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1029380

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date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to publish an alcohol workforce strategy to accompany the alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care and Home Office officials are continuing to hold discussions on the development of a new joint alcohol strategy and further announcements will be made in due course. There are no plans at this stage to publish an alcohol workforce strategy alongside it.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 12:00:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029381

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost-effectiveness of alcohol care teams in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) assessed alcohol care teams (ACTs) in hospitals in the guidance ‘Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions’, which supports local planning processes and informs local commissioning strategies and plans. PHE found ACTs to be an effective and cost-effective option for National Health Service sustainability and transformation partnerships to consider helping reduce the harm to individuals, including to those whose alcohol use impacts most heavily on NHS health services, such as repeat hospital admissions. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-health-and-care-planning-menu-of-preventative-interventions" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-health-and-care-planning-menu-of-preventative-interventions</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 11:59:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029387

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had in 2018 with representatives of (i) the alcohol industry and (ii) public health advocates to discuss minimum unit pricing for alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of minimum unit pricing in England remains under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p><p>Home Office ministers have held no meetings with representatives of the alcohol industry and public health advocates to discuss minimum unit pricing for alcohol. However, Home Office officials have engaged throughout 2018 with a range of stakeholders as part of our alcohol policy work , including the health sector, academics, the voluntary sector and representatives of the alcohol industry and the licensed trade.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204582 question first answered 11/01/2019 12:54:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029399

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria he will use to decide whether to include a minimum unit pricing for alcohol in the new joint alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of minimum unit pricing in England remains under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p><p>Home Office ministers have held no meetings with representatives of the alcohol industry and public health advocates to discuss minimum unit pricing for alcohol. However, Home Office officials have engaged throughout 2018 with a range of stakeholders as part of our alcohol policy work , including the health sector, academics, the voluntary sector and representatives of the alcohol industry and the licensed trade.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 204578 question first answered 11/01/2019 12:54:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029464

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	CAFCASS: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children are currently being represented by children and family court advisory and support service guardians in courts in England.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In total, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is acting as a Guardian for 25,440 children (22,007 in public law and 3,433 in private law Rule 6.4 cases).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2019 15:35:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029468

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often the judiciary in family courts including the lay bench have mandatory specialist training on domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, responsibility for the training of the judiciary rests with the Lord Chief Justice as Head of the Judiciary. This is exercised through the Judicial College under judicial direction. The Lord Chief Justice requires judges and magistrates to attend induction training before sitting in Private Family law cases, which includes a module on dealing with domestic abuse, and thereafter attend continuation training for the family jurisdiction, which also includes a domestic abuse module, on a minimum of a three-year cycle. Judicial guidance on domestic abuse in child arrangements and contact cases is provided by Practice Direction 12J and vulnerable persons’ participation by Practice Direction 3AA which are available under the procedure rules on the justice website.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial College produces two core training packs on domestic abuse specifically for magistrates: one for the criminal jurisdiction, and one for the family jurisdiction about domestic abuse and its effects, including the effect of domestic abuse on children. The Family Court Bench Book to support magistrates was updated and re-published in 2018.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2019 15:42:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1029531

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	CAFCASS: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often Cafcass professionals undergo mandatory specialist training on domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	204585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Cafcass provides all social work staff who join with specialist training on domestic abuse. Cafcass has a range of tools for identifying domestic abuse, assessing its impact and making recommendations to the court about programmes to address perpetrator behaviour and the implications for child arrangements.</p><p>Guidance and programmes have been developed in collaboration with a range of organisations with specialist knowledge of domestic abuse. In addition to training, Cafcass has: monthly ‘Learning and Development Bulletins’ highlighting recent learning; ‘knowledge alerts’ that are shared when new practices are in place; ‘development days’ for teams on relevant topics; eLearning (via Cafcass’ eLearning platform which includes learning specific to domestic abuse) and; the Cafcass Library which provides up-to-date information.</p><p>Cafcass has recently made several commitments to improve training around domestic abuse. Cafcass has commissioned additional training from Barnardo’s on the domestic violence risk identification matrix tool, with a view to considering how this material can complement the Cafcass domestic abuse pathway. Cafcass also works closely with Respect on best practice for working with perpetrators as part of national commissioning of perpetrator programmes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/01/2019 18:08:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris