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598256

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking
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 3 May 2016 to Question 35653, how much Public Health England plans to spend on campaigns promoting the cessation of smoking in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	47621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England took over all the public health campaigns formerly run by the Department on 1 April 2013, including smoking cessation.</p><p> </p><p>Campaigns for 2016-17 promoting the cessation of smoking are currently ongoing. Final media costs will be available only after the 2016-17 financial year end, when spend has been confirmed and completed.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 18/10/2016 15:49:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

539621

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data exists about the proportion of excess mortality in lower socioeconomic status groups due to smoking-related diseases; whether the forthcoming tobacco control strategy for England will contain measures to address that issue; and when he expects to publish the next tobacco control strategy for England.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	43155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The independent review into health inequalities in England undertaken by Professor Sir Michael Marmot culminated in the publication in 2010 of Fair Society, Healthy Lives. The review identified the most effective evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in England and made the following recommendation:</p><p> </p><p>“Tobacco control is central to any strategy to tackle health inequalities as smoking accounts for approximately half of the difference in life expectancy between the lowest and highest income groups. Smoking-related death rates are two to three times higher in low-income groups than in wealthier social groups.”</p><p> </p><p>The new tobacco control plan is currently being developed and Ministers will decide on an appropriate publication date in due course.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 25/07/2016 16:19:17 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

522583

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, how much his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2015-16; what estimate he has made of planned expenditure by his Department on smoking cessation campaigns in 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	39228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England took over all the public health campaigns formerly run by the Department on 1 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/06/2016 16:53:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

518247

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin D
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tests for Vitamin D were carried out by pathology laboratories in England in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2013-14; and what the cost to the NHS was of providing such tests in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	36746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning laboratory testing locally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/05/2016 13:01:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

518354

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on approving the business case for rebuilding the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	904956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>A Full Business Case for the new inpatient ward at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital was submitted to NHS Improvement for review on 6 April 2016 and is due for consideration in June 2016. This remains a priority project for the Department and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 10/05/2016 16:22:25 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

483352

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the rebuilding of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	904268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>A Full Business Case for the redevelopment of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital will go to the trust board later this month and the approved version will be submitted to NHS Improvement for review. This is now very much a priority project for the Department and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/03/2016 14:38:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

426806

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Education
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 support and promote Self Care Week; and what promotional materials he is disseminating in the NHS to support that campaign.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	15253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Self-care week is managed and promoted by the Self-Care Forum, an organisation which seeks to embed approaches to self-care it into everyday life and to educate and empower people to manage their own health and wellbeing. The Self Care Forum has been running its annual awareness campaign since 2011. This year, self-care week is taking place from 16-22 of November and the theme is ‘self-care for life’.</p><br /><p>The Self Care Forum has produced a range of promotional literature including posters, leaflets and a communication pack to help NHS services and other organisations raise awareness of self-care week locally. These materials are freely available from its website and can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week-resources/" target="_blank">www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week-resources/</a></p><br /><p>As in previous years, NHS England is promoting Self Care Week and the ‘self-care for life’. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/09/self-care-week/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/09/self-care-week/</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/11/2015 17:49:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman