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1718550

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the vaccine damage payment scheme at assessing (a) claims related to covid-19 vaccines and (b) other claims.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders.</p><p>Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26322 26628 26636 question first answered 22/05/2024 10:43:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1718551

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will require a review of the effectiveness of the vaccine damage payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders.</p><p>Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26322 26628 26635 question first answered 22/05/2024 10:43:11 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1718552

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the operation of the vaccine damage payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues to discuss a variety of issues, including vaccines.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/05/2024 10:38:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1717750

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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, if she will make an estimate of the number of hospital admissions for issues related to pipe smoking in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Tobacco is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes approximately one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. Latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS and social care at £3 billion a year.</p><p>All smoked tobacco is extremely harmful, including pipe smoking. Smoking is the main driver for conditions such as lung cancer and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is a major factor for others such as premature cardiovascular disease.</p><p>Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of pipe smoking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to pipe smoking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 26013 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:36:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1717752

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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: 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, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of pipe smoking.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	26013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Tobacco is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes approximately one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. Latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS and social care at £3 billion a year.</p><p>All smoked tobacco is extremely harmful, including pipe smoking. Smoking is the main driver for conditions such as lung cancer and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is a major factor for others such as premature cardiovascular disease.</p><p>Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of pipe smoking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to pipe smoking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 26012 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:36:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1716605

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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, if she will make an estimate of the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	25393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. The latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS at £1.9 billion a year.</p><p>All tobacco products are harmful. Tobacco smoke from cigars leads to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Research has shown that using smokeless tobacco raises the risk of both mouth and oesophageal cancer. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco.</p><p>As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of cigar smoking and snuff taking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking or snuff taking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 25394 25395 question first answered 15/05/2024 13:02:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1716606

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Snuff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of hospital admissions for issues related to the taking of snuff in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	25394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. The latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS at £1.9 billion a year.</p><p>All tobacco products are harmful. Tobacco smoke from cigars leads to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Research has shown that using smokeless tobacco raises the risk of both mouth and oesophageal cancer. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco.</p><p>As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of cigar smoking and snuff taking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking or snuff taking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 25393 25395 question first answered 15/05/2024 13:02:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1716607

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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	Tobacco: 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, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) cigar smoking and (b) snuff taking.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	25395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. The latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS at £1.9 billion a year.</p><p>All tobacco products are harmful. Tobacco smoke from cigars leads to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Research has shown that using smokeless tobacco raises the risk of both mouth and oesophageal cancer. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco.</p><p>As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of cigar smoking and snuff taking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking or snuff taking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 25393 25394 question first answered 15/05/2024 13:02:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1716225

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Assistance Animals
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 her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the mental health of people working in the companion animal welfare sector.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	25116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Mental health is a cross-Government issue as it affects everyone in society, and we continue to work closely with other Government departments in addressing the wider determinants of mental ill health. We are currently working with stakeholders to develop a Mental Health Policy Tool to support Government policymakers to take mental health and wellbeing impacts into account, and address disparities when designing new policies.</p><p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing record levels of investment to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England, so that more people, including those working in the companion animal welfare sector, can get the help and support that they need.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/05/2024 09:40:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1692380

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of calorie labelling on menus on (a) obesity levels, (b) people with eating disorders and (c) young people.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	16196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned independent research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the regulations, and these findings are expected in mid-2024. The NIHR is also funding research to explore the impact of the regulations on people with lived experience of eating disorders, with findings due in October 2025.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 16197 question first answered 08/03/2024 11:41:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford