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229129

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions have been issued for the drug Sunitinib in each of the last three years; and what restrictions his Department places on the use of that drug in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	228715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Sunitinib (Sutent) is mainly used in hospitals, where usage is recorded in volumes rather than numbers of prescription items. The table below provides the published figures for use of sunitinib in the National Health Service in England in milligrams of active ingredient.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p>mgs</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p>mgs</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p>mgs</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(Q1 only)</p><p>mgs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunitinib total mgs</p></td><td><p>12,263,885</p></td><td><p>9,671,941</p></td><td><p>8,273,623</p></td><td><p>2,157,054</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England, Innovation Scorecard</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for NHS England and local clinical commissioning groups to make decisions on which drugs and treatments should be funded by the NHS taking into account guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has issued technology appraisal guidance that recommends sunitinib as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma meeting specified clinical criteria and for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours meeting specified clinical criteria. NICE does not recommend sunitinib for the second-line treatment of renal cell carcinoma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal guidance within three months of NICE’s final guidance. Sunitinib is also available to patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas through the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/03/2015 11:27:22 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

229169

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Kidney Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Cancer Drugs Fund's policy is on funding Sunitib for the treatment of kidney cancer; and what the reasons are for any exclusions in the Cancer Drugs Fund's policy towards treatment of this form of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	228742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended sunitinib (Sutent) for the first-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma subject to certain criteria. NICE does not recommend sunitinib for the second-line treatment of this condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sunitinib for the treatment of kidney cancer is not included on the national list of drugs provided routinely through the Cancer Drugs Fund and clinicians are able to apply for individual patients to receive the drug on an exceptional basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/03/2015 11:26:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

228553

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to the UN for ongoing negotiations between political parties in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	228346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK is extremely concerned about the deteriorating situation in Yemen. We continue to believe that an inclusive political process is the best way to achieve long-term stability, avoid civil war, economic collapse and a humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen. We work through the UN, Friends of Yemen and other international organisations to support the political transition. The UK contributes core funding to the Office of Jamal Benomar, the UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General, who is leading the political negotiations. The UK is also providing financial support via the UN to the political transition, including the National Dialogue Conference and constitution drafting, and for the elections process.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/03/2015 13:39:04 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

228554

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact his Department has with President Hadi of Yemen in his new residence in Aden.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	228347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>Our Ambassador to Yemen personally visited President Hadi in Aden on 3 March. The Ambassador, as well as my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan), have also spoken to President Hadi by telephone, twice in the last week.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/03/2015 17:42:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

179319

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	224291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Figures for the number of people newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2013-14 are not yet available. The National Diabetes Audit for 2013-14, which will contain the information requested, is due to be published in late 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/02/2015 15:27:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

179326

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people with diabetes receiving regular checks of their blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol levels.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	224243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Delivery of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended care processes for diabetes continues to be incentivised through the quality and outcomes framework. The latest data shows a 60% completion rate of all the 8 measurable NICE care processes, a 5% improvement on 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The diabetes profiles, published by Public Health England, enable local clinical commissioning groups to compare their performance with others on controlling blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol levels and so identify where action needs to take place to improve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/02/2015 15:20:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

179328

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed for the first time as obese in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	224244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre does not hold data on how many people were diagnosed as obese for the first time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/02/2015 15:26:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

179329

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's expenditure on diabetes is spent on complications arising from diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	224245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has prioritised the prevention of diabetes and will make us the first country to implement at scale a diabetes prevention programme, modelled on our own and international proven experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224242 224246 question first answered 26/02/2015 15:46:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

179331

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's expenditure on diabetes is spent on regular treatment of that condition.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	224246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has prioritised the prevention of diabetes and will make us the first country to implement at scale a diabetes prevention programme, modelled on our own and international proven experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224242 224245 question first answered 26/02/2015 15:46:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

179337

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's diabetes spending is on prevention.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	224242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has prioritised the prevention of diabetes and will make us the first country to implement at scale a diabetes prevention programme, modelled on our own and international proven experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224245 224246 question first answered 26/02/2015 15:46:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz