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175259

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of children under the age of 16 who have been diagnosed with mental health problems in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not centrally collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A new child and adolescent mental health services minimum dataset is in development which will contain data on the number of children and young people diagnosed with a mental health problem. Our current estimate is that data will be collected nationally from spring 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is in the process of commissioning a new prevalence survey of children and young people’s mental health. The prevalence survey, when completed, will provide data on the prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people. The Department hopes to announce the procurement phase of the survey in the near future.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 27/01/2015 13:24:02 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175265

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Dudley
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 increase the availability of GP appointments for people in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	221730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The vast majority of patients can get appointments and are satisfied with their general practitioner but we know more needs to be done. This is why, nationally, we are offering 7.5 million more people extra evening and weekend appointments as well as email and Skype consultations. Seven practices in Dudley alone are open every Saturday morning during this winter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/01/2015 13:19:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

175270

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2014 by Earl Howe on 24 February 2014, Official Report, columns WA174-5, how many human embryos have been destroyed in the UK; and how many of those embryos were generated by (a) somatic cell nuclear, (b) pronuclear and (c) spindle-chromosomal complex transfer.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	221752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) provides that human embryos created by in vitro fertilisation that are not transferred to a patient, cannot be allowed to develop beyond a maximum of 14 days. At that stage, the embryos are about the size of the head of a pin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 1990 Act also provides that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) cannot licence research using human embryos unless the research is necessary or desirable for the purposes specified in the Act and the use of embryos is necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has advised that the current total number of embryos that were allowed to perish in 2012 is 166,631.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it does not hold records of those embryos that have been generated by somatic cell nuclear transfer, pronuclear transfer, and spindle-chromosomal complex transfer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 17:41:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

174999

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
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 revise the impact assessment for the proposed introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco in response to the analysis of that impact assessment by the Regulatory Policy Committee; and what plans he has to commission research to support such a revision.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	221536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>A final impact assessment, reflecting available evidence and the summary report of consultation responses will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 221538 question first answered 27/01/2015 13:11:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

175000

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
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 commission or conduct research on the potential cost of compensation to the intellectual property sector for the proposed introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	221537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has carefully considered all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products, including legal aspects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 14:45:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

175001

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in response to the request of the Regulatory Policy Committee that compensation be included as a transition cost in a revised impact assessment of the proposed introduction of standardised packaging.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	221538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>A final impact assessment, reflecting available evidence and the summary report of consultation responses will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 221536 question first answered 27/01/2015 13:11:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

175094

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elected operations were cancelled by Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust in (a) November and (b) December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	221505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available. The latest period for the Cancelled Elective Operations Collection, covering October to December 2014 will be published by NHS England on 13 February 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 14:57:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

175099

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Babies: Hereditary Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has discussed with Ministers in the devolved administrations the merits of extending to their jurisdictions the recently-announced programme to screen newborn babies in England for four rare genetic disorders.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	221553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>It is for each United Kingdom country to decide how to respond to advice from the UK National Screening Committee. We have not had discussions with Ministers in the devolved administrations regarding the implementation of the extension to the screening programme for newborn babies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/01/2015 16:33:46 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

175100

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department conducted its most recent study into the potency of skunk cannabis; and if he will commission a new potency study with respect to that drug.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	221547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2008, the Home Office Scientific Development Branch published ‘Home Office Cannabis Potency Study 2008’, which noted that skunk cannabis was “on average, 2-3 times that of imported herbal cannabis or cannabis resin.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In August 2011, the Department published ‘A summary of the health harms of drugs’, which summarises the scientific evidence about the risk factors associated with a range of licit and illicit substances, including skunk, commonly used in the United Kingdom. It notes that the:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“health effects of increases in the potency of cannabis products are not clear; may depend on the impact on routine use, however there is evidence of binge use among some users increasing the risk of dependence and psychotic symptoms”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 14:54:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

175101

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Incinerators: Health Hazards
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 8 September 2014 to Question 208139, when he expects the results of the Health Protection Agency findings on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	221507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The results of the study are anticipated to be published towards the end of 2015. A methodological paper was published in 2013[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s position that well run and regulated modern municipal waste incinerators are not a significant risk to public health remains valid, and the study is being carried out to extend the evidence base and to provide further information to the public on this subject.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Ashworth, D.C., Fuller, G.W., Toledano, M.B., Font, A., Elliott, P., Hansell, A.L., and de Hoogh, K. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2013, Article ID 560342</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/01/2015 13:20:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg