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David Amess – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral contribution of the Lord Patel of 24 February 2015, column 882HL, if he will place in the Library a copy of all correspondence from September 2014 between the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and Professor Grifo.

Jane Ellison

The correspondence referred to is a personal email exchange between one expert panel member and Professor Grifo, following the third scientific review of the safety and efficacy of methods to avoid mitochondrial disease in 2014. It would not be appropriate for a copy of this private correspondence to be placed in the Library.

01/01/2023

Luciana Berger – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each (a) gender and (b) ethnicity were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

Alistair Burt

The information requested is not available between 2010/11 and 2013/14 as comparable data was not collected during these years due to changes in the way the data was categorised and collected and variations in the number of organisations which reported in some years. Data for 2014/15 are provided in the table below.

Number of detentions and short term orders under the Mental Health Act 1983 by gender and ethnic group: 2014/15

	Detentions	Short-term orders
Detentions and Orders	41,592	19,648

Male	22,016	10,651
Female	19,566	8,989

White	30,322	14,954
Mixed	938	444
Asian or Asian British	2,714	924
Black or Black British	4,368	1,438
Other Ethnic Groups	1,219	531

Source: Mental Health Minimum Data Set/Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Data Set 2014/15

Notes:

The numbers in this table represent the number of uses of the Mental Health Act 1983, not the number of individuals who were subject to the Act.
Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS) is not the official data source for statistics about uses of the Mental Health Act 1983 but it is the only one that provides national information about gender and ethnic group. The MHMDS are known to under represent uses of the Mental Health Act 1983.
The data source for official statistics about uses of the Mental Health Act 1983 is the KP90 collection, with figures published in the annual statistical release: Inpatients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Patients Subject to Supervised Community Treatment, England. Therefore, the data in the table may differ from data in the official published statistics.
Counts by ethnicity and gender may not sum exactly to the overall total because for some people this information was invalid or not recorded.
Detentions includes: detentions under Part ll, detentions under Part lll, detentions under previous legislation (Fifth Schedule) and other Acts, detentions subsequent to admission, detentions following use of a Place of Safety Order and detentions following revocation of a Community Treatment Order.
Short-term orders are defined as those of no greater than 72 hours’ duration and involving uses of sections 4 and 5 and sections 135 and 136.

01/01/2023

Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much central Government funding has been allocated to how many community pharmacies in (a) London and (b) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16; and what proportion of the total revenue of community pharmacies that funding represents.

Alistair Burt

No central Government funding has been allocated to community pharmacies either in London or the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency. NHS pharmaceutical services are commissioned by NHS England, which funds service fees and allowances. Public health services, including from community pharmacies, are commissioned and funded by local authorities.

Community pharmacies can derive revenue from a range of sources, including from the National Health Service, non-NHS and local authorities. The total revenue of community pharmacies is not held centrally.

01/01/2023
Graham Stringer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Stringer on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the extent of high consumption of alcohol by men in the UK relative to such consumption in other EU states.

Jane Ellison

The Department does not hold this information. The only international data on alcohol consumption per head can be found in the World Health Organization (WHO), Global status report on alcohol and health 2014 and the levels of consumption section in the WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health at:

http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/en/

and

http://apps.who.int/gho/data/?showonly=GISAH&theme=main-euro

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01/01/2023
Graham Stringer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Stringer on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the evidential basis for new guidelines on alcohol limits in respect of proposed metabolisation of alcohol by men and women.

Jane Ellison

The Government asked Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), to oversee a review of the alcohol guidelines, to ensure these are founded on the best science and so that the guidelines help people at all stages of life to make informed choices about their drinking.

The Guidelines Development Group considered questions of individual variation, of which one issue is variations in the rates at which individuals metabolise alcohol. Their advice is clear that the weekly guideline is advice for the general population, which individuals need to consider in the light of their own individual characteristics.

A “List of supporting evidence” on the consultation page (where all the documents, such as the reports and evidence papers are listed) can be downloaded at:

https://app.box.com/s/wlludrmim3gd83r28c4oqb3upj68cqia

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01/01/2023
Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities will host Think Ahead graduate trainees on placement; and whether he has plans to expand that programme.

Alistair Burt

Arrangements are being finalised for the local authorities and National Health Service mental health trusts that will host Think Ahead participants and these partnerships will be announced in due course. Participants in Think Ahead’s first cohort are due to be based in the following regions: Yorkshire, the North East, the Midlands, London, and the South East.

The Department will make a decision on the future of the programme once an evaluation of the first cohort has been undertaken.

01/01/2023
Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28947, how many referrals the helpline has made to which relevant bodies in each year it has been in place, which relevant, on what date it is planned that the new modern slavery helpline will begin to operate; and how much funding the Government has allocated for the operation of that helpline.

Karen Bradley

I refer the Hon. Member to my response of 2 March. Between 31 July 2014 and 31 July 2015, 849 contacts were made to the NSPCC-run modern slavery helpline. Of these in total, 403 referrals were made to the police, 106 referrals were made to children’s services, 1 to the armed forces and 81 to other agencies. For the period 1 August 2015 to 31 January 2016 74 referrals were made to the helpline. Of these 49 referrals were made to the police, 14 referrals were made to children’s services and 11 to other agencies. A referral may be made to more than one agency and may include update referrals.

No funding has been allocated for the NSPCC helpline for the financial year 2016-17. Polaris, a US-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), is establishing an enhanced UK helpline in collaboration with a UK-based NGO, which will supersede the current NSPCC helpline. The NSPCC helpline will remain in operation until the enhanced helpline is up and running. Start up funding of up to £1 illion has been provided by Google.org. The new helpline is expected to be in operation later this year.

01/01/2023

Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28978, which Category 2 countries or territories to which her Department made (a) import extradition requests and (b) people were extradited to the UK from in each year since 2009-10.

James Brokenshire

Category 2 territories” refers to countries designated as extradition partners under Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003. The territories listed were Category 2 territories at the time the request was made or the person was extradited.

Year	Category 2 territories to which extradition requests were made	Category 2 territories from which people were extradited to the UK
2009	Australia Bangladesh Canada Chile Hong Kong India Jamaica Malaysia Mexico Peru South Africa Thailand Turkey Turks and Caicos UAE Ukraine USA	Australia Brazil Canada Colombia Croatia India Iraq Jamaica Mexico South Africa Switzerland Thailand Turkey Turks and Caicos UAE USA
2010	Australia Bangladesh Barbados Canada Colombia Ghana Jamaica Nigeria South Africa St Vincent UAE USA	Australia Bangladesh Barbados Canada Iraq Peru South Africa Thailand Turkey USA
2011	Antigua Australia Azerbaijan Canada Dominican Republic Ghana India Israel Jamaica Nigeria Norway South Africa Sri Lanka Switzerland Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey USA Zimbabwe	Australia Bangladesh Canada Ghana Norway South Africa St Vincent Switzerland Thailand Turkey UAE USA
2012	Australia Bangladesh Canada Ghana Jamaica Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Nigeria Singapore South Africa Switzerland Thailand Turkey UAE USA	Australia Canada Grenada Jamaica Nigeria Thailand Trinidad and Tobago UAE USA
2013	Australia Canada Ecuador India Iraq Jamaica Nigeria Norway South Africa Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Turkey UAE USA	Antigua Australia Canada Ghana India Jamaica Mexico Singapore South Africa Switzerland Thailand UAE USA
2014	Australia Bangladesh Brazil Canada Hong Kong Iceland, India Jamaica Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria South Africa Sri Lanka Thailand UAE USA	Australia Canada Hong Kong Israel Jamaica Malaysia Nigeria South Africa
2015	Australia Canada Hong Kong India Jamaica Kenya Mexico New Zealand Nigeria Norway Philippines South Africa St Lucia Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Turkey UAE Ukraine USA	Australia Brazil Canada Jamaica Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Norway Philippines South Africa Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago UAE USA

01/01/2023

Catherine McKinnell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to contribute to an international framework for the sharing of communications data; and if she will make a statement.

Mr John Hayes

The UK and United States Governments have begun considering a framework under which US-based communication service providers could disclose data directly for serious criminal and counter terrorism investigations, in response to a warrant requesting the content of communications, and with notices requiring the disclosure of communications data.

This builds on the work of the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Intelligence and Law Enforcement Data Sharing; the recommendation of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation; and the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, that the UK develop a framework for accessing data across jurisdictions.

01/01/2023
Roger Godsiff – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2016 to Question 28215, what the implications for the availability of Sativex to Multiple Sclerosis patients are of the NICE guidance that Sativex is not recommended as a treatment option.

George Freeman

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) clinical guideline on the management of multiple sclerosis, published in October 2014, does not recommend Sativex as a cost effective use of National Health Service resources.

In the absence of positive guidance from NICE, it is for commissioners to make decisions on whether to fund this treatment based on an assessment of the available evidence.

01/01/2023