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1091311

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
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 penalty notices were issued by the NHSBSA in Dudley prior to the rollout of universal credit in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	234107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued prior to universal credit (UC) rollout in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prior to the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,340</p></td><td><p>2,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7,914</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - until June</p></td><td><p>1,939 until June</p></td><td><p>2,234 until June</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued since the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>After the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – from July</p></td><td><p>6,653 * from July</p></td><td><p>2,517 * from July</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,467</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The following postcodes were used to collate data for the Dudley area: B62, B63, B64, B65, DY1, DY2, DY3, DY4, DY5, DY6, DY7, DY8, DY9, WV1, WV4</p><p> </p><p>- UC commenced roll out in the Dudley area from July 2017 so this date has been used in the data collation. The data represents Penalty Charge Notices sent out against all exemption types ticked by the patient where an exemption could not be verified.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 234108 question first answered 22/03/2019 14:14:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1091313

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
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 penalty notices have been issued by the NHSBSA in Dudley since the rollout of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	234108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued prior to universal credit (UC) rollout in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prior to the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Not held</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,340</p></td><td><p>2,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7,914</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - until June</p></td><td><p>1,939 until June</p></td><td><p>2,234 until June</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prescription and dental penalty charge notices issued since the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>After the rollout of UC in Dudley by calendar year</p></td><td><p>Prescription penalty charge notice issued</p></td><td><p>Dental penalty charge notice issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 – from July</p></td><td><p>6,653 * from July</p></td><td><p>2,517 * from July</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4,467</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>- The following postcodes were used to collate data for the Dudley area: B62, B63, B64, B65, DY1, DY2, DY3, DY4, DY5, DY6, DY7, DY8, DY9, WV1, WV4</p><p> </p><p>- UC commenced roll out in the Dudley area from July 2017 so this date has been used in the data collation. The data represents Penalty Charge Notices sent out against all exemption types ticked by the patient where an exemption could not be verified.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 234107 question first answered 22/03/2019 14:14:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1082570

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Spinal Muscular Atrophy: 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 he is taking to ensure that (a) nusinersen/Spinraza and (b) other life-saving drugs are made available for people with spinal muscular atrophy.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	229106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants National Health Service patients to be able to benefit from effective new medicines in a way that represents value for money to the taxpayer. Through its technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies programmes, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the NHS on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS. NHS organisations are legally required to fund medicines recommended by NICE.</p><p> </p><p>NICE is currently developing technology appraisal guidance on the use of Spinraza for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. NICE was unable to recommend Spinraza as an effective use of NHS resources in its draft guidance published in August 2018. Discussions have since been taking place between the manufacturer of Spinraza, Biogen, and NHS England to explore whether there are commercial flexibilities that might enable NICE to recommend the drug as a clinically and cost-effective use of NHS resources. Biogen has now submitted a revised submission and a meeting of NICE’s independent Appraisal Committee took place on 6 March to consider the recommendations. Details from the meeting will made available on the NICE website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/03/2019 10:47:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1079355

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Asthma: Prescriptions
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 page 7 of the report entitled Paying to Breathe: Why unfair asthma prescription charges must be stopped, published in February 2019, what plans he has to change the Prescription Charges exemptions list as a result of the finding in that report that 57 per cent of people with asthma are skipping medication due to the cost.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	227071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make such an assessment. This is because extensive arrangements are in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions, including the list of medical conditions that provides exemption from prescription charges.</p><p> </p><p>People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 227072 question first answered 05/03/2019 17:13:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1079356

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Asthma: Prescriptions
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 page 7 of the report entitled Paying to Breathe: Why unfair asthma prescription charges must be stopped, published in February 2019, what assessment he has made of the effect of prescription charges on people on low incomes who have asthma.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	227072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make such an assessment. This is because extensive arrangements are in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions, including the list of medical conditions that provides exemption from prescription charges.</p><p> </p><p>People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 227071 question first answered 05/03/2019 17:13:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley