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1233964

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to consult people (a) with lived experience of eating disorders and (b) experts in the field of eating disorders before introducing calorie labelling on menus.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	89709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>We recognise concerns about calorie labelling and are committed to striking a careful balance between informing and educating people to make healthier choices whilst not negatively impacting people with eating disorders or those in recovery from eating disorders. We will continue to meet with experts and those with lived experience of eating disorders as we develop our plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:29:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 48080 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1233965

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish details of the expansion of weight management services as part of the obesity strategy; and whether that expansion will include specific support for people affected by binge eating disorder.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	89710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Through the new obesity strategy, we are delivering a range of measures on weight management including a National Health Service 12-week weight loss plan app, expanding weight management services to help more people get the support they need, accelerating the expansion of the NHS diabetes prevention programme and making conversations about weight in primary care the norm. Further details about these measures will be available later in the year and we will engage stakeholders throughout this process.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:35:54 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 48081 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1234061

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Medical Certificates: Fees and Charges
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 make an estimate of the number of disabled people who are financially affected by charges for doctors letters and statements.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	89869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of disabled people who are financially affected by charges for doctors’ letters and statements.</p><p>The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Regulations contain a list of statutory certificates that general practitioner (GP) practices are required to provide without charge. Practices are free to charge for the completion of certificates, forms and letters that are not listed as being exempt. NHS England and NHS Improvement expect practices to charge a reasonable sum, appropriate for the workload involved.</p><p>The Government recognises that there are concerns about some fees GPs charge for letters to certify a patient’s health. We are now undertaking a thorough review of levels of bureaucracy in general practice to streamline processes, free up valuable time to care for patients and to ensure consistency and fairness of charges for certification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:45:02 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1234172

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to restart the school fruit and vegetable scheme; and whether he plans to extend that scheme to all primary school pupils.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	89864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme resumed in September when children returned to school. As before, all children in Key Stage 1 in state-funded primary schools will receive a free piece of fruit or vegetable every school day.</p><p>There are currently no plans to extend this scheme to all primary school pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:33:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1233384

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
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	Members: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Coronavirus Members' Hotline will reopen.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	88245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE’s) COVID-19 Email Helpline for Parliamentarians continue to operate five days a week from 9.00am to 5.00pm.</p><p> </p><p>Any Parliamentarian who requires a conversation with PHE officials can request it via the email helpline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:26:49 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 47411 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1233470

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
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	Smoking
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 the regional variation in smoking cessation rates.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	88392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>One of the main aims of the Government’s Tobacco Control Plan for England is to reduce the regional and socio-economic variations in smoking rates, by achieving system-wide</p><p>change and targeting actions at the right groups.</p><p> </p><p>Actions include promoting links to smoking cessation services across the whole health and care system and full implementation of relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>‘Smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England’ can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/towards-a-smoke-free-generation-tobacco-control-plan-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/towards-a-smoke-free-generation-tobacco-control-plan-for-england</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for commissioning a range of stop smoking support to meet the needs of their local population. Public Health England supports local authorities to do this by providing a range of data and guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:41:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1233471

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
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	Smoking: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the smoking cessation rate in Ashfield.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	88393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The smoking rate for adults in Ashfield has seen an overall decline, from 27.8% in 2011 to 19.8% in 2019. The following table shows the trends in smoking rates for adults in Ashfield, the East Midlands and England since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>Smoking trends in Ashfield, East Midlands and England, 2011 - 2019</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Period</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Ashfield</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Count</p></td><td><p>Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>26,090</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td><td><p>20.2%</p></td><td><p>19.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24,063</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td><td><p>19.7%</p></td><td><p>19.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18,077</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>18.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>18,953</p></td><td><p>19.7%</p></td><td><p>18.2%</p></td><td><p>17.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>16,955</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>20,744</p></td><td><p>21.1%</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p>15.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>15,680</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>16,636</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>19,893</p></td><td><p>19.8%</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td><td><p>13.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/tobacco-control/data#page/4/gid/1938132885/pat/6/par/E12000004/ati/101/are/E07000170/iid/92443/age/168/sex/4/cid/4/page-options/cin-ci-4_ovw-do-1_car-do-0" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/tobacco-control/data#page/4/gid/1938132885/pat/6/par/E12000004/ati/101/are/E07000170/iid/92443/age/168/sex/4/cid/4/page-options/cin-ci-4_ovw-do-1_car-do-0</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While this is a decrease overall, rates have increased slightly in the past three years and the current rate is higher than the average for adults in England, 13.9%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:39:04 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1231221

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps his Department is taking to tackle sexually transmitted diseases.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	84719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities in England are mandated to provide comprehensive open access sexual health services including access to the full range of contraception and sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment. The Government provides funding to local authorities for their public health responsibilities, including sexual health services, through the public health grant. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including the need for sexual health services taking account of their statutory duties. The number of consultations at sexual health services increased by 7% between 2018 and 2019 (from 3,613,447 to 3,852,121).</p><p>Work on the development of a new national sexual and reproductive health strategy is underway with the Department working with Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement, local government and other partners. Details of the strategy’s scope and objectives will be announced in due course.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 11:37:16 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 45721 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1230343

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Smoking
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 the July 2019 Green Paper entitled Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, when he plans to publish further proposals on moving towards a smokefree country by 2030.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	83956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Smoking rates are at their lowest ever levels in England at 13.9%. However, we are not complacent, and the Government is committed to protecting the population from the harms of tobacco. We intend to publish the Government response to the Prevention Green Paper, ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’ in due course and key steps and ambitions to deliver smokefree 2030 after this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 10:57:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 45037 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1230345

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
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	Health
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 ensure the continuity of health improvement work referred to in the July 2019 Green Paper entitled Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	83957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Prevention Green Paper, ‘Advancing our health: Prevention in the 2020s’ outlined commitments with varying timelines, regarding the services we receive, the choices we make and the conditions in which we live. The Green Paper consultation closed on 14 October 2019 and attracted over 1,600 responses. The Government response to the consultation, with more detail on progress against the Green Paper commitments, has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government intends to publish the response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/09/2020 11:07:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 45038 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy