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registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis the Department of Health reimburses small independent chemists for NHS prescription drugs; whether they reimburse the full wholesale amount to chemists; and, if the full cost is not reimbursed, on what basis the payment is made.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service pays community pharmacies that provide NHS pharmaceutical services a combination of fees and allowances for services provided and reimbursement for the products supplied as laid out in the Drug Tariff. The Drug Tariff is a compilation of determinations made by the Secretary of State and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>The reimbursement prices for products supplied are set in a number of different ways depending, for example, on whether the product is prescribed as a brand or a generic. For example, reimbursement prices for the most commonly prescribed generic products are set out in Part VIIIA of the Drug Tariff and are placed in categories A, C and M. The reimbursement price is established differently depending on the category in which the product is placed. For example, Category M prices are set using volume and sales data from suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The total of the reimbursement prices of products supplied by a pharmacy is subjected to a deduction as set out in Part V of the Drug Tariff. The size of the deduction is dependent on the value of the total of the reimbursement prices for that pharmacy. The larger the total, the larger the deduction. Each pharmacy providing NHS services, whether independent or part of a larger company, is paid in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:22:53 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

89918

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement on the NHS Commissioning Board: Annual Assessment and Annual Report and Accounts by Earl Howe on 22 July (WS 124–5), what factors they considered when they decided on which date to make that statement; and what arrangements they have made for parliamentary scrutiny of the NHS mandate for 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>We announced on 22 July 2014 in a Written Ministerial Statement on the NHS Commissioning Board: Annual Assessment and Annual Report and Accounts (WS 124-5) that the Government proposes to uphold all of the existing objectives in the current mandate and maintain a stable mandate for 2015-16. This announcement was made on 22 July so the annual assessment could be published before Parliamentary recess and alongside the annual report of the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England). The timing of the publication of NHS England’s Annual Report and Accounts was determined by the annual reporting cycle of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies. The exact date of the Written Ministerial Statement was subject to other Government business.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament its mandate to NHS England. Before specifying any objectives or requirements in the mandate, the Secretary of State must consult NHS England, Healthwatch England and any other persons he considers appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with NHS England on the approach to the mandate and have been engaging with stakeholders over the summer, ahead of publishing and laying the final mandate before Parliament in the autumn. The mandate for 2015-16 will take effect from April 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:29:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

89919

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 24 July (HL1011), what is the proposed timetable of steps in deciding when mitochondrial donation should be offered in treatment; and what impact each of the separate experiments recommended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s Expert Panel will have on that timetable.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has decided to proceed with putting regulations before Parliament, subject to giving further consideration to the Expert Panel’s recommendations, refining the draft regulations to take account of changes identified during the consultation, and discussion with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority about an appropriate approval process. The Government will consider the timing of the regulations in the light of these actions. We aim to provide an update about this soon.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:19:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

89926

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Child Measurement Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the National Child Measurement Programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>On 1 April 2013, Public Health England (PHE) took on responsibility for national oversight of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). The total cost of the programme to PHE for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 financial years are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Programme costs</p></td><td><p>Capital costs</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£323,000.00</p></td><td><p>£1,089,419.00</p></td><td><p>£1,412,419.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£340,000.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£340,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,752,419.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There were exceptional costs in 2013-14 due to the need to develop a new NCMP IT system to enable local authorities to carry out their statutory duty of returning NCMP data to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:27:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

89931

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Amantadine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people in England with (1) Parkinson’s, and (2) other conditions, have been prescribed Amantadine in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gale
uin	HL1773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>Information is not collected centrally on the number of people prescribed medicines or the medical condition being treated. However, information is available on the number of prescription items dispensed in the community in England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of prescription items dispensed for amantadine hydrochloride in the latest available five year period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of prescription items for amantadine hydrochloride written in the United Kingdom and dispensed, in the community, in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Items (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>95.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>99.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>105.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>111.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>113.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:25:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2503 label Biography information for Baroness Gale

89934

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the optometry services provided under contract to their agencies operate in a market in which there are sufficient independent providers to maintain the stimulus of fair commercial competition.
tabling member printed	Lord Elton
uin	HL1776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>All Government agencies are subject to European regulations covering both competition and awarding public contracts. Additionally, they apply the Government’s principles of transparency in communicating commercial opportunities, which includes actions to stimulate and attract opportunities for small and medium enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>Standard tender documentation for commercial contracts incorporates a pre-qualification questionnaire that requests information from bidders as part of the Government’s policy, to check compliance with company tax laws. The information requested is proportionate with the value of the contract to be awarded.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Government policy all new procurement tenders and contract awards are published via the Government’s central record system known as ‘Contracts Finder’. It would not be possible to quantify prospectively the net tax revenue likely to be generated by each competing bidder.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1777 HL1778 question first answered 15/09/2014 11:35:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2812 label Biography information for Lord Elton

89935

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish their criteria for the award of contracts for the provision of optometry services to their agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Elton
uin	HL1777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>All Government agencies are subject to European regulations covering both competition and awarding public contracts. Additionally, they apply the Government’s principles of transparency in communicating commercial opportunities, which includes actions to stimulate and attract opportunities for small and medium enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>Standard tender documentation for commercial contracts incorporates a pre-qualification questionnaire that requests information from bidders as part of the Government’s policy, to check compliance with company tax laws. The information requested is proportionate with the value of the contract to be awarded.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Government policy all new procurement tenders and contract awards are published via the Government’s central record system known as ‘Contracts Finder’. It would not be possible to quantify prospectively the net tax revenue likely to be generated by each competing bidder.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1776 HL1778 question first answered 15/09/2014 11:35:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2812 label Biography information for Lord Elton

89936

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their policy for the award of contracts for the provision of optometry and other services to their agencies includes a requirement to assess and compare the net tax revenue that would be provided by each competing bidder; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Elton
uin	HL1778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>All Government agencies are subject to European regulations covering both competition and awarding public contracts. Additionally, they apply the Government’s principles of transparency in communicating commercial opportunities, which includes actions to stimulate and attract opportunities for small and medium enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>Standard tender documentation for commercial contracts incorporates a pre-qualification questionnaire that requests information from bidders as part of the Government’s policy, to check compliance with company tax laws. The information requested is proportionate with the value of the contract to be awarded.</p><p> </p><p>In line with Government policy all new procurement tenders and contract awards are published via the Government’s central record system known as ‘Contracts Finder’. It would not be possible to quantify prospectively the net tax revenue likely to be generated by each competing bidder.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1776 HL1777 question first answered 15/09/2014 11:35:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2812 label Biography information for Lord Elton

89938

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish their criteria for the award of contracts for the provision of audiology services to their agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Elton
uin	HL1780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>There are no national criteria for awarding contracts for the provision of audiology services with the exception of a small number of specialised services which are commissioned nationally by NHS England. The specifications, setting out what providers must have in place to deliver specialised audiology services, can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d09" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d09</a></p><p>The national contract for the provision of hearing aids is managed through the NHS Supply Chain and provides for the assessment of patients by National Health Service audiology professionals, as well as the provision and fitting of digital hearing aids. This contract ran from 2010 until 2014, and has subsequently been extended to July 2016. It is currently under review to determine the options for re-procurement after 2016. More information can be found at the NHS Supply Chain website at the following link:</p><p>www.supplychain.nhs.uk/product-news/contract-launch-briefs/2014/july/hearing-aids-and-accessories/</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:16:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2812 label Biography information for Lord Elton

89964

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hindley Young Offender Institution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report published on 15 August by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on the lower site at Hindley Young Offenders Institution, which found that there were insufficient services for boys with brain injuries, learning disabilities or in need of speech and language therapy, whether they have any plans to improve the health services provided to boys in the lower site at Hindley Young Offenders Institution.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL1806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>NHS England and Young Offenders Institution (YOI) Hindley have not yet responded to the August 2014 report published by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons. Currently, healthcare services commissioned for the population in YOI Hindley aged under 18 years include treatment for acquired or traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities and difficulties and speech, language and communication needs. These remain an important element of the overall service, which is based on needs identified in the health and wellbeing needs assessment for YOI Hindley.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:15:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern