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782139

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Respiratory System: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to hospital via accident and emergency departments with a primary diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection in each of the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital collects data on respiratory conditions qualified as being either bronchial asthma or non-asthma related. There are no other groupings available. We are therefore unable to break accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances down to asthma or lower respiratory tract infections.</p><p> </p><p>A count of unplanned accident and emergency attendances resulting in an admission and a primary diagnosis of respiratory condition, for the financial years between 2010-11 and 2016-17 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital attendances resulting in admissions, not individual patients as the same person may have been admitted into a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>210,647</p></td><td><p>219,297</p></td><td><p>254,163</p></td><td><p>245,610</p></td><td><p>252,417</p></td><td><p>278,636</p></td><td><p>287,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 110774 question first answered 06/11/2017 15:23:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

782140

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to hospital via accident and emergency departments with a primary diagnosis of asthma in each of the (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital collects data on respiratory conditions qualified as being either bronchial asthma or non-asthma related. There are no other groupings available. We are therefore unable to break accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances down to asthma or lower respiratory tract infections.</p><p> </p><p>A count of unplanned accident and emergency attendances resulting in an admission and a primary diagnosis of respiratory condition, for the financial years between 2010-11 and 2016-17 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital attendances resulting in admissions, not individual patients as the same person may have been admitted into a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>210,647</p></td><td><p>219,297</p></td><td><p>254,163</p></td><td><p>245,610</p></td><td><p>252,417</p></td><td><p>278,636</p></td><td><p>287,789</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 110777 question first answered 06/11/2017 15:23:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

782153

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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 many officials from the UK are currently (a) employed, (b) contracted or (c) seconded by the World Health Organization on its international smoking programme funded by his Department; what the (i) job titles and (ii) roles are being undertaken including in respect to which country; and whether the costs or salaries of those officials are being reimbursed.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	110841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>One United Kingdom official has been seconded from the Department to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat to lead work on the FCTC 2030 project funded by the Department. That official’s job title is Team Leader - Development Assistance and the staffing costs are funded by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2017 15:05:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

782328

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Physiotherapy: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for patients referred from primary care to NHS physiotherapy services (a) in England and (b) broken down by clinical commissioning group.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	110896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2017 15:24:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

781312

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Vending Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that sugary snacks are no longer on offer in vending machines in NHS Trust hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	110539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <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.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also taking action on sugar reduction including a voluntary scheme to reduce the sales of sugar sweetened beverages to 10% or less of drinks sales for the whole month of March 2018. Should this prove ineffective, it will ban sales of sugar sweetened beverages from 1 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/11/2017 14:36:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

781316

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tomography: Leasing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on rental payments for mobile CT scanners in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	110465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collated centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 110464 question first answered 03/11/2017 11:16:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

781417

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses: Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on patients with (a) inflammatory bowel disease and (b) a long-term condition.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	110618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110619 110620 110621 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781418

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on (a) the management of urgent care services and (b) the number of hospital admissions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	110619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110620 110621 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781419

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on access to medications for (a) children, (b) older people and (c) other vulnerable people.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	110620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110619 110621 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

781420

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses: Pre-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the proposals contained in the NHS England consultation entitled, Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance of CCGs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of those proposals on patients with a long-term condition who have already purchased a prescription prepayment certificate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	110621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England’s consultation on draft guidance for clinical commissioning groups on a range of items that should not routinely be prescribed in primary care ended on 21 October. The draft guidance seeks to ensure that the National Health Service is able to secure best value from its use of medicines and therefore focuses on areas of prescribing that have been found to be ineffective or where there are more cost effective alternatives. A full Equality Impact Assessment was published alongside the draft guidance and a further Assessment will be published when final guidance is produced.</p><p> </p><p>We would not want to pre-empt any outcome following NHS England’s analysis of the responses it has received. However, we are assured that as part of issuing the final guidance, careful consideration will be given by NHS England to the responses to the consultation, both to ensure that particular groups of people are not disproportionately affected and that principles of best practice on clinical prescribing are adhered to.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 110618 110619 110620 110622 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:35:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe