Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on introducing a standard for chewed tobacco products; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Department has not received any representations on the introduction of a standard for chewed tobacco products. The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 introduced strict marketing rules for all tobacco products, including chewed tobacco products.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of vehicle licence plate cloning-related crimes in each year since 2012.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
From centrally held data it is not possible to separately identify convictions for offences where vehicle licence plate cloning was involved, without incurring disproportionate cost.
The number of people convicted of offences under the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (forgery and fraud of vehicle licence or registration documents etc.) which can include, but is not limited to, cloning number plates, is available at https://www.gov.uk in the Criminal Justice Statistics section.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was awarded to schools in each English region through the Condition Improvement Fund in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The total amount of funding awarded to schools in each of the English regions from the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) in each of the last three years is shown in the table below.
The figures for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 rounds include funding for CIF appeals. The appeals round for 2017-18 has not yet been concluded.
Region | 2015-16 £m | 2016-17 £m | 2017-18 £m |
East Midlands | 42.5 | 44.5 | 44.4 |
East of England | 74.5 | 84.4 | 67.7 |
Inner London | 7.9 | 10.5 | 11.1 |
North East | 14.5 | 18.1 | 12.2 |
North West | 35.8 | 45.9 | 49.8 |
Outer London | 39.3 | 43.8 | 51.2 |
South East | 65.2 | 60.0 | 54.0 |
South West | 56.7 | 58.8 | 57.8 |
West Midlands | 53.4 | 64.6 | 72.1 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 32.3 | 25.6 | 45.4 |
Total | 422.1 | 456.3 | 465.6 |
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of aortic dissection there were in England in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by David Mowat
Data is not held on the number of cases of aortic dissection. Data is however held on the number of National Health Service hospital attendances for patients with aortic dissection. This data only includes patients that have been admitted into hospital and the same person may have been admitted into a NHS hospital on more than one occasion.
The table contains a count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of aortic dissection for England within the financial years between 2006-07 and 2015-16.
A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs)1 with a primary diagnosis2 of Aortic dissection3, for England within the financial years between 2006-07 and 2015-164.
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector | ||||||
Financial year | FAEs | |||||
2006-07 | 906 | |||||
2007-08 | 929 | |||||
2008-09 | 1,020 | |||||
2009-10 | 979 | |||||
2010-11 | 1,041 | |||||
2011-12 | 1,032 | |||||
2012-13 | 1,130 | |||||
2013-14 | 1,271 | |||||
2014-15 | 1,328 | |||||
2015-16 | 1,430 | |||||
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital
Notes:
1. Finished admission episodes
A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
2. Primary diagnosis
The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.
3. Aortic Dissection
ICD-10 Clinical Coding Diagnosis:
I71.0 - Aortic Dissection
4. Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.
It should be noted that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, for example 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department is doing to improve the supply of UK-produced gluten-free food to consumers.
Answered by George Eustice
The Department of Health is currently conducting a consultation on the availability of gluten-free foods on NHS prescription, and this is expected to close on 22 June 2017.
The Government has a policy of supporting our food and farming industry so that we can grow more and sell more British produce.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with supermarkets on the cost of gluten-free foods.
Answered by George Eustice
The Department of Health (DH) is currently conducting a consultation on the availability of gluten-free foods on NHS prescription, and this is expected to close on 22 June 2017.
It is not the role of Government to set food prices or comment on decisions taken by individual companies. We monitor food prices closely using CPI data, but do not monitor the prices of individual product lines. We work to promote transparency and open global markets internationally, as well as a competitive domestic market to help producers and retailers offer the best prices to consumers. Defra ministers and officials regularly meet representatives of the food retailers.
Officials from Defra and Department of Health (DH) meet regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to health and nutrition policy.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on steps to reduce the cost of gluten-free foods for people no longer able to access such foods by prescription.
Answered by George Eustice
The Department of Health (DH) is currently conducting a consultation on the availability of gluten-free foods on NHS prescription, and this is expected to close on 22 June 2017.
It is not the role of Government to set food prices or comment on decisions taken by individual companies. We monitor food prices closely using CPI data, but do not monitor the prices of individual product lines. We work to promote transparency and open global markets internationally, as well as a competitive domestic market to help producers and retailers offer the best prices to consumers. Defra ministers and officials regularly meet representatives of the food retailers.
Officials from Defra and Department of Health (DH) meet regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to health and nutrition policy.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the gluten-free food prices compared to overall food prices in each of the last five years.
Answered by George Eustice
The Department of Health (DH) is currently conducting a consultation on the availability of gluten-free foods on NHS prescription, and this is expected to close on 22 June 2017.
It is not the role of Government to set food prices or comment on decisions taken by individual companies. We monitor food prices closely using CPI data, but do not monitor the prices of individual product lines. We work to promote transparency and open global markets internationally, as well as a competitive domestic market to help producers and retailers offer the best prices to consumers. Defra ministers and officials regularly meet representatives of the food retailers.
Officials from Defra and Department of Health (DH) meet regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to health and nutrition policy.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of vehicle licence plate cloning there have been in each year since 2012.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport does not hold information about the number of cases of possible vehicle registration number plate cloning. However, between 2012 and 2016 the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency issued 233 replacement registration numbers to vehicle keepers who believed that their vehicle registration number may have been cloned.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) NHS England has made of the potential financial effect on people of ending access to gluten-free prescriptions.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Department has undertaken a first stage impact assessment that evaluates the cost and health impacts of all three options that are contained in the published Gluten Free consultation. The impact assessment will be developed further once the consultation outcomes have been analysed. More information can be found by following this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/availability-of-gluten-free-foods-on-nhs-prescription