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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

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

884929

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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 (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what funding he plans to allocate to such campaigns in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	135917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on smoking cessation advertising media by Public Health England (PHE) in 2016-17 was £1,520,000.</p><p> </p><p>The projected expenditure for smoking cessation campaigns for PHE campaigns in 2017-18 is £2,060,000. Figures for 2017-18 are provisional at this stage. A final amount will be available later in the year once all accounts have been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed planning is underway for 2018-19 smoking cessation campaigns; therefore at this stage advertising media allocations are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/04/2018 15:38:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

731708

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	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 reduce inequalities in health outcomes caused by higher rates of smoking among lower socioeconomic groups.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>As smoking rates in England continue to decline, tobacco use is increasingly concentrated in our poorest and most disadvantaged communities.</p><p> </p><p>Local stop smoking services provided by local authorities are effective in reducing health inequalities where they are targeted to meet identified needs. Public Health England (PHE) supports local areas with a range of evidence, data and tools to facilitate targeted and effective interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and have a programme of work focussed on reducing smoking in pregnancy and in mental health settings.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, PHE will run the Stoptober and January smoking health harms mass media campaigns, targeted to reach people in lower socioeconomic groups.</p><p> </p><p>A national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme incentivises National Health Service trusts in England to identify inpatients that smoke and provide them with treatment and a referral for support with quitting.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/06/2017 11:14:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

657939

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to provide stop smoking services.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	57310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The most recent data show that smoking rates among adults and young people are at their lowest ever level. This has been achieved through the implementation of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy, one element of which is the provision of evidence-based stop smoking services. Smoking rates vary considerably across the country and it is right that local councils have the flexibility to consider how best to respond to the unique needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 12:20:38 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

657148

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to help to encourage the spread of best practice for stop smoking services.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	57098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>A number of measures are in place to support the National Health Service and local public health services to help stop people smoking.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) will continue to commission the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training to provide free online training, briefings and service reviews to support commissioning and delivery of stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will review and update the CLeaR tobacco control tool, which provides a self-assessment and peer review model for local areas to reflect on and develop their local tobacco control programmes, including stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has also developed a Menu of Preventative Interventions to support local Sustainability and Transformation Plans, including actions to treat tobacco dependence among patients who smoke.</p><p> </p><p>The new national alcohol and tobacco CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) indicator will support the NHS to record the smoking status of all inpatients and to offer smokers medication and referral.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will continue to support local authorities to review the effectiveness of stop smoking interventions, particularly where they want to commission new quitting support models.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 12:10:31 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

654423

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to promote a national awareness campaign on stop smoking services.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	56527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Smoking rates in England are now their lowest since records began. The Government’s aim is to increase the number of smokers who make effective quit attempts. The number of smokers in England attempting to quit has declined over the last decade but the proportion of these quitting successfully has increased. As a result, the percentage of all smokers quitting successfully each year has increased over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The best way to quit smoking is with a combination of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy. Specialist stop smoking services remain highly effective and cost effective and smokers who use them are up to four times as likely to quit successfully as if they try to quit unaided. Smokers who use English stop smoking services are up to four times as likely to quit successfully.<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p>Advice from a healthcare professional (HCP) is the most commonly cited external trigger for a quit attempt and therefore HCPs have a vital role to play. A new national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation indicator incentivises National Health Service trusts to identify smokers, provide advice and refer all those who are willing into specialist quitting support. Free online training, commissioned by Public Health England (PHE), is available for HCPs on delivering very brief advice on smoking. PHE continues to promote awareness of stop smoking services and encourage smokers to take up their expert support via its marketing activity including campaigns such as Stoptober.</p><p> </p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/Briefing%208.pdf" target="_blank">West, R. (2012) Stop smoking services: increased chances of quitting. NCSCT Briefing #8. London; National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 56501 56502 question first answered 15/12/2016 10:10:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

654428

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	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 reasons why quit rates for smoking have declined in recent years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	56501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Smoking rates in England are now their lowest since records began. The Government’s aim is to increase the number of smokers who make effective quit attempts. The number of smokers in England attempting to quit has declined over the last decade but the proportion of these quitting successfully has increased. As a result, the percentage of all smokers quitting successfully each year has increased over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The best way to quit smoking is with a combination of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy. Specialist stop smoking services remain highly effective and cost effective and smokers who use them are up to four times as likely to quit successfully as if they try to quit unaided. Smokers who use English stop smoking services are up to four times as likely to quit successfully.<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p>Advice from a healthcare professional (HCP) is the most commonly cited external trigger for a quit attempt and therefore HCPs have a vital role to play. A new national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation indicator incentivises National Health Service trusts to identify smokers, provide advice and refer all those who are willing into specialist quitting support. Free online training, commissioned by Public Health England (PHE), is available for HCPs on delivering very brief advice on smoking. PHE continues to promote awareness of stop smoking services and encourage smokers to take up their expert support via its marketing activity including campaigns such as Stoptober.</p><p> </p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/Briefing%208.pdf" target="_blank">West, R. (2012) Stop smoking services: increased chances of quitting. NCSCT Briefing #8. London; National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 56502 56527 question first answered 15/12/2016 10:10:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

654429

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	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 effectiveness of stop smoking services in England.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	56502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Smoking rates in England are now their lowest since records began. The Government’s aim is to increase the number of smokers who make effective quit attempts. The number of smokers in England attempting to quit has declined over the last decade but the proportion of these quitting successfully has increased. As a result, the percentage of all smokers quitting successfully each year has increased over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The best way to quit smoking is with a combination of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy. Specialist stop smoking services remain highly effective and cost effective and smokers who use them are up to four times as likely to quit successfully as if they try to quit unaided. Smokers who use English stop smoking services are up to four times as likely to quit successfully.<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p>Advice from a healthcare professional (HCP) is the most commonly cited external trigger for a quit attempt and therefore HCPs have a vital role to play. A new national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation indicator incentivises National Health Service trusts to identify smokers, provide advice and refer all those who are willing into specialist quitting support. Free online training, commissioned by Public Health England (PHE), is available for HCPs on delivering very brief advice on smoking. PHE continues to promote awareness of stop smoking services and encourage smokers to take up their expert support via its marketing activity including campaigns such as Stoptober.</p><p> </p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/Briefing%208.pdf" target="_blank">West, R. (2012) Stop smoking services: increased chances of quitting. NCSCT Briefing #8. London; National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 56501 56527 question first answered 15/12/2016 10:10:44 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

650318

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he had made of the level of regional variation in smoking prevalences across England; and whether the Government plans to take steps to address those regional variations.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	55998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>There are unacceptable variations in smoking prevalence across England which ranges from 9.5% to 26.8%. This information can be found as part of the Tobacco Control Profiles at:</p><p><a href="http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info/" target="_blank">http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info/</a></p><p>The new tobacco control plan will place tackling these inequalities at its heart.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 12/12/2016 15:47:34 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman