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1144688

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
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 women that are currently prescribed HRT in (a) the West Midlands and (b) all other regions of England.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	286677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 16:35:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139200

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
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	Sugar: Advertising
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 he has made of the potential benefits to public health of stopping the advertising of high sugar milk and milk-replacement products on public transport.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	277679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the potential benefits to public health of stopping the advertising of high sugar milk and milk-replacement products on public transport.</p><p> </p><p>As committed to in the second chapter of our childhood obesity plan, published in June 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have jointly consulted on introducing further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) on TV and online. As part of this consultation we invited views on whether the scope of this consultation should be extended to other forms of media and how HFSS products should be defined. We have received a high level of responses to the consultation and it is important we take the time to consider them carefully before we set out further action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 15:44:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020474

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant of his Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196185 on Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings, if he will publish the (a) names of the people who attended those meetings and (b) minutes of the meetings.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	199338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the names of Senior Civil Servants and external attendees at an equivalent or higher grade from these organisations, and the job title of attendees below this grade.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold a central record of the notes of these meetings.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 14:55:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ199338 Watson mtgs industry attachment 10 12 18.docx title PQ199338 attached document
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015545

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127567, if he will publish (a) the healthy offerings available to staff on his departmental estate and (b) guidelines that are offered to NHS hospitals in relation to low sugar content in vending machines.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>A fresh chopped fruit option is served as part of the breakfast menu on the Departmental estate. The Department offers a healthy meal option in locations hot food is served. The Department also offers a healthy sandwich meal deal, a salad bar and whole fruit snacks every day in the restaurants and cafes on its estate.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service hospitals are required to meet the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services through the NHS Standard Contract, and are required to develop and maintain a food and drink strategy which focuses on healthier eating across the whole hospital community, including the contents of vending machines.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418072/gbs-food-catering-march2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418072/gbs-food-catering-march2015.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016 NHS England introduced a financial incentive for hospitals to encourage healthier food options to be available for staff, limiting the proportion, placement and promotion of foods high in fat, salt, sugar and saturates sold on NHS premises, including via vending machines. This scheme was expanded in the 2017/19 Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN). Alongside this, in July 2017 NHS England introduced a voluntary Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) reduction scheme limiting sales of SSBs in each vendor on NHS premises to no more than 10% of SSBs, by volume.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:11:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015547

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant of his Answer to Question 127566 if he will (a) publish the names of the representatives from (i) Mars, (ii) Coca Cola and (iii) the British Soft Drinks Association who met his Department on the specified dates, (b) place notes of those meetings in the Library and (c) publish any correspondence between 2017 and 2018 between these companies and his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Details about the meetings with Mars, Coca Cola and the British Soft Drinks Association, including representatives attending from these organisations, are provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Meeting type</p></td><td><p>External Attendees</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>Mars</p></td><td><p>12 January 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with Public Health England (PHE)</p></td><td><p>Communications Manager, Director Global Public Affairs, UK Public Affairs Manager, Scientific Affairs Manager Europe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 January 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting to discuss data in relation to the sugar reduction programme</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 June 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 September 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with PHE</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 November 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 December 2017</p></td><td><p>PHE meeting with Mars, Mondelez and Ferrero to discuss Treatwise initiative</p></td><td><p>UK Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Coca Cola</p></td><td><p>17 July 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 January 2018</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with PHE</p></td><td><p>Chief Executive Officer and Director Public Affairs &amp; Communication</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA)</p></td><td><p>22 March 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 with Department of Health (DH)</p></td><td><p>Director General</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 July 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>Director General and Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 July 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 meeting with PHE</p></td><td><p>Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 September 2017</p></td><td><p>1:1 with DH</p></td><td><p>Director General</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 November 2017</p></td><td><p>Large PHE stakeholder forum meeting on drinks covered by PHE’s reformulation programme</p></td><td><p>Technical Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 January 2018</p></td><td><p>Introductory meeting with new Deputy Director of Obesity, Food and Nutrition Branch in DH</p></td><td><p>Director General and Public Affairs Manager</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not have a central record of notes of these meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not have a centralised record of all correspondence with these organisations and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:09:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1015563

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Food: Advertising
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 of 26 February to Question 127571, on Food: Advertising, how he intends for the nutrient profiling model to be applied to social media advertising.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	196193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>In the second chapter of the Government's Childhood Obesity Plan, published in June, we committed to consult on introducing a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online. Defining what food and drink would be in scope of any further advertising restrictions will be a part of our consultation. In the case of social media advertising, as with all non-broadcast media, the Committees of Advertising Practice Code already requires that advertisers use the Nutrient Profiling Model to define HFSS products.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/12/2018 17:13:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

838961

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the national institute for obesity research policy unit's research into the causes of childhood obesity; and what the timetable is for that unit's findings to be provided to his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	127522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, is providing £5 million funding over five years for a Policy Research Unit on Obesity (OPRU). The OPRU commenced in September 2017 and the initial programme of research has been agreed and work has begun on the first set of projects, with clear timeframes for reporting to the Department. The first two to three years of planned work will concentrate on: marketing to children, tackling inequalities in childhood obesity, prevention of obesity in the early years, and supporting the evaluation of the Childhood Obesity Plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2018 17:53:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

839011

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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	Food: Advertising
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 of 6 February 2018 to Question 126149, what steps he is taking to initiate discussions with representatives from social media companies on restricting junk food adverts available to children.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	127571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The restrictions on food and drink advertising put in place to protect children are based on a tool called a Nutrient Profiling Model. Each food and drink is assigned a score based on how much sugar, fat, salt, fruit, vegetables and nuts, fibre and protein it contains, which helps to determine whether individual products should or should not be advertised to children. The Government committed to updating the current Nutrient Profiling Model in the childhood obesity plan to ensure it reflects the latest Government dietary guidelines. Public Health England is working with academics, industry, health non-Governmental organisations and other stakeholders to deliver on this commitment and will consult on the updated model in early 2018. Social media companies will be able to contribute to this process.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2018 17:19:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest