Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to adopt and implement the Mayor of London’s junk food advertising ban across Transport for London elsewhere in England.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
We will shortly be launching a consultation on further advertising restrictions which will consider a range of options aimed at reducing children’s exposure to advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products. We will consider all responses to the consultation.
We are also delivering a trailblazer programme working with local authorities to address childhood obesity. The programme will help us to learn and share what works at local level and explore the barriers to tackling childhood obesity locally and the limits of existing powers. For some local authorities, applying further restrictions on HFSS advertising to children locally is a priority.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enforce standards of health and hygiene on online takeaway delivery companies.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Local authorities in the United Kingdom are responsible for undertaking inspections and other interventions to check that food businesses are complying with food law requirements and for enforcing these where this is not the case.
As for other food businesses, those selling or supplying food they produce via online sales platforms and those businesses delivering food ordered via the internet have a legal responsibility to register with their local authority. The business is then included in the authority’s planned programme of risk-based inspections and interventions and enforcement action will be taken as appropriate where legal requirements are not being met.
How food is sold or supplied over the internet has become increasingly diverse and complex and this poses challenges in relation to determining if an enterprise meets the legal definition of a food business and what its responsibilities are. The Food Standards Agency has recognised this and is committed to providing guidance for local authorities and for internet businesses so that public health and consumer protection are maintained.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of registered nurses in England who have Type 2 diabetes.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The information requested is not centrally held.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the results of the consultation announced in Childhood obesity: a plan for action chapter 2, published in June 2018, on the introduction of a watershed for TV advertising of High in Fat, Salt or Sugar (HFSS) products and similar protection for children viewing adverts for HFSS products online will be published.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
We will shortly be launching the consultation on introducing a 9pm watershed for products high in fat, salt and sugar on TV and similar protection for children viewing adverts online. We will consider all responses to the consultation before setting out the next steps later in the year.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of hospitals in England which have (1) food outlets, and (2) vending machine providers, which sell junk food; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such food being sold on (a) patient, and (b) staff health.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Data is not collected centrally on the average cost of staff meals, the number of hospitals which provide a cooked meal to staff during the night or how much vending machines providers pay for the right to be situated in hospital lobbies.
Information is not held on the number of hospitals which have food outlets and vending machine providers which sell junk food and there has not been any specific assessment of the impact of junk food sold in hospitals on patient or staff health.
The Department collects data from National Health Service trusts for the total ‘inpatient food service cost’ and ‘inpatient main meals requested’ which gives the national average of cost per patient main meal of £4.20 for 2017-18. The cost is inclusive of all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much vending machines providers pay for the right to be situated in hospital lobbies in England.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Data is not collected centrally on the average cost of staff meals, the number of hospitals which provide a cooked meal to staff during the night or how much vending machines providers pay for the right to be situated in hospital lobbies.
Information is not held on the number of hospitals which have food outlets and vending machine providers which sell junk food and there has not been any specific assessment of the impact of junk food sold in hospitals on patient or staff health.
The Department collects data from National Health Service trusts for the total ‘inpatient food service cost’ and ‘inpatient main meals requested’ which gives the national average of cost per patient main meal of £4.20 for 2017-18. The cost is inclusive of all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospitals in England provide a cooked meal to staff during the night shift.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Data is not collected centrally on the average cost of staff meals, the number of hospitals which provide a cooked meal to staff during the night or how much vending machines providers pay for the right to be situated in hospital lobbies.
Information is not held on the number of hospitals which have food outlets and vending machine providers which sell junk food and there has not been any specific assessment of the impact of junk food sold in hospitals on patient or staff health.
The Department collects data from National Health Service trusts for the total ‘inpatient food service cost’ and ‘inpatient main meals requested’ which gives the national average of cost per patient main meal of £4.20 for 2017-18. The cost is inclusive of all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.
Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of a meal provided in a hospital in England to (1) patients, and (2) staff.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Data is not collected centrally on the average cost of staff meals, the number of hospitals which provide a cooked meal to staff during the night or how much vending machines providers pay for the right to be situated in hospital lobbies.
Information is not held on the number of hospitals which have food outlets and vending machine providers which sell junk food and there has not been any specific assessment of the impact of junk food sold in hospitals on patient or staff health.
The Department collects data from National Health Service trusts for the total ‘inpatient food service cost’ and ‘inpatient main meals requested’ which gives the national average of cost per patient main meal of £4.20 for 2017-18. The cost is inclusive of all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.