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751751

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce data collection that would allow people undertaking apprenticeships to declare a mental health problem.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	4941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The department collects data that allows people undertaking apprenticeships to declare a mental health problem through the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p>We will be conducting a survey in early 2018 with 15,000 people currently undertaking further education or an apprenticeship, which will ask whether they have a physical or mental health condition.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/07/2017 09:15:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

751762

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget for 16-to-19 education was not spent on education for that age group in each of the (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	4978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Budgets for 16 to 19-year-old education are set on the basis of the established 16 to 19 funding rates and formula, using estimates of student numbers.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15 and 2015-16, student numbers and associated costs were lower than these estimates, which resulted in lower spending than the forecast, by £135m and £132m respectively, representing 2.2% of the budget.</p><p> </p><p>Final expenditure is not yet available for 2016-17 and will be published in the Education and Skills Funding Agency accounts shortly.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/07/2017 09:19:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

751763

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) current annual budget is of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and (b) the anticipated budget for the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	4907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Institute for Apprenticeships for 2017-18 is £9,656,000. The department has yet to agree a budget for the Institute for 2018-19 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Institute employs 87.5 full-time equivalent permanent staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 4908 question first answered 18/07/2017 09:17:16 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

751764

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many permanent staff are employed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	4908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Institute for Apprenticeships for 2017-18 is £9,656,000. The department has yet to agree a budget for the Institute for 2018-19 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Institute employs 87.5 full-time equivalent permanent staff.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 4907 question first answered 18/07/2017 09:17:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

751788

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection
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 trends in the level of funding for research into HIV.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Expenditure by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on infection research, including research into HIV, has more than doubled from £15.9 million in 2009/10 to £35.0 million in 2015/16 (the latest available figure).</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including HIV. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2017 10:26:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751790

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
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 trends in the level of funding for research into heart disease.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Expenditure by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on cardiovascular disease research, including research into heart disease, has increased by 60% from £31.6 million in 2009/10 to £50.6 million in 2015/16 (the latest available figure).</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including heart disease. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2017 10:27:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751793

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education
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 communicate the Chief Medical Officers' low-risk drinking guidelines to the public.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	4823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The new drinking guidelines are included in a range of public health messaging, including ‘One You’ and ‘NHS Choices’ to encourage the public to drink within the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also published guidance to the alcohol industry on how the UK Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines can be communicated to the public, for example through product labelling, and is working with representatives of the alcohol industry to promote the implementation of this guidance. A copy of the guidance is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/07/2017 10:47:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

751796

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps heis taking to improve the outcomes for people with cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	4849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The independent Cancer Taskforce published its report, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A strategy for England 2015-2020, in July 2015 and it represented the consensus views of the whole cancer community. The Government has accepted all 96 recommendations in the strategy, and implementation is being led by NHS England’s National Cancer Transformation Board. An implementation plan, Taking the strategy forward, was published in May 2016 and the first annual report, One Year On, was published in October 2016 in which NHS England confirmed funding of over £600 million to support delivery of the strategy. In December 2016, NHS England confirmed that £200 million of this funding will be used over the next two years to set up a fund to encourage local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier, improve the care for those living with cancer and ensure each cancer patient gets the right care for them. Cancer Alliances are being asked to bid for a share of this funding.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/07/2017 10:37:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

751798

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Prescriptions
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 merits of including mental health conditions in the list of prescription charge exemptions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	4851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. We have no current plans to change the list of medical conditions which provide for exemption from prescription charges.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/07/2017 10:36:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

751800

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Prizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure on the Clinical Excellence Awards was in 2015-16; and what the value was of such awards by (a) Employer Based Awards Committees and (b) the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	4946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2015/16, expenditure on new and renewal awards payments issued by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (which administers national Clinical Excellence Awards in England and Wales) was just over £157 million including on costs. Payments were made to 2,948 consultants. Scotland and Northern Ireland are responsible for their own schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The value of individual national awards in England and Wales for 2015/16 was £35,484 for Bronze, £46,644 for Silver, £58,305 for Gold and £75,796 for Platinum. This excludes on-costs.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally hold expenditure figures for (local) Employer Based Awards.</p><p> </p><p>The monetary value of individual local awards in 2015/16 was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level 1</p></td><td><p>£2,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2</p></td><td><p>£5,914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 3</p></td><td><p>£8,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 4</p></td><td><p>£11,828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 5</p></td><td><p>£14,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 6</p></td><td><p>£17,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 7</p></td><td><p>£23,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 8</p></td><td><p>£29,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 9</p></td><td><p>£35,484</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 10:23:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford