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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

837193

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Lincolnshire
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 attract GPs to work in Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	903794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the acute shortages in general practice, particularly in Lincolnshire. However, we are advised that there has been recent successful international recruitment, with 26 international general practitioners (GPs) now working in the county. Health Education England has offered 85 £20,000 salary supplements in the past two years to GP trainees who have committed to spend their three year specialty training in Lincolnshire. This year, for the first time, Lincolnshire has filled all of its GP trainee positions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/02/2018 15:39:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

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

834726

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	First Aid
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 the Government is taking to improve public awareness of basic life-saving first aid techniques.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	126169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Information on first aid techniques is available on the NHS Choices website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/category.aspx?CategoryID=72" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/category.aspx?CategoryID=72</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations may offer first aid courses for businesses, organisations or individuals.</p><p> </p><p>In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The national Public Health England ‘Act FAST’ campaign aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of stroke, teach people what to look out for in themselves and others, and encourage those who notice the symptoms to call 999.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/02/2018 11:58:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

834777

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	Breast Cancer: Greater London
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 29 January 2018 to Question 124907, where the Invitation to Tender documentation for Central and East London breast screening services was published.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	126199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The contract opportunity was advertised on the Official Journal of the European Union and on Contracts Finder in line with applicable procurement legislation and NHS England’s internal procurement procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The tender documentation was made electronically available to potential bidders on an online eTendering portal, ProContract, and the aforementioned public advertisements provided any interested providers the instructions and links to navigate to and access the tender documentation. Links to these advertisements are provided below for information:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:388022-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML" target="_blank">http://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:388022-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b3a8118-bbcb-42f2-bb6c-4f2a5d024887" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7b3a8118-bbcb-42f2-bb6c-4f2a5d024887</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/02/2018 12:09:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms