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389583

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise: Children
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 increase the number of children who are partaking in 60 minutes of daily exercise.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	6769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 2 July, Public Heath England launched the “Change4Life” 10 Minute Shake Up campaign with Disney. This aims to inspire the nation's children to get moving and help them achieve the recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department also funds the PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools and School Games with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Education to encourage more children and young people to become active.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2015 15:58:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348267

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of NHS abortion services from May 2010 to April 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	1015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Information about expenditure on termination of pregnancy services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 11:56:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348268

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of licences the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will grant under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	1046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no estimate of the number of licences that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authorisation (HFEA) might grant over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA will make an assessment of applications as set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2015 10:55:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

348269

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gene Therapies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy to permit Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats techniques in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	1099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The use of Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is one of the many new technologies emerging in the field of genetic research. The technique is rapidly becoming a standard method to introduce mutations into cell lines and laboratory animals in order to understand the cause of serious diseases such as cancer and dementia and identify new therapies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom has a strong and clear regulatory framework that bans genetic modifications of the nuclear genome that can be inherited from one generation to another. The use of CRISPR is permissible in the UK in a research setting, as long as any research carried out has the appropriate approvals. In the case of human embryos, research but not treatment using these techniques would be permissible provided the UK national regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, was satisfied that the research met the criteria set out in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/06/2015 10:48:23 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

224683

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the social care system so that veterans injured before 6 April 2005 do not have the cost of their care taken from their military compensation.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	226101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>We are in the process of introducing fundamental reforms to how we pay for social care that will make the system fairer for everyone, including veterans. At the moment, someone who has the highest care needs can risk losing all they have to meet the cost of their care. These reforms will mean that, for the first time ever, everyone will be protected from the risk of catastrophic care costs. The proposals are currently out for consultation and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.careact2016.dh.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.careact2016.dh.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>The War Pensions Scheme, which provides no fault compensation for injury caused by Service before April 2005, includes certain allowances that were designed to pay for ongoing care costs and that is why it is has been taken into account under the social care charging rules. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, which provides no fault compensation for injury caused by Service after April 2005, operates differently. Officials in the Department are working with the Royal British Legion to review this issue and assess how the rules could be aligned in future to ensure fair treatment of veterans under both of these schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/03/2015 17:37:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

223657

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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 reduce the number of people suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	225325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The cause of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is still unclear but the condition appears to be connected with cells inside the lungs known as alveolar epithelial cells. There is currently no cure for IPF so the aim of treatment is to try to relieve symptoms and slow its progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Younger people with IPF who are in a relatively good state of health may be a suitable candidate for a lung transplant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is currently running a campaign to encourage those with inappropriate breathlessness (which is a symptom of IPF) to go and see their general practitioner. It is primarily aimed at earlier diagnosis of heart and lung diseases, with scope to reduce premature mortality and to improve the quality of life of those living with these conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2015 12:39:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

222982

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyes: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding for eye care research to tackle eye-related health conditions.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	224985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Investment in eye-related research by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has increased from £7.1 million in 2009/10 to £15.6 million in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a major part of its investment in this field, the NIHR has awarded £26.5 million over five years (2012-17) to the NIHR biomedical research centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Institute of Ophthalmology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recently-approved new major NIHR investment includes a £2.2 million study of early detection of neovascular age-related macular degeneration and a £1.4 million randomised comparison of femtosecond laser assisted and manual phacoemulsification cataract surgery for adults with visually significant cataract.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including eye care. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/03/2015 11:48:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

222983

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce more specialised nursing staff for community hospitals to assist people with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	224987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Through the Mandate, we have asked NHS England to deliver continued improvements in relation to the experience of care, including long-term conditions such as diabetes. Local healthcare organisations, with their knowledge of the people they serve, are best placed to plan and employ a workforce based on clinical need and sound evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that diabetes specialist nurses have made a huge difference to the care and outcomes for many people with diabetes. We want to see the sorts of benefits these roles bring – improved quality of life, support with decision making, symptom management, emotional support – extended to as many people as possible. We are operating now in a time of increasing demands on the National Health Service, which is why we need to be thinking radically about the way services are structured to ensure that this sort of holistic, person-centred support is there for everyone. The <em>Five Year Forward View</em>, published in October 2014 by NHS England sets out some of the care models that they will be supporting in the coming years, which aim to do just this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 02/03/2015 15:03:46 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

177172

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will introduce legislative proposals to allow the NHS to recoup the cost of treating patients who are admitted from private hospitals.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	222991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>National Health Service patients should expect to receive the same safe, high quality standards of care, wherever they are treated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When things go wrong, commissioners can hold private providers to account through the NHS Standard Contract, which can involve financial sanctions, or the termination of contracts where service improvements are not made. The NHS Standard Contract already places a duty of candour on providers of NHS services, including private providers. From next year, we will implement a legal duty of candour through regulations that will mean private hospitals are legally required to report and apologise for mistakes, increasing transparency for patients and families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/02/2015 15:45:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

176836

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission or conduct research on the links between diabetes and early dementia.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	222757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Researchers at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health published findings in 2010 in the <em>British Journal of Psychiatry</em> that diabetes mellitus increases not only the risks of dementia and mild cognitive impairment but also the risk of progression from such impairment to dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR is currently investing nearly £0.3 million in systematic reviews of interventions which target modifiable risk factors for dementia. This evidence synthesis will encompass vascular risk factors such as diabetes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/02/2015 10:40:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley