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428689

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what modelling his Department has undertaken of the effect on adult social care of different funding allocations for such services.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	16604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Officials in the Department and across Government are working hard to understand pressures on the system and are considering adult social care expenditure and future demand as part of the Spending Review process. This includes modelling of the effect on adult social care of different funding allocations.</p><p>The Spending Review process will formally conclude on 25 November 2015, when the Chancellor will announce the outcome.</p><br /><p>The Department has already commissioned a full review of the Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formula (which is used to allocate funding to local authorities based on indicators such as need, population and wealth) from the Personal Social Services Research Unit (at the University of Kent and the London School of Economics) and LG Futures (a consultancy).</p><br /><p>As part of this review, 53 councils have contributed the most detailed data yet obtained for social care allocations. The researchers are currently writing up the research which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:36:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

428693

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has considered referring the junior doctors' contract dispute to ACAS.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	16598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is not ruling out conciliation – however, we believe it is still possible to have meaningful talks. We have already sought independent views on contract reform – having asked the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists Remuneration (DDRB) for recommendations which formed the basis of our offer, an offer which the British Medical Association have so far refused to talk about. Both the BMA and the Government gave evidence to the DDRB. We continue to urge the BMA to come back round the table, and there are no preconditions to any talks, though of course the Government reserves the right to make changes to contracts if no progress is made on the issues preventing a truly 7 day NHS. That was promised in the manifesto and endorsed by the British people at the last election.</p><p>The DDRB made 23 recommendations and proposed that these should be the basis for national level negotiations between the BMA and NHS Employers, which the Government accepted. The DDRB’s report was published in July this year.</p><p>The BMA has refused to accept these independent recommendations as the basis for negotiations. The Government continues to urge the BMA to return to talks and to work in partnership with NHS Employers to agree a new contract that works for junior doctors and patients<strong>.</strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 20/11/2015 14:48:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

428781

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether British expatriates who pay income tax in the UK will be charged for medical treatment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	16728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Since the United Kingdom has a residence based healthcare system, a person who is not ordinarily resident in the UK, including a British national expatriate, is chargeable for any National Health Service hospital services they receive during visits to the UK, unless an exemption category applies, as set out in Regulations. Therefore, entitlement to free NHS care is not linked to the payment of UK taxes.</p><br /><p>Being ordinarily resident in the UK means, in relation to British citizens, living here on a lawful, properly settled basis for the time being. A person can be ordinarily resident in more than one country at a time, depending on their individual circumstances. <br></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:38:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

428792

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent review his Department has conducted into the adequacy of suicide prevention support for (a) men and (b) women; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	16703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>There has not been a formal review of the adequacy of suicide prevention support for men and women. However, we published a national strategy, Preventing Suicide in England: a cross-Government strategy to save lives in 2012. I announced in a Westminster Hall Debate on 19 November 2015 that this strategy was a dynamic one, being reviewed and refreshed regularly. We continue to monitor and track trends in suicide and work with organisations across Government and industry and with a range of stakeholder organisations to implement the national strategy. We publish an annual report on our progress. The next annual report will be published early next year.</p><br /><p>The Department provides financial support to the National Suicide Prevention Alliance consisting of a range of organisations concerned with suicide prevention which provides expert advice on implementing the national strategy.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 11:54:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

428794

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Psychiatric Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK were admitted to mental health hospitals outside of their local authority area in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	16709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Information on the number of patients who were admitted to mental health hospitals outside their home local authority in St Helens North constituency, Merseyside and the United Kingdom in each of the last five years is not available. However, information on the number of people in non-specialist mental health beds treated out of area between September 2014 and July 2015 is set out in the attached table: the number of people in non-specialist mental health bed, placed out of area at the end of the month, for England and Mersey Care NHS Trust, September 2014-July 2015.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:33:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name Number of people in non specialist mental health beds- out of area September 2014-July 2015.xlsx title Non specialist mental health beds- out of area
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

428798

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Quality during Oral Questions on 17 November 2015 on the establishment of a working party to examine issues regarding the availability of off-patent, repurposed drugs, when the working party was established; what the working party's scope and terms of reference are; which organisations and individuals have been invited to join the working party; and when the next meeting of the working party will be convened.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not established a working party in relation to the Off-Patent Drugs Bill. We did hold a roundtable event in February 2015 with key stakeholders including charities and agreed several follow up actions. We have now agreed additional further actions:</p><p>- arrange a further roundtable event specifically for those charities who would like to explore the Bill in more detail;</p><p>- input in to the work of the Off-Patent Drugs Bill All Party Parliamentary Group; and</p><p>- hold a Ministerial drop-in session on 30 November, for those who would like to discuss the Bill further. This will be hosted by myself.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/11/2015 14:51:05 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

428801

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each parliamentary constituency are diagnosed with ADHD.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	16725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>That information is not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:47:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

428802

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Suicide Prevention Alliance: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support his Department has provided to the National Suicide Prevention Alliance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	16697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department has provided the following financial support for the National Suicide Prevention Alliance since its establishment in 2012:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£60,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£60,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£60,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£180,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Source: Department of Health</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:40:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

428803

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to embed the Family Test into its policy making.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	16698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Officials in the Department of Health have liaised with the Department for Work and Pensions as the lead Department for the Family Test to embed it and encourage routine use of the Test. This has included training officials on applying the Test, disseminating relevant evidence, learning materials and best practice.</p><br /><p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">Family Test Guidance</a>.</p><br /><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><br /><p>The Department of Health is working to raise awareness of the Family Test amongst its policy staff, so that the impact of policy on the family is considered as a matter of course. We have highlighted the Family Test through the Policy Kit, an online resource for the Department of Health policy officials. The Family Test is also highlighted in policy induction training, which is available to staff who are new to policy roles in the Department of Health.</p><br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/11/2015 13:49:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

428804

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that men make use of mental health services when they need them; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	16694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>We have committed to achieving parity of esteem for mental and physical health and improving access to mental health services for all people. We are implementing the first waiting times for mental health services to ensure more people have access to care when they need it and we have increased access to talking therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.</p><br /><p>We know that men can sometimes be a hard to reach group for some mental health issues such as reducing the risk of suicide and reducing stigma and encouraging men to seek help for their mental health problems.</p><br /><p>We continue to provide financial support to the Time to Change programme which aims to reduce the stigma around mental health and we provide financial support to the National Suicide Prevention Alliance, which involves organisations from across Government, industry and the community, voluntary and charitable sectors to support delivery of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Men are highlighted as a high risk group within the National Strategy for whom our suicide prevention activities should be prioritised.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:35:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham