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1136618

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce food waste in schools.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	272773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>This government is committed to tackling waste. The Waste Strategy, published in December 2018, sets out a new approach to address food waste from farm to fork which includes tackling food waste in schools.</p><p>Schools are responsible for their day-to-day running including their school meals service. We expect schools to work closely with their caterer(s) to make sure that all pupils can choose a healthy and balanced meal, with as little waste as possible.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/07/2019 13:42:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1136619

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of prescription fraud in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The loss to the National Health Service caused by prescription fraud was £162 million in 2017-18, as assessed by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority in the 2019 Strategic Intelligence Assessment.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:06:19 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136620

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the NHS Business Services Authority has reclaimed from prescription fraud in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>We have assumed that the hon. Member is referring to the recovery of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) by the NHS Business Services Authority. In 2017-18, the NHS Business Services Authority’s Prescription Exemption Checking Service, collected £19.4 million against PCNs issued.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:04:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136621

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 prescriptions Penalty Charge Notices were withdrawn in the 2017-18 financial year; and much those withdrawals amounted to in fines.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:03:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136622

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the NHS collected from prescription prepayment certificates in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The net cash receipts collected from prepayment certificates during the 2017-18 financial year is £145.6 million.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:05:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136623

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the administrative cost to the NHS of collecting prescription charges.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The annual cost to the NHS Business Services Authority of administering National Health Service prescription charges is around £75,000 per year. This figure covers the work of NHS Prescription Services, which includes the reimbursement and remuneration of dispensing contractors in England on behalf of the Department and NHS England. It does not include the work of the NHS Business Services Authority’s ‘Loss Recovery Service’ which involves checking prescription form exemption declarations, issuing Penalty Charge Notices and managing associated customer contact.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 08/07/2019 16:10:25 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136624

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 effect on wellbeing of prescription penalty charge notices.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no formal assessment. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with a chronic illness may qualify.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, cost of the prescription pre-payment certificates were frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p><p>Prescription charges are a valuable source of income for the NHS, contributing just over £575 million in revenue in the financial year 2017/18 alone. This funding is particularly important given the increasing demands on the NHS.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272870 272871 272872 question first answered 12/07/2019 09:48:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136625

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 the availability of free prescriptions on the medication compliance of patients with a chronic illness.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no formal assessment. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with a chronic illness may qualify.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, cost of the prescription pre-payment certificates were frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p><p>Prescription charges are a valuable source of income for the NHS, contributing just over £575 million in revenue in the financial year 2017/18 alone. This funding is particularly important given the increasing demands on the NHS.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272869 272871 272872 question first answered 12/07/2019 09:48:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136626

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has analysed the potential costs and benefits to the NHS of increasing the number of free prescriptions.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no formal assessment. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with a chronic illness may qualify.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, cost of the prescription pre-payment certificates were frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p><p>Prescription charges are a valuable source of income for the NHS, contributing just over £575 million in revenue in the financial year 2017/18 alone. This funding is particularly important given the increasing demands on the NHS.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272869 272870 272872 question first answered 12/07/2019 09:48:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1136627

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing money raised from prescription charges for the development of future medicines.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	272872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no formal assessment. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with a chronic illness may qualify.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, cost of the prescription pre-payment certificates were frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p><p>Prescription charges are a valuable source of income for the NHS, contributing just over £575 million in revenue in the financial year 2017/18 alone. This funding is particularly important given the increasing demands on the NHS.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 272869 272870 272871 question first answered 12/07/2019 09:48:06 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper