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837763

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Government on steps to ensure that information concerning levels of air pollution reaches children, parents and schools; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	126794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care, including Public Health England (PHE), is fully engaged in discussions with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the development of the Government’s Clean Air Strategy at ministerial and official level. Communication of the best information and advice on air pollution to protect vulnerable groups, including children, will be an important part of the implementation of the Government’s Clean Air Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, NHS England and PHE’s Health and Wellbeing Alliance are undertaking a feasibility study on behavioural insights, which aims to improve understanding of how people, particularly vulnerable populations, best receive communications during localised events of elevated air pollution. This includes children, parents and schools. Results are expected later this year. Currently, PHE disseminates Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs United Kingdom Air Information Resource’s tweets issued during significant high air pollution episodes through PHE’s social media account.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 17:05:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

837982

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of phasing out the minimum income practice guarantee on the financial viability of GP surgeries in Yorkshire and the Humber after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	127012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>When the phasing out of the minimum practice income guarantee was introduced by NHS England, the West Yorkshire Area Team wrote to all practices outlining the financial impact on their Annual Contract Value. Each practice was offered an opportunity to meet with NHS England colleagues, specifically if the practice envisaged financial difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups now have the delegated responsibility for Primary Medical Care Contracts and will have local discussions with regards to resilience. The General Practice Forward View supports resilience through a number of initiatives including, but not limited to, accessing the General Practice Resilience Fund. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/workload/resilience/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/workload/resilience/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/workload/resilience/accessing-support/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/workload/resilience/accessing-support/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2018 17:40:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

838063

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the post-implementation surveillance on the public health effect of a change to the pneumococcal immunisation programme that would be required as a result of the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to move to a 1 plus 1 schedule at that Committee's meeting on 4 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	127077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England conducts national invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance in England and Wales, with a national reference laboratory that serotypes nearly all invasive pneumococcal isolates. As part of its advice following its October 2017 meeting, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation agreed that any move to a 1+1 schedule would require maintenance of the high quality surveillance for pneumococcal disease currently in place, to ensure any changes in disease epidemiology were accurately captured in a timely manner.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 17:17:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

838060

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on herd protection against pneumococcal disease that might occur from a change to the pneumococcal immunisation programme as a result of the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to move to a 1 plus 1 schedule at that Committee's meeting on 4 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	127076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has undertaken modelling on the impact of a reduced dose pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule in the United Kingdom. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reviewed the modelling in October 2017, and after considering all relevant evidence advised a revised schedule for PCV13 vaccine, with vaccination offered at three months and 12 months. The JCVI has undertaken a consultation on the advice; this was considered on 7 February 2018. The modelling which informed the advice will be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal in spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 127075 question first answered 08/02/2018 17:16:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

838057

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has been made of the potential increase in cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adults that might occur from a change to the pneumococcal immunisation programme as a result of the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to move to a 1 plus 1 schedule at that Committee's meeting on 4 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	127075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has undertaken modelling on the impact of a reduced dose pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) schedule in the United Kingdom. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) reviewed the modelling in October 2017, and after considering all relevant evidence advised a revised schedule for PCV13 vaccine, with vaccination offered at three months and 12 months. The JCVI has undertaken a consultation on the advice; this was considered on 7 February 2018. The modelling which informed the advice will be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed journal in spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 127076 question first answered 08/02/2018 17:16:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

837851

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Statins: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice is available from the NHS on the use of statins for people under 16 years of age.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	126882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for assessing new technologies and interventional procedures, as well as producing guidelines for best practice of treatment and care.</p><p> </p><p>Recommendations on the use of statins for people under 16 years of age have been published under NICE guidance “Familial hypercholesterolaemia: identification and management”.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 17:03:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

837990

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme
	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 5 February 2018 to Question 125849, on Patients: Transport, what the cost was to the NHS of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	127019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of people aged 65 and over who have claimed reimbursement for their journey on the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the costs to the National Health Service of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Healthcare and Travel Costs Scheme is set out and governed by the provisions of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003. NHS organisations are responsible for its administration.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 127017 127020 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:38:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

837988

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme: Older People
	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 5 February 2018 to Question 125849, on Patients: Transport, how many people aged 65 and over have claimed reimbursement for their journey on the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme in each year since that scheme began.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	127017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of people aged 65 and over who have claimed reimbursement for their journey on the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the costs to the National Health Service of the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Healthcare and Travel Costs Scheme is set out and governed by the provisions of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003. NHS organisations are responsible for its administration.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 127019 127020 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:38:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

837821

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the HPV vaccine to adolescent boys; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	126852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is currently considering whether the human papillomavirus vaccination programme for girls should be extended to include adolescent boys.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will consider its final advice once it has been received.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 17:19:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

837871

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Prosopagnosia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with prosopagnosia in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	126901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>This data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 17:20:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon