Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many antidepressant prescriptions were issued to patients under the age of 25 in each year since 2014.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Many medicines, including medicines used to treat depression, are licensed and prescribed for other conditions. The Department expects prescribers to always satisfy themselves that the medicines they consider appropriate for their patients can be safely prescribed.
The following table shows the number of patients aged under 18 and 25 years old, who were prescribed antidepressants, each year from 2015 to 2023:
Year | Antidepressants prescribed to people under 18 years old | Antidepressants prescribed to people under 25 years old |
2015/16 | 312,113 | 2,477,798 |
2016/17 | 332,706 | 2,759,953 |
2017/18 | 346,126 | 2,910,607 |
2018/19 | 367,850 | 3,202,784 |
2019/20 | 393,762 | 3,525,602 |
2020/21 | 406,391 | 3,890,347 |
2021/22 | 437,365 | 4,170,154 |
2022/23 | 448,515 | 4,119,463 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Notes:
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many antidepressant prescriptions were issued to patients under the age of 18 in each year since 2014.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Many medicines, including medicines used to treat depression, are licensed and prescribed for other conditions. The Department expects prescribers to always satisfy themselves that the medicines they consider appropriate for their patients can be safely prescribed.
The following table shows the number of patients aged under 18 and 25 years old, who were prescribed antidepressants, each year from 2015 to 2023:
Year | Antidepressants prescribed to people under 18 years old | Antidepressants prescribed to people under 25 years old |
2015/16 | 312,113 | 2,477,798 |
2016/17 | 332,706 | 2,759,953 |
2017/18 | 346,126 | 2,910,607 |
2018/19 | 367,850 | 3,202,784 |
2019/20 | 393,762 | 3,525,602 |
2020/21 | 406,391 | 3,890,347 |
2021/22 | 437,365 | 4,170,154 |
2022/23 | 448,515 | 4,119,463 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Notes:
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number prescriptions for fluoxetine and nortriptyline issued in England each year since 2014 to patients under the age of 18.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The tables below show the total of prescription items for patients aged under 18 who were prescribed fluoxetine or nortriptyline for the partial year of April–Dec 2015, and then full calendar years 2016–23.
The NHS Business Services Authority does not hold patient level data prior to April 2015.
This information is extracted from ePACT2, using British National Formulary chemical substance, prescribed in England that are then dispensed in the community in England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
Total number of items issued for Fluoxetine Hydrochloride | |
Time Period | Total items issued to age range (Under 18) |
Part year 2015 (Apr – Dec) | 91,685 |
2016 | 126,193 |
2017 | 129,205 |
2018 | 136,275 |
2019 | 143,271 |
2020 | 147,555 |
2021 | 155,398 |
2022 | 156,324 |
2023 | 149,839 |
Total number of items issued for Nortriptyline | |
Time Period | Total items issued to age range (Under 18) |
Part year 2015 (Apr – Dec) | 1,481 |
2016 | 1,931 |
2017 | 1,673 |
2018 | 1,514 |
2019 | 1,616 |
2020 | 1,599 |
2021 | 1,777 |
2022 | 1,758 |
2023 | 1,915 |
Prescriptions do not state the purpose for which they are written, so there may be instances where medicines are used for other conditions.
Many medicines, including medicines used to treat depression, are licensed and prescribed for other conditions. The Department expects prescribers to always satisfy themselves that the medicines they consider appropriate for their patients can be safely prescribed.
Asked by: Pat McFadden (Labour - Wolverhampton South East)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, to which domestic destinations Ministers in her Department and its predecessor Departments have attended overnight visits in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The regions visited with an overnight stay over the last 3 financial years are as follows:
Financial Year | Regions visited |
2021 – 2022 | Scotland – 12 Northern Powerhouse – 4 Wales – 1 South West – 2 Jersey – 1 Northern Ireland – 2 |
2022 – 2023 | Scotland – 3 Northern Ireland – 4 South West – 2 Northern Powerhouse – 2 Wales – 1 |
2023 – 2024 | Northern Powerhouse – 3 Northern Ireland – 7 Midlands – 1 Scotland – 1 Channel Islands – 2 South West – 1 |
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the recruitment of early years workers in the Channel Islands.
Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department regularly engages with Crown Dependency officials and cross-government stakeholders with an interest in early years.
The Crown Dependencies are self-governing in respect of their own domestic affairs and this matter falls within the jurisdiction of the Channel Island governments.
Asked by: Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received any representations from interested parties regarding restrictions for making submissions to the review into the number of prisoners who died on Alderney during the Nazi occupation, and what steps the review has taken to obtain relevant material from such parties.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The UK’s Post Holocaust Issues Envoy, Lord Eric Pickles announced the review into the number of prisoners who died on Alderney during the Nazi occupation on July 27, 2023. He has appointed a team of eleven independent, experienced, and internationally recognised experts led by Dr Paul Sanders the renowned French academic. The review is also receiving expert assistance from the Archives at Yad Vashem, the world’s preeminent Holocaust Centre. Lord Pickles has publicly encouraged all interested parties to put forward their evidence and has met with several groups and individuals who have expressed their interest in the review.
The department works closely with the Channel Islands on Holocaust issues.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in each year between 2013 and 2022.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The total number of dogs that travelled under the pet travel scheme is as follows:
Year | Air | Sea | Tunnel | Total |
2018 | 17,783 | 118,043 | 177,170 | 312,996 |
2019 | 19,302 | 114,706 | 174,396 | 308,404 |
2020 | 16,353 | 38,813 | 131,463 | 186,629 |
2021 | 17,389 | 39,578 | 108,904 | 165,871 |
2022 | 17,885 | 95,493 | 169,531 | 282,909 |
This is a summary of dogs entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme via an approved route. It does not include pet animals that enter other parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands) or pet animals that enter Great Britain from other parts of the UK. It does not include any animals that enter Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme from the Republic of Ireland (as these movements do not need to follow an approved route).
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.
Please note that we do not hold any data prior to 2018.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in each year between 2013 and 2022.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The total number of cats that travelled under the pet travel scheme is as follows:
Year | Air | Sea | Tunnel | Total |
2018 | 8,530 | 8,449 | 12,591 | 29,570 |
2019 | 9,776 | 9,764 | 12,767 | 32,307 |
2020 | 9,354 | 5,235 | 12,545 | 27,134 |
2021 | 11,445 | 5,928 | 11,768 | 29,141 |
2022 | 9,819 | 15,500 | 14,238 | 39,557 |
This is a summary of cats entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme via an approved route. It does not include pet animals that enter other parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands) or pet animals that enter Great Britain from other parts of the UK. It does not include any animals that enter Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme from the Republic of Ireland (as these movements do not need to follow an approved route).
The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals.
We do not hold any data prior to 2018.
Asked by: Abena Oppong-Asare (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of women who have (a) been prescribed hormone replacement therapy for (i) perimenopausal and (ii) menopausal symptoms and (b) received other treatment for such symptoms in each of the last five years.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The figures in the table below relate to the prescribing of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications in England that are subsequently dispensed in the community in England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands by a pharmacy, appliance contractor, dispensing doctor or have been personally administered by a general practice. They do not include data on medicines used in secondary care, prisons or issued by a private prescriber. As data is not captured on clinical indication it is not possible to distinguish between the two conditions. Data in the table for the prescribing of HRT medications is based on a list of products that are obtainable via an HRT prescription pre-payment certificate. These also exclude other medicines to treat menopause symptoms that are not licensed for that purpose that patients may be prescribed or purchase over the counter.
Year | Total Identified Patients |
2019/2020 | 1,455,591 |
2020/2021 | 1,384,489 |
2021/2022 | 1,813,228 |
2022/2023 | 2,344,680 |
2023/2024 (up to June 2023) | 1,671,792 |
Note: Data published 26 October 2023 – ‘Hormone Replacement Therapy - England - April 2015 to June 2023’, which is available at the following link: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/hormone-replacement-therapy-england/hormone-replacement-therapy-england-april-2015-june-2023
Asked by: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they have offered to (1) Jersey, and (2) Guernsey, following the impact of Storm Ciarán.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Crown Dependencies are responsible for their own contingency planning and emergency response but the UK stands ready to assist them in responding to emergencies where they request additional support.
UK officials were in contact with emergency planners in the Channel Islands during Storm Ciarán but none of the Islands requested any support from the UK.