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456457

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date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments Abroad: Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK citizens currently have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC); and how many such people have used their EHIC to obtain state provided healthcare in other EU countries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	29245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom EHIC means that people living in the UK are able to travel to the European Economic Area (EEA) safe in the knowledge that they will be able to receive free or reduced cost healthcare should they need it.</p><p>There are currently 27,570,911 cards in circulation, as of January 2016. The number of cards granted since 2006, providing such cover is:</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 - 5,414,977</p><p>2013/14 - 5,571,060</p><p>2012/13 - 5,240,608</p><p>2011/12 - 6,830,734</p><p>2010/11 - 5,703,895</p><p>2009/10 - 4,162,170</p><p>2008/09 - 4,269,023</p><p>2007/08 - 4,160,935</p><p>2006/07 - 5,163,121</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: </em>Business Services Authority</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on how many people have used their UK EHIC to obtain state provided healthcare in another EEA country in any 12 month period. This is because data on UK EHIC usage is recorded by individual treatment episode rather than the card holder.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/03/2016 14:48:56 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

456458

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page six of NHS England's document, Delivering the Forward View: NHS planning guidance 2016-17 to 2020-21, if he will place in the Library a list of the planned footprints for the sustainability and transformation plans.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	29246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>NHS England will publish the planned footprints for the sustainability and transformation plans later this month.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/03/2016 14:30:31 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

456459

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 24 of the Accelerated Access Review, published in October 2015, what steps he is taking to ensure that drugs that target the genetically validated targets (a) PCSK9 and (b) BCL2 are introduced into routine NHS care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	29247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Accelerated Access Review, chaired by Sir Hugh Taylor, will make recommendations to government on reforms to accelerate access for National Health Service patients to innovative medicines and medical technologies making our country the best place in the world to design, develop and deploy these products. The terms of the reference for the review focus on faster access to innovations, which may include drugs that target genetically validated targets such as PCSK9 and BCL2.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/03/2016 14:28:46 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

456460

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the UK has received in grants and funding from the EU to fund research into cancer under (a) the EU's 7th framework programme 2007-2013 and (b) the current Horizon 2020 programme.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	29149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 29206 question first answered 04/03/2016 14:46:58 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

456463

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sexual Health Forum
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 25 January 2016 to Question 23396, for what reasons the Sexual Health Forum was discontinued; and what Public Health England's future plans are for stakeholder engagement with sexual health organisations.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	29078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Sexual Health and HIV Forum played a useful role in aiding the transition to new commissioning arrangements and locally based decision making. These changes have taken place, the Forum was not considered to be the best use of resources either for Departmental or stakeholder organisations. Departmental officials continue to meet regularly with a range of stakeholders on a more focussed range of issues. Public Health England is still considering plans for future stakeholder engagement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2016 14:50:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

456464

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Public Consultation
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 28 January 2016 to Questions 23930, how many responses Public Health England has received to the review of sexual health, reproductive health and HIV commissioning services since the 8 February 2016 closing date; for what reasons his Department's consultation on sexual health, reproductive health and HIV commissioning services lasted for 3 weeks; and whether any assessment has been made of the effect of the length of the consultation period on the responses received to that review.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	29077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE), supported by the Association of Directors of Public Health undertook a review of Sexual Health, Reproductive Health and HIV Commissioning services; the survey was first published on the 19 January 2016 and closed formally on 8 February 2016.</p><p> </p><p>To date, PHE has received 113 responses to the survey. Two of these responses were received after 8 February closing date.</p><p> </p><p>This survey does not form part of any formal consultation. The length of the survey period was chosen to fit within the timeframes for analysis and publication for the survey findings.</p><p> </p><p>Response rates were continually reviewed during the survey period. The deadline was extended and reminders sent in order to increase response rates. The last response was received on 10 February.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the impact of the survey period length but the response rate is considered to be high.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2016 13:08:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

456465

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 14 January 2016 to Questions 21812, 21778, 21813, 21814 and 21816, which organisations his Department has met to discuss whether local authorities are meeting their mandatory requirements for the commissioning of sexual health services.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	29076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Departmental officials have met and discussed this issue with the Local Government Association, the English HIV and Sexual Health Commissioners Group, the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/03/2016 13:03:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

456489

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to add junior doctors to the definition of worker in section 43K(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	29148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and more recent legislation, forms part of the wider employment rights legislation.</p><p>Junior doctors are protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, as they are employees of the National Health Service trusts at which they are based.</p><p>The Department supports NHS staff who wish to raise concerns and is implementing a range of measures to support the development of a culture in which staff are able to raise concerns without fear of repercussion or reprisal. The Department has made clear to NHS organisations that they should have policies and procedures to support and encourage staff to raise concerns, and that those concerns should be considered and, where appropriate, acted upon.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/03/2016 09:36:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

456499

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) residential care homes and (b) nursing homes have closed in the current year and in each of the previous five years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	29082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally hold information on the number of residential care homes or nursing homes that have closed in the current year, or in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 14:48:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

456500

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) registered care home and (b) nursing home places there were in the current year and in each of the previous five years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	29083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has provided the following information.</p><p> </p><p>Number of active care homes and number of beds<sup>1</sup> at the end of the previous five fiscal years and as at 2 March 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Active Care Homes</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Number of Active Care Homes</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Care Home Beds</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Number of Care Home Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>4,365</p></td><td><p>12,567</p></td><td><p>16,932</p></td><td><p>203,477</p></td><td><p>236,197</p></td><td><p>439,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>4,654</p></td><td><p>13,161</p></td><td><p>17,815</p></td><td><p>217,266</p></td><td><p>250,143</p></td><td><p>467,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>4,667</p></td><td><p>12,853</p></td><td><p>17,520</p></td><td><p>220,055</p></td><td><p>245,577</p></td><td><p>465,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>4,683</p></td><td><p>12,667</p></td><td><p>17,350</p></td><td><p>222,158</p></td><td><p>243,547</p></td><td><p>465,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>4,698</p></td><td><p>12,382</p></td><td><p>17,080</p></td><td><p>224,751</p></td><td><p>239,363</p></td><td><p>464,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02 March 2016</p></td><td><p>4,637</p></td><td><p>12,133</p></td><td><p>16,770</p></td><td><p>223,899</p></td><td><p>237,258</p></td><td><p>461,157</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Number of beds is as at date of data extraction, or date of deactivation if care home inactive at the date of data extraction.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source:</em> For data relating to the 2015-2016 fiscal year and Care Standards Act summary: CQC database at 2 March 2016. For data relating to previous fiscal years: CQC database as at 7 April 2015.<strong> </strong></p><p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 a single care home can have both service types of care home service with nursing and care home service without nursing. In this case, it is classified in this table as a nursing home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 09:41:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq