Asked by: Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat - Bracknell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce the exposure of children to alcohol marketing.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department is not responsible for alcohol marketing.
In 2014, 8% of pupils had drunk alcohol in the last week, which is less than half the level in 2003 when this was 25%. There has been a consistent decrease the percentage children and young people drinking in the last week since 2003.
The survey data can be found at:
Asked by: Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat - Bracknell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential efficacy of introducing restrictions on the advertising of foods high in saturated fats, sugars and salts on television before 9pm in reducing rates of childhood obesity.
Answered by Jane Ellison
There is a total ban in place on the advertising of foods high in fat, sugars and salt during children’s television programmes, on dedicated children’s broadcast channels and in programmes of particular appeal to children under the age of 16.
We have noted Public Health England’s recent assessment of evidence on the impact of marketing to children as set out in their report Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action. We are considering this advice, along with other areas of potential action, as part of our plans to bring forward a childhood obesity strategy in the new year.
Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action is available at:
www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470179/Sugar_reduction_The_evidence_for_action.pdf
Asked by: Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat - Bracknell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to make access to liver transplantation services more equitable.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Livers are retrieved and allocated on a zonal basis and the decision whether or not to list a patient for transplantation is taken by a multi-disciplinary team at the transplant centre, of which there are seven in the United Kingdom.Patients meeting the agreed clinical criteria, and with their consent, will be added to the National Transplant List. All centres must follow a common listing policy to ensure equity of access and that organs are allocated in the most clinically effective way, resulting in 842 liver transplants between 1 April 2014 - 31 March 2015.
NHS Blood and Transplant, the organ donation organisation for the UK, launched their strategy in July 2013 – Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020, that sets the agenda for increasing organ donation and transplantation rates by increasing consent rates. Encouragingly organ donation rates have increased by around 60% and transplant rates by some 47% since 2008 mainly through a strengthening of the donation infrastructure including increased specialist nurses and improved retrieval arrangements.
Asked by: Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat - Bracknell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing clinical commissioning groups to access their spending surplus in order to overcome overspending in future years.
Answered by Dan Poulter
NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England announced in December 2013 that every CCG would receive a funding increase in 2014-15 and 2015-16 at least matching inflation (based on inflation projections at the time of the announcement).
The most under-funded areas, and those with the most fast-growing populations, will receive more. NHS England is spending £500 million over 2014-15 and 2015-16 to bring under-target CCGs up towards their target allocations.
The table below summarises the allocation per head for 2014-15 and the growth on prior year for each of the CCGs in East Berkshire.
CCG | 2014-15 | 2014-15 |
Allocation per head (£) | Growth on prior year (%) | |
NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG | 969 | 3.92 |
NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG | 951 | 3.80 |
NHS Slough CCG | 1,029 | 4.12 |
The NHS England Board will meet on 17 December to decide how to allocate the £1.98 billion additional funding for frontline services announced in the Autumn Statement.
In line with HM Treasury requirements, The Department sets NHS England’s annual expenditure limits to allow for a controlled access to historic surplus across the whole health system. Access to historic surplus for a specific area has to be balanced against these overall requirements of the health system to deliver within the agreed financial envelope. The use of prior year surplus is only ever available on a non-recurrent basis and the use of such surpluses is controlled by the review of a business case for each application allowing prioritisation to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, and patient.
Asked by: Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat - Bracknell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the fairness of funding allocations between clinical commissioning groups in England.
Answered by Dan Poulter
NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England announced in December 2013 that every CCG would receive a funding increase in 2014-15 and 2015-16 at least matching inflation (based on inflation projections at the time of the announcement).
The most under-funded areas, and those with the most fast-growing populations, will receive more. NHS England is spending £500 million over 2014-15 and 2015-16 to bring under-target CCGs up towards their target allocations.
The table below summarises the allocation per head for 2014-15 and the growth on prior year for each of the CCGs in East Berkshire.
CCG | 2014-15 | 2014-15 |
Allocation per head (£) | Growth on prior year (%) | |
NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG | 969 | 3.92 |
NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG | 951 | 3.80 |
NHS Slough CCG | 1,029 | 4.12 |
The NHS England Board will meet on 17 December to decide how to allocate the £1.98 billion additional funding for frontline services announced in the Autumn Statement.
In line with HM Treasury requirements, The Department sets NHS England’s annual expenditure limits to allow for a controlled access to historic surplus across the whole health system. Access to historic surplus for a specific area has to be balanced against these overall requirements of the health system to deliver within the agreed financial envelope. The use of prior year surplus is only ever available on a non-recurrent basis and the use of such surpluses is controlled by the review of a business case for each application allowing prioritisation to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, and patient.
Asked by: Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat - Bracknell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding per capita NHS England has allocated to each clinical commissioning group in East Berkshire for 2014-15.
Answered by Dan Poulter
NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England announced in December 2013 that every CCG would receive a funding increase in 2014-15 and 2015-16 at least matching inflation (based on inflation projections at the time of the announcement).
The most under-funded areas, and those with the most fast-growing populations, will receive more. NHS England is spending £500 million over 2014-15 and 2015-16 to bring under-target CCGs up towards their target allocations.
The table below summarises the allocation per head for 2014-15 and the growth on prior year for each of the CCGs in East Berkshire.
CCG | 2014-15 | 2014-15 |
Allocation per head (£) | Growth on prior year (%) | |
NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG | 969 | 3.92 |
NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG | 951 | 3.80 |
NHS Slough CCG | 1,029 | 4.12 |
The NHS England Board will meet on 17 December to decide how to allocate the £1.98 billion additional funding for frontline services announced in the Autumn Statement.
In line with HM Treasury requirements, The Department sets NHS England’s annual expenditure limits to allow for a controlled access to historic surplus across the whole health system. Access to historic surplus for a specific area has to be balanced against these overall requirements of the health system to deliver within the agreed financial envelope. The use of prior year surplus is only ever available on a non-recurrent basis and the use of such surpluses is controlled by the review of a business case for each application allowing prioritisation to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, and patient.