Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Medical Exemption Certificates for prescription charges, how many (a) enquiry letters were issued to patients who claimed they held a valid medical exemption certificate and (b) Penalty Charge Notices were issued to these patients in each of the last five years.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The table below shows the total number of Enquiry letters and total number of penalty charge notices (PCNs) that have been issued in regard to a Medical Exemption Certificate. More than one PCN or Enquiry letter may have been issued to an individual patient.
Please note, prior to February 2020 there were no Enquiry letters issued as this was not part of the exemption enquiry process at that point.
Year | Enquiry letter issued | PCN issued |
2018 | N/A | 27,345 |
2019 | N/A | 24,384 |
2020 | 284 | 2,029 |
2021 | 20 | 10 |
2022 | 8,983 | 6,608 |
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace The Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 December 2022 to Question 107094.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations 2012.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 December 2022 to Question 105306.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children (England) Regulations 2003.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 December 2022 to Question 105306.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Food Irradiation (England) Regulations 2009.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 December 2022 to Question 102910.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether they plan to (a) revoke (b) retain or (c) replace the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 December 2022 to Question 102910.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department has not made a decision on the scheme-specific business case for the redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital.
Answered by Will Quince
Whipps Cross Hospital is one of the Pathfinder schemes within the New Hospital Programme, these will be the first of the larger and more complex schemes to be taken forward. Decisions on specific business cases for schemes which are expected to be funded after 2025 are dependent on the approval of the programme wide business case.
The New Hospital Programme continues to work closely with Barts Health NHS Trust to develop their new hospital scheme at Whipps Cross Hospital in line with the national programme approach to standardisation which will reduce end to end delivery timescales for individual schemes. The national approach will ensure efficient delivery of the new hospitals and provide value for money so that patients and staff have access to world class facilities.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what plans they have to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c) retain the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 December 2022 to Question 105306.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) retain, (b) revoke or (c) replace the Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2013.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 December 2022 to Question 102910.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Answered by Will Quince
Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council has already been revoked by Schedule 9 of SI 2019/775 insofar as it applied to medicinal products for human use.