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786751

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to increase Government funding for adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	112445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2017 we gave councils an additional £2 billion to fund adult social care. As a result, local government will be able to increase spending on social care in real terms this year and in each of the next two years of the Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/11/2017 15:10:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

786791

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to encourage clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to participate in national Self Care Week 2017 in order to empower people to look after their own health better.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has worked alongside the Self Care Forum to promote Self Care Week across the National Health Service, including showcasing best practice on social media. References can be found to the campaign both via NHS Choices and on NHS England’s on-going winter campaign, Stay Well this Winter. Links can be found below:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/selfcare/Pages/self-care-week-2017.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/selfcare/Pages/self-care-week-2017.aspx</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/staywell/#SoKX6vgcUb035h8m.97" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/staywell/#SoKX6vgcUb035h8m.97</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:51:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

786792

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential savings that self care for self-treatable conditions can achieve in (a) general practice and (b) A&E.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>There is a growing body of evidence for the benefits of self-care both in improved patient outcomes and reductions in demand on the National Health Service. ‘Self-care’ covers a broad spectrum of interventions and is defined in different ways in different situations. We do not hold national data on the potential savings linked directly to self-care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:24:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

786793

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of minor ailment schemes in community pharmacies on the costs associated with a reduction in the number of GP consultations as a result of those schemes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	112287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and clinical commissioning groups commission minor ailment services from community pharmacies to meet local need. These services have been developed in areas of high demand on general practices, to treat minor illnesses and are reviewed locally by the commissioner of the service.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government has not made an assessment of the impact of the costs associated with a reduction in the number of general practitioners consultations, Monitor in its publication in 2013 “Closing the NHS Funding Gap – How to get Better Value Healthcare for Patients” estimated that with a 1% uptake of pharmacy-led minor ailments schemes nationally, £64 million could be saved.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:46:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

786795

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that there is a box on prescription forms to indicate that the recipient is eligible for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	112444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service prescription forms (FP10) and claims for NHS funded sight tests (GOS 1) and for vouchers for glasses or contact lenses (GOS 3) will be amended to include a Universal Credit box in due course. Some NHS Help with Health Costs claim forms, for example HC5 refund claim forms, have already been amended to include a specific tick box to enable Universal Credit recipients to claim entitlement. All versions of dentistry claim forms were updated on 1 April 2016, to include a tick box for Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>A patient can currently make a claim for entitlement if in receipt of Universal Credit by ticking the “gets income based Jobseekers Allowance” on relevant forms. Guidance for both the public and healthcare practitioners (such as pharmacists, dentists and, opticians) has been included on NHS Choices with links from the Universal Credit webpages on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:20:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

786798

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent from the public purse on HIV/Aids treatment in (a) Camberwell and Peckham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Southwark in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	112376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on expenditure on HIV and AIDS treatment and care is not collected by Parliamentary constituency or by local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:43:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

786831

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, if his Department will publish (a) an assessment and (b) data supporting the responses to the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation's consultation on extending HPV vaccination to boys; and how many and what proportion of submissions reported that vaccination.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	112455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) met on 4 October 2017 and discussed the responses from stakeholders to JCVI’s interim advice on whether to extend the human papilloma virus vaccination to boys. The minutes of 4 October JCVI meeting will be published on 15 November 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation#publications-and-statements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation#publications-and-statements</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2017 11:48:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

786876

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Spirits: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the rate of excise duty per litre of pure alcohol on spirits in the UK compares with that of other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	112267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>Information about alcohol duty rates by EU countries can be found in the “EXCISE DUTY TABLES (Alcoholic beverages).” document published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/resources/documents/taxation/excise_duties/alcoholic_beverages/rates/excise_duties-part_i_alcohol_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/resources/documents/taxation/excise_duties/alcoholic_beverages/rates/excise_duties-part_i_alcohol_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2017 13:06:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

786877

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that women seeking asylum in the UK are treated with justice and dignity.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	112265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is gender sensitive and have developed an asylum gender action plan to achieve this building on the wider Government strategy to tackle violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>All decision-makers receive extensive training on considering asylum claims and must follow published Home Office policy guidance, including specific guidance on gender issues, which covers specific forms of gender based persecution.</p><p> </p><p>All available evidence is carefully and sensitively considered in light of published country information, which covers country specific issues relating to gender based harm, including female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual exploitation, violence in conflict and domestic violence.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 10:15:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

786881

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mersey Gateway Bridge: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers his Department has to direct Mersey Gateway Crossings Board on the imposition of (a) tolls and (b) Penalty Charge Notices over a defined period including 24 to 26 December 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	112456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The administration and imposition of tolls and penalty charge notices are a matter for Halton Borough Council to decide. The powers under which the Mersey Gateway tolling regime was established gives no locus to the Government or HM Treasury to intervene.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/11/2017 15:08:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury