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1111106

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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	Cannabis: 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 advice has been issued to Clinical Commissioning Groups on the criteria for the prescription of medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	243575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer and NHS England issued a letter on the 31 October 2018, and a supplementary letter on 20 November 2018, providing guidance to clinicians, the National Health Service and independent organisations following the rescheduling of cannabis-based products for medicinal use on 1 November 2018. This signposts interim guidance issued by the Royal College of Physicians, British Paediatric Neurology Association and Association of British Neurologists.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has been commissioned to develop guidelines on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products by October 2019. The guidance will focus on four indications: chronic pain, intractable nausea and vomiting, treatment-resistant epilepsy and spasticity. It will be based on the best available international evidence and produced using NICE’s world-renowned process for delivering such guidelines. This guidance will update and replace the interim guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/04/2019 12:26:52 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093440

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Cybersecurity
	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 mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	235800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Departmental staff are not currently required to undertake mandatory training specifically relating to cyber security. Guidance on security culture, including cyber security and managing digital footprints, is available to staff through the Department’s intranet.</p><p> </p><p>All Departmental staff are required to undertake learning related to the handling and protection of information and safe online practice at the point of induction and also on an annual basis. There is opportunity for learners to test their learning and knowledge at the end of the learning course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/04/2019 11:42:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1055916

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	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	Cannabis: 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, how many people have accessed cannabis-derived medicinal products under schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	217660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/02/2019 17:29:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1037887

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Blood Transfusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publicly release the results of its audit into Blood Policy files which delivered its final report in November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	206464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Internal audit reports are produced on behalf of Departments by the Government Internal Audit Agency and are not published.</p><p> </p><p>However, in these specific circumstances, the Department intends to release information from the audit report in response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/01/2019 17:22:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027253

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Surrogacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the law on surrogacy.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	202818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has recognised that the existing legislative framework for surrogacy has not kept pace with social change and has therefore asked the Law Commission to review all surrogacy related law and make proposals for change, as part of a three year project.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission started the project in May and have been taking evidence from a wide range of stakeholders throughout 2018. The Commission is intending to publish a consultation paper setting out findings and options in spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/12/2018 12:50:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1022825

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	General Practitioners
	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 13 November 2018 to Question 188904, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the voluntary erasure code in cases where a GP is under investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	200666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to assess the adequacy of the General Medical Council’s (GMC) voluntary erasure code in cases where a general practitioner (or any other doctor) is under investigation.</p><p> </p><p>As the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom the GMC sets the standards all doctors must follow to practise in the UK. It is responsible for how it discharges its statutory duties, including the processes for considering applications for voluntary erasure as set out in legislation.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/12/2018 12:05:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1002660

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the voluntary erasure code in cases where a GP is under investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	188904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the adequacy of the General Medical Council’s (GMC) voluntary erasure code in cases where a general practitioner (or any other doctor) is under investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC is the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for considering and approving applications for voluntary erasure from the medical register.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:50:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

999577

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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	Social Services: Fees and Charges
	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 from the public purse was allocated by his Department to enable local authorities in England to fund the full disregard of war pensions in social care financial assessments in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	187153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>In response to the Royal British Legion’s ‘Insult to Injury’ campaign, the Government made a commitment in the 2016 Budget statement to introduce a disregard in the adult social care charging rules for War Pension Scheme payments to veterans to take effect from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provided specific funding allocations to local authorities from 2017 when the disregard commenced and which fully funds the new burden on local government.</p><p> </p><p>The allocations are as follows:</p><p>2017/18: £14 million</p><p>2018/19: £13 million</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/11/2018 12:51:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

995553

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2018
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
	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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 15 May 2018, Official Report, column 111WH, what progress has been made in discussions with NHS digital on data available on waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessments using the mental health dataset.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	184411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department and NHS Digital are looking at whether and how waiting times for attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) might be measured using data collected by NHS Digital. These discussions have included understanding which services undertake ADHD assessments and how they align with the scope of various datasets held by NHS Digital, and the quality and completeness of the relevant datasets including the completeness of diagnosis and diagnostic activity.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 31/10/2018 17:11:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993602

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	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	Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists
	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 Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times: Monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for incomplete pathways, between January 2017 and January 2018, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the decline in the number of Clinical Commissioning Groups meeting the 18-week RTT for ophthalmology.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	182826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 continues to set NHS England an objective to maintain and improve performance against core patient access standards. This includes a clear expectation that the statutory referral to treatment standard should be met.</p><p> </p><p>Progress has been made during 2018/19. At the end of September 58% of hospital eye services are in the process of implementing this work, and 89% of clinical commissioning groups have commenced eye health capacity reviews. Both actions require completion by 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 31/10/2018 12:24:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt