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1019426

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2018-19; and what funding his Department plans to allocated to cessation campaigns in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	198221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England runs smoking cessation campaigns. Media spend to date during 2018/19 on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking is £1.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>£2.4 million has been allocated in total for the media spend on cessation campaigns in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>As the 2018/19 financial year is not yet complete and campaign work is ongoing, these figures should be considered provisional. Figures are net plus agency fees and commissions (rounded to the nearest £100,000). Figures exclude Value Added Tax.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:50:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1050432

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	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	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent from the public purse on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	214029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Expenditure on smoking cessation advertising campaigns by Public Health England in 2017-18 was £1.99 million.</p><p> </p><p>Campaign spending is defined as covering only media spend. Figures are net, rounded to nearest £10,000. Figures exclude value added tax.</p><p> </p><p>Media spend includes expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), cinema and digital. Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/02/2019 15:12:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1121829

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Smoking: 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, how much funding his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2018-19; and what funding has been allocated to such campaigns in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	245755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Expenditure on smoking cessation advertising media by Public Health England in 2018-19 was £2.5 million. Figures are net (rounded to nearest £10,000) and exclude Value Added Tax.</p><p>Media spend includes expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), cinema and digital. Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included.</p><p>The funding allocation for 2019/20 is yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 13:24:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1135328

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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	Smoking: 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, how much funding his Department has committed to spend on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	270346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Detailed funding planning is underway for 2019-20 smoking cessation campaigns. Audited spend will be available at the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 04/07/2019 14:24:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1200547

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
	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 merits of extending the covid-19 testing of asymptomatic people to residents and staff in (a) extra care facilities, (b) retirement villages and (c) other housing-with-care facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	54886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>We have written to Directors of Public Health to ask them to help us determine which supported living and extra care settings in their areas should be able to access testing based on a risk-based criterion. Retirement villages and other housing-with-care facilities are not currently in scope to be tested. Our testing strategy is based on guidance from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/08/2020 16:00:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1200548

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	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	Social Distancing: Restaurants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to permit responsible and socially distanced reopening of restaurants in housing-with-care developments.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	54887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced five new Ministerial-led taskforces to plan how closed sectors can reopen safely including the pubs and restaurants sector. Subject to transmission of the virus continuing to decline and if businesses comply with COVID-19 secure guidelines to protect staff and customers, more businesses will be permitted to open this month</p><p>We have set out clear, practical steps that businesses should take to ensure their workplaces are COVID-19 secure and give their staff the confidence to return back to work.</p><p>The Government will continue to review the measures, assessing them to ensure that they continue to be necessary and proportionate based on available scientific evidence, which includes up to date data.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/06/2020 09:49:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1218760

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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	Smoking: Public Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	66027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>Expenditure on smoking cessation promotion by Public Health England for the periods of 2018-19 and 2019-20 are as follows: <br></p><p>2018-19: £2.16 million <br></p><p>2019-20: £1.78 million</p><p>The figures reference expenditure for advertising on television, radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), cinema, social and digital advertising.</p><p>All figures rounded to the nearest £10,000 and do not include VAT.</p><p>Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included. Paid search is not included.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/07/2020 16:02:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1218809

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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	Rare Diseases: Patients
	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 UK strategy for rare diseases: implementation plan for England published on 29 January 2018, what progress the Government has made on working with providers to produce alert cards for patients with rare diseases; and whether people with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) will be included in the list of those eligible to receive an alert card.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	66030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, NHS England identified those specialised services in which patients with rare diseases are treated and asked the 150 providers that deliver these services to self-assess against three key criteria: care coordination; alert cards; and transition. In total, 1,000 clinical teams undertook the assessment and the completion rate was 85%. Of those providers that self-assessed: 91% confirmed that there is a person responsible for coordinating the care of any patient with a rare disease; 56% confirmed that they gave each person an alert card; and 91% confirmed that they had active transition in place.</p><p>Alert cards are already used in some hospitals that treat patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. NHS England is currently in the process of commissioning a service for patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Once a full, national service is established, an alert card will be rolled out across the service.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 10:07:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1218810

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
	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 and what proportion of medicine assessments conducted by NICE (a) were for medicines for rare diseases since the start of the highly specialised technologies appraisal process in 2013; how many medicines for rare diseases were approved by NICE as a proportion of total approvals since 2013; and how many medicines have been approved via the highly specialised technologies appraisal process since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	66031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has undertaken 69 assessments considering ‘orphan drugs’ since the start of its highly specialised technologies (HST) programme in 2013.</p><p>57 of these were appraised by its technology appraisals (TA) programme and NICE made 64 recommendations in total as some topics have multiple recommendations. 49 of these recommendations were positive. A further seven appraisals were terminated as the company did not make an evidence submission. This equates to 16% of NICE’s appraisal activity.</p><p>86% of NICE’s TA recommendations for orphan drugs have been positive.</p><p>NICE has published HST guidance on 12 individual topics, making 12 recommendations, all of which have been positive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/08/2020 10:44:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1219155

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2020
	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	Rare Diseases: 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, with reference to the findings of the 2017 Office for Health Economics report entitled Comparing Access to Orphan Medicinal Products in the United Kingdom and other European countries, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with rare diseases can access the latest treatments.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	66850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issues guidance for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources through its technology appraisal (TA) and highly specialised technologies (HST) programmes, including drugs for patients with rare diseases. 86% of NICE’s TA recommendations, and 100% of its HST recommendations, for orphan drugs have been positive since 2013.</p><p>Through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme, we are already making important drugs available to patients. So far around 1,500 patients have benefited from the scheme, which enables drugs to be used in clinical practice in parallel with later stages of the regulatory process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 09:54:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman