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179165

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the full reports by KPMG he has commissioned into the health economies of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid-Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	224177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>As part of NHS England, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) and Monitor’s joint project to support 11 challenged local health economies develop clinically and financially sustainable five-year strategic plans, four consultancy firms (including KPMG) were commissioned to support the local areas with the development and strengthening of their plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports were provided by the consultants to support the project’s Programme Board, consisting of NHS England, TDA and Monitor, to manage the contracts and ensure that the service specification was being met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing based on the contents of these reports and there are a number of steps that have to be undertaken in each of the local health economies before these reports can be released: the production of the five-year strategic plan, consideration of the plan, consultation on possible reforms to the health economy, recommendations for possible reforms following consultation, and implementation of recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To release the reports ahead of the steps identified above being completed would be likely to prejudice their outcome. The timescales for the above processes will be different in each of the 11 areas and, as the strategic plans are produced, they are made available from the relevant clinical commissioning group websites through their board papers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224148 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:38:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

179157

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the full reports by KPMG he commissioned into the health economies of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	224148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>As part of NHS England, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) and Monitor’s joint project to support 11 challenged local health economies develop clinically and financially sustainable five-year strategic plans, four consultancy firms (including KPMG) were commissioned to support the local areas with the development and strengthening of their plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports were provided by the consultants to support the project’s Programme Board, consisting of NHS England, TDA and Monitor, to manage the contracts and ensure that the service specification was being met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing based on the contents of these reports and there are a number of steps that have to be undertaken in each of the local health economies before these reports can be released: the production of the five-year strategic plan, consideration of the plan, consultation on possible reforms to the health economy, recommendations for possible reforms following consultation, and implementation of recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To release the reports ahead of the steps identified above being completed would be likely to prejudice their outcome. The timescales for the above processes will be different in each of the 11 areas and, as the strategic plans are produced, they are made available from the relevant clinical commissioning group websites through their board papers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224177 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:38:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223300

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultancy reports he has commissioned into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon has been completed; and when copies of each completed report were delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225294 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47105 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223301

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected target dates are for completion of the reports commissioned from consultants into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when he expects copies of reports to be delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47106 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223302

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy firm has been commissioned to review the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when each such firm started its work in each area.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225294 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47107 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

523531

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment
	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 whether the Government is on target to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	39772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The indicator within the Public Health Outcomes Framework brings together the range of information on levels of preventable sight loss in a single place.</p><p>The indicator is made up of four sub-indicators which are measuring the crude rates of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, and of the rate of sight loss certifications per 100,000 population.</p><p>The latest data published by the Public Health Outcomes framework show that there were the following new certifications of visual impairment in 2013/14:</p><p> </p><p>- 11,055 for age related macular degeneration, a decrease of 90 from 2012/13;</p><p>- 3,432 for glaucoma, an increase of 141 from 2012/13;</p><p>- 1,563 for diabetic eye disease, a decrease of 29 from 2012/13; and</p><p>- 22,911 overall new certifications (all causes), an increase of 264 from 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p>Early detection is essential to tackling preventable sight loss. A range of treatment and services are in place in the National Health Service to deal with the key causes of preventable sight loss.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/06/2016 08:33:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533610

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Advertising
	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 review advertising regulations for reduced-harm tobacco products to take account of the potential of those products to help people quit smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>For the first time, from May 2016, cessation information to signpost consumers to quitting support has become mandatory on tobacco products. The Government’s advice remains that the best thing a smoker can do is to quit and quit for good. Any smokers wanting to quit, with or without the help of products available on the market, are four times more likely to stop smoking and quit for good with the personalised support offered by local stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Stop Smoking Services has issued guidance on offering advice to those wanting to use e-cigarettes as part of their quit attempts and encouraged local stop smoking services to be open to their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some people have found e-cigarettes helpful in quitting smoking and that they are considerably less harmful than continuing to smoke. The forthcoming tobacco control plan will consider the role of e-cigarettes and other harm reduction products in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to review the restrictions on advertising for tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42181 42183 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533611

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what steps his Department is taking to advise smokers on the range of harm-reduction products available to help them quit smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>For the first time, from May 2016, cessation information to signpost consumers to quitting support has become mandatory on tobacco products. The Government’s advice remains that the best thing a smoker can do is to quit and quit for good. Any smokers wanting to quit, with or without the help of products available on the market, are four times more likely to stop smoking and quit for good with the personalised support offered by local stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Stop Smoking Services has issued guidance on offering advice to those wanting to use e-cigarettes as part of their quit attempts and encouraged local stop smoking services to be open to their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some people have found e-cigarettes helpful in quitting smoking and that they are considerably less harmful than continuing to smoke. The forthcoming tobacco control plan will consider the role of e-cigarettes and other harm reduction products in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to review the restrictions on advertising for tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42180 42183 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533613

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include reduced-harm products in the Government's tobacco control plan on account of their potential health benefits to smokers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>For the first time, from May 2016, cessation information to signpost consumers to quitting support has become mandatory on tobacco products. The Government’s advice remains that the best thing a smoker can do is to quit and quit for good. Any smokers wanting to quit, with or without the help of products available on the market, are four times more likely to stop smoking and quit for good with the personalised support offered by local stop smoking services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Centre for Stop Smoking Services has issued guidance on offering advice to those wanting to use e-cigarettes as part of their quit attempts and encouraged local stop smoking services to be open to their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that some people have found e-cigarettes helpful in quitting smoking and that they are considerably less harmful than continuing to smoke. The forthcoming tobacco control plan will consider the role of e-cigarettes and other harm reduction products in further reducing the prevalence of smoking in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to review the restrictions on advertising for tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42180 42181 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

533612

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent work his Department has commissioned with the Public Health Research Consortium on the effects of e-cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	42182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Policy Research Programme funds the Public Health Research Consortium (PHRC). The PHRC is undertaking the project ‘E-Cigarettes: Development of Tools to Measure Norms Towards Ordinary Cigarettes and Nicotine Use’. This started in April 2015 and is currently in the write-up stage. It is due to go to peer review and publication plans will be developed subsequently.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 42210 question first answered 12/07/2016 14:56:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly