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921858

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were diagnosed with diabetes in (a) Strangford constituency and (b) in each of the devolved nations in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>NHS Digital have provided the following data showing the number of people who were diagnosed with type 1, or type 2 and other, diabetes in each of the five calendar years 2012 to 2016 in England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes</p></td><td><p>Newly diagnosed with type 2 and other diabetes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,920</p></td><td><p>167,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,890</p></td><td><p>183,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,695</p></td><td><p>172,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7,345</p></td><td><p>194,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7,740</p></td><td><p>203,145</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: National Diabetes Audit (NDA)</p><p> </p><p>Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the NDA publication - all numbers are rounded to the nearest five, unless the number is one to seven, in which case it is rounded to ‘five’.</p><p>Data for devolved administrations, including Strangford constituency, is not centrally held as health is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/06/2018 16:50:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921859

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Income: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of universal credit on households' making provision for themselves through the purchase of individual income protection; and whether that effect will lead to higher levels of welfare dependency, lower levels of financial resilience, and poorer employment outcomes for people who are off work for prolonged periods of time due to injury or ill health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>DWP has not assessed the impact of individual income protection (IIP) insurance on welfare dependence, financial resilience or employment outcomes. There are clearly established rules on the treatment of income paid to meet living costs, like IIP insurance, in a means-tested benefit system that have been established for a long time and continued in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit helps people build better futures for themselves and their families, with people moving into work faster and staying in work longer. When Universal Credit is fully rolled out it will deliver £8bn benefits to the UK economy every year by getting more people into work and providing the right support to those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The “Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper” set out details of the Department’s Personal Support Package for those with health conditions and disabilities. This broad-ranging package is made up of a number of initiatives designed to significantly improve support into employment.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome the significant engagement we have had with the insurance industry and will continue to engage with them as part of our wider work to support people with disabilities to move into work.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 152174 152175 question first answered 19/06/2018 16:59:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921860

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Income: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the compatibility of potential disincentives posed by universal credit to Individual Income Protection with the Government’s objectives on assisting and facilitating people‘s return to work and to improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities in line with the findings and recommendations of the review entitled Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published in October 2017, and the Government's Green Paper, Improving Lives, Cm 9342, published in October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>DWP has not assessed the impact of individual income protection (IIP) insurance on welfare dependence, financial resilience or employment outcomes. There are clearly established rules on the treatment of income paid to meet living costs, like IIP insurance, in a means-tested benefit system that have been established for a long time and continued in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit helps people build better futures for themselves and their families, with people moving into work faster and staying in work longer. When Universal Credit is fully rolled out it will deliver £8bn benefits to the UK economy every year by getting more people into work and providing the right support to those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The “Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper” set out details of the Department’s Personal Support Package for those with health conditions and disabilities. This broad-ranging package is made up of a number of initiatives designed to significantly improve support into employment.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome the significant engagement we have had with the insurance industry and will continue to engage with them as part of our wider work to support people with disabilities to move into work.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 152173 152175 question first answered 19/06/2018 16:59:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921861

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Income: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made on the effect of individual income protection on reducing welfare dependency and improving return to work rates.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>DWP has not assessed the impact of individual income protection (IIP) insurance on welfare dependence, financial resilience or employment outcomes. There are clearly established rules on the treatment of income paid to meet living costs, like IIP insurance, in a means-tested benefit system that have been established for a long time and continued in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit helps people build better futures for themselves and their families, with people moving into work faster and staying in work longer. When Universal Credit is fully rolled out it will deliver £8bn benefits to the UK economy every year by getting more people into work and providing the right support to those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The “Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper” set out details of the Department’s Personal Support Package for those with health conditions and disabilities. This broad-ranging package is made up of a number of initiatives designed to significantly improve support into employment.</p><p> </p><p>We welcome the significant engagement we have had with the insurance industry and will continue to engage with them as part of our wider work to support people with disabilities to move into work.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 152173 152174 question first answered 19/06/2018 16:59:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921865

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential humanitarian effect of a military assault on Hodeidah port in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UN assesses that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare, with any long-term closure of Hodeidah port likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation. Already 8.4 million people face extreme food shortages.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about any attack on Hodeidah. We urge all parties to the conflict to exercise restraint and to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:32:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921866

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that the UAE is leading a military offensive on the port of Hodeidah.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>​Military action by Coalition-backed forces to take Hodeidah port back from Houthi militia is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/06/2018 15:11:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921867

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to prevent an assault on Hodeidah port.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>​Following the start of military action by Coalition-backed forces to take Hodeidah port back from Houthi militia, we call on all parties to respect international humanitarian law and prioritise the protection of civilians.</p><p>We are in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any military operations in and around Hodeidah are conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, including in relation to the protection of civilians, and do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows through the port. The Coalition has assured us that it is incorporating humanitarian concerns into their operational plans. It is vital to maintain the flow of food, fuel and medical supplies into Yemen. For their part the Houthis must not compromise port facilities or hinder the humanitarian response.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/06/2018 15:12:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921868

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase food, medicine and fuel supplies to Hodeidah port.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK government has been clear in expressing its concerns about any attack on Hodeidah, and is actively calling on all parties to the conflict to continue to facilitate access for essential commercial and humanitarian imports of food, fuel and medical supplies into the country, including through Hodeidah port.</p><p>The UK government has worked closely with partners to assess how an attack on Hodeidah might affect the delivery of commercial and humanitarian goods (including food, medicine and fuel) to those in need. The UN’s Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund – to which the UK has provided £15m so far this year – has launched a reserve allocation for the procurement of essential goods for Hodeidah, including a $6 million contribution to the World Food Programme to fund the procurement of 600,000 immediate response rations as well as $2m for high protein biscuits to meet needs across Yemen including in Hodeidah.</p><p>We continue to provide expertise and funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel into Hodeidah and Saleef ports and to provide assurances to the Saudi-led Coalition that shipments are legitimate and not a threat to their national security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2018 14:48:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921929

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility with the NHS constitution of the introduction of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year threshold for highly specialised technologies .
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The changes to the methodology used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the development of guidance on highly specialised technologies do not affect the right enshrined in the NHS Constitution to NICE recommended drugs. National Health Service patients continue to have a right to drugs and treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies guidance provided their clinician considers it is appropriate treatment for them.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/06/2018 16:56:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

921931

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis was which was used to inform the introduction of a £100,000 quality adjusted life year threshold into the highly specialised technology process.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>In April 2017, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) amended its methodology for the evaluation of highly specialised technologies to introduce a weighted cost per Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY). Under the new methodology, technologies that deliver very significant health benefits can be recommended for routine use up to £300,000 per QALY gained.</p><p> </p><p>NICE introduced the new methodology following a public consultation and took into account a report produced by its Decision Support Unit titled ‘Priorities for the NICE Highly Specialised Technologies Programme Review of Methods’ as well as modelling of the impact on topics that had previously been evaluated through the highly specialised technologies programme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/06/2018 16:57:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon