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Written Question
Processed Food
Monday 12th June 2023

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) public health measures to raise awareness of the potential risks of ultra-processed foods, (b) introducing measurable reduction targets for consumption of ultra-processed foods and (c) ensuring that ultra-processed foods do not appear as good choices on the NHS Food Scanner app.

Answered by Neil O'Brien

The Government encourages everyone to have a healthy balanced diet in line with the United Kingdom’s healthy eating model, the Eatwell Guide, which shows that foods high in saturated fat, salt or sugar should be eaten less often or in small amounts.

United Kingdom Government dietary guidelines are based on recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). SACN is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in the summer of 2023.

There is currently no universally agreed definition of ultra-processed foods. However, a diet high in foods classified as processed is often high in calories, salt, saturated fat and sugar and low in fibre, fruit and vegetables, which is associated with an increased risk of obesity and developing chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes and some cancers.

The Good Choice badge helps people identify healthier options using the NHS Food Scanner app and when shopping in store and online. The app and wider Better Health tools supports families on their journey towards having a healthier diet, as making the step to the healthiest option may be too far for many people in one move.


Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Accountancy
Wednesday 14th December 2022

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department including predecessor Departments since 2010; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks.

Answered by Will Quince

This information is not held centrally in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Accountancy
Thursday 8th December 2022

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by her Department.

Answered by Will Quince

Details for all Government contracts above £10,000 post 2016 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search

Information on the value and nature of individual contracts pre 2016 is on archived database systems and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Historic expenditure above £25,000 against individual suppliers since 2010 is available on GOV.UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/spending-over-25-000--2#2010-to-2018


Written Question
NHS and Public Health England: Children
Tuesday 24th March 2020

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has for the care of children of NHS workers and Public Health England workers if they are (a) incapacitated due to illness and (b) hospitalised.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The NHS England has recently published in-depth guidance covering a range of scenarios for National Health Service and Public Health England workers, which will be updated as the situation develops, which can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/

NHS England has written to all colleagues recently and a copy of the letter is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/urgent-next-steps-on-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-simon-stevens.pdf

Support for NHS and PHE workers is a high priority for the Government, and it will continually assess the measures required to support them fully.


Written Question
Junior Doctors: Females
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many female junior doctors are likely to be affected by the changes in the junior doctor contract that propose six years' training before being transferred to a new pay scale.

Answered by Philip Dunne

The transitional pay protection arrangements agreed with the junior doctor leadership within the British Medical Association mean that junior doctors in the higher stages of training remain on existing pay terms, including annual incremental pay increases, until 2022, which gives part-time workers more active protection of their pay than straightforward cash floor pay protection. Allowing them to continue on the existing pay system provides protection in respect of anticipated earnings for those whose career choices were made some time ago. This applies to all those in the higher stages of training, male and female.


Written Question
Junior Doctors: Maternity Leave
Monday 19th December 2016

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors took maternity leave in each year of the last five years.

Answered by Philip Dunne

This information is not collected.


Written Question
Department of Health: Meetings
Tuesday 1st March 2016

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he or other Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of Care UK, BUPA, Virgin Care, The Practice, United Health/Optum, Serco, Nestor Primecare, General Healthcare (BMI Netcare), Spire/Classic, HCA International, Ramsay and Capio in each month of (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015 and (g) 2016 to date.

Answered by Ben Gummer

Information regarding all meetings between Departmental Ministers and external organisations is included in the Transparency Data, published quarterly. This can be accessed at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-health&publication_type=transparency-data.


Written Question
British Medical Association
Tuesday 1st March 2016

Asked by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he or other Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the British Medical Association in each month of (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015 and (g) 2016 to date.

Answered by Ben Gummer

External meetings between the Secretary of State for Health and other Health Ministers are published quarterly on the Department’s website here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-health&publication_type=transparency-data