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1123361

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date	26/04/2019
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	Business: Asbestos and Carcinogens
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking with businesses to prevent employee's exposure to (a) asbestos and (b) carcinogens in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	247982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>All businesses must prevent, or if this is not reasonably practicable minimise, exposure of employees to carcinogens, including asbestos, in the workplace. Businesses must comply with the requirements of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, both of which are regulated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE also produces free guidance to assist businesses to comply with their legal duties: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HSE also works in partnership with businesses and others to raise awareness of workplace ill health. For example, occupational lung disease, including that caused by exposure to carcinogens, is one of three health priorities that form HSE’s Health and Work strategy to prevent workplace ill health. This work includes the national campaign ‘Go Home Healthy’ to promote HSE’s commitment to tackling ill health.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/05/2019 13:43:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1123398

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
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	Fracking: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste water facilities in the UK are permitted to treat waste water from hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	248064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the below information relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently five facilities in England with the appropriate environmental permits that would allow for the treatment of the waste water from hydraulic fracturing. There are a large number of sites around the country which, subject to obtaining the relevant permits, could accept and treat waste water from hydraulic fracturing.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/05/2019 15:48:46 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1123399

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
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	Fracking: Landfill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many landfill sites in the UK are permitted to dispose of (a) waste water sludge, (b) sand and (c) filter cake produced from hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	248065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Any sand or sludge resulting from hydraulic fracturing operations will form in the filter cake that is produced as part of the waste water treatment process. This solid waste needs to be tested to determine if it is hazardous or non-hazardous before it can be disposed of at a landfill site. Depending on the results, the filter cake can be sent to any landfill site that has the necessary permits in place. There are currently 21 hazardous waste landfill sites and 245 non-hazardous waste landfill sites permitted in England.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/05/2019 15:52:39 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1123401

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
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	Fracking: Water
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 process did waste water go through in order to be (a) treated and (b) disposed of following hydraulic fracturing operations in 2018.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	248067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The waste water from hydraulic fracturing was treated using a physio-chemical process involving the precipitation and filtration of metal solids. Two waste streams are produced from this treatment process – liquid effluent and solid filter cake. The liquid effluent is tested to ensure it complies with the strict limits of the trade effluent consent, and then disposed of to foul sewer. It then undergoes further treatment at the sewage treatment works, prior to discharge. The filter cake is tested to determine if it is hazardous or non-hazardous, and then sent to a suitably permitted landfill site.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/05/2019 15:44:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1123023

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Heart Diseases
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 link between the consumption of ready-made meals and heart disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England has advised that it has not made any assessment of the potential link between the consumption of ready-made meals and heart disease, and that attributing disease to particular foods would be difficult due to the range of factors that play a part in causing the development of diet-related diseases.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 11:32:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123025

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Dental Health: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase public awareness of gum disease and tooth loss.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the oral health needs of their local population, developing appropriate strategies and commissioning oral health improvement programmes for both gum disease and tooth loss.</p><p>In 2017, Public Health England (PHE) published a ‘Guide to a healthy mouth in adults’ which provides a summary of the simple steps that can be taken to protect and improve oral health. In 2018, PHE also published ‘Commissioning Better Oral Health for Vulnerable Older People’ which supports commissioners in improving the oral health of vulnerable older people. Finally, in 2019, PHE published ‘Adult Oral Health- applying All Our Health’, online guidance for healthcare professionals to improve oral health in adults. This guidance is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601835/healthy_mouth_adults_quick_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601835/healthy_mouth_adults_quick_guide.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioning-better-oral-health-for-vulnerable-older-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioning-better-oral-health-for-vulnerable-older-people</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-oral-health-applying-all-our-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-oral-health-applying-all-our-health</a></p><p>The National Health Service website also has information on preventing and treating gum disease. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Gum-disease/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Gum-disease/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 11:30:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123029

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Diabetes: Orthopaedics
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 with diabetes have had an amputation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital data details the count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of diabetes and a primary procedure of amputation, for the financial years between 2013-14 and 2017-18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Financial year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FAEs</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td><td><p>1,395</p></td><td><p>1,497</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 13:09:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123030

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Vaccination: 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 steps he is taking to increase the take-up of vaccinations for children.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England, in partnership with NHS England and the Department, is undertaking a range of actions to improve vaccination coverage for children of all ages in England. This includes initiatives to improve access to the immunisation programme; communication with the public; data to better identify underserved individuals and populations; and training for healthcare professionals.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 11:34:10 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123031

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Food Poisoning: Admissions
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 admitted to hospital with food poisoning in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	247707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England does not collect data on hospitalisations due to food poisoning.</p><p>Registered medical practitioners in England and Wales have a statutory duty to notify their local authority or local Health Protection Team of suspected cases of certain infectious diseases, including cases of suspected food poisoning. There is no requirement to provide information on whether cases are hospitalised.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 13:16:09 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123036

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Health Services: Planning
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 his Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the provision of local health services, such as GP practices, in planning guidelines for new housing.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	247769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The two Departments have been working together closely to update national planning guidance on healthy and safe communities, which is expected to be published shortly. The Departments will continue to discuss how to best support planning authorities and health bodies to provide necessary health services through the planning system.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 03/05/2019 13:12:53 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran