Department of Health

written question – answered on 12 February 2016.

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  • Compulsorily Detained Mental Patients: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were sectioned under the Mental Health Act in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

  • Compulsorily Detained Mental Patients: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were held in police custody as a place of safety in each of the last 10 years for which figures are...

  • Dental Services: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many three year olds received a free NHS dental check in (a) Nottingham North constituency, (b) Nottingham and (c) the UK; and if he will make a...

  • Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of how many men who have sex with men (MSM) are expected to receive the HPV vaccine each year as a result of the...

  • Visual Impairment: Wealden

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Wealden constituency are registered as (a) blind and (b) partially sighted.

  • General Practitioners: Wealden

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent GPs were employed in general practices in Wealden constituency in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and...

  • Obesity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Wealden constituency, (ii) East Sussex and (iii) England were classified as (A) overweight and (B)...

  • Health Services: Shipping

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of non-emergency care in the NHS for non-EEA seafarers employed on UK registered...

  • Pharmacy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) the number of potential closures of and (b) the reduction in community pharmacies as a result of...

  • General Practitioners: Wealden

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are registered at each GP surgery in Wealden constituency; what the capacity of each such surgery is; and how many such surgeries are...

  • Dementia

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of adults in (a) Wealden constituency, (b) East Sussex and (c) England have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.

  • Meningitis: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the campaign to encourage (a) young people and (b) first-year university students to take up the Men ACWY vaccine.

  • Meningitis: Vaccination

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for implementing a meningitis vaccination programme for older adults.

  • Down's Syndrome: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to implement the recommendation of the National Screening Committee, made in January 2016, on making non-invasive prenatal...

  • Department of Health: Buildings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the ownership of (a) Richmond House and (b) Wellington House under an Islamic bond has affected any activity of his Department.

  • Hepatitis: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been provided for (a) set-up costs and (b) ongong running costs of the Operational Delivery Networks established to support access to...

  • Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) measure and (b) evaluate the effect of the men who have sex with men human papillomavirus vaccination programme on...

  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: Junior Doctors

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors are employed by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: Nurses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

  • Ambulance Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances waited more than 30 minutes to offload their patients in (a) England, (b) London and (c) each health trust area in London in each...

  • Vaccination: Males

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to conduct an equality impact assessment as part of its decision-making process on the...

  • Health Services: Social Enterprises

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of social enterprises in delivering high quality healthcare services.

  • Muscular Dystrophy: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on access to Translarna in discussions between NICE, NHS England and the relevant pharmaceutical company.

  • Babies: Death

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce deaths of premature babies.

  • Ovarian Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the new treatment for ovarian cancer is likely to be available on the NHS.

  • Prisoners: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times a prisoner from each prison has been airlifted to receive medical attention in each of the last five years.

  • Urinary System: Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections in each of the last three years.