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1012269

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Public Health: Finance
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 funding has been allocated to local authorities for the local authority public health grant in each year between 2014 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	194695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Public Health Grant Allocation (£ billion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2.663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>3.031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3.387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>3.304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>3.219</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>Funding public health services for children aged 0-5 was transferred from the NHS to local authorities from October 2015.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Includes funding retained by the Greater Manchester local authority as part of a business rate retention pilot not allocated as grant.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/11/2018 11:20:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1012281

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Vitamins
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has issued to GPs on advising patients to increase their intake of vitamins.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has not issued any recent guidance to general practitioners on advising patients to increase their intake of vitamins.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/11/2018 11:01:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1012282

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has issued to GPs on prescribing antibiotics.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not publish clinical guidance. Multiple resources providing guidance on antimicrobial stewardship in primary care have been published by partners across the health system over the life of the current United Kingdom antimicrobial resistance strategy.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/11/2018 11:05:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1012283

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Measles: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on vaccinating children against measles.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	194634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>Measles vaccination is offered to all children within a month of their first birthday (at ages 12 – 13 months) with a second dose before starting school, usually at three years four months (or soon after), as part of the routine measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination programme. Children up to the age of 18 who missed, or only partially completed, their earlier MMR vaccination are eligible for a catch-up MMR vaccination.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/11/2018 11:22:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1012300

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Epilepsy: 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 assessment his Department has made of the availability of essential epilepsy medicines from the EU during the transition period for the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	194639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has now agreed the Withdrawal Agreement with the European Commission. As a consequence, the Department does not expect market access to medicines for the United Kingdom to change under the terms of that agreement during the implementation period, which will run from March 2019 until December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not expect to see significant changes to the continuity of medicine supply in the intervening period, although we will be monitoring this closely.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/11/2018 11:03:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1012342

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient safety of the roll out by clinical commissioning groups of the prescription ordering direct service for repeat prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	194650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of the impact on patient safety of such a service. Where clinical commissioning groups have made local arrangements for how repeat medication is ordered we would expect it to take account of the General Medical Council’s Prescribing Guidance, so repeat prescriptions are safe and appropriate to patient need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2018 17:13:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1012345

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Health Services: Greenwich
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 Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group's Patient and Public Engagement Strategy 2017 to 2020, what his Department's definition is of a seldom heard group; how many such groups it has identified; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	194574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England have not formally defined the term ‘seldom heard groups’, which is used by Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published statutory guidance for CCGs and NHS England on patient and public participation in commissioning health and care. A copy of this guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/participation/involvementguidance/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/participation/involvementguidance/</a></p><p> </p><p>The CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework has an indicator (50) within the leadership domain that assesses CCGs involvement of patients and the public against a range of criteria including equalities and health inequalities. The indicator is based on the statutory guidance and so provides an assessment of CCG performance in this area. The 2017/18 data is available on MyNHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 194575 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:14:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1012348

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to clinical commissioning groups on ensuring that they involve patients through Patient Participation Groups; and how he plans to monitor the effectiveness of (a) that guidance and (b) clinical commissioning groups involving patients; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	194575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England have not formally defined the term ‘seldom heard groups’, which is used by Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published statutory guidance for CCGs and NHS England on patient and public participation in commissioning health and care. A copy of this guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/participation/involvementguidance/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/participation/involvementguidance/</a></p><p> </p><p>The CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework has an indicator (50) within the leadership domain that assesses CCGs involvement of patients and the public against a range of criteria including equalities and health inequalities. The indicator is based on the statutory guidance and so provides an assessment of CCG performance in this area. The 2017/18 data is available on MyNHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 194574 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:14:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1012354

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Contraceptives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of closures of sexual health clinics providing contraceptive services since 2013; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such closures on women’s access to contraception.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	194654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Closures of sexual health clinics providing contraceptive services are not monitored centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities. The Government has mandated local authorities in England to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services, including provision of free contraception. Contraception is also widely available free of charge through general practice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 194726 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:18:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1012355

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Contraceptives
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 sexual health clinics have provided contraceptive services in each local authority area in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	194725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Data is available by the number of services returning Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity (SRHAD) Dataset by local authority area and is set out in the attached table. Other services may provide contraception but not complete a SRHAD return.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2018 17:19:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ194725 table.xlsx title PQ194725 attached table
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth