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769890

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the amount of sugar consumed by people over 65-years of age and the health implications of that level of consumption.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The most recent data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS), published in September 2016, show that men and women aged 65 years and older derived 11.4% and 10.2% respectively of their total dietary energy from sugars. This is more than double the level recommended by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in its report ‘Carbohydrates and Health’ report published in July 2015 which recommended that the intake of free sugars should not exceed 5% of total dietary energy. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445503/SACN_Carbohydrates_and_Health.pdf</a></p><p>The sugars included in the NDNS assessment are those added to food during manufacture or cooking in the form of table sugar, honey or similar products, or released from the cell structure of food during processing, such as the sugars in fruit juice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/10/2017 15:14:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

769891

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to work with retailers to limit the availability of high sugar food and drink products at the point of sale.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As part of our plan to tackle childhood obesity we launched a broad, structured and independently monitored sugar reduction programme, led by Public Health England (PHE), to remove sugar from the products children eat most. This can be achieved through reduction of sugar levels in products, reducing portion size or shifting purchasing towards lower sugar alternatives.</p><p> </p><p>Since March 2017, PHE has engaged with all of the food industry (retailers, manufacturers and the out of home sector) to discuss what industry could do to meet the 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. PHE will continue these discussions and will publish regular updates on progress towards the 20% sugar reduction.</p><p> </p><p>A list of PHE’s industry and other stakeholder engagement on this agenda was published in March and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 107668 question first answered 19/10/2017 16:15:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

770032

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sugar: Sales
	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 restrict the sale of high-sugar food and drink products at the point of sale.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As part of our plan to tackle childhood obesity we launched a broad, structured and independently monitored sugar reduction programme, led by Public Health England (PHE), to remove sugar from the products children eat most. This can be achieved through reduction of sugar levels in products, reducing portion size or shifting purchasing towards lower sugar alternatives.</p><p> </p><p>Since March 2017, PHE has engaged with all of the food industry (retailers, manufacturers and the out of home sector) to discuss what industry could do to meet the 20% reduction in sugar by 2020. PHE will continue these discussions and will publish regular updates on progress towards the 20% sugar reduction.</p><p> </p><p>A list of PHE’s industry and other stakeholder engagement on this agenda was published in March and can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-and-wider-reformulation-stakeholder-engagement</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 107586 question first answered 19/10/2017 16:15:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

793034

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has budgeted for 2017-18 for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114820 114822 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793035

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State, when his Department plans to complete the approvals process to enable the competition for a grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan to proceed.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114822 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

793037

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State, what plans his Department has to open the competition for the grant to support implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan for England this year.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	114822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 114819 114820 114824 question first answered 29/11/2017 14:39:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

768102

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast screening appointments were provided by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) South Lancashire Breast Screening Service, (c) East Lancashire Breast Screening Service and (d) North Lancashire and South Cumbria Breast Screening Service in 2016; how many of those appointments were missed; and which venues were used by each of those services to provide those appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Data for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts is not available as this Trust does not offer screening appointments for NHS Breast Screening Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for uptake and attendance for screening published by NHS Digital for the 2015/16 screening year (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016) for each of the services are detailed in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Screening Service</p></td><td><p>Uptake of screening (first and all routine invitations)</p></td><td><p>Number of clients who attended screening (age 50-70)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lancashire</p></td><td><p>67.5%</p></td><td><p>14,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lancashire</p></td><td><p>71.6%</p></td><td><p>21,527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>71.0%</p></td><td><p>24,086</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on appointments missed are not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables list, for each screening service, the address of the mobile or static site where screening took place during 2015/16 and the time period that screening was performed at that site.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be accessed by manipulating the tool at:</p><p><a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB23376" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB23376</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2017 10:48:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name Tables displaying the address of the mobile or static site of breast screening services 2015-16.pdf title PQ106872 attached table
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

768131

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Incontinence: West Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken by (a) Greater Preston, (b) Blackburn with Darwin, (c) West Lancashire and (d) West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to monitor the number of people who are offered referral for appropriate specialised management after receiving initial management for faecal incontinence; and how many people were offered referral for appropriate specialised management after receiving initial management for faecal incontinence by each CCG in each quarter between 1 March 2014 and 30 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	106992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2017 10:49:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

768845

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising
	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 effect of the advertising ban on the use of e-cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the England Tobacco Control Plan published 18 July 2017, the Department will monitor the impact of regulation and policy on e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products in England, including evidence on safety, uptake, health impact and effectiveness of these products as smoking cessation aids, to inform our actions on regulating their use.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England will continue to provide the evidence annually on e-cigarettes and other novel nicotine delivery systems until the end of Parliament in 2022 and will include within quit smoking campaign messages about the relative safety of e-cigarettes compared to smoking.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published guidance on Article 20(5) of the EU Tobacco Products Directive covering restrictions on advertising electronic cigarettes. That guidance states that “a public health campaign about relative risks of e-cigarettes versus tobacco products by Public Health England or local stop smoking services are not advertisements made in the course of a business and therefore not covered by these restrictions”. The guidance is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposals-for-uk-law-on-the-advertising-of-e-cigarettes/publishing-20-may-not-yet-complete" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposals-for-uk-law-on-the-advertising-of-e-cigarettes/publishing-20-may-not-yet-complete</a></p><p>The Government will review where the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union offers opportunities to re-appraise current regulation to ensure this continues to protect the nation’s health.</p><p>The Government also has a statutory duty to conduct an implementation review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 by the end of May 2021 to assess its impact.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 107152 107154 107264 question first answered 19/10/2017 16:11:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

768891

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether e-cigarettes can be promoted in public health campaigns under the Tobacco Products Directive.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the England Tobacco Control Plan published 18 July 2017, the Department will monitor the impact of regulation and policy on e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products in England, including evidence on safety, uptake, health impact and effectiveness of these products as smoking cessation aids, to inform our actions on regulating their use.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England will continue to provide the evidence annually on e-cigarettes and other novel nicotine delivery systems until the end of Parliament in 2022 and will include within quit smoking campaign messages about the relative safety of e-cigarettes compared to smoking.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published guidance on Article 20(5) of the EU Tobacco Products Directive covering restrictions on advertising electronic cigarettes. That guidance states that “a public health campaign about relative risks of e-cigarettes versus tobacco products by Public Health England or local stop smoking services are not advertisements made in the course of a business and therefore not covered by these restrictions”. The guidance is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposals-for-uk-law-on-the-advertising-of-e-cigarettes/publishing-20-may-not-yet-complete" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposals-for-uk-law-on-the-advertising-of-e-cigarettes/publishing-20-may-not-yet-complete</a></p><p>The Government will review where the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union offers opportunities to re-appraise current regulation to ensure this continues to protect the nation’s health.</p><p>The Government also has a statutory duty to conduct an implementation review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 by the end of May 2021 to assess its impact.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 107087 107152 107154 question first answered 19/10/2017 16:11:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main