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1697945

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Tobacco and Vapes Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Regulatory Policy Committee's revised opinion on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is published by 16 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four cancer deaths in the UK. It also costs our country £17 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. That is why we have introduced the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to create the first smokefree generation, and enable us to further crack down on youth vaping. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3703" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3703</a></p><p>On 12 February 2024 the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) gave opinion on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill impact assessment and rated it green (fit for purpose). However, on 19 March 2024, ahead of the introduction of the bill, a revised version was sent to the RPC for comment. This included changes to reflect the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the bill, following the formation of a Northern Ireland Executive, and a power in the bill to enable the current notification system for nicotine vapes to also cover non-nicotine vapes and other consumer nicotine products, for instance nicotine pouches. The RPC have publicly stated that they welcome the resubmission of the revised impact assessment, and we expect a revised opinion to be issued shortly. The statement from the RPC is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-tobacco-and-vapes-bill-statement-from-the-rpc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-tobacco-and-vapes-bill-statement-from-the-rpc</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 19768 question first answered 28/03/2024 13:38:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 26255 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1697891

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	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	Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle the sale of illegal vapes on the black market.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the worrying rise in vaping among children, with youth vaping tripling in the last three years, and one-in-five children having now used a vape. Underage sales and illicit vapes are undermining the work the Government is doing to protect our children's health.</p><p>To address this, in April 2023, the Government announced a £3 million investment over two years to enhance work on illicit vape enforcement. Led by National Trading Standards, this builds on existing work by local trading standards officers across the country to ensure that vapes sold in the United Kingdom comply with The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, as well as other relevant legislation that applies to vaping products. Activities include data collection and analysis to understand the scale of illegal products and sales, and market surveillance work. Through this work, they identified that 2.1 million illicit vapes were seized across England by trading standards from 2022 to 2023.</p><p>To strengthen our enforcement activity, the Government will also provide an additional £30 million of funding per year for enforcement agencies, including trading standards. This increase in investment will help to stamp out criminal activity by boosting the enforcement of illicit tobacco and vapes.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2024 20:33:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 26257 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1694116

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	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	General Practitioners
	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 and what proportion of GP practices used the GP online appointment booking feature to make appointments available (a) online and (b) through the NHS App in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>General practices (GPs) that have enabled the functionality of booking appointments digitally can offer this through a number of different Online Consultation Systems (OCS), including the NHS App. The Department does not hold data showing which system is used by each GP.</p><p>Of the 78% of GPs that have an operating OCS, 44.1% enabled their patients to book or cancel appointments within the last 12 months. In 2023, an estimated 2,160,594 GP appointments were booked through the NHS App.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 17389 question first answered 12/03/2024 18:44:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 23165 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1678391

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2023
	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, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to implement (a) a 9.00pm watershed ban on TV junk food advertising and (b) a ban on paid-for advertising of less healthy foods on online media.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government legislated to further restrict advertising of less healthy food through the Health and Care Act 2022. This includes introducing a 9pm TV watershed for advertising products high in fat, salt or sugar and a restriction of paid-for advertising of these products online, across the United Kingdom. This will come into force on 1 October 2025.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/01/2024 11:00:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 9971 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1675319

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	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	Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress she has made on negotiations with the pharmaceutical sector.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	900487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <ul><li><p>A new voluntary scheme has been agreed in principle by the government, NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and will run for 5 years from 1st January 2024.</p></li><li><p>It is a landmark deal that is set to save the NHS around £14 billion over 5 years in medicines costs that can be used to provide the best possible treatment and care for NHS patients, grow the workforce and cut waiting lists.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/12/2023 18:00:39 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 5574 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1671757

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	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 Services
	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 20 November 2023 to Question 1862 on Dental Services: Easington, what data her Department holds on levels of access to NHS dental care.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>In addition to the GP Patient Survey, which includes questions on whether patients have tried to obtain an appointment with a National Health Service dentist and, if so, whether they had been successful, NHS Dental Statistics for England, published by NHS Digital, brings together information on NHS dental activity in England, including information about patients seen.</p><p>The latest Annual Report published on 24 August 2023 shows that 18.1 million adults were seen by an NHS dentist in the 24 months up to 30 June 2023, an increase of 1.7 million or 10% when compared to the previous year; and 6.4 million children were seen by an NHS dentist in the 12 months up to 30 June 2023, an increase of 800,000 or 14% when compared to the previous year. Dental activity, as measured by courses of treatment delivered, also increased by 23.2% compared to the previous year.</p><p>The latest GP Patient survey data is available from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/category/statistics/gp-dental-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/category/statistics/gp-dental-statistics/</a></p><p>The latest NHS Dental Statistics for England is available from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/11/2023 16:40:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 3587 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1670362

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2023
	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	General Practitioners: Medical Records
	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 and what proportion of GP practices do not provide access to health records through the NHS app.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Three out of four General Practices across the country now give patients access to their new health record information on the National Health Service app or online.</p><p>For the remainder, digital leads and commissioners in Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) will regularly meet with practices to address configuration issues and review plans to provide patient access. ICBs will offer performance management support where needed to increase confidence and complete preparations.</p><p>Public communications campaigns are in place across the national digital channels (including publishing progress in trade media and across professional networks) to drive GP demand for access.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/11/2023 13:41:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 2083 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1667968

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve indoor air quality in (a) low-income homes and (b) urban areas.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence originally worked with Public Health England in publishing guidance setting out actions that can be taken by different parties to improve air quality in the home. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng149</p><p>Guidance on understanding and addressing the health risks of damp and mould has been jointly published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the UK Health Security Agency. This guidance is aimed at all social and private rented housing landlords in England, tenants, owner occupiers and professionals, and we expect it to be of relevance to low-income homes. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/damp-and-mould-understanding-and-addressing-the-health-risks-for-rented-housing-providers/understanding-and-addressing-the-health-risks-of-damp-and-mould-in-the-home--2</p><p>The Air Quality Strategy published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in April 2023 includes a section on indoor air quality for local authorities to consider in determining local action. In addition, the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 sets out the measures that government will take to improve air quality more generally, including actions focused on urban areas.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2023 13:32:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 1025 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

529224

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support the Government plans to provide to communities in (a) West Cumbria and (b) Somerset (i) during and (ii) after the construction of new nuclear development in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government aims to maximise the supply chain, skills and infrastructure opportunities from new nuclear development for host communities. DECC chairs fora in both West Cumbria and Somerset that bring together senior stakeholders, including local and central Government. During construction of a nuclear plant, local communities receive funding from the developer through a mechanism in the Development Consent Order. We also encourage communities to bid for Government funding to capitalise on new nuclear opportunities, such as the upcoming Growth Deal 3. In 2013 the Government announced a Community Benefit package for new nuclear host communities once a plant begins operating. This totals £1000 per megawatt of capacity for each year of the plant’s initial life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/07/2016 16:28:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5795 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

524452

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the date and title is of all reports and assessments produced by her Department relating to the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in each of the last three years; and if she will place those reports in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	40253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The CNC produces its own Annual Reports and periodic Business Strategies, along with other publications, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-nuclear-police-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-nuclear-police-authority</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/06/2016 11:59:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 4113 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis