Tag: Luciana Berger

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2014, Official Report, column 101W, on the human papillomavirus, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will publish its conclusions into whether the human papillomavirus should be offered to males.

Jane Ellison

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) human papillomavirus (HPV) sub-committee will report its findings to the JCVI following consideration of on-going studies by Public Health England on the impact and cost-effectiveness of extending HPV vaccination to men who have sex with men (MSM) and/or adolescent boys.

It is expected that the MSM modelling study will be completed at the end of 2014 at the earliest, and the adolescent boys modelling study will be completed at the end of 2015 at the earliest. The JCVI will then consider the findings of the HPV subcommittee before deciding what advice or recommendations can be made.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery; and what the average waiting time for such surgery was in each of the last four years.

Norman Lamb

Information about how many patients are waiting for gender reassignment surgery and average waiting times for such surgery is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which mental health services he and each Minister in his Department have visited since they were appointed; and what the date of each such visit was.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The following list provides details of the visits undertaken by my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his ministerial team to mental health services in an official capacity, since their appointment.

Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt):

06 February 2014
Redwoods Centre, South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust

13 March 2014
Springfield Hospital, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

1 May 2014
East London NHS Foundation Trust

Minister of State for Care and Support (Norman Lamb):

13 November 2012
Raid Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

19 December 2012
South London and Maudsley NHS Mental Health Trust

7 February 2013
The Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme and Child and Adolescent, Mental Health services project, Oxford

4 July 2013
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust

19 August 2013
Leicester Mental Health Triage Care Project

5 September 2013
Gnosall Surgery, Stafford

12 September 2013
Yeovil Hospital

12 September 2013
Royal United Hospital, Bath

31October 2013
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

19 December 2013
Broadmoor Hospital

3 January 2014
Bethnal Green Police Station (Bi-lateral visit with Damian Green MP Home Office), London (A Liaison and Diversion scheme, this scheme brings together three large mental health trusts)

17 February 2014
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Crisis Resolution Service

12 March 2014
Humphrey Booth Resource Centre, Manchester

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Dr Daniel Poulter):

11 July 2013
Disraeli School and Children’s Centre, High Wycombe

17 October 2013
Parkview Clinic, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

8 May 2014
Bethlem Royal Hospital- Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit (Perinatal mental health)

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Earl Howe):

18 April 2012
BuddyApp – Mental health innovation product launch – Maudsley Hospital

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison):

15 April 2014
Roshni Ghar Mental Health Charity, Keighley

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence and effect of the sale of so-called legal highs (a) online and (b) in shops.

Norman Baker

The Government monitors the prevalence of use of particular new psychoactive substances through the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The latest results of the crime
survey can be found here:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-decembe
r-2013/stb-crime-stats-dec-2013.html

New questions have been included in the 2014/15 Crime Survey, to capture the use of a wider range of new psychoactive substances than was previously the case.

The Home Office is currently undertaking a six month review led by an expert panel to look at how the UK’s legislative, educational and health response to new psychoactive substances can be enhanced. It is anticipated that the panel will report their recommendations to Home Office Ministers before summer recess.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England’s marketing budget has been allocated to each of the six Big Ambitions referred to in its 2014-15 business plan.

Jane Ellison

The core Public Health England (PHE) marketing budget for 2014-15 is £53 million. The allocation to each of the six big ambition areas is as follows:

Ambition	Campaign	Budget for 2014-15	Percentage of total budget
Tobacco	Smokefree	£11,689,200	21.72
Obesity	Change 4 Life	£9,360,000	17.39
Dementia	Vascular dementia programme and dementia friends	£5,460,000	10.14
Best start in life	Start4Life and Information Service for Parents	£3,450,000	6.41
Alcohol	Alcohol	£2,000,000	3.72
Tuberculosis (TB)		£0	0.0
		£31,959,200	59.38

The current assessment of the evidence shows that a national marketing campaign on TB would not be a cost effective investment so there is no marketing budget allocation to this ambition area.

In addition to the individual campaign costs stated above an additional £3.3 million is also spent on call centres and £2.6 million is also spent on infrastructure costs such as evaluation. The final budget will be subject to clearance by the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group.

PHE’s 2014-15 Marketing strategy is due for publication in early July and will provide more detailed information on the full marketing programme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who used to work in his Department have taken up jobs at Public Health England; and what their job titles and salary levels (a) were at his Department and (b) are at Public Health England.

Jane Ellison

Public Health England (PHE) was established as an Executive Agency of the Department of Health on 1 April 2013. 184 staff from the Department were transferred to PHE as part of a planned transfer of functions. Their terms and conditions of employment, job titles and salary levels all remained the same.

PHE has since appointed 21 staff formerly employed by the Department as set out below. These appointments were made following competitive selection procedures carried out in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.

PHE Job Title*	PHE Salary Level	Change (if any)
Head of Engagement	Grade 6 (Inner London)	Promotion
Programmes Manager	SEO (Inner London)	Promotion
Deputy Director of Strategy	SCS1
Integration Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Head of Operations and Corporate Management	Grade 6 (Inner London)
Healthy Adults Coordinator	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Tobacco Control Programme Manager	Grade 7 (National)	Pay Reduction
Head of One to One Marketing	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Deputy Director – International Commercial Healthcare Policy	SCS1
Programmes and Policy Manager	Grade 7 (National)
Business Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Strategy Unit Team Member	Grade 7 (National)	Promotion
Head of Planning	Grade 6 ((Inner London)
Integration and Engagement Manager	Grade 7 (National)	Promotion
Deputy Director of Strategic Partnerships	SCS1	Promotion
Strategic Partnership Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Engagement and Policy Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Expert Advisor – Behavioural Insight	Grade 6 (Inner London)	Promotion
Senior Nutrition Science Officer	SEO (Inner London)	Promotion
Head of Communications Drugs and Alcohol	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Senior Alcohol Policy Adviser	HEO (Inner London)

* Previous Department of Health job title not available

PHE’s Salary Levels were published in November 2012 in the Public Health England People Transition Policy Module 2 Module 2 and can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213175/single-combined-document.pdf

Senior Civil Service salary levels are set centrally by the Cabinet Office. The range for SCS1 is £60,000 to £117,800.