Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to include a diabetes-related indicator in the Health Premium Incentive scheme; if he will consult the diabetes community on the design of that scheme; and if he will make a statement.

The independent advisory group, the Health Premium Incentive Advisory Group (HPIAG), was set up as a sub-group of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to advise Ministers on which indicators from the Public Health Outcome Framework (PHOF) would be suitable for inclusion in the Health Premium Incentive Scheme (HPIS). HPIAG developed a list of technical criteria to guide this assessment and reviewed all the indicators in the PHOF, including those indicators relevant to diabetes, against these criteria. HPIAG concluded that the diabetes related indicators did not meet the criteria and so would not be appropriate for inclusion in the HPIS. HPIAG's report showing which indicator met the criteria has been placed in the Library and can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/groups/health-premium-incentive-advisory-group

The PHOF itself was subject to a full public consultation and the report of PHOF consultation has been placed in the library and can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework

Ministers are currently considering options for introducing the scheme.