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1137155

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date	05/07/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the 29 April 2019 Health Select Committee news item, Committee publishes doctors’ views on Fit Notes and ESA appeals, what estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants who challenged their work capability assessment decisions but were refused employment support allowance while their appeal was pending due to her Department sending ambiguous ESA65B letters to claimants’ GPs.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	273727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>We have revised the ESA65B letter, which went live from 3rd June 2019. The letter gives clear clinical discretion to GPs to continue issuing fit notes in appropriate circumstances, such as when an appeal against a Department for Work and Pensions decision is being undertaken, where a claimant’s condition has worsened or if the claimant has developed a new health condition or disability.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/07/2019 12:55:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1137156

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
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	Preventive Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is his timeframe is for the publication of the Prevention Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	273728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) to the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss MP) on 16 January 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-09/206879/" target="_blank">206879</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/07/2019 16:25:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1137161

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue his Department received though collection of the sugar tax in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	273729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honourable Member to the response given on 8th July 2019 to Parliamentary Question 272873.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/07/2019 07:28:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1137162

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
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	Obesity: 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 the Childhood Obesity Plan: a plan for action, chapter 2, published on 25 June 2018, what progress he has made on reducing children's consumption of sugary drinks and food.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	273730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Diet and Nutrition Survey is used to monitor consumption trends in the United Kingdom population. Data covering the period after publication of the Childhood Obesity Plan will become available in 2020.</p><p>As part of the Childhood Obesity Plan, Public Health England (PHE) oversees a sugar reduction programme. In May 2018, PHE published a report assessing progress in the first year of the programme. This showed sugar in retailer own brand and manufacturer branded products reduced by 2% overall, with larger reductions in some individual product categories. Sugar in drinks covered by the Soft Drinks Industry Levy reduced by 11%. Data also showed that consumers are buying more drinks that have sugar levels below five grams per 100 millilitres. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/709008/Sugar_reduction_progress_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/709008/Sugar_reduction_progress_report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/07/2019 16:26:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake