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1028635

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date	19/12/2018
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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
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 19 December 2018 to Question 201214 on Rare Diseases: Drugs, on how many occasions NICE has made a conditional recommendation for a rare disease treatment that do not qualify for conditional recommendation through the cancer drugs fund; and what criteria NICE uses to determine whether such treatments are eligible for conditional recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	203975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is able to take into account the commercial terms offered by a manufacturer during a NICE appraisal through a mechanism known as a commercial access agreement. On two occasions NICE has issued optimised recommendations to make rare disease medicines routinely available for the appropriate group of National Health Service patients that are conditional on it being supplied in accordance with the terms of the commercial access arrangements. These were Sorafenib, for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, and ibrutinib for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.</p><p> </p><p>This is different from the process of a conditional recommendation for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) for oncology drugs, where there is significant remaining clinical uncertainty which needs more investigation through data collection. In these cases funding is provided from the CDF for a time-limited period to allow patient access whilst this data is collected, before guidance is then reviewed again for routine commissioning.</p><p> </p><p>NICE does not have any particular criteria to determine whether treatments are eligible for conditional recommendations. However, the process guide for patient access schemes and commercial access agreements and the CDF can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg19/chapter/patient-access-schemes-commercial-access-agreements-and-flexible-pricing" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg19/chapter/patient-access-schemes-commercial-access-agreements-and-flexible-pricing</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/01/2019 13:32:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1028679

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 201731, how many cases have come before the Information Commissioner in relation to allegations that the DVLA computer system has been illegally accessed by private car park operators to obtain a driver's personal data in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	203976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner performs her regulatory functions independently of Government. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not hold operational data on the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) enforcement activity and is unable to to provide detail on specific complaints or investigations on behalf of the Commissioner. The ICO does, however, publish a range of management information about enforcement activity they have undertaken and numbers of complaints received and addressed on their website (ico.org.uk). Enquiries about specific cases can be made directly to the ICO using the general enquiry form available on their website.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2019 15:42:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024026

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the effectiveness of animal welfare regulations requiring (a) host families who care for animals on behalf of another and (b) businesses that run animal care services to acquire a licence for each animal they care for.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The controls on animal boarding were recently modernised. The new Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 came into force on 1 October 2018. These require those in the business of boarding animals in catteries or dog kennels to be licensed, including those that run dog day care and dog home boarding businesses. The controls only apply to those running a business and not the non-commercial care of someone else’s animal (for example dog sitting). Licences are not issued for each animal but on the basis of the business as a whole. The controls are supported by statutory guidance for local authorities in particular to help determine the business test. The controls were the subject of wide consultation and collective agreement of Ministers, and Defra officials are in contact with MHCLG colleagues on issues of shared interest.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/12/2018 12:33:24 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024032

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions the DVLA has pursued in relation to suspected illegal access to a driver's personal data on the DVLA's computer system by private car park operators.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has no powers to bring prosecutions where personal data from its records may have been obtained unlawfully. Any such cases would be passed to the Information Commissioner, who is empowered to investigate and consider appropriate enforcement action.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/12/2018 14:15:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024033

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Project Bank Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government departments use Project Bank Accounts when issuing contracts; and how use of those accounts is monitored.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Government contracts make provision for the use of Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) and departments have committed to use PBAs on their construction projects unless there are compelling reasons not to. The greatest use of PBAs is in DfT within Highways England and through Defra in the Environment Agency.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual departments to monitor the PBA as appropriate to their contracts</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:29:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024035

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of his May 2018 consultation on whether Government suppliers with a poor payment record should be excluded from Government procurement contracts in future.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>On November 29, I announced a new prompt payment initiative to ensure all Government suppliers and subcontractors benefit from being paid on time. For the first time, failure of companies to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers could result in them being prevented from winning government contracts.</p><p>Coming into force on 1 September 2019, this will ensure the government only does business with companies who pay their suppliers on time, many of which are small businesses. The move will promote a healthy and diverse marketplace of companies providing public services.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:30:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024036

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what monitoring processes the Government uses to check that main contractors pay sub-contractors within 30 days.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>The Public Contract Regulations require public sector buyers to pay their suppliers within 30 days and require these payment terms to be passed down the supply chain. Should circumstances of non-compliance arise, we encourage sub-contractors to contact the Public Procurement Review Service in the Cabinet Office who will investigate. The service has helped suppliers reclaim over £5 million in late payments.</p><p>A new prompt payment initiative to ensure all Government suppliers and subcontractors benefit from being paid on time, will come into force in Autumn 2019. Companies who fail to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers face being prevented from winning government contracts. This move will promote a healthy and diverse marketplace of companies providing public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 02/01/2019 15:28:48 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1024040

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to ensure that existing Carillion project sub-contractors are given priority consideration when tenders are being reissued.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>It is illegal to favour specific suppliers in public tendering exercises. Subcontractors are appointed by prime contractors, and Government has no involvement with the allocation of sub-contractors for public contracts.</p><p>The Official Receiver is the official contact for subcontractors who worked on Carillion projects.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:28:09 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1023166

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
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 12 November 2018 to Question 188234 on Rare Diseases: Drugs, whether NICE can make a conditional recommendation for treatment for rare diseases that do not qualify for conditional recommendation through the cancer drugs fund.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence can make a conditional recommendation for treatment for rare diseases that do not qualify for conditional recommendation through the cancer drugs fund. For example, it has recommended the use of belimumab for the treatment of lupus subject to the conditions of a managed access agreement.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2018 12:03:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1023167

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his policy paper of 5 December 2018 entitled Voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access, whether NICE plans to review the suitability of its technology appraisal methods for rare disease treatments that do not qualify for the highly specialised technologies programme.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	201215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is not yet able to advise what will be included in the scope of the review of its technology appraisal methods. NICE will begin scoping the planned review in 2019/20 with the involvement of industry and other relevant stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2018 12:04:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith