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1020333

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Gambling
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 received treatment on the NHS for gambling-related health conditions in December of each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	199333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Information in the format requested is not available. Data on the number of finished admissions episodes (FAEs) with a primary or secondary diagnosis of pathological/compulsive gambling for the last five years is set out in the following table. This does not necessarily reflect the number of patients as people may attend on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/12/2018 15:44:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015545

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127567, if he will publish (a) the healthy offerings available to staff on his departmental estate and (b) guidelines that are offered to NHS hospitals in relation to low sugar content in vending machines.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>A fresh chopped fruit option is served as part of the breakfast menu on the Departmental estate. The Department offers a healthy meal option in locations hot food is served. The Department also offers a healthy sandwich meal deal, a salad bar and whole fruit snacks every day in the restaurants and cafes on its estate.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service hospitals are required to meet the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services through the NHS Standard Contract, and are required to develop and maintain a food and drink strategy which focuses on healthier eating across the whole hospital community, including the contents of vending machines.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418072/gbs-food-catering-march2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418072/gbs-food-catering-march2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016 NHS England introduced a financial incentive for hospitals to encourage healthier food options to be available for staff, limiting the proportion, placement and promotion of foods high in fat, salt, sugar and saturates sold on NHS premises, including via vending machines. This scheme was expanded in the 2017/19 Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN). Alongside this, in July 2017 NHS England introduced a voluntary Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) reduction scheme limiting sales of SSBs in each vendor on NHS premises to no more than 10% of SSBs, by volume.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:11:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015547

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant of his Answer to Question 127566 if he will (a) publish the names of the representatives from (i) Mars, (ii) Coca Cola and (iii) the British Soft Drinks Association who met his Department on the specified dates, (b) place notes of those meetings in the Library and (c) publish any correspondence between 2017 and 2018 between these companies and his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Details about the meetings with Mars, Coca Cola and the British Soft Drinks Association, including representatives attending from these organisations, are provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Meeting type</p></td><td><p>External Attendees</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>Mars</p></td><td><p>12 January 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with Public Health England (PHE)</p></td><td><p>Communications Manager, Director Global Public Affairs, UK Public Affairs Manager, Scientific Affairs Manager Europe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 January 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting to discuss data in relation to the sugar reduction programme</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 June 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 September 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with PHE</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 November 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 December 2017</p></td><td><p>PHE meeting with Mars, Mondelez and Ferrero to discuss Treatwise initiative</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Coca Cola</p></td><td><p>17 July 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 January 2018</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with PHE</p></td><td><p>Chief Executive Officer and Director Public Affairs &amp; Communication</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA)</p></td><td><p>22 March 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 with Department of Health (DH)</p></td><td><p>Director General</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 July 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>Director General and Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 July 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with PHE</p></td><td><p>Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 September 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 with DH</p></td><td><p>Director General</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 November 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>Technical Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 January 2018</p></td><td><p>Introductory meeting with new Deputy Director of Obesity, Food and Nutrition Branch in DH</p></td><td><p>Director General and Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not have a central record of notes of these meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not have a centralised record of all correspondence with these organisations and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:09:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015549

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Kellogg's
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date officials of his Department have held meetings with representatives of Kellogs in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Representatives from Kellogg’s have attended two large stakeholder events organised by Public Health England; one on 3 November 2017 to discuss data to be included in the first sugar progress report, and one on 5 March 2018 to launch the calorie reduction programme and publication of ‘Calorie reduction: The scope and ambition for action’.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:13:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015563

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Food: Advertising
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 26 February to Question 127571, on Food: Advertising, how he intends for the nutrient profiling model to be applied to social media advertising.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>In the second chapter of the Government's Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June, we committed to consult on introducing a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online. Defining what food and drink would be in scope of any further advertising restrictions will be a part of our consultation. In the case of social media advertising, as with all non-broadcast media, the Committees of Advertising Practice Code already requires that advertisers use the Nutrient Profiling Model to define HFSS products.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:13:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest