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49401

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish in full the economic analysis on price and illicit trade analysis conducted as part of the Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text The Department understands that Section 5 and Annex C of Sir Cyril's report constitute the full and final economic analysis on price and illicit trade analysis conducted as part of the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Independent Review. answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49400

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members were of Sir Cyril Chantler's Review team working as part of the Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review; and what the cost was of commissioning expert advice from (a) Dr Yanzhong Wang and (b) Professor Catherine Pope as part of this review.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The members of Sir Cyril's team are named, and their roles noted in the acknowledgements on page 9 of Sir Cyril's report. The costs of commissioning expert advice from Dr Wang and Professor Pope were £12,000 (plus VAT) and £3,000 (plus VAT) respectively.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

47268

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding allocated to Action on Smoking and Health may be used for campaigning purposes by that body under the terms on which it is allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	195596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, the conditions for the grants provided to Action on Smoking and Health under the Department of Health's “Section 64 General Scheme of Grants to voluntary and Community Organisations” arrangements have explicitly set out that none of the funding provided by the Department should be intended or used for political lobbying or campaigning purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Advocacy work in support of the implementation of existing Government Tobacco Control policies and programmes of work is acceptable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49399

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cross-departmental government scrutiny will take place of the forthcoming Implementing and Delegated Acts of the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>During the negotiations on the revised Tobacco Products Directive, the Government sought to ensure that any delegation of powers to the European Commission, to propose further rules, was limited, appropriate and well defined. The Government's proposed negotiating position on any Implementing and Delegated Acts put forward by the Commission will be subject to the normal cross government clearance and scrutiny procedures.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49402

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 471W, on Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review, if he will provide a further breakdown of each item of expenditure under each of the budget headings provided; if he will publish receipts for expenditure incurred; what the agreed budget was in advance of the Review; and what locations were travelled to as part of the Review.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>A final breakdown of expenditure will be made public when complete on the Review's webpage:</p><p> </p><p>www.kcl.ac.uk/health/packaging-review.aspx</p><p> </p><p>There was no agreed budget in advance of the Review but an estimate of £177,000 was made for planning purposes. Sir Cyril had control of his own budget, as outlined in the Terms of Reference, and expenditure was passed to the Department and approved in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>Sir Cyril travelled to Australia in March 2014, and attended meetings in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. Further details of those meetings are available on the Review's webpage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 197602 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 28 Apr 2014.docx title Hansard Extract
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

49403

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 471W, on Standardised Packaging for Tobacco Independent Review, what fees were paid to King's College for hosting the Review team.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>A final breakdown of expenditure will be made public when complete on the Review's webpage:</p><p> </p><p>www.kcl.ac.uk/health/packaging-review.aspx</p><p> </p><p>There was no agreed budget in advance of the Review but an estimate of £177,000 was made for planning purposes. Sir Cyril had control of his own budget, as outlined in the Terms of Reference, and expenditure was passed to the Department and approved in the normal way.</p><p> </p><p>Sir Cyril travelled to Australia in March 2014, and attended meetings in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. Further details of those meetings are available on the Review's webpage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 197601 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 28 Apr 2014.docx title Hansard Extract
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

426096

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2015 to Question 12657, if he will commission an independent review into the procedures followed by the Tobacco Control policy team within his Department when awarding section 64 grants to Action on Smoking and Health.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	14760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>There is no requirement to commission an independent review as the award of Section 64 grants to Action on Smoking and Health has followed the appropriate policies and procedures applicable to all Section 64 grants.</p><br /><p>The assessment of the grant application for funding from Action on Smoking and Health is undertaken by members of the Tobacco Control policy team.</p><br /><p>The assessment process is the same for all grants awarded under Section 64 powers. The assessment process uses standard business case criteria and consists of a Strategic Case, Economic Case, Financial Case, Commercial Case and Project Governance.</p><br /><p>The assessment is reviewed by the Department’s Voluntary Sector Grants Hub to ensure that the grant proposal is affordable within Departmental budgets; relevant Efficiency Review Group Controls have been considered; the grant has been assessed as delivering value for money and the grant is considered to be appropriate for the Grant funding route rather than procurement.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/11/2015 09:57:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

421115

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has to ensure that financial grants made by his Department to Action on Smoking and Health are not used to fund activities intended to influence (a) Parliament, Government or political parties, (b) the awarding or renewal of Government contracts and grants and (c) legislative or regulatory action.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	11587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The conditions applicable to grants awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) are set out in the grant award letters.</p><br /><p>ASH’s compliance with the conditions of the grant is assessed at the grant monitoring meetings held between the Deputy Director of tobacco control and representatives from ASH as well as in the final full year grant monitoring and governance reports.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2015 13:52:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

390987

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5566, on what basis his Department reached its conclusion that Action on Smoking and Health was the only charity in this area with the appropriate national record and forms; whether his Department gave consideration to organisations or bodies within (a) the NHS and (b) local government providing such services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	7776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The assessments undertaken in the awarding of grants to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) contain policy advice to Ministers and so are not made public. The Deputy Director, Tobacco Control and Responsibility Deal, was the official responsible for making recommendations to Ministers on the awarding of such grants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department reached its conclusion that ASH was the only charity in this area with the appropriate national reach and focus, and appropriate standing in the international arena, based on an assessment of the information contained in the grant application and other relevant information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 7775 question first answered 27/07/2015 14:05:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

422665

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 10530, what the job titles are of those officials undertaking the assessment of the grant funding for Action on Smoking and Health; and what transparency measures have been built into the assessment process.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	12657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the grant application for funding from Action on Smoking and Health is undertaken by members of the Tobacco Control policy team.</p><br /><p>The assessment process is the same for all grants awarded under Section 64 powers. The assessment process uses standard business case criteria and consists of a Strategic Case, Economic Case, Financial Case, Commercial Case and Project Governance.</p><br /><p>The assessment is reviewed by the Department’s Voluntary Sector Grants Hub to ensure that the grant proposal is affordable within Departmental budgets; relevant Efficiency Review Group Controls have been considered;the grant has been assessed as delivering value for money and the grant is considered to be appropriate for the Grant funding route rather than procurement.</p><br /><p>A grant application is currently under assessment and a decision on funding has not yet been made.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2015 17:11:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies