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810505

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, for what reasons the paragraphs entitled (a) Inputting evidence to the development of the next tobacco control plan and (b) Undertaking activity to support effective communication of new regulations under the revised Tobacco Products Directive and the introduction of plain standardised packaging were removed from the draft 2016-17 grant agreement between his Department and Action on Smoking and Health.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	120851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The two deliverables were removed as they were complete. It was agreed that activity would focus on addressing inequalities in smoking rates experienced by many disadvantaged groups in society and supporting local and national stakeholders to implement the tobacco control plan commitments.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/01/2018 16:12:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

808987

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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, what discussions or other communications his Department has had with the Action on Smoking and Health or representatives of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health on the proposed tender for tobacco control in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	120096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. As such there has been no formal communication with Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) or any other organisation on the proposed tender for tobacco control in England. We have informed ASH that the tender process was yet to commence, and reiterated that the grant will be competed for, in line with Cabinet Office standards for new grants. All interested applicants will need to follow the terms and conditions of the tender after the invitation for bids has been announced.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/12/2017 11:46:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

765478

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of daily smoking levels in the UK each year for the next 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	106212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on daily smoking levels, and has made no estimate of daily smoking rates on an annual basis going forward. The Tobacco Control Plan for England, published in July, set out the Government’s ambition to reduce adult smoking prevalence to 12% by 2022, and to achieve a smokefree generation (5% adult prevalence or less) in the longer-term.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/10/2017 12:58:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

765479

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Oral Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the scientific evidence upon which the Government based its ban on snus.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	106405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Snus is classed as an oral tobacco product. Snus was banned in the United Kingdom under The Tobacco for Oral Use (Safety) Regulations 1992, which implemented EU Directive 92/41. This ban has been confirmed by subsequent regulations, most recently by EU Tobacco Products Directive 14/40, which has been transposed into UK law. The Commission has set out the evidence underpinning the ban. The impact assessment for the 2014 Directive can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/tobacco/docs/com_2012_788_ia_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/tobacco/docs/com_2012_788_ia_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/10/2017 13:08:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759344

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The annual pay award for the delegated grades is subject to HM Treasury Civil Service Pay Guidance. The annual pay arrangements for the senior civil service are based on the outcomes of the Senior Salaries Review Body Report and the Government’s response to its recommendations. The arrangements are applied centrally by Cabinet Office. Both groups of staff are covered by the public sector pay policy of average annual awards of 1%. During the three years, the Department implemented pay awards for each group of staff as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Awards for delegated grades for each of the three years were based on 1% of the median salary in each pay grade. This had the effect of applying a slightly higher pay award to those whose salary was below the median compared to those whose salary was above the median, of their respective grade. Overall, an average award of 1% was applied to this group of staff, in each year.</p><p> </p><p>For each of the three years, pay awards for senior civil servants were based on an individual’s position in range, with the establishment of break points in each pay band. A higher award was applied to those whose salary was below the respective break point of their pay band. For years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 a lower award was applied to those whose salary exceeded the break point. For 2017/2018 no award was applied to those whose salary exceeded the respective break point. Overall, an average award of 1% as applied to this group of staff, in each year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/09/2017 10:54:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758180

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS staff are representative of the population in respect of ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the treatment, representation and opportunities of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) staff in the workplace match the values and principles that the National Health Service represents; a fair and equitable NHS for all.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has implemented a number of initiatives to help promote equality and inclusion for NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Workforce Race Equality Standard was mandated to the NHS in April 2015. It requires NHS provider organisations to demonstrate progress against a number of indicators of workforce equality, including how representative each organisation’s leadership is of its workforce as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Leadership Academy (NHS LA) runs two positive action programmes, “Ready Now” and “Stepping Up”, for health and care BAME staff. Proposals to enable a significant expansion in the size of each programme are currently being considered.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS LA is also developing the Building Leadership for Inclusion Programme. This Programme will focus on unlocking leadership potential by ensuring the voices of those employees who are most negatively affected by exclusive leadership practices and organisational cultures shape leadership development interventions.</p><p> </p><p>As at March 2017, 42% of doctors employed in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups , whose stated nationality was recorded, are BAME. The figure for nurses is 21%. This compares with a figure of 14% across the general population of England and Wales, based on ONS’s most recent 2011 Census figures1.</p><p> </p><p>1 Digital:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/media/31232/Equality-and-diversity-NHS-Trusts-and-CCGs-March-2017/xls/equal-div-trust-mar-2017" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/media/31232/Equality-and-diversity-NHS-Trusts-and-CCGs-March-2017/xls/equal-div-trust-mar-2017</a></p><p>and ONS:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105213319/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rpt-ethnicity.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105213319/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rpt-ethnicity.html</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/09/2017 12:14:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

755847

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the outcome of consultation on expansion of undergraduate medical education will be announced.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has announced a historic expansion of medical school places in England, with an increase of 1,500 medical school places in England. The first 500 places have already been allocated and will be available to students in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the recent consultation was published on 9 August 2017, confirming that 1,000 additional medical school places would be available to medical schools in England via a competitive bidding process to be managed jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Health Education England (HEE).</p><p> </p><p>It also set out the priority areas bidding criteria would need to focus that include aligning the expansion to local National Health Service workforce need with an emphasis on priority geographical areas, including rural and coastal areas.</p><p> </p><p>HEFCE and HEE are currently finalising the design of the bidding process and will publish details in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 6981 7224 7288 7567 7816 question first answered 12/09/2017 09:18:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

755848

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to decide where to establish new medical schools.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has announced a historic expansion of medical school places in England, with an increase of 1,500 medical school places in England. The first 500 places have already been allocated and will be available to students in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the recent consultation was published on 9 August 2017, confirming that 1,000 additional medical school places would be available to medical schools in England via a competitive bidding process to be managed jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Health Education England (HEE).</p><p> </p><p>It also set out the priority areas bidding criteria would need to focus that include aligning the expansion to local National Health Service workforce need with an emphasis on priority geographical areas, including rural and coastal areas.</p><p> </p><p>HEFCE and HEE are currently finalising the design of the bidding process and will publish details in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 6980 7224 7288 7567 7816 question first answered 12/09/2017 09:18:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

754106

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding committed by his Department to smoking cessation projects overseas has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) 2030 project has entered its second operational year and the Department has spent £3,955,369 to date.</p><p> </p><p>The FCTC Secretariat is required to produce a full evaluation report at the end of the five year life span of the project. The Department has published the following business case for the project. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-control-measures-overseas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-control-measures-overseas</a></p><p>The Department of Health’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend is reported annually in the United Kingdom Government statistics on international development. The most up to date published information can be found in the 2016 provisional statistics produced by the Department for International Development in April 2017 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-official-development-assistance-as-a-proportion-of-gross-national-income-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-official-development-assistance-as-a-proportion-of-gross-national-income-2016</a></p><p>Table 3 shows a breakdown of UK Net ODA: by Government Department and Other Contributors of UK ODA, 2015 and 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, for the FCTC 2030 project, the Department spent £124,298 on a staff secondment to the World Health Organization and paid a £870,000 grant to the World Health Organization. The Department of Health’s administration costs are funded from a central ODA admin budget. The Department for International Development will publish final 2016 statistics on ODA in November 2017 which will contain a detailed breakdown of Department of Health’s ODA expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6297 6303 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

754114

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of the official development assistance funding managed by his Department for the international stop smoking programme is being spent on (a) staff costs, (b) administration and (c) payments to the World Health Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) 2030 project has entered its second operational year and the Department has spent £3,955,369 to date.</p><p> </p><p>The FCTC Secretariat is required to produce a full evaluation report at the end of the five year life span of the project. The Department has published the following business case for the project. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-control-measures-overseas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tobacco-control-measures-overseas</a></p><p>The Department of Health’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend is reported annually in the United Kingdom Government statistics on international development. The most up to date published information can be found in the 2016 provisional statistics produced by the Department for International Development in April 2017 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-official-development-assistance-as-a-proportion-of-gross-national-income-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-official-development-assistance-as-a-proportion-of-gross-national-income-2016</a></p><p>Table 3 shows a breakdown of UK Net ODA: by Government Department and Other Contributors of UK ODA, 2015 and 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, for the FCTC 2030 project, the Department spent £124,298 on a staff secondment to the World Health Organization and paid a £870,000 grant to the World Health Organization. The Department of Health’s administration costs are funded from a central ODA admin budget. The Department for International Development will publish final 2016 statistics on ODA in November 2017 which will contain a detailed breakdown of Department of Health’s ODA expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 6291 6303 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies