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759344

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The annual pay award for the delegated grades is subject to HM Treasury Civil Service Pay Guidance. The annual pay arrangements for the senior civil service are based on the outcomes of the Senior Salaries Review Body Report and the Government’s response to its recommendations. The arrangements are applied centrally by Cabinet Office. Both groups of staff are covered by the public sector pay policy of average annual awards of 1%. During the three years, the Department implemented pay awards for each group of staff as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Awards for delegated grades for each of the three years were based on 1% of the median salary in each pay grade. This had the effect of applying a slightly higher pay award to those whose salary was below the median compared to those whose salary was above the median, of their respective grade. Overall, an average award of 1% was applied to this group of staff, in each year.</p><p> </p><p>For each of the three years, pay awards for senior civil servants were based on an individual’s position in range, with the establishment of break points in each pay band. A higher award was applied to those whose salary was below the respective break point of their pay band. For years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 a lower award was applied to those whose salary exceeded the break point. For 2017/2018 no award was applied to those whose salary exceeded the respective break point. Overall, an average award of 1% as applied to this group of staff, in each year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/09/2017 10:54:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759345

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure cancer waiting time targets are met.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service is meeting six out of eight cancer waiting times standards (June 2017) including ensuring that 93% of patients are seen within two weeks of an urgent general practitioner referral and that 96% of patients receive their first treatment for cancer within 31 days of diagnosis. This is despite 970,000 more people being urgently referred in 2016/17 compared to 2009/10 - an increase of 108%.</p><p> </p><p>Achieving the 62-day cancer standard is a key objective in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England for 2017-18 and Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View. NHS England and NHS Improvement are providing support and challenge to those trusts that need to improve their performance against this standard.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed £200 million of transformation funding to improve cancer services over the next two years. This includes encouraging local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Cancer survival rates are at a record high and the NHS has estimated 7,000 more people are surviving cancer after successful NHS cancer treatment compared to three years ago.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/09/2017 14:32:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

759359

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inmates are enrolled on stop smoking courses and treatments.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The data are not collected at national level in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/09/2017 13:52:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

759360

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cosmetics: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the marketing of skin bleaching on mental health and wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that individuals make informed and safe choices about cosmetic procedures. Since publication of Sir Bruce Keogh’s Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions, in 2013, we have implemented a number of important measures to that end.</p><p> </p><p>These measures include continuation of an extensive programme around body image to help young adults to become more resilient to the pressures that they face. A copy of the 2015 progress report can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/body-confidence-progress-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/body-confidence-progress-report-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council has also published guidance which makes clear the ethical obligations doctors have towards patients and the standards of care they need to provide. The guidance is clear that doctors must market their services responsibly and give patients all the time and information they need so that they can make a voluntary and informed decision about whether to go ahead. A copy of the guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/27171.asp" target="_blank">http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/27171.asp</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/09/2017 10:57:05 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

759361

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the publication of Towards a smoke-free generation: a tobacco control plan for England in July 2017 by his Department, if he will (a) create a strategy to reduce the consumption of and (b) publish a report on the consumption of chewing tobacco primarily by South Asian women.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	9830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Towards a smoke free generation: a tobacco control plan for England, sets out national ambitions to further reduce use of all tobacco products across the population in England. We have no plans to produce either a separate strategy to address, or a report on, the consumption of chewing tobacco by South Asian women.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/09/2017 13:50:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

759362

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve his Department's support for people with eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England introduced a new waiting time standard for treatment of eating disorders for children from April 2017. The ambition is that by 2020, 95% of those referred will start treatment within one week if the case is urgent and four weeks if the case is non-urgent.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its updated clinical guideline for the recognition and treatment of eating disorders for people of all ages in May 2017. It is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69</a></p><p>A pathway for adults with eating disorders, together with detailed implementation guidance for providers, will be developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health in partnership with NICE over 2017/18. The pathway will be fully informed by the available evidence and the views of experts.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/09/2017 14:48:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

758983

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has carried out an equality impact assessment on the NHS offering unpaid internships in psychology.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	9659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken an impact assessment on the National Health Service offering unpaid internships in psychology.</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for and decision as to whether to offer internships rests with individual NHS trusts.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:29:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

758984

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Paramedical Staff: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the mental health training that paramedics receive.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	9660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The College of Paramedics (CoP) Paramedic Evidence Based Education Project Report and Health Education England (HEE) found that paramedics could make a larger contribution to urgent and emergency care with enhanced knowledge and skills, including in dementia and mental health awareness.</p><p> </p><p>These new areas of enhanced knowledge and skills are included in the new edition of the CoP undergraduate paramedic curriculum. This curriculum must be used by all higher education institutions providing paramedic courses.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has continued to support and invest in this aspect of the paramedic skill base by funding and working alongside CoP to develop a suite of bitesize online continuing professional development modules for paramedics, including dementia and mental health awareness.</p><p> </p><p>The Paramedic Evidence Based Education Project Report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk/publications/paramedic-evidence-based-education-project-peep" target="_blank">https://www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk/publications/paramedic-evidence-based-education-project-peep</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:31:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

758985

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2017 to Question 6693, where information is collected on the meetings his Department has had with private providers of mental health care.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	9656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>For Ministers, along with other Government Departments, the Department adheres to transparent Government guidelines and publishes quarterly returns on Ministerial meetings with external organisations. The most recent data, for 2017, is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017.</a></p><p>For the Department as a whole, this information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/09/2017 15:55:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

758986

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners waited more than 14 days for a transfer to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	9657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information is collected on the number of transfers, not the number of individual prisoners who are transferred. An individual prisoner may undergo more than one transfer in any given time period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/09/2017 16:12:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger