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HANSARDPublic Health Grant Allocations: Local AuthoritiesToday I am publishing the Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities in England for 2023- 24, along with indicative allocations for 2024-25. Funding for local…14 Mar 2023HANSARDDissolution of Public Health EnglandI am today informing Parliament of the formal dissolution of Public Health England (PHE). This follows the laying before Parliament of the PHE annual report and accounts for 2021…09 Mar 2023HANSARDNational No Smoking DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for securing this important debate. He spoke…09 Mar 2023HANSARDNational No Smoking DayI will hopefully reassure the hon. Lady on that point shortly. I was saying that tobacco and tobacco control will be threaded through the major conditions strategy, but I will…09 Mar 2023HANSARDPrescription Charge Annual UpliftI want to make a statement on the prescription charge annual uplift for NHS prescriptions, wigs and fabric supports. The National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances)…09 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesThe public health grant will be announced within days, not weeks. When it is announced, the Opposition will see that, as well as generously funding public health, we will be…07 Mar 2023HANSARDChildhood ObesityI met the SNP’s public health lead last week and had an excellent conversation with her. As well as the sugar tax, we have introduced calorie labelling; volume and location…07 Mar 2023HANSARDChildhood ObesityThe hon. Gentleman is completely correct. As well as the actions that we are taking on healthy eating and obesity, that is exactly why we are spending £55 billion to help…07 Mar 2023HANSARDChildhood ObesityThe Better Health: Rewards pilot that we are funding in Wolverhampton is very exciting, and more than 10,000 residents have already registered with the app. We will be monitoring…07 Mar 2023HANSARDChildhood ObesityMy hon. Friend is totally right. As well as the funding that I mentioned for healthy eating in schools, cooking and nutrition are part of the national curriculum from key stages 1…07 Mar 2023HANSARDChildhood ObesityThe Government are committed to addressing childhood obesity. We have introduced calorie labelling for on-the-go food and brought in the sugar tax. To drive up activity, we are…07 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesMy hon. Friend is quite right. It is something that we are looking at very closely, as she knows from previous conversations. While vaping can be an aid in quitting smoking—it…07 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesWe announced in January that we will publish a major conditions strategy, which will apply a geographical lens to each condition to address disparities in health outcomes. We have…07 Mar 2023HANSARDHealth InequalitiesAs I just said, we are driving forward all that work through the major conditions paper. In addition, we have the Start for Life programme, with another £300 million to improve…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNHS Backlogs: Eye HealthcareThe Secretary of State will have taken note of my hon. Friend’s representations.07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is exactly why we will continue to reform the contract as the hon. Lady suggests, and it is why we have started allowing dentists to do 110% of their UDAs, but she is right…07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is exactly why we are spending £55 billion this winter to help households and businesses with their energy bills. That is one of the largest support packages in Europe.07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will be setting out further steps shortly, but there are 6.5% more dentists doing work for the NHS than in 2010 and we have started the reforms with more units of dental…07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will be setting out our next steps on smoking shortly, but we already have the lowest smoking level on record: it has fallen to 13%, partly as a result of the doubling of duty…07 Mar 2023HANSARDAccess to Primary CareMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right; walk-in centres are a key part of primary care. We are looking at how they can do more, and I pay tribute to all the work they are…07 Mar 2023