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1003650

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
	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 paragraph 6.10 of the UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018, published in September 2013, when he plans to publish the evaluation report.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	189732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy (2013-18) contained a commitment to assess the effectiveness of its implementation plan at the end of the five-year period. The Department commissioned the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to undertake a full evaluation of the strategy’s implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation is nearing completion. A final draft report will be submitted to the Department shortly and will be sent out for independent peer-review. The completed report will be put in the public domain next year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:27:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1010543

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the percentage change has been in (a) total funding for NHS England and (b) the local authority public health grant in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	193486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The local authority public health grant provides funding for health services delivered through local authorities. However it is not the entirety of the funding nor spend for public health services. For example, in addition to the grant there is circa £1.2 billion ringfenced for NHS national public health services within the NHS mandate figures, as well as other Departmental expenditure on vaccines and on grant in aid to Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the percentage change in total funding for NHS England and the local authority public health grant in each year since 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>NHS England funding increase %</p></td><td><p>Public health grant increase %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>24%*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>-2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.5%**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Notes:</p><p>* End year allocation for 2015-16 including the transfer in October 2015 of funding from NHS England to local authorities for commissioning services for children aged 0 - 5.</p><p>** Figures from 2017-18 includes funding retained by 10 Greater Manchester local authorities as part of a business rate pilot, not allocated via a grant.</p><p> </p><p>The total Department of Health and Social Care Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2018-19 was £128.4 billion. 2.5 % was allocated to the local authority public health grant in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 193487 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:38:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1010544

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the health and social care budget was allocated to the local authority public health grant in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	193487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The local authority public health grant provides funding for health services delivered through local authorities. However it is not the entirety of the funding nor spend for public health services. For example, in addition to the grant there is circa £1.2 billion ringfenced for NHS national public health services within the NHS mandate figures, as well as other Departmental expenditure on vaccines and on grant in aid to Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the percentage change in total funding for NHS England and the local authority public health grant in each year since 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>NHS England funding increase %</p></td><td><p>Public health grant increase %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>24%*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>-2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.5%**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>-2.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Notes:</p><p>* End year allocation for 2015-16 including the transfer in October 2015 of funding from NHS England to local authorities for commissioning services for children aged 0 - 5.</p><p>** Figures from 2017-18 includes funding retained by 10 Greater Manchester local authorities as part of a business rate pilot, not allocated via a grant.</p><p> </p><p>The total Department of Health and Social Care Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2018-19 was £128.4 billion. 2.5 % was allocated to the local authority public health grant in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 193486 question first answered 28/11/2018 17:38:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895490

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence
	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 monitor the implementation of NHS England’s Excellence in Continence Care guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England published the Excellence in Continence Care guidance in 2015 in order to help support best practice in continence care, and the Department would expect local commissioners to both draw on the guidance and monitor progress in improving continence care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:33:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895494

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence: Children
	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 his Department has made of the availability of Level 1 paediatric continence services for (a) school nurses, (b) health visitors and (c) GPs to provide preventative early treatment for (i) bladder and (ii) bowel problems in children.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning continence services and work with local partners to ensure the appropriate level of services are provided dependent upon local need.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs may choose to commission the health visiting and school nursing service to deliver continence services. Public Health England (PHE) has developed commissioning guidance to support local public health delivery; the guidance also clarifies the commissioning responsibilities for continence services. Further information is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning</a></p><p> </p><p>Continence services are not included in the public health grant and PHE has not undertaken a national assessment of continence services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:51:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895498

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence
	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 his Department has made of the effect of the Paediatric Continence Commissioning Guide published in 2014 and accredited by NICE.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>No national assessment of the effect of the guidance has been made. The paediatric continence commissioning guide sets out a clear set of specifications for commissioners to follow, including for paediatric incontinence services. The Department expects local commissioners to draw on the guide in commissioning services and to keep their incontinence services under review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:27:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895563

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence: Children
	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 his Department has made of the effect on paediatric continence services of the transfer of public health commissioning responsibilities from NHS England to local authorities in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:28:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

914701

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
	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 the potential merits of requiring the labelling of alcoholic drinks to include information on calorie content, Chief Medical Officer low-risk drinking guidelines or other health information.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	148863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England’s evidence review on the public health burden of alcohol found that alcohol health warning labels on alcoholic products can raise awareness of the messages they contain and inclusion of nutritional information, guidelines and health warnings may increase the effectiveness of the effects a label has on a person’s drinking. The review was published in December 2016 and is available online at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with the alcohol industry and other partners to build on the actions to date on consumer information; enabling people to make decisions about when and how much they drink and helping to reduce alcohol-related health harms.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/06/2018 16:00:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927752

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is monitoring the (a) number, (b) nature and (c) outcomes of calls to the breast cancer screening helpline; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has provided regular updates to Ministers on the helpline and the latest number of calls to the helpline at 20 June 2018 is 53,167. Some calls have required a range of different follow-up actions including conversations with clinical specialists, details of previous screens to be checked and arrangements for a further screen to be made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:37:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927753

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what qualifications are required of the staff answering calls to the breast cancer screening helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The staff who answer the initial calls to the helpline are part of a call handling service with specific training for this issue. When specialist input is required, the call-handler arranges for a follow-up call from a professionally qualified person who is usually a nurse.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:38:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire