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Dr Poulter: The requested information is not routinely collected by the Department. The payment target set for all Government Departments is to pay at least 80% of all invoices received within five days, regardless of the size of the creditor organisation or the value of the invoice. Payment performance is also monitored against targets of 10 days (the previous target set by Cabinet Office) and 30 days, which are the payment terms stated in all the Department’s commercial contracts.

The Department’s performance against each of the above targets for the last three full financial years is given in the following table:

Norman Lamb: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 18 June 2013, Official Report, column 656W. Strategic health authorities no longer exist. NHS England took responsibility for the Cancer Drugs Fund from April 2013 and information on the number of patients funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund for 2013-14 is not yet available. NHS England is currently considering what information will be made available routinely and how it will be made available. NHS England has advised that it has collected data on the use of the Cancer Drugs Fund for the first quarter of 2013-14 and it expects this to be made available shortly. Thereafter, data will be published quarterly. Health Services: Lancashire

Norman Lamb: The information requested is not centrally held.

Responsibility for the treatment of long-term conditions passed to NHS England in April 2013. One of the objectives in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England is for the national health service to better empower patients to manage and make decisions about their own care and treatment. Achieving this objective would mean that by 2015 everyone with a long-term condition will be offered a personalised care plan that reflects their preferences and agreed decisions.

Anna Soubry: The Responsibility Deal currently has a number of partners that operate on a franchise basis, including Subway, Burger King and Pizza Hut, and their commitments cover all franchisees.

Additionally local franchise-owners can choose to sign up as local partners to the national Responsibility Deal. In April, the Department launched a local toolkit that includes a number of simple actions that local food/catering businesses can take to provide healthier