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1437719

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2022
	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	Oral Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make a comparative assessment of prevalence of oral cancer amongst (a) South Asian women and (b) the adult population; and if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a product standard for chewed tobacco products as recommended in the 2006 study entitled Levels of toxins in oral tobacco products in the UK published in the journal Tobacco Control, volume 15, issue 1.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	133974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>‘Oral cancer in England’, published in May 2020, compared the incidence of oral cancer in Asian/Asian British people with other ethnic groups in the adult population, although it made no specific assessment of prevalence in South Asian women. We have no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p>No assessment of creating a product standard has been made. Products standards for tobacco are contained in The Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2016. The Department is due to publish its post implementation review of the Regulations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 15/03/2022 11:21:04 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1314754

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2021
	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	World Health Organization: Finance
	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 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control criticism of a harm reduction approach to tobacco control implemented by the UK, what plans he has to maintain the current level of UK funding for the WHO.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	1285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>We remain committed to providing assessed contributions to fund the work of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/05/2021 14:13:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1257781

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	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	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, what assessment he has made of the response of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to advice in HM Treasury Green Book, updated in 2018 in setting the discount rate it uses for costs and health effects taking into account that NICE has stated that any proposals for change should be subject to formal consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	124152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. The discount rates applied by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in its health technology assessments are specified in its methods guides. NICE is an independent body and is therefore responsible for its own methods and processes. NICE is currently carrying out a public consultation on the case for change to its methods, which is open until 18 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/12/2020 17:13:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 67373 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1565970

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	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	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 64287 on Tobacco, when he plans to publish the Tobacco Control Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	120929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>We are still considering the recommendations made in ‘The Khan review: making smoking obsolete’ and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 17/01/2023 16:49:16 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1364001

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy for the UK delegation to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Ninth Conference of the Parties to support any requests from countries on the formation of an intersessional Working Group to hear evidence on the use of vaping devices as harm reduction tools.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	64562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We are not aware of any proposals from other countries on the formation of an intersessional Working Group at the Ninth Conference of the Parties. Should any proposals be made, we will fully consider the details before making a decision as to whether to support them.</p><p>In support of our ambition for England to be smoke-free by 2030, we continue to take a pragmatic and evidence-based approach to e-cigarettes, promoting the important role they play in smoking cessation whilst preventing non-smokers and young people from using them. On other harm reduction products, we are clear that any products which contain tobacco are harmful to health.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 64563 64568 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:29:45 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1364002

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK delegation’s position statement at the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Ninth Conference of the Parties is planned to support vaping devices as harm reduction tools.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	64563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We are not aware of any proposals from other countries on the formation of an intersessional Working Group at the Ninth Conference of the Parties. Should any proposals be made, we will fully consider the details before making a decision as to whether to support them.</p><p>In support of our ambition for England to be smoke-free by 2030, we continue to take a pragmatic and evidence-based approach to e-cigarettes, promoting the important role they play in smoking cessation whilst preventing non-smokers and young people from using them. On other harm reduction products, we are clear that any products which contain tobacco are harmful to health.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 64562 64568 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:29:45 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1364084

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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, with reference to the Government's position as a signatory to Article 1(d) of the World Health Organisations Framework Convention Tobacco Control, if she will reaffirm her Department's commitment to harm reduction strategies to reduce smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	64568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We are not aware of any proposals from other countries on the formation of an intersessional Working Group at the Ninth Conference of the Parties. Should any proposals be made, we will fully consider the details before making a decision as to whether to support them.</p><p>In support of our ambition for England to be smoke-free by 2030, we continue to take a pragmatic and evidence-based approach to e-cigarettes, promoting the important role they play in smoking cessation whilst preventing non-smokers and young people from using them. On other harm reduction products, we are clear that any products which contain tobacco are harmful to health.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 64562 64563 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:29:45 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1457659

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	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 (a) inpatient child and (b) adolescent mental health beds have there been in the NHS in each of the last 12 years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	153864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested, as the data does not differentiate between child and adolescent mental health beds. Information was not collected centrally prior to 2017/18. However, the following table shows the number of child and adolescent inpatient mental health beds commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement at the beginning of each financial year from 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>1,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS England and NHS Improvement</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/04/2022 10:24:13 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1579762

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation
	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 is investigating cases of manufacturers overfilling e-cigarette devices above the 2ml e-liquid volume limit; and what support his Department is offering to the (a) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and (b) Trading Standards Authority to help remove those products from the market.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	129765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to investigate cases of manufacturers over filling vape (e-cigarette) devices beyond the two millilitres e-liquid volume limit because this is the responsibility of local enforcement agencies. The Department continues to work with the Trading Standards Authorities to provide advice in enforcing the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, including matters relating to the two millilitres e-liquid limit. We also work closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regarding the vaping notification system and helping disseminate information about notified vapes to support local enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/01/2023 17:45:13 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1584970

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	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	Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward changes to the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 to increase penalties on manufacturers found to be in breach of those regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	141386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to increase the penalties beyond those set out in regulation 51 of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/02/2023 15:36:39 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie