The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS-funded cosmetic surgeries have been performed in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of those surgeries which were not based on a mental health need.
Dr Daniel Poulter
This information is not available in the format requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will have responsibility for cervical screening under the forthcoming Public Health England commissioning framework.
Jane Ellison
The National Health Service (NHS) Cervical Screening Programme is commissioned by NHS England under the NHS public health functions agreement 2014-15 (the Section 7a agreement, covering public health functions to be exercised by NHS England on behalf of the Department). Public Health England is responsible for the piloting and roll-out of new screening programmes or improvements to existing programmes, including the current pilot of human papillomavirus testing as primary screening.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-05-07.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to raise the number of people registered to vote.
Greg Clark
The Government is introducing online registration as of 10th June in England and Wales which will make it more convenient to register to vote.
In addition, five national organisations and every Electoral Registration Officer in Great Britain are sharing £4.2 million funding aimed at maximising the rate of voter registration, as part of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration. These organisations have received funding to find new ways of reaching a range of under registered groups such as young people and encouraging them to register to vote.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the principal cause of preventable premature mortality, measured in preventable years of life lost, in people up to the age of 60 years.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the prevalence and effect of unlicensed performance enhancing drugs (a) online and (b) in shops.
Norman Lamb
There are strict legal controls governing the sale and supply of medicinal products in the United Kingdom.
Unlicensed medicines which claim to enhance performance generally claim to enhance either sexual, cognitive or athletic performance.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) works with domain name providers to shut down websites which are illegally trading in unlicensed erectile dysfunction medicines and which refuse to come in to compliance.
A UK registered pharmacy may have a presence on the internet; however the requirements of legislation apply equally to both UK internet pharmacies and bricks-and-mortar premises. These legal controls also apply equally to medicines for human use sold or supplied via the internet or e-mail transactions. These restrictions do not apply to countries outside UK jurisdiction where medicines may be classified and regulated differently.
Medicines most commonly associated with enhanced athletic performance are anabolic steroids and human growth hormones. These medicines are controlled as class C drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
The MHRA has serious concerns about the availability of medicines being offered via the Internet and issues regular warnings to the public concerning the inherent risks of purchasing medicines online. MHRA advice is that medicines purchased from websites, particularly websites based overseas, cannot be guaranteed to meet set standards of quality, safety and efficacy and advises patients not to purchase medicines in this way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 486W, on health: business, what assessment his Department makes of the annual updates; and what estimate he has made of the number of hours of officials’ time spent assessing those updates.
Jane Ellison
Officials review annual updates to Responsibility Deal pledges on receipt and liaise with partners directly if any clarification is required.
The Department does not record separately the spent on reviewing annual updates to the Responsibility Deal.