Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

541747

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they provide a lower level of support for the surviving partners of those infected by hepatitis C through contaminated blood, compared to the surviving partners of those infected by HIV or co-infected, and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Under the reformed ex-gratia payment scheme for infected blood announced on 13 July 2016, the partner/spouse at the time of death of a primary beneficiary will be entitled to a £10,000 one-off lump sum where HIV or hepatitis C infection contributed to the death of their partner/spouse. This will apply to those already bereaved, provided they register before the end of this financial year. Anyone newly bereaved from this year will automatically receive the lump sum. Discretionary support, in an enhanced form from financial year 2018/19, will continue to be available to all bereaved partners/spouses.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/07/2016 13:22:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

541748

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers the Secretary of State has to direct NHS England to commission the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Work on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is on-going and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been asked to conduct an evidence review of Truvada for PrEP in groups at high risk of HIV. The NICE evidence summary will inform a pilot programme that will see £2 million invested over the next two years to target those at highest risk of HIV. This evidence review and pilot programme signifies the next steps forward and will inform any subsequent decisions about commissioning PrEP.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/07/2016 13:20:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

541749

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what modelling has been undertaken to investigate the effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis being made available to homosexual men to prevent the transmission of HIV, and what were the results of that modelling in terms of lives saved, healthy years gained and savings to the NHS and other public services.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is developing an evidence summary on the use of Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis that is expected to be published in the autumn. The evidence summary will consider the evidence for effectiveness, safety, patient factors and resource implications.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/07/2016 13:20:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

541750

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on treatment by AIDS and HIV services in 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>According to National Health Service data, the following is the estimated expenditure in relation to HIV treatment and care services:</p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - £642 million</p><p>2012-13 - £630 million</p><p>2013-14 - £570 million</p><p> </p><p>Data for financial years 2011/12 and 2012/13 are from NHS programme budgeting estimates. Data for financial year 2013/14 are a combination of programme budgeting estimates and NHS England expenditure data on specialised services. Data between these years are not comparable, as responsibility for the commissioning of some services relating to HIV and AIDS and related public health services transferred from primary care trusts (PCTs) to local authorities on 1 April 2013, and are therefore excluded from NHS figures from this date forward. In addition, price reductions and the availability of generic HIV medicines has seen the per patient spend on treatment reduce in 2013/14, despite an overall increase in the number of patients requiring care and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, data between these years are not comparable, as responsibility for the commissioning of some services relating to HIV and AIDS and related public health services transferred from PCTs to local authorities on 1 April 2013, and are therefore excluded from NHS figures from this date forward.</p><p> </p><p>Information on spend by local authorities on HIV prevention is not collected centrally. Public Health Resource Allocation (RA) returns from local authorities identified £82,658,000 was spent on sexual health advice, prevention and promotion in 2015/16 and some of this funding will have been allocated to HIV prevention activities.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1428 question first answered 26/07/2016 13:24:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

541751

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on AIDS and HIV services by local authorities in 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>According to National Health Service data, the following is the estimated expenditure in relation to HIV treatment and care services:</p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - £642 million</p><p>2012-13 - £630 million</p><p>2013-14 - £570 million</p><p> </p><p>Data for financial years 2011/12 and 2012/13 are from NHS programme budgeting estimates. Data for financial year 2013/14 are a combination of programme budgeting estimates and NHS England expenditure data on specialised services. Data between these years are not comparable, as responsibility for the commissioning of some services relating to HIV and AIDS and related public health services transferred from primary care trusts (PCTs) to local authorities on 1 April 2013, and are therefore excluded from NHS figures from this date forward. In addition, price reductions and the availability of generic HIV medicines has seen the per patient spend on treatment reduce in 2013/14, despite an overall increase in the number of patients requiring care and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, data between these years are not comparable, as responsibility for the commissioning of some services relating to HIV and AIDS and related public health services transferred from PCTs to local authorities on 1 April 2013, and are therefore excluded from NHS figures from this date forward.</p><p> </p><p>Information on spend by local authorities on HIV prevention is not collected centrally. Public Health Resource Allocation (RA) returns from local authorities identified £82,658,000 was spent on sexual health advice, prevention and promotion in 2015/16 and some of this funding will have been allocated to HIV prevention activities.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1427 question first answered 26/07/2016 13:24:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

541752

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent by Public Health England on AIDS and HIV services in 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Since 2013, AIDS and HIV treatment and care services have been commissioned by NHS England specialist commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2012 and 2015, national HIV prevention activities were funded by the Department. The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012- March 2013</p></td><td><p>£1,835,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£2,450,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£2,450,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/07/2016 13:24:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

541753

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the fact that some NHS Trusts are no longer required to meet the 62-day cancer treatment target in terms of survival rates of different types of cancer.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL1430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The cancer waiting times standards have not changed. All trusts are still required to meet the 62-day standard.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/07/2016 13:18:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

542191

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received any complaints about the organisation Action on Smoking and Health in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	43975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>A grant of £160,000 has been awarded to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) for financial year 2016/17 and a copy of the signed award letter, including the detailed deliverables of the grant, is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Grants made under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 can be made in a number of ways. The grant awarded to ASH has been assessed as most appropriate for the non-competed route.</p><p> </p><p>The Department received a complaint about the deliverables of the 2015/16 grant awarded to ASH in June this year. The Department responded to the complainant, confirming it was satisfied that none of the deliverables were in breach of the provisions of Section 64.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 43858 43859 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:58:23 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name PQ43858 REDACTED final signed grant award letter ASH 16-17.pdf title PQ43858 grant award letter
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

542192

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 30 June 2016 to Question 41004, what the cost to the NHS was of financing free prescriptions in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	43988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Assuming that for each prescription item a prescription charge would have been paid, the revenue foregone from providing free prescriptions during 2015-16 was £8 billion. However, as many people could limit their total prescription costs by purchasing a Prescription Prepayment Certificate in the event that they were no longer exempt, we estimate that the actual revenue foregone was in the region of £2 billion.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 05/09/2016 12:37:56 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

542193

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nutrition: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the references to dairy products in the revised Eatwell Guide.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	43854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Eatwell Guide, representations about dairy contribution towards the diet have been received from the Farmers’ Union of Wales, Dairy UK and the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to encourage the consumption of dairy products as part of a healthy, balanced diet and acknowledges their role as an important source of a range of nutrients.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 05/09/2016 12:11:47 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare