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1139188

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date	16/07/2019
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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 UK companies have been issued with a licence to sell cannabis products for the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	277762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Any company meeting the standards for the manufacture of unlicensed medicinal products, can supply cannabis-based products for medicinal use.</p><p>Cannabis-based products for medicinal use are Schedule 2 controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, which means that manufacturers, importers and distributors of these products must hold valid Home Office and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) licences for the relevant activities which will include possession, supply and production of controlled drugs. Where products are sourced from abroad, importers must obtain an import licence from the Home Office and the MHRA each time they import these products.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 15:41:10 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

1139194

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer on a small investment for public health budgets to increase the provision for PrEP trials.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	277793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had numerous discussions with cabinet ministers to discuss a range of topics in advance of the Spending Review. Public health funding for 2020 onwards, including for HIV and sexual health services, will be considered carefully in the next Spending Review, in the light of the available evidence.</p><p>It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including sexual health services, taking account of their statutory duties. Participation in the pre-exposure prophylaxis Impact Trial is on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 277792 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:40:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1139197

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of delinking basic payments from the land as outlined in paragraphs 91 to 99 of the explanatory notes to the Environment Bill on patterns of land ownership in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	277626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Alongside the introduction of the Agriculture Bill last September we published an analysis of the impacts of phasing out and delinking Direct Payments. Delinking may encourage a faster transition of farming businesses and may help those who choose to leave farming. This could increase the ease with which new entrants can acquire land for farming.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/07/2019 17:15:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1139200

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	Sugar: Advertising
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 benefits to public health of stopping the advertising of high sugar milk and milk-replacement products on public transport.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	277679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the potential benefits to public health of stopping the advertising of high sugar milk and milk-replacement products on public transport.</p><p> </p><p>As committed to in the second chapter of our childhood obesity plan, published in June 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have jointly consulted on introducing further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) on TV and online. As part of this consultation we invited views on whether the scope of this consultation should be extended to other forms of media and how HFSS products should be defined. We have received a high level of responses to the consultation and it is important we take the time to consider them carefully before we set out further action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 15:44:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139201

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid in overtime payments to (a) directly employed and (b) agency staff in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	277786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Responses to the two parts of the questions are as follows:</p><p>Part (a) - At this point it cannot be determined if the full data set for directly employed staff is available. The reason for this is because in Feb 2017 MOJ rationalised its payrolls and moved to a new payroll system (known as SOP), so any prior year’s data, if available, would need to be sourced from legacy systems. To do this would require raising requests with several legacy suppliers who could then determine if the data was available. The cost of doing this would be disproportionate. Only data for the following financial periods are available. This data covers the MOJ group:</p><p>- February 2017 - March 2017 - £18,418,976</p><p>- April 2017 – March 2018 - £103,919,954</p><p>- April 2018 – March 2019 - £93,402,051</p><p>- April 2019 - June 2019 - £21,944,613</p><p>The average number of employees throughout the above periods was:</p><p>- In 2017 - 71,000</p><p>- In 2018 – 72,000</p><p>- In 2019 – 76,000</p><p>It should also be noted that there are many reasons why someone may get paid overtime, for example, in prisons for carrying out bedwatch or dealing with incidents of unrest. All of these elements have been included in the above figures.</p><p> </p><p>Part (b) – This data is not available because MOJ engage agency staff via third party providers such as Brook Street, and these staff are not on the MOJ payroll and therefore details of any overtime paid are not held by MOJ. MOJ pay for these individuals, who are generally charged out at an hourly rate, via invoice.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/07/2019 16:01:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1139206

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of business rates and their effect on the sustainability of the retail sector.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	277816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government concluded the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016. Respondents to the review agreed that property based taxes are easy to collect, difficult to avoid, relatively stable compared to other taxes, and that they have a clear link with local authority spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers including retailers. Our Plan for the High Street announced at Budget 2018 provides £1 billion of upfront support through a new retail discount, cutting retailers’ business rates bills by a third for two years from 1 April 2019 subject to eligibility.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms and reliefs announced since Budget 2016 are reducing business rates by more than £13 billion over the next five years. This includes switching from RPI to CPI indexation, increasing the threshold for the standard multiplier to £51,000, and doubling the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief, meaning 675,000 of the smallest businesses pay no business rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 277817 question first answered 23/07/2019 12:46:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1139207

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis in receipt of disability living allowance who (a) underwent a reassessment and (b) made a new application for personal independence payments had their (i) application rejected and (ii) award reduced as a result of an informal observation made by the assessor in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	277818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Informal observations form part of the suite of evidence used by Health Professionals at the face to face assessment to help Case Managers determine entitlement to benefit, along with medical evidence, history of conditions, social and occupational history, functional history including the ‘typical day’ and the functional examination.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found at paragraph 1.6 in the Personal Independence Payment Assessment Guide at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process#carrying-out-pip-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-1-the-assessment-process#carrying-out-pip-assessments</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 277271 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:16:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1139217

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Finance
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 funding for Clinical Commissioning Groups is equitable and protects patient outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	277858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The allocation of funding to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to support them in commissioning services for their local population is one of the key duties of NHS England. The approach NHS England must take in setting allocations is outlined in the mandate from the Department which says:</p><p><em> </em></p><p>“The Government expects the principle of ensuring equal access for equal need to be at the heart of NHS England’s approach to allocating budgets.”</p><p> </p><p>The approach is also informed by NHS England’s duty to reduce inequalities to accessing services and the outcomes of care.</p><p> </p><p>These two aims are reflected in the target formula, which produces a target allocation or ‘fair share’ for each area, based on a complex assessment of factors such as demography, morbidity, deprivation, and the unavoidable cost of providing services in different areas. The NHS England Board has agreed a pace of change policy that seeks to bring all CCGs to target funding over time.</p><p> </p><p>The formula is based on independent academic research and is overseen by an independent external group, the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation, which provides advice to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chief Executive of NHS England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:41:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1139221

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Extradition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Hong Kong Government's policing of the recent protests against the proposed extradition law with sections of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 on rights and freedoms related to (a) speech, (b) assembly, (c) the press, (d) movement, (e) correspondence, (f) travel, (g) to strike and (h) academic research.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	277805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Freedoms of speech, assembly, the press, movement, correspondence, travel, of strike, and academic research are all guaranteed rights under the legally binding Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984.</p><p>The British Government supports the Hong Kong people's right to peaceful and lawful protest, which is also one of the fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong. It is imperative that any protests are conducted in a peaceful manner, and that the authorities' response is proportionate. We note the announcement of a special inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Council into recent events in Hong Kong, and look forward to the publication of further details about the scope and composition of the investigation.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary announced on 25 June that we will not issue export licenses for crowd control equipment to Hong Kong unless we are satisfied that concerns raised on human rights and fundamental freedoms have been thoroughly addressed.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2019 16:17:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1139224

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, to test methods that will improve how a range of organisations, such as community pharmacies, social workers and community nurses, refer into existing social prescribing services and provision in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	277685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy ‘A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change’, acknowledged that tackling loneliness is complex and a long-term challenge, requiring action across many fronts and working with local government, public services, the voluntary and community sector and businesses to identify opportunities to tackle loneliness and build more integrated communities.</p><p>Discussions are underway with a range of public sector organisations such as job centres, local authorities, Public Health England and National Health Service agencies to identify what more can be done to improve how they better refer into social prescribing services and provision.</p><p>In addition, social workers play a key role in referring people into community services and the co-chair of the Principal Social Worker network sits on the National Social Prescribing network to promote their work and share learning.</p><p>The Department expects to report on the outcome of this commitment in late autumn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/07/2019 16:28:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson