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78314

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for providing hearing aids free at the point of delivery to people with mild to moderate hearing loss.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken any assessments of this kind. Local commissioners are responsible for commissioning the provision of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss, based on the needs of their local population. In doing so, they will take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant clinical guidance, which may include guidance from appropriate national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 22/07/2014 16:26:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

78329

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Child Abuse in Cleveland Judicial Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a Government response was prepared following the submission by the Northern Regional Health Authority of its report <i>Action Taken Following the Judicial Inquiry into Child Abuse</i> in Cleveland in 1988; and, if so, what that response contained.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL1219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Retention of such records as were held by the Department would have expired. We are continuing to research records in order to cooperate fully with the Review of the Home Office investigations announced on 7 July 2014, and with the Inquiry Panel into child sexual abuse.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/07/2014 11:40:37 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

78375

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities in England publish on their websites (a) the names and addresses of individuals and businesses convicted under the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006, (b) details of the offences for which those individuals and businesses were convicted and (c) the penalty levied by the courts in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed that local authorities routinely issue press releases with details of the prosecutions that they take. Local authorities also provide details of the number of United Kingdom establishments prosecuted as part of their annual monitoring returns to the FSA. Based on these returns, 271 establishments in England were prosecuted for food hygiene offences during the period April 2012 and March 2013. The FSA publishes information on enforcement activity by individual local authorities, including the number of prosecutions taken, on an annual basis. This is available on the FSA website at:</p><p>www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/monitoring/laems/mondatabyyear/</p><p>The data for 2013-14 is not yet available.</p><p>Consumers can obtain information about hygiene standards in local food businesses from the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme website at:</p><p>http://ratings.food.gov.uk/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 14:46:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

78456

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Horse Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken in response to the discovery of horsemeat in other foods in 2013 to improve co-operation between Government departments on public health issues.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues to develop its capability in relation to food fraud, in response to recommendations made in the reviews of the horsemeat incident, working closely with other Government Departments, enforcement agencies, local authorities and industry to detect and deter food fraud. The FSA is building an intelligence gathering network to increase the opportunity to capture and act on intelligence which may be indicative of future risks, as well as producing strategic and tactical assessments to share with relevant enforcement agencies, particularly through the Government Agency Intelligence Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 14:35:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78457

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps in co-operation with major retailers to prevent unhealthy food being marketed more favourably than healthier foods.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	206401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department has been leading a programme of voluntary action by industry to rebalance their advertising and promotion, including by offering the healthier option as a default so that their customers can choose to follow a healthy, balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>For example, major retailers such as Lidl and Tesco have committed to remove sweets and confectionery from all of their checkouts. The Department continues to encourage more partners to follow this example, and through programmes like Change4life promotes such action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/07/2014 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

78482

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which senior medical and administrative staff responsible for the operation of the Gamma Knife Centre at St Bartholomew's Hospital Trust are employees of (a) the Trust and (b) the Hospital Corporation of America.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	206125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We are advised that three senior neurosurgery consultants are responsible for the Gamma Knife operation at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, along with one neuro interventional radiologist and two clinical oncologists. All are employed by Barts Health NHS Trust, and are overseen by the Clinical Director for Neurosciences and the Group Director for Emergency Care and Acute Medicine, both of whom are clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>HCA employs one senior administrator, the Acting Chief Operating Officer for the Harley Street Clinic, along with the physicist and nursing staff and an administration co-ordinator who work in the Gamma Knife centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>We are advised that HCA owns the Gamma Knife based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and that HCA pays a rental fee to Barts Health NHS Trust.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that, as the Gamma Knife was purchased by HCA, St Bartholomew’s Hospital (then part of Barts and The London NHS Trust) incurred minimal set up costs for the establishment of the service in 2009. This included costs for associated building work to accommodate the facility.</p><p> </p><p>Gamma Knife surgery is funded by NHS England as the commissioner for all specialist services. We are advised that Barts Health NHS Trust receives approximately £9,200 per patient from NHS England and that HCA charges Barts Health £7,310 per patient treated by the Gamma Knife facility at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>If the hon. Member wishes to obtain further information about the Gamma Knife facility at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, he may wish to contact Barts Health NHS Trust directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206111 206112 206113 question first answered 21/07/2014 16:01:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

78483

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost to his Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department estimates that in 2013 it spent approximately £3,900 on stationery for ministerial replies to hon. Member correspondence.</p><p> </p><p>All parliamentary post is delivered by a Departmental messenger, whose duties include, but are not limited to, delivering hon. Member correspondence. Any correspondence for constituency offices would be sent by post, when requested, but the Department does not record how many replies to hon. Members were sent to constituency offices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 01/09/2014 13:22:50 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78484

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Records: Databases
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 engage with the public about (a) care.data and (b) ways of opting-out of care.data before data is collected.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	206189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is currently listening to the views of patients, the general public, general practitioners (GPs) and stakeholders on how best to further build trust and confidence in the care.data programme. Local stakeholders, including GPs, patients, the general public and health and care representatives, are taking part in debates and workshops to air their views.</p><p>There will be a phased approach to implementation. NHS England intends to work with a number of GP practices, ‘pathfinders’, in the autumn to test, evaluate and refine all aspects of the data collection process ahead of national roll-out. This will include consideration of ways of objecting “opting out” to being included in the care.data programme.</p><p>A care.data advisory group has been established to support the programme and that group will also be involved in shaping the pathfinder stage. Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support and a non-executive director of NHS England, has agreed to chair the group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 01/09/2014 14:20:37 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

78485

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Optical Express
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been received by the NHS in return for the advertising of Optical Express services on the NHS Choices website.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	206198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>NHS Choices does not advertise services on their website. Optical Express is included within the service directory published on NHS Choices on the basis that it is a provider of NHS services.</p><p>NHS Choices has neither sought nor received any payment from Optical Express in return for this inclusion.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 206231 question first answered 01/09/2014 13:14:16 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

78486

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 9 July 2014, Official Report, column 313W, on ovarian cancer and 24 June 2014, Official Report, columns 156-7W, on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, if his Department will collect data on the number of women admitted to hospital with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS); if he will take steps to ensure systematic reporting of OHSS from egg sharing and egg donation; if he will make it his policy that ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome be notifiable; and if he will take steps to ensure that women are accurately informed of the risk of hospitalisation from OHSS when considering egg donation or egg sharing procedures.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
uin	206103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Collection of data relating to treatments regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended, and the recording of serious adverse clinical reactions come within the statutory duties of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).</p><p> </p><p>At its meeting on 9 July 2014, the HFEA agreed a new strategy for 2014-2017, which sets out its regulatory focus. Also at that meeting, the Authority members agreed to give consideration to the collection of additional data when a case of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome is reported. The HFEA will take expert scientific and medical advice on whether such data collection would be of value and on the feasibility of collecting reliable information.</p><p> </p><p>The papers for the meeting and an audio record of the discussions can be found on HFEA’s website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.hfea.gov.uk/Authority-July-2014.html</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 14:21:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin