with industry on medicines pricing arrangements for 2019 onwards. The Department has regular and ongoing dialogue with patient representative groups about medicines pricing and access issues, and all those views will help to inform discussions between the industry and the Department on the new arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 115087 question first answered 01/12/2017 12:59:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

794000

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
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 effectiveness of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme providing effective and innovative medicines for patients.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	115089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>At the start of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), a forecast of National Health Service spend on new medicines (those launched after 31 December 2013) as a percentage of PPRS spend was agreed with industry for the subsequent years of the scheme. The latest estimate of new medicines as a percentage of measured PPRS spend for 2017 is 9%, which is greater than the agreed forecast for 2017 of just over 5%, suggesting that new medicines make up notably more of PPRS spend than was forecast. This estimate excludes new medicines supplied by members of the statutory branded medicines price regulation scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Use of innovative medicines in England is reported through the innovation scorecard. The most recent publication was in October 2017 and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30106" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30106</a></p><p>Since 2014, the medicines in the scorecard have changed as new medicines have become available. The scorecard shows that for the 12 months from April 2016 to March 2017, compared to the previous 12 months where comparable data is available, 73% of innovative medicines covered by the scorecard were prescribed more.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/12/2017 13:02:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

784944

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps Public Health England is taking to promote its guidance on the benefits to people of taking a daily vitamin D supplement in the autumn and winter months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	111556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England ensured that the media and non-governmental organisations were fully briefed in advance of the publication of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition report on vitamin D in 2016; this helped ensure that the advice was well publicised following publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-vitamin-d-and-health-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sacn-vitamin-d-and-health-report</a></p><p>Advice continues to be communicated via the NHS Choices website and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/</a></p><p>In 2014, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence produced public health guidance (PH56) on increasing vitamin D supplement use among population groups at risk of vitamin D deficiency. The guidance can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph56" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph56</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2017 12:18:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson