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89426

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, when he expects to announce the implementation of industry standards for those e-cigarettes regulated as consumer products.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	207465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave him on 1 September 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, columns 185-86W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 207463 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:51:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Hansard extract - PQ206977_78.docx title Hansard extract - e-cigarettes
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

89428

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Imports
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 implement stronger checks to ensure no rogue batches of e-cigarettes and liquid are reaching the UK.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	207463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave him on 1 September 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, columns 185-86W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 207465 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:51:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Hansard extract - PQ206977_78.docx title Hansard extract - e-cigarettes
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

89681

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs
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 making it easier for licensed medication drugs to be used for off-patent treatments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	207483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Prescribers should always consider using a licensed medicine within the terms of its licenses as the first option. Where this approach does not meet the clinical needs of a patient, clinicians can prescribe a licensed medicine outside the terms of its license. Information to support clinical decisions on the use of medicines outside their licensed indications is available from sources such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the British National Formulary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2014 15:31:00 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

89682

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries which receive income from the minimum price income guarantee are in areas which are high on the deprivation index.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	207477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Of the 2,824 practices that receive Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG) payments, around 15% of these (411 practices) are ranked in the upper 20% of areas on the Index of Multiple Deprivation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The freezing of the withdrawal of the MPIG could cost up to £11 million in 2014-15. This is because the ‘global sum’ payments – into which the reductions in MPIG are added for all practices – have already been set for the year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This estimated cost would be for 2014-15 only and assumes that any additional costs would only be for part of the year, i.e. from 1 August.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 207478 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:14:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

89684

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse is of freezing the withdrawal of the minimum price income guarantee from GP practices which receive it as of 1 August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	207478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Of the 2,824 practices that receive Minimum Practice Income Guarantee (MPIG) payments, around 15% of these (411 practices) are ranked in the upper 20% of areas on the Index of Multiple Deprivation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The freezing of the withdrawal of the MPIG could cost up to £11 million in 2014-15. This is because the ‘global sum’ payments – into which the reductions in MPIG are added for all practices – have already been set for the year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This estimated cost would be for 2014-15 only and assumes that any additional costs would only be for part of the year, i.e. from 1 August.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 207477 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:14:09 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

89686

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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 definition of e-cigarettes as tobacco products under the terms of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	207464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>Electronic cigarettes are not defined as tobacco products under the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The regulation of e-cigarettes, is however, scheduled for discussion at the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on 13–18 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/09/2014 14:34:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

89687

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on precautionary measures to protect against the spread of the Ebola virus.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department holds regular meetings involving officials from all of the devolved administrations in which they discuss current emergency preparedness issues. There are also meetings convened by Public Health England to ensure that all preparations are coordinated. Over the last few weeks, these discussions have included the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; including United Kingdom readiness in the event that cases arrive in one of our countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/09/2014 14:43:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

89688

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment relating to the consultation into standardised tobacco packaging in a wider range of languages.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	207457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not Government practice to translate Impact Assessments. The consultation document itself was translated into several languages to raise awareness and to facilitate the response from a wide range of relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/09/2014 14:43:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

89689

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training and guidance on the Ebola virus has been issued to staff at airports and ports in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Advice for United Kingdom border force staff with regard to Ebola virus was developed by Public Health England and circulated by the Border Force to all UK ports, including those in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/09/2014 14:47:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

89691

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is giving to clinical commissioning groups to process retrospective continuing care claims.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	207458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NHS England is aware of the issues regarding the management by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of these cases. NHS England is developing a plan to identify CCGs where further support may be required, including the development of local action plans. The Department will continue to work closely with NHS England to understand and support the progress of these cases and to seek assurance that they are being dealt with as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 207531 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:16:43 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford