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1129970

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date	05/06/2019
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: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his policy paper, Smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England, published on 18 July 2017, what progress he has made on achieving the target to reduce the number of 15 year olds who regularly smoke from eight per cent to three per cent or less.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a strong track record of reducing harm caused by tobacco, based on a comprehensive approach to tobacco control aimed at preventing young people from taking up smoking and encouraging existing smokers to quit, including bans on smoking in public places, and on promotion and advertising of tobacco products.</p><p>The latest available date shows that the proportion of 15-year olds who regularly smoke was 7% in 2016, down from 8% in 2014. An update of this data will be published on 25 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:00:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129997

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to clarify governance arrangements for cancer screening between the NHS, Public Health England and his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	260534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Officials from the Department and Public Health England have engaged with Professor Sir Mike Richards to ensure that his ongoing review gives consideration to the governance of all screening programmes.</p><p>The Terms of Reference for Professor Sir Mike Richards' Review include making recommendations, if needed, on how NHS England interacts with Public Health England and the Department to translate screening policy into implementation and on how screening programmes should be commissioned, delivered, performance managed and quality assured in the future.</p><p>Professor Sir Mike Richards published an interim report on 24 May on his emerging findings of the independent review of national screening programmes in England. However, the Government awaits the final recommendations which will be reported in summer 2019, and will consider these carefully, alongside the recommendations from the recent reports published by the Public Accounts Committee, the National Audit Office's investigation into screening and the national Cancer Strategy.</p><p>The findings of the review will be taken forward as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:13:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1130086

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Opioids: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care and therapy provision for people with opioid addiction.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	260568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) routinely carries out reviews of substance misuse services. In their most recent assessment the CQC rated the majority of residential substance misuse centres and community substance misuse centres as good or outstanding.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) has published a comprehensive review of the evidence on the drug misuse treatment system in England. In comparison with other countries and the international research, it shows the system is performing well but there are some areas where we can improve. Although the review covers drug treatment effectiveness, it does not address the quality of care and therapy. The review is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-treatment-in-england-evidence-review-of-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-treatment-in-england-evidence-review-of-outcomes</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:11:01 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1129616

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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 Standards Agency: Powers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional powers he plans to confer on the Food Standards Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	259843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Decisions about what additional powers could be transferred to the Food Standards Agency after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union would be subject to consultation. We need to understand the nature of the decisions further before setting out which powers can be delegated. Decisions would sit with Ministers in the first instance while routine and technical ones would be delegated later.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129645

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Blood Cancer: Mental 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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure blood cancer patients receive adequate emotional and psychological support during their treatment.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	260067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, by 2021 every cancer patient will be offered personalised care and support planning, based on a holistic needs assessment, done in conjunction with the patient and in accordance with the NHS England Comprehensive Personalised Care model. This will be offered whether the person is due to undergo treatment or not, and includes all patients with blood cancer.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:12:19 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1129686

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	NHS: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May to Question 256286 on NHS: Public Appointments, how many NHS posts with salaries above £142,000 are awaiting ministerial sign-off by (a) his Department and (b) HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	259982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are not required to seek Departmental approval or comment on salaries of less than £150,000.</p><p>As at 6 June there are 17 NHS posts with salaries at or above £150,000 awaiting ministerial approval or comment.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/06/2019 16:15:10 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1129827

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral statement of 5 November 2018, Official Report, column 1269, what progress he has made on the structure of a health in all policies approach to policy-making.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	259963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In the Prevention Vision document, ‘Prevention is Better Than Cure’, we committed to publishing a Prevention Green Paper setting out Government plans on prevention in more detail, including our approach to health in all policies. This Green Paper will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:04:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger