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837681

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate his Department has made of the number of GPs who plan to leave general practice in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	903795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We know that one of the main reasons GPs leave general practice is retirement. That is why we have put in place comprehensive measures to ensure we meet our commitment of an extra 5,000 GPs in the NHS by 2020. GP Career Plus, the GP Retention Scheme and the National GP Induction and Refresher Scheme will all help get valuable experienced GPs back into our NHS. 3,157 GP training places were also filled in 2017 – the highest number ever.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/02/2018 15:44:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

834701

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Coca Cola and Mars UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings officials of his Department have had with representatives of (a) Coca Cola and (b) Mars in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Officials from the Department have met with representatives from Coca Cola, Mars and the British Soft Drinks Association in the last 12 months. Discussions have included the soft drinks industry levy, sugar reduction and the wider reformulation programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126164 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:27:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

834702

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Food: Advertising
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 he is taking to limit children’s exposure to the marketing of food high in fat, salt and sugar.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We launched ‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ in August 2016. Our world-leading plan focuses on actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing obesity in children and young people. Key measures in the plan include the soft drinks industry levy, the sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, and helping children to enjoy an hour of physical activity every day.</p><p> </p><p>‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Current advertising restrictions in the United Kingdom on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2017 we announced £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. We will use this, alongside other reports and data published on progress in delivering our world-leading childhood obesity plan, to determine whether sufficient progress has been made and whether alternative levers need to be considered.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, has not had any recent discussions with representatives from social media companies on restricting junk food adverts to children.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126150 126155 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:25:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

834703

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Obesity: Children
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 he is taking to tackle childhood obesity.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We launched ‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ in August 2016. Our world-leading plan focuses on actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing obesity in children and young people. Key measures in the plan include the soft drinks industry levy, the sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, and helping children to enjoy an hour of physical activity every day.</p><p> </p><p>‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Current advertising restrictions in the United Kingdom on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2017 we announced £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. We will use this, alongside other reports and data published on progress in delivering our world-leading childhood obesity plan, to determine whether sufficient progress has been made and whether alternative levers need to be considered.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, has not had any recent discussions with representatives from social media companies on restricting junk food adverts to children.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126149 126155 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:25:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

834707

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Food: Salt
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 he is taking to monitor the food industry's adherence to salt targets set by Public Health England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>In March 2017, Public Health England (PHE) re-published the targets set under the Public Health Responsibility Deal, Salt Reduction targets for 2017, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/salt-reduction-targets-for-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/salt-reduction-targets-for-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The targets, due to be achieved by the end of 2017, provide guidance to industry on the levels of salt that they should be aiming to achieve across around 80 individual product categories.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will publish an assessment of industry’s progress against the targets later this year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/02/2018 16:26:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

834708

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Food: Advertising
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 discussions he has had with representatives from social media companies on restricting junk food adverts to children.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We launched ‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ in August 2016. Our world-leading plan focuses on actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing obesity in children and young people. Key measures in the plan include the soft drinks industry levy, the sugar reduction and wider reformulation programme, and helping children to enjoy an hour of physical activity every day.</p><p> </p><p>‘Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action’ is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546588/Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Current advertising restrictions in the United Kingdom on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect in July 2017 banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2017 we announced £5 million investment in a policy research unit on childhood obesity to provide a robust evidence, evaluation and research capability including looking at the impact of marketing on childhood obesity. We will use this, alongside other reports and data published on progress in delivering our world-leading childhood obesity plan, to determine whether sufficient progress has been made and whether alternative levers need to be considered.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, has not had any recent discussions with representatives from social media companies on restricting junk food adverts to children.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126149 126150 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:25:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

834717

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	British Soft Drinks Association
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings officials of his Department have had with representatives of the British Soft Drinks Association in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Officials from the Department have met with representatives from Coca Cola, Mars and the British Soft Drinks Association in the last 12 months. Discussions have included the soft drinks industry levy, sugar reduction and the wider reformulation programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 126148 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:27:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

833007

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the terms of reference are for the forthcoming Public Health England review on addiction to medicine.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	125323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) will carry out a public-health focused review of commonly prescribed medicines, authorised for adults who have non-cancer pain, anxiety, insomnia or depression. The report will be authored by PHE but will include contributions from academic institutions which will be appointed following a tender process.</p><p> </p><p>More information about the review, including its scope and the methods that will be used, is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/prescribed-medicines-that-may-cause-dependence-or-withdrawal" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/prescribed-medicines-that-may-cause-dependence-or-withdrawal</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 125325 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:16:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

833009

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the proposed authors of the forthcoming Public Health England review on addiction to medicine.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	125325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) will carry out a public-health focused review of commonly prescribed medicines, authorised for adults who have non-cancer pain, anxiety, insomnia or depression. The report will be authored by PHE but will include contributions from academic institutions which will be appointed following a tender process.</p><p> </p><p>More information about the review, including its scope and the methods that will be used, is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/prescribed-medicines-that-may-cause-dependence-or-withdrawal" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/prescribed-medicines-that-may-cause-dependence-or-withdrawal</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 125323 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:16:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

833013

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Spondyloarthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments his Department have made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist care in the NHS for people diagnosed with spondyloarthritis conditions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View has made a specific commitment to do more to support people with long-term conditions and to help them manage their own health. Self-management increases the likelihood of better clinical outcomes, lower rates of hospitalisation and less need for emergency care.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning services that offer education and self-management for patients diagnosed with arthritic conditions as well ensuring local arrangements are in place to coordinate care for people across primary and secondary (specialist) settings.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2017, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence published the best practice guideline Spondyloarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management. The guideline sets out a range of recommendations for clinicians and NHS services, including around the provision of information and support that patients may benefit from, such as: advice about symptoms and self-management; contact details for local and national support organisations; and, information about employment rights and ability to work. The guideline can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng65/resources/spondyloarthritis-in-over-16s-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-1837575441349" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng65/resources/spondyloarthritis-in-over-16s-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-1837575441349</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 125330 125332 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:20:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon