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90685

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on Elliott Review, what budget the Food Crime Unit will be allocated for (a) setting up and (b) operating in financial years (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	208365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) advises that the set up and operating costs will be resourced from the FSA’s operating budget. The FSA has committed to a review of likely future needs after two years. The Elliott report estimates that the Food Crime Unit will cost between £2-4 million per year. It is too early to predict exact costs at this stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 14:28:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

90687

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on Elliott Review, how many police officers will work in the Food Crime Unit.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	208364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) advises that the Food Crime Unit is likely to include seconded police officers and other experts, as appropriate. The exact mix of background and skills has not been finalised. In addition to officers working within the Unit, the FSA will continue to work with an extensive network of law enforcement partners (including the police and Local Authorities) to access and draw on intelligence to task investigations and to build links internationally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 14:29:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

90690

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on the Elliott Review, when the Food Crime Unit will be operational.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	208360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency advises that the Food Crime Unit will be operational and the first phase will incorporate a well-developed intelligence capability by the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 14:38:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

90691

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on the Elliott Review, how many staff at each grade will be (a) recruited and (b) seconded to the Food Crime Unit.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	208362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency advises that it has already reorganised existing teams that deal with food incidents, fraud and intelligence to form the core of the new unit and is recruiting a small number of additional permanent and seconded staff to support this. This is likely to include seconded police officers and other experts, as appropriate. The exact mix of background and skills has not been finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 14:26:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

90719

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will arrange for a reply to be sent to the letter concerning a constituent sent by the hon Member for Walsall North to the Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group on 7 July 2014, which was sent on to NHS England Patient Experience Team in West Bromwich; and if he will inquire into the reasons for the time taken to send a substantive reply to that letter.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	208177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NHS England has advised a reply to the hon Member’s letter of 7 July 2014 was issued on the 8 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also advised the NHS Central Midlands Commissioning Support Unit has sought consent from the hon Member’s constituent to investigate the concerns regarding the level of care received; they are awaiting a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 14:31:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

90487

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Incinerators: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	208139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In January 2012, the Health Protection Agency, whose functions were transferred to Public Health England (PHE) on 1 April 2013, approved funding for the study.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It was originally envisaged that preliminary results for this study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerator would be available by March 2014 but because of unanticipated complexity in gathering both emissions and health data this has been delayed. A paper with preliminary results is now expected to be published in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE’s position that well run and regulated modern Municipal Waste Incinerators are not a significant risk to public health remains valid, and the study is being carried out to extend the evidence base and to provide further information to the public on this subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 14:54:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

90489

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has assessed or commissioned on whether e-cigarette vapour carries health risks to bystanders.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	208087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has not to date directly commissioned any research on this topic but is keeping the research that has been done under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The studies that have been conducted to date indicate that the risk of passive exposure to electronic cigarette vapour is small relative to tobacco cigarettes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 15:39:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

90491

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate potential savings to the NHS from more widespread use of e-cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	208086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is not yet enough evidence on the impact of e-cigarettes on tobacco smoking to make an estimate of their impact on National Health Service costs. Some research suggests they have the potential to reduce the harms of smoking by supporting attempts to quit, and while e-cigarettes are not risk free, they carry a lower risk to health than tobacco smoking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 16:02:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

90492

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Worcestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the reconfiguration of health services in Worcestershire and its effects on Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	207986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The reconfiguration of local health services is a matter for the local National Health Service as they are best placed to know the needs of local people and how to deliver them in the best interests of patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/09/2014 16:50:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

90496

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the next step is in the commissioning of a specialised service after a positive recommendation by the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG); whether services recommended for commissioning by PSSAG in September 2014 will be funded from April 2015; when the PSSAG recommendations on the application for a specialised service for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency will be published; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	208035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) is a Department of Health expert committee which provides advice to Ministers on which services should be prescribed in regulations for national commissioning by the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PSSAG makes recommendations to Ministers, who are obliged under section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 to take appropriate advice and to consult with NHS England before making regulations to prescribe particular services as specialised services for NHS England commissioning. Decisions on the timing of any changes to commissioning responsibilities will take account of advice from PSSAG and any consultation response from NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a service is prescribed for national commissioning, NHS England becomes responsible for making decisions on the commissioning of that service, including funding of specific interventions as part of that service. We understand from NHS England that where it becomes the responsible commissioner for a service, it considers the funding priority of the service through its Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand the Alpha 1 Alliance has worked with NHS England and the Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group to develop a proposal for the national commissioning of services for patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, which will be put to PSSAG for consideration at its next meeting on 30 September. A report containing PSSAG’s recommendations will be published once Ministers have made decisions on any associated changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/09/2014 12:18:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue