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99733

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
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, if he will take steps to ensure the continuation of the National Cancer Peer Review programme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	210989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Cancer Peer Review (NCPR) programme is currently under review by NHS England and a number of options are being considered. The provision of site specific networks, such as those for breast cancer, is written into the national cancer peer review requirements, therefore the future of local breast network groups will be decided as part of the review of the NCPR programme. As yet however, no decision has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 210723 question first answered 22/10/2014 15:15:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

99736

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid to Virgin Care to run the North Chelmsford NHS Healthcare Centre in Sainsburys in Springfield, Chelmsford in each year since it opened.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
uin	210975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 22/10/2014 14:50:26 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

99752

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Veterans: Visual Impairment
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 proportion of people who registered as visually impaired who were veterans of the armed forces in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	210996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England do not currently collect specific data on the number of veterans registering as visually impaired and are unable to provide an estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department will give further consideration to collecting this data and will discuss the possibility of including an option to identify as a veteran on the registration document with NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 210999 question first answered 22/10/2014 14:47:02 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

99754

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Veterans: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to include an option on the official form by which people register as visually impaired that allows them to identify as a veteran.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	210999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England do not currently collect specific data on the number of veterans registering as visually impaired and are unable to provide an estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department will give further consideration to collecting this data and will discuss the possibility of including an option to identify as a veteran on the registration document with NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 210996 question first answered 22/10/2014 14:47:02 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

93819

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients started treatment within 62 days in (a) London and (b) each London trust in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	210957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:04:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ210957.xlsx title 62 Day Wait For First Treatment_All Cancers
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

93820

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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 transparency and accountability of the Moscow Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	210958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was held in Moscow over 13-18 October 2014. The United Kingdom was represented at the Conference, as were the following Parties to the treaty:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zambia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An official report of the proceedings of the Conference will be published in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the next Conference to be held in 2016 will consider options that would further maximise transparency, particularly with regard to Party delegations to Conference of the Parties and subsidiary bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:10:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

93821

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place for claimants of support from the (a) Macfarlane and Eileen Trust, (b) Skipton Fund, (c) Macfarlane Trust, (d) Eileen Trust and (e) Caxton Foundation to make complaints about and seek redress for level of support they receive; and what process those bodies use to decide entitlement to discretionary and non-discretionary support.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	210954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>MFET Ltd and the Skipton Fund make fixed rate payments which are set by Government. If claimants are unhappy with the level of those payments they can write to the Department of Health. The payments policies of the Macfarlane Trust, Eileen Trust and Caxton Foundation are determined by their respective Trustees. People who are unhappy with the level of the payments they receive from any of these bodies can take it up with the relevant body.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To establish eligibility in respect of HIV infection, claimants are required to provide as much relevant information as they have available, which is then considered by the Department. To establish eligibility in respect of hepatitis C infection, a claimant’s hepatologist provides the necessary information for the Skipton Fund. All claims are assessed on the balance of probabilities. People whose claims are rejected by the Skipton Fund can submit an appeal to the independent Appeals Panel. Entry into the system of financial support is through MFET Ltd in respect of HIV infection and the Skipton Fund in respect of hepatitis C infection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Once a claimant has been approved for payments from MFET Ltd and the Skipton Fund, they are also eligible to apply for discretionary support from the relevant discretionary body (the Macfarlane Trust for haemophiliacs with HIV or HIV and hepatitis C; the Eileen Trust for non-haemophiliacs with HIV or HIV and hepatitis C; the Caxton Foundation for people mono-infected with hepatitis C).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:08:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

93822

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has allocated in grants to the (a) Macfarlane and Eileen Trust, (b) Skipton Fund, (c) Macfarlane Trust, (d) Eileen Trust and (e) Caxton Foundation in each year since their inception; whether such funding is allocated at the discretion of his Department; whether the size of those grants in each year is determined on the basis of a formula; what representations his Department has received from each of those organisations in the last four years to the amounts allocated; what entities fund each such body; and what his Department's planned future funding allocations to those bodies are for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	210955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The funding for the system of financial support for people infected with HIV and hepatitis C as a result of treatment with NHS supplied blood or blood products, is at the discretion of the four UK Health Departments. The Department of Health is the sole funder of MFET Ltd, the Macfarlane Trust and the Eileen Trust. All four UK Health Departments provide funding for the Skipton Fund and Caxton Foundation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A document outlining the grants that have been made to each of the schemes from 1988 to April 2014 is attached. Payments from the Skipton Fund and MFET Ltd are set by the UK Health Departments, and the Department provides sufficient funds to pay all approved claims. The budget allocations for the Macfarlane Trust, the Eileen Trust and the Caxton Foundation are discretionary and take account of what each received in the previous year and the Department’s other funding priorities. In the last four years, the Department has received one business case from Caxton Foundation and one from the Macfarlane Trust for an increase in their allocations. Funding allocations for Macfarlane Trust, the Eileen Trust and the Caxton Foundation for the next five years have not yet been decided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:16:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Contaminated blood payments.xlsx title Grants made to each scheme from 1988- April 2014
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

93832

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Skipton Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appeals have been made to the Skipton Fund Appeals Panel in respect of decisions made by that fund; and how many such appeals were decided in favour of (a) the appellant or (b) the Skipton Fund.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	210937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Skipton Fund Appeals Panel has considered 412 appeals in respect of decisions made by the Skipton Fund, since the Skipton Fund was established in 2004. 210 appeals were decided in favour of the appellant and 202 were decided in favour of the Skipton Fund.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 15:53:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

93833

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who contracted HIV following treatment with NHS-supplied blood products from the 1970s to the early 1990s have also contracted (a) Stage 1 Hepatitis C and (b) Stage 2 Hepatitis C.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	210938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Based on data supplied by the Skipton Fund, 707 people who contracted HIV following treatment with NHS-supplied blood or blood products from the 1970s to the early 1990s have also received a stage 1 payment in respect of chronic hepatitis C infection contracted through their NHS treatment. Of these, 306 people have also received a stage 2 hepatitis C payment from the Skipton Fund in respect of their developing cirrhosis, liver cancer, B-Cell Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma or receiving a liver transplant as a result of their Hepatitis C infection contracted through their NHS treatment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:23:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson