Tag: Luciana Berger

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-07-15.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost in salaries was for those officials in his Department employed in tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) in detection, (c) in investigations and (d) on intelligence matters in each year since 2010-11.

Priti Patel

It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:

	Salary Cost (millions) 2010-11	Salary cost (millions) 2011-12	Salary cost (millions) 2012-13	Salary cost (millions) 2013-14
Total	£37.044	£36.882	£35.734	£37.731

HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.

HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.

HMRC Activity	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)	£65.750	£68.918	£67.641	£76.000

It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:

HMRC Activity	2010/11 Full Time Equivalent	2011/12 Full Time Equivalent	2012/13 Full Time Equivalent	2013/14 Full Time Equivalent
Total	758	777	777	832

For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Public Health England plans to publish its analysis of how the public health grant has been spent by each local authority.

Jane Ellison

Department for Communities and Local Government published full detail of the amounts spent against the public health grant by local authorities in 2013/14, and recorded in Revenue Outturn forms, on 30 November 2014.

Public Health England is planning to publish a more in depth analysis of the figures at a national level during March 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-07-15.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs has incurred in operating x-ray scanners to tackle tobacco smuggling in each year since 2010-11.

Priti Patel

It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:

	Salary Cost (millions) 2010-11	Salary cost (millions) 2011-12	Salary cost (millions) 2012-13	Salary cost (millions) 2013-14
Total	£37.044	£36.882	£35.734	£37.731

HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.

HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.

HMRC Activity	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)	£65.750	£68.918	£67.641	£76.000

It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:

HMRC Activity	2010/11 Full Time Equivalent	2011/12 Full Time Equivalent	2012/13 Full Time Equivalent	2013/14 Full Time Equivalent
Total	758	777	777	832

For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218412, how much was spent on NHS smoking cessation services in 2013-14.

Jane Ellison

As 5% of local authorities (LAs) did not provide a full dataset for 2013-14, a national full year figure was not produced. The total spend for the year which excludes the 5% of LAs is £79.7 million. This total is not directly comparable with previous years’ spend.

Data for those LAs which made a return can be found on tab 4.7 “People successfully quit, total expenditure and cost per quitter, by Region, Strategic Health Authority and Primary Care Trust, April 2012 to March 2013” of the data sheet “Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services, England – April 2013 to March 2014” which can be accessed here:

www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?productid=15174&returnid=3945

All published data for stop smoking services is available from the Health and Social Care Information Centre website:

www.hscic.gov.uk/lifestyles

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the criteria were for the choice of representation on the Northern Futures Board announced on 4 July 2014.

Mr Nick Clegg

As explained in my reply of 15 July 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 591W the aim of our Northern Futures initiative is to facilitate a new kind of conversation about how we rebalance our economy. We did not announce a “Northern Futures Board” on July 4^th and there are no plans to create one. However, Liverpool is strongly encouraged to join the Northern Futures conversation by submitting ideas to the email address northernfutures@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people were diagnosed with a mental health problem in A&E in each year since 2009-10.

Norman Lamb

The information is in the table:

Year	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
A&E Attendances	8,358	9,328	11,614	13,655	17,278
FAEs	11,909	12,417	12,361	11,994	12,126

The table shows both the number of attendances in accident and emergency (A&E) in which the A&E diagnosis was ‘psychiatric conditions’ and the number of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) in which the primary diagnosis was ‘mental and behavioural disorders’.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on its tackling tobacco smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.

James Brokenshire

The Tackling Tobacco Strategy in its current form came into force in April 2011. Customs operations target a range of commodities, including those covered by this strategy, and our officers and equipment are deployed to cover a range of activities. We do not therefore hold information relating specifically to tobacco.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people were admitted to hospital due to mental health problems in each year since 2009-10.

Norman Lamb

The information is in the table:

Year	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
A&E Attendances	8,358	9,328	11,614	13,655	17,278
FAEs	11,909	12,417	12,361	11,994	12,126

The table shows both the number of attendances in accident and emergency (A&E) in which the A&E diagnosis was ‘psychiatric conditions’ and the number of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) in which the primary diagnosis was ‘mental and behavioural disorders’.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken since October 2010 to ensure that local authorities and other interested parties are applying and interpreting the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations in accordance with his Department’s Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007.

Jane Ellison

The Department has made the Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 available on the Department’s website and has regularly met with local authorities; the Advertising Standards Authority; the Food Standards Agency; the industry trade association and individual businesses to ensure that the Department’s advice is communicated to businesses and enforcers. Enforcement action, which could potentially result in court action, is carried out by local authorities.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many quick service restaurants have endorsed all eight nutrition-based Responsibility Deal pledges to date.

Jane Ellison

Full details of the quick service restaurants and other out-of-home catering businesses who have signed up to the nutrition-based Responsibility Deal (RD) pledges are available on the RD website at:

https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/pledges/

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