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1110582

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	Silica: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on human health of exposure to silica dust; what (a) guidance and (b) legislative measures are in place to control human exposure to silica dust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Many studies have indicated that silica dust can be harmful when inhaled. In the United Kingdom, all workplaces must comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, which sets a workplace exposure limit for silica. Occupational health and safety is under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive, who have issued guidance and advice to help employers manage risks and to raise awareness of the importance of controlling exposure to harmful materials at work which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg463.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg463.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/04/2019 13:02:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1091340

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 European Health Insurance Cards in circulation have been issued to people with a registered disability.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	234114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data on the number of people with a registered disability. This is not part of the eligibility criteria that is requested during the application process.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 234115 question first answered 22/03/2019 13:12:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1091341

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 European Health Insurance Cards in circulation have been issued to people with a registered disability in each of the nations of the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	234115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data on the number of people with a registered disability. This is not part of the eligibility criteria that is requested during the application process.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 234114 question first answered 22/03/2019 13:12:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1088234

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 2019 to Question 224304 on Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements, how many European Health Insurance Cards have been issued to people over the age of 70 in each of the nations and regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	231936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of active European Health Insurance Cards issued to people over 70 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>60,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2,391,876</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>219,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>140,439</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The data by region is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/03/2019 11:28:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1088477

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Diabetes: Pregnancy
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 have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	231937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/03/2019 16:26:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1050155

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Suicide: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of suicides among young people under 21 in each of the last five years that had a link to content seen on social media.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	213273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of suicides that had a link to content seen on social media is not available.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/01/2019 11:28:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1047113

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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	Diabetes: Young People
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 under 21 years old have developed Type 2 diabetes in each of the last five years in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	211689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of people who were diagnosed with ‘Type 2 or other diabetes’ when aged 20 years or under in each of the five calendar years 2013 to 2017, by Strategic Clinical Network.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Strategic Clinical Network</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Coast - Cheshire Warrington and Wirral</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Coast - Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Coast - Merseyside</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England Clinical Network</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No clinical commissioning group available in the data to map to Clinical Network</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: National Diabetes Audit (NDA)</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the NDA publication - all numbers are rounded to the nearest 5, unless the number is 1 to 7, in which case it is rounded to ‘5’.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:11:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041259

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the £20.5 billion of investment announced in the NHS Long Term Plan will be allocated to clinics dedicated to the treatment of problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The allocation of funding to the expansion of specialist treatment for gambling related harm announced in the NHS Long Term Plan has yet to be determined by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:08:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96128 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041401

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Dental Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children aged five had at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth in each of the last eight years .
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	208231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on five year old dental health is not collected annually. Data on the proportion of five year olds with at least one missing, decayed or filled tooth because of decay available for the last eight years is in the following table. These data are not comparable due to changes in methodology between the surveys.</p><p> </p><p>Data collection for the 2018/19 survey is currently underway and results will be published in spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the surveys of five year old children can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/5year%20docs.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/5year%20docs.aspx</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of five year old children with one or more teeth affected by decay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>23.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Caution is advised when making comparisons of these data as they come from different data sets</p><p>- <sup>1</sup> Source: former NHS Dental Epidemiology Programme</p><p>- <sup>2 </sup>Source: Child Dental Health Survey, 2013</p><p>- <sup>3 </sup>Source: Public Health England Dental Public Health Intelligence Programme</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:06:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 96129 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1039007

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Diabetes
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 have put their Type 2 diabetes into remission and stopped taking medication for their condition in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	207183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:09:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest