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169480

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gun Sports
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 effect on human health of the use of lead ammunition for shooting.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	217997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>In October 2012, the Food Standards Agency assessed the risk to human health from exposure to lead from lead bullets and shot used to shoot wild game animals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FSA concluded in its risk assessment that frequent consumption of game meat could increase exposure to lead. This increased exposure would be a concern in the case of toddlers, young children and pregnant women because of the neurotoxicity of lead to the developing brain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This risk assessment is available on the FSA’s website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.foodbase.org.uk/admintools/reportdocuments/776-1-1354_Risk_assessment_for_lead_in_wild_game_-_Final_5_October.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.foodbase.org.uk//admintools/reportdocuments/776-1-1354_Risk_assessment_for_lead_in_wild_game_-_Final_5_October.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/12/2014 16:46:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166348

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve the performance of the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), Care Quality Commission, clinical commissioning groups and the trust continue to work together to improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The TDA will continue to meet regularly with the trust’s leadership team to review and monitor progress, to ensure response times continue to improve.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As part of overall operational resilience planning for winter, we have provided an additional £50 million nationally to support ambulance trusts in managing extra demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/12/2014 13:05:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166349

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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 his policy is on the advertising of e-cigarettes on television.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Advertising of e-cigarettes is subject to controls overseen by the Advertising Standards Authority, who are the United Kingdom's regulator of advertising across all media, including marketing on websites. The Committee of Advertising Practice and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice, who are the bodies responsible for writing and maintaining the advertising codes, recently issued guidance to the advertisers of e-cigarettes to help them fully comply with the current rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Revised Tobacco Products Directive will come into force in May 2016. From that time it will be illegal to advertise e-cigarettes, other than those licenced by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, on television in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/12/2014 17:32:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

93564

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that obese and overweight patients receive expert advice on weight loss and weight management as early as possible.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	210634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to providing overweight and obese individuals with expert advice, through supporting local public health teams and health professionals with the evidence based tools they need to deliver early support and advice in adopting healthier behaviours and reducing excess weight. We are giving local authorities £8.2 billion ring fenced public health funding over 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities, NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of the obesity care pathway, providing services based on expert guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) provides tools and support to local authorities to provide evidence based and effective pathways and interventions for overweight and obese individuals to lose weight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Child Measurement Programme and NHS Health Check are national mandatory public health functions which are the responsibility of local authorities. These services enable identification of the overweight and obese; in school aged children at reception and year 6 and for adults aged 40-74 years; and provide access to services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 15:40:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

93565

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity and Osteoarthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that healthcare practitioners routinely check obese patients for signs of osteoarthritis.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	210635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guideline ‘Obesity: Guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children’ published in 2006, makes recommendations on the treatment of obese patients. The guideline outlines that patients who are overweight or obese should be assessed for a number of conditions, including osteoarthritis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2014 15:58:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

91476

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Guideline Development Group working on the draft partial update to Clinical Guidance 43 on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity is taking fully into account all published studies in relation to the use of very low calorie diets for weight loss to ensure that in the interests of patient care and NHS expenditure all practical alternatives to bariatric surgery are considered prior to such surgery being offered.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	209078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have had no such discussions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and as such it would be inappropriate for Ministers to intervene. NICE is responsible for the methods used to develop and update its guidance and reviews its published clinical guidelines in order to take account of the latest available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE consulted on its draft updated clinical guideline on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obese adults and children in July and August. NICE will take the stakeholder comments from the consultation into account in developing the final guideline, which is currently planned for publication in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 209077 question first answered 15/10/2014 16:11:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

91477

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with representatives of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the Guideline Development Group working on the draft partial update to Clinical Guidance 43 on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	209077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have had no such discussions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and as such it would be inappropriate for Ministers to intervene. NICE is responsible for the methods used to develop and update its guidance and reviews its published clinical guidelines in order to take account of the latest available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE consulted on its draft updated clinical guideline on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obese adults and children in July and August. NICE will take the stakeholder comments from the consultation into account in developing the final guideline, which is currently planned for publication in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 209078 question first answered 15/10/2014 16:11:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford