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100706

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
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 the (a) uptake and (b) effectiveness of the influenza immunisation vaccine campaign.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	211669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Immunisation against influenza for the 2014-15 season commenced in September and good progress has been made. Provisional percentage vaccine uptake rates for various groups as at week ending 19 October are shown in the following table (figures relate to England):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Group</p></td><td><p>Uptake Rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People aged 65 years or older</p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People aged six months to under 65 years in risk groups</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnant women</p></td><td><p>22.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged two years old</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged three years old</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged four years old</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Vaccine uptake rates for those aged 65 and over, those under 65 with a clinical condition, and pregnant women are slightly higher than at the same point in the last two years. Uptake for two and three year olds is lower than at this point a year ago. For the new cohort of four year olds, vaccination levels are similar to those for two and three year olds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the 2014-15 influenza immunisation programme at this very early stage before the influenza virus is circulating. The planned programme of campaign communication is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:57:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

100707

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neural Tube Defects: Folic Acid
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 raise awareness of the use of folic acid prior to conception as a preventative measure for neural tube defects.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	211670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) strongly encourages women to take a folic acid supplement from before they are pregnant to the 12th week of pregnancy, to reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect. This advice is included in public health messages around pregnancy and planning a pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance states that advice on folic acid supplementation should be provided as part of antenatal care at first contact with a healthcare professional. Advice on folic acid supplementation for women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, is disseminated through a variety of sources including the NHS Choices website, the NHS Information Service for Parents, the charity ‘Tommy’s’, and Start4Life - PHE’s campaign to give babies the best start in life and reduce the risk of poor health in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE has recently established a media partnership to communicate the key healthy behaviour messages prior to conception in more mainstream women’s magazine media.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team to look at innovative approaches to raising awareness of the need to take folic acid supplements during pregnancy. This programme of work is scheduled for completion by the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:59:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

100708

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have lost their sight as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Public Health Outcomes Framework launched in 2012 includes an indicator on preventable sight loss which tracks sight loss due to the three main causes: age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Data has been published for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 and the number of people aged 12 years and above who lost their eye sight from diabetes is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A sight loss indicator per 100,000 people for England for each of the three years is also included. The source of the data is Public Health England’s outcomes website and the links to the data are below the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Indicator</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Indicator value per 100,000 population</p></td><td><p>Number of people who lost their eye sight from diabetes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>1,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>1,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>1,592</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.phoutcomes.info/search/Preventable%20sight%20loss%20%20%20diabetic%20eye%20disease#gid/1/pat/6/ati/102/page/4/par/E12000004/are/E06000015" target="_blank">http://www.phoutcomes.info/search/Preventable%20sight%20loss%20%20%20diabetic%20eye%20disease#gid/1/pat/6/ati/102/page/4/par/E12000004/are/E06000015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.phoutcomes.info/search/Preventable%20sight%20loss%20%20%20diabetic%20eye%20disease#gid/1/pat/6/ati/102/page/9/par/E12000004/are/E06000015" target="_blank">http://www.phoutcomes.info/search/Preventable%20sight%20loss%20%20%20diabetic%20eye%20disease#gid/1/pat/6/ati/102/page/9/par/E12000004/are/E06000015</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2014 14:39:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100709

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had their feet amputated as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)[1] with a primary diagnosis[2] of diabetes and a primary or secondary procedure of foot amputation[3], by year for 2008-09 to 2012-13[4]. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and changes in provision of care.[5]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,496</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,327</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p>[2] The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p>[3] The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 4 prior to 2002-03) procedure fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. Note that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.</p><p> </p><p>[4] Assessing growth though time. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p> </p><p>[5] There is no available data for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2014 17:14:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100710

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 were diagnosed with type two diabetes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally by the Department of Health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2014 17:41:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100711

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished hospital admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of asthma there were among people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of asthma by age for the years 2008-09 to 2012-13.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 28/10/2014 15:20:28 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name Finished admission episodes- Asthma-2008-09 to 2012-13.xlsx title Asthma admissions- 2008-09 to 2012-13
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100712

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 were diagnosed with asthma in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	211703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>However, the following table shows the number of people recorded on a general practice register as part of the quality and outcomes framework (QOF), with a diagnosis of asthma for all ages for England. The data from the QOF are collected by general practice and not by geographical location and are not broken down by age.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>3,197,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,254,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,273,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,295,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3,359,368</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 28/10/2014 15:43:49 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100713

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Irish nationals had (a) one and (b) more than one abortion via NHS England in 2013.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	211676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>No Irish nationals have had one or more than one abortion via NHS England in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:15:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

100714

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of (a) furniture, (b) crutches and (c) other equipment given out to people with a short-term need in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	211696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 28/10/2014 14:43:46 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

100716

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Risk Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	211709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne