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1657437

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy to reduce the availability of disposable vapes.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	197006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Nicotine vapes, including disposables, are regulated through the Tobacco and Related Product Regulations 2016. These regulations protect children through restricting the sale of vapes to only people over the age of 18, limiting nicotine content, refill bottle and tank sizes, labelling requirements and through advertising restrictions.</p><p>Every nicotine vape packet contains a health warning. Vapes can also only be advertised in certain media and with certain restrictions. More information on these restrictions is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/type/non_broadcast/code_section/22.html" target="_blank">https://www.asa.org.uk/type/non_broadcast/code_section/22.html</a></p><p>While vaping is a preferable alternative to smoking for adults, we are concerned about the rise in youth vaping, particularly the increasing use of disposable vapes and the unknown long-term harms. Given the recent increases, the Government recently ran a call for evidence to identify opportunities to reduce the number of children accessing and using vaping products.</p><p>The Government is currently considering a range of options based on the evidence provided, including potential changes to vaping policy and regulation. We intend to respond to the call for evidence in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 197009 197010 197011 question first answered 08/09/2023 10:31:42 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1657438

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people under the age of 18 who vape.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	197007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Data on vaping is available at England level for those aged 11 to 15 through the 'NHS Smoking, Drinking and Drug use among Young People in England' publication. Current vaping prevalence among those aged 11 to 15 was 9% in 2021.</p><p>ASH survey data on youth vaping from 2023 shows a similar trend, with 7.6% of children aged 11 to 17 currently vaping. More information on this survey is available at the following link:</p><p><br> <a href="https://ash.org.uk/resources/view/use-of-e-cigarettes-among-young-people-in-great-britain" target="_blank">https://ash.org.uk/resources/view/use-of-e-cigarettes-among-young-people-in-great-britain</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/09/2023 16:12:13 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1646338

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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	Dementia: Diagnosis
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 he is taking to increase the rate of early diagnosis for dementia.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	190645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>In December 2022, the recovery of the dementia diagnosis rate to the national ambition of 66.7% was included in the NHS priorities and operational planning guidance as part of the refined mental health objectives for 2023/24. This reinforces the importance of dementia as a key priority for NHS England and provides a clear direction for integrated care boards to support delivery of timely diagnoses within systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2023 11:13:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1646340

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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	Dementia: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to prepare the NHS to use disease-modifying treatments for dementia before their potential approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	190647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2023 answer text <p>NHS England has a proactive national dementia programme in place and is monitoring international trial data with great interest, including studies looking into new ways of more easily diagnosing dementia at an earlier stage.</p><p>Any decision on the potential scale of testing infrastructure and workforce to support the administration of new treatments will take account numerous factors. This includes the quality of trial evidence to emerge that supports a future licence in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and if it is subsequently determined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to be a clinically and cost-effective NHS treatment option.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/06/2023 11:51:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1610505

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Preventive Medicine
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 on 21 March 2023 to Question 167154 on sleep, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Advancing Our Health: Prevention in the 2020s consultation.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	180638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department committed in Advancing Our Health: Prevention in the 2020s to review the evidence on sleep and health. Public Health England commissioned a series of reviews that are now complete.</p><p>More broadly, the Government announced on 24 January 2023 that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy. The strategy will focus on conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England, allowing us to focus our efforts on the key actions needed to achieve the Government’s manifesto commitment of gaining five extra years of healthy life expectancy by 2035. An interim report will be published in the summer. This work will take account of relevant responses to, and work carried out since, Advancing Our Health: Prevention in the 2020s.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 03/05/2023 09:38:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1605882

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	Epilepsy: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of asylum applicants who have epilepsy.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	170639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not have estimates of the number of asylum applicants with epilepsy in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2023 12:06:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1605423

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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	Health: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide funding for research on the potential health risks of night-shift working.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	169324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the health effects of night shift working. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/03/2023 15:24:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1604884

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Public Health: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to mitigate health impacts of night time shift working.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	167153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to mitigate health impacts of night time shift working. The Working Time Regulations provide protections to night workers. Before someone starts working at night, they must be offered a free health assessment and on a regular basis after that.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/03/2023 15:26:46 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1604885

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Sleep
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 (a) his Department and (b) The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have made of the potential health impacts of disrupted sleep.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	167154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Through ‘Advancing Our Health: Prevention in the 2020s’, the Government committed to review the evidence on sleep and health, and that review was completed by Public Health England. The review looked at the relationship between sleep and physical and mental health, optimum levels of sleep for children and adolescents, and factors that can both hinder and promote healthy sleep.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/03/2023 15:28:10 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1601682

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
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	Asylum: Epilepsy
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 asylum seekers with epilepsy in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	158978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>We do not have estimates of the number of asylum seekers with epilepsy in the United Kingdom. People seeking asylum can access National Health Service healthcare services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 158979 158980 question first answered 13/03/2023 14:45:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald