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928881

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to make oral contraceptives available over the counter in pharmacies on the same basis as emergency contraception; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no specific plans to make oral contraceptive pills available without a prescription. Any applications to reclassify particular products from prescription only to non-prescription supply would need to be initiated by the manufacturer and would then be considered in accordance with its usual procedures by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p>In accordance with its usual procedures the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved an application from Pfizer to reclassify the product Viagra Connect (sildenafil 50mg) from a prescription only medicine to a pharmacy medicine. After full assessment of the available evidence and having sought advice from the Commission on Human Medicines, the product was considered safe to be supplied from pharmacies without prescription.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL8883 question first answered 04/07/2018 16:32:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

928882

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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	Sildenafil
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why Viagra has been made available over the counter in pharmacies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL8883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no specific plans to make oral contraceptive pills available without a prescription. Any applications to reclassify particular products from prescription only to non-prescription supply would need to be initiated by the manufacturer and would then be considered in accordance with its usual procedures by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p>In accordance with its usual procedures the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved an application from Pfizer to reclassify the product Viagra Connect (sildenafil 50mg) from a prescription only medicine to a pharmacy medicine. After full assessment of the available evidence and having sought advice from the Commission on Human Medicines, the product was considered safe to be supplied from pharmacies without prescription.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL8882 question first answered 04/07/2018 16:32:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

385718

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government officials and ministers will attend the Third International Conference on Financing for Development on 13–16 July.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Secretary of State Justine Greening will lead the UK delegation to the Financing for Development conference. The full UK delegation will be defined closer to the time. DfID is looking for opportunities to engage with United Kingdom members of parliament who are attending the conference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL843 question first answered 08/07/2015 15:23:58 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

385719

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Conference on Financing for Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to involve United Kingdom members of parliament who are attending the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in any of their meetings and deliberations in Addis Ababa.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Secretary of State Justine Greening will lead the UK delegation to the Financing for Development conference. The full UK delegation will be defined closer to the time. DfID is looking for opportunities to engage with United Kingdom members of parliament who are attending the conference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL842 question first answered 08/07/2015 15:23:58 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

904292

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 10 May (HL7348), whether some oral contraceptive pills are more expensive for GPs to prescribe than others.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>General practitioners can prescribe any oral contraceptive pill, according to clinical need. The costs are paid for by clinical commissioning groups. Some oral contraceptives pills cost more than others for the National Health Service. The latest reimbursement price for each oral contraceptive pill held by the NHS Business Services Authority as at 1 May 2018 is provided in the attached table due to the size of the data.</p><p>For most of the products listed the pack size covers three months. The difference in pack sizes means that different prices are not necessarily directly comparable. Reimbursement prices are the amounts paid to community pharmacies for dispensed products against an NHS prescription.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7866 question first answered 22/05/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL7865 7866 table formatted.docx title Reimbursement price for oral contraceptives
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

904293

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 10 May (HL7348), what is the difference in price between the oral contraceptive pills that can be prescribed by GPs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>General practitioners can prescribe any oral contraceptive pill, according to clinical need. The costs are paid for by clinical commissioning groups. Some oral contraceptives pills cost more than others for the National Health Service. The latest reimbursement price for each oral contraceptive pill held by the NHS Business Services Authority as at 1 May 2018 is provided in the attached table due to the size of the data.</p><p>For most of the products listed the pack size covers three months. The difference in pack sizes means that different prices are not necessarily directly comparable. Reimbursement prices are the amounts paid to community pharmacies for dispensed products against an NHS prescription.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7865 question first answered 22/05/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL7865 7866 table formatted.docx title Reimbursement price for oral contraceptives
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

892440

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether GPs in England and Wales offer a variety of contraception free of charge to women and girls; and if so, which contraceptives are offered.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs), whose contracts include the provision of contraceptive services, can prescribe to all registered patients upon request, a variety of contraceptive substances and appliances. These include combined pill, contraceptive cap, contraceptive injection, contraceptive patch, diaphragms, progestogen-only pill (mini-pill) and vaginal ring, excluding the fitting and implanting of intrauterine devices and implants. Contraceptives are provided free of charge.</p><p>GPs in England cannot charge patients for contraception services rendered to them. All prescribed oral contraceptive pills should be provided free of charge.</p><p>It is for GPs to determine whether a repeat prescription for specific oral contraceptive pills is appropriate and whether to prescribe oral contraceptive pills for one month at a time. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health developed the UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use which helps clinicians decide what contraceptives they can safely recommend based on the medical conditions of patients in their care.</p><p>Primary care in Wales is a devolved matter.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7348 HL7349 HL7350 question first answered 10/05/2018 15:15:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

892441

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether GPs in England and Wales can refuse repeat prescriptions for specific oral contraceptive pills to women and girls.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs), whose contracts include the provision of contraceptive services, can prescribe to all registered patients upon request, a variety of contraceptive substances and appliances. These include combined pill, contraceptive cap, contraceptive injection, contraceptive patch, diaphragms, progestogen-only pill (mini-pill) and vaginal ring, excluding the fitting and implanting of intrauterine devices and implants. Contraceptives are provided free of charge.</p><p>GPs in England cannot charge patients for contraception services rendered to them. All prescribed oral contraceptive pills should be provided free of charge.</p><p>It is for GPs to determine whether a repeat prescription for specific oral contraceptive pills is appropriate and whether to prescribe oral contraceptive pills for one month at a time. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health developed the UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use which helps clinicians decide what contraceptives they can safely recommend based on the medical conditions of patients in their care.</p><p>Primary care in Wales is a devolved matter.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7347 HL7349 HL7350 question first answered 10/05/2018 15:15:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

892442

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether GPs in England and Wales can charge for prescribing certain oral contraceptive pills; and if so, which.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs), whose contracts include the provision of contraceptive services, can prescribe to all registered patients upon request, a variety of contraceptive substances and appliances. These include combined pill, contraceptive cap, contraceptive injection, contraceptive patch, diaphragms, progestogen-only pill (mini-pill) and vaginal ring, excluding the fitting and implanting of intrauterine devices and implants. Contraceptives are provided free of charge.</p><p>GPs in England cannot charge patients for contraception services rendered to them. All prescribed oral contraceptive pills should be provided free of charge.</p><p>It is for GPs to determine whether a repeat prescription for specific oral contraceptive pills is appropriate and whether to prescribe oral contraceptive pills for one month at a time. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health developed the UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use which helps clinicians decide what contraceptives they can safely recommend based on the medical conditions of patients in their care.</p><p>Primary care in Wales is a devolved matter.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7347 HL7348 HL7350 question first answered 10/05/2018 15:15:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

892443

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any policy informs the decision of some GPs in England and Wales to prescribe oral contraceptive pills for one month at a time.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs), whose contracts include the provision of contraceptive services, can prescribe to all registered patients upon request, a variety of contraceptive substances and appliances. These include combined pill, contraceptive cap, contraceptive injection, contraceptive patch, diaphragms, progestogen-only pill (mini-pill) and vaginal ring, excluding the fitting and implanting of intrauterine devices and implants. Contraceptives are provided free of charge.</p><p>GPs in England cannot charge patients for contraception services rendered to them. All prescribed oral contraceptive pills should be provided free of charge.</p><p>It is for GPs to determine whether a repeat prescription for specific oral contraceptive pills is appropriate and whether to prescribe oral contraceptive pills for one month at a time. The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health developed the UK Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use which helps clinicians decide what contraceptives they can safely recommend based on the medical conditions of patients in their care.</p><p>Primary care in Wales is a devolved matter.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7347 HL7348 HL7349 question first answered 10/05/2018 15:15:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge