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1123061

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Cancer: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish for consultation the draft service specifications for children and young people’s cancer services.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	247664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The draft service specifications for children and young people’s cancer services are expected to be published for consultation in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 13:37:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1123120

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand existing public health and prevention services in community pharmacies in order to support the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	247688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Both the NHS Long Term Plan and the ‘Prevention is Better than Cure’ vision document, published in November 2018, set out an ambition to encourage more people to make the most of their local pharmacy to stay well in the community. Within the prevention vision, the value of the advice and wide range of lifestyle and public health interventions being delivered by more than 9,500 community pharmacies already accredited as healthy living pharmacies was recognised. In line with this, the NHS Long Term Plan outlines an aim for voluntary sector partners, community pharmacists and general practitioner practices to work together to facilitate opportunities for the public to check on their health, through tests for high blood pressure and other high-risk conditions.</p><p>The Department is now developing a Green Paper to further work up this ambition and plans for delivering it. This will be published later this year.</p><p>Alongside this, the Department, with NHS England, has now begun negotiations to determine the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework for 2019/20 and beyond. These are confidential negotiations and as such we are unable to provide further detail at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 14:35:25 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1123121

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	General Practitioners: Pharmacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate engagement between GPs and community pharmacies as part of the Government’s plan to refer patients with minor illnesses from NHS 111 to pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	247689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Digital Minor Illness Referral Service, being piloted in the North East, London, Devon and the East Midlands, means that patients can and already are being referred from NHS 111 to community pharmacy for support and advice with minor illnesses. The NHS Long Term Plan includes an ambition to build on this, to further integrate community pharmacy into the health and care system to enable and encourage more collaborative working alongside other local National Health Service providers. To achieve this, it outlines the development of pharmacy connection schemes designed to facilitate the referral of patients to community pharmacy from other parts of the health and care system, including general practice.</p><p>The Government has been clear that it recognises the opportunity to better utilise community pharmacy to help more people in the community and is committed to working with the sector to make this a reality. The Department, with NHS England, has recently begun negotiations to determine the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework for 2019/20 and beyond. These are confidential negotiations and as such we are unable to provide further detail at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 14:40:14 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1123140

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Health and Care Professions Council: Fees and Charges
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 he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Care Professions Council equality impact assessment process for its recent decision to increase registrations fees.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	247580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment on the effectiveness of the Health and Care Professions Council’s (HCPC) equality impact assessment process for its recent decision to increase registration fees. The HCPC is independent of Government and funded by registrants’ fees on a cost recovery basis.</p><p>Following public consultation, the HCPC is planning to raise its annual fees by £16. If adopted, the HCPC’s annual registration fee will rise from £90 to £106 a year from October 2019. The HCPC registration fees will remain the lowest of any of the United Kingdom-wide health and care regulators. Registration fees are tax-deductible and this fee rise will amount to just over £1 a month extra for most of the HCPC’s registrants.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/04/2019 16:13:13 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1123257

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	NHS: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2019 to Question 240581 on NHS: Pensions, what level of interest is applied to annual allowance charges paid through the scheme pays facility of the NHS Pension.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	247725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The ‘Scheme Pays’ facility allows NHS Pension Scheme members to settle their annual allowance tax charges without needing to find funds upfront. However, HM Revenue and Customs requires that if a defined benefit pension scheme pays an annual allowance charge there must be an adjustment to the benefits the member has accrued. The value of the scheme pays charge, plus interest, is recouped from the value of the member’s pension on retirement. The interest rate for scheme pays charges is set at the scheme discount rate. The discount rate for public service pension schemes is currently consumer price index plus 2.4%, which represents the notional rate of investment return on contribution income.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/04/2019 16:21:04 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1123262

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Mental Illness: Children
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 he has made of the prevalence of diagnosed mental health conditions in children in each National Statistics socio-economic classication in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	247597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The most recent prevalence survey of children and young people was commissioned by the Department. It took place in 2017 and was published by NHS Digital in November 2018. This information is not collected annually and the previous survey was published in 2004.</p><p>The survey looked at the extent of mental ill health in the 5-19 year old population and considered a range of demographic, socioeconomic, relationship, and health-related characteristics. It did not use National Statistics Socioeconomic classifications.</p><p>NHS Digital made an assessment of the 2017 survey, in ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, Trends and characteristics’, which reported on associated demographic factors, including family functioning, household income, receipt of benefits, and neighbourhood deprivation. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://files.digital.nhs.uk/A0/273EE3/MHCYP%202017%20Trends%20Characteristics.pdf" target="_blank">https://files.digital.nhs.uk/A0/273EE3/MHCYP%202017%20Trends%20Characteristics.pdf</a></p><p>This assessment of the survey reported that living in a low-income household or with a parent in receipt of income-related benefits was associated with higher rates of mental disorder in children.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/04/2019 15:41:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1123263

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Opioids: 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 estimate he has made of the addiction rates of the 10 most commonly prescribed opioid drugs in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	247598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the addiction rates of the 10 most commonly prescribed opioid drugs in each of the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 13:43:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1123265

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many CCGs (a) achieved and (b) did not achieve the turnaround target of 98 per cent of patients receiving their cervical screening results within 14 days of having a test in the last month for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	247785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Data is reported by local authority and published annually by NHS England, with the most recent information available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cervical-screening-programme/england---2017-18" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cervical-screening-programme/england---2017-18</a></p><p>However, data by clinical commissioning group (CCG) was published by the National Audit Office (NAO) Investigation into the Management of Health Screening and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/report/investigation-into-adult-health-screening/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/report/investigation-into-adult-health-screening/</a></p><p>The data published by the NAO shows the target for delivering cervical screening results letters within 14 days was not met in 189 out of 207 CCGs in 2017-18.</p><p>The 2016 announcement of the planned introduction of human papillomavirus primary screening and planned reconfiguration of laboratories has impacted on cytology workforce retention and recruitment rates. This led to an increase in the turnaround times of cervical screening samples in 2016-17 and 2017-18.</p><p>NHS England is taking steps to make sure the delivery, performance and oversight of screening services meet the high standard NHS patients rightly expect. This includes moving samples around the country to reduce the burden on those laboratories most under pressure. Professor Sir Mike Richards has also been commissioned to undertake a major review of cancer screening as part the NHS Long Term Plan’s renewed drive to improve care and save lives.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/04/2019 13:41:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1123267

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Care Homes: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many residential and nursing homes have closed permanently (a) nationally and (b) in the North West region since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	247683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of care home closures since 2016. However, data from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is available on the change in the number of care homes in England, which reflects both openings and closures over time.</p><p>Due to the devolved nature of social care, figures are only available for England and the North West. These are taken from averaging across quarterly CQC data.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 16,839 care homes in England in January 2016 compared to 15,738 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 901 homes, a 6.5% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in England has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 461,793 beds in January 2016 compared to 456,333 beds in April 2019, a 1.2% reduction.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 2,039 care homes in the North West in January 2016 compared to 1,914 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 105 homes, a 6% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in the North West has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 63,005 beds in January 2016 compared to 61,704 beds in April 2019, a 2.06% reduction.</p><p>Nationally, England has seen a decrease of 1.5% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>463,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>460,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>459,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>459,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>456,924</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the North West, there has been a decrease of 2% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>63,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>62,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>62,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>62,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>61,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 247684 question first answered 30/04/2019 13:59:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123270

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many residential and nursing home beds were available in each of the last five years in the (a) UK and (b) North West.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	247684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of care home closures since 2016. However, data from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is available on the change in the number of care homes in England, which reflects both openings and closures over time.</p><p>Due to the devolved nature of social care, figures are only available for England and the North West. These are taken from averaging across quarterly CQC data.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 16,839 care homes in England in January 2016 compared to 15,738 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 901 homes, a 6.5% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in England has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 461,793 beds in January 2016 compared to 456,333 beds in April 2019, a 1.2% reduction.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 2,039 care homes in the North West in January 2016 compared to 1,914 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 105 homes, a 6% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in the North West has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 63,005 beds in January 2016 compared to 61,704 beds in April 2019, a 2.06% reduction.</p><p>Nationally, England has seen a decrease of 1.5% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>463,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>460,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>459,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>459,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>456,924</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the North West, there has been a decrease of 2% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>63,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>62,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>62,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>62,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>61,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 247683 question first answered 30/04/2019 13:59:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger