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225472

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) acute, elderly and general nurses and (b) other qualified nurses have been employed in each NHS region in each Agenda for Change band in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	226521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre latest monthly workforce statistics show that there are now over 7,500 more nurses, midwives and health visitors working in the National Health Service than May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of nurses, midwives and health visitors and separately the number of acute, elderly and general nurses in each NHS region in each Agenda for Change band since 2009.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:28:53 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ226521 table.xlsx title Number of nurses, midwives and health visitors
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

225473

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department carried out with mental health trusts on the 4 March 2015 deadline for decisions on payment tariff options; and what representations his Department has received on an extension to that deadline.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	226544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Monitor and NHS England are responsible for setting the National Tariff Payment System arrangements, including for mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitor and NHS England undertook a period of rapid engagement with National Health Service commissioners and providers, following a period of statutory consultation, on alternative national tariff options for 2015/16. Monitor and NHS England wrote to chief executives of providers of NHS-funded care and NHS England wrote to clinical leaders in clinical commissioning groups setting out the details of these options.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The letter to all chief executives of providers of NHS-funded care on the tariff arrangements for 2015/16 activity is published on Monitor’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tariff-arrangements-for-your-201516-nhs-activity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tariff-arrangements-for-your-201516-nhs-activity</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The letter issued by NHS England and the co-chairs of NHS clinical commissioners can be viewed on NHS England’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/02/19/tariff-2015/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/02/19/tariff-2015/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The list of providers choosing the Enhanced Tariff Option can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/most-nhs-providers-opt-for-enhanced-tariff-for-201516" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/most-nhs-providers-opt-for-enhanced-tariff-for-201516</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department was made aware of correspondence to Monitor and NHS England from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Shelford Group, which represents 10 NHS trusts and foundation trusts, about the tariff options. No representations were received specifically about extending the 4 March deadline for responses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/03/2015 17:21:14 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

225474

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups have announced their funding allocation to mental health services for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	226545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are working with their local provider organisations to agree commissioning plans for 2015/16. This will include negotiating local financial agreements for 2015/16 with mental health providers. The National Tariff Payment System arrangements will influence these negotiations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitor and NHS England undertook a period of rapid engagement with National Health Service providers on alternative National Tariff Payment System arrangements for 2015/16 and providers had until 4 March to decide which tariff options to adopt for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CCGs will submit their commissioning plans for 2015/16 to NHS England later in the spring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for funding local health services based on the needs of their communities. NHS England published planning guidance for 2015/16 for commissioners which made the expectation clear that each CCG’s spending on mental health services in 2015/16 should increase in real terms, and grow by at least the same percentage as each CCG’s allocation increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will assure CCG commissioning plans for 2015/16 after they have been submitted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226546 question first answered 10/03/2015 17:26:05 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

225475

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all clinical commissioning groups offer all mental health trusts the additional mental health investment set out in December 2014 planning guidance Forward View into Action; and how many mental health trusts have received this investment to date.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	226546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are working with their local provider organisations to agree commissioning plans for 2015/16. This will include negotiating local financial agreements for 2015/16 with mental health providers. The National Tariff Payment System arrangements will influence these negotiations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitor and NHS England undertook a period of rapid engagement with National Health Service providers on alternative National Tariff Payment System arrangements for 2015/16 and providers had until 4 March to decide which tariff options to adopt for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CCGs will submit their commissioning plans for 2015/16 to NHS England later in the spring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for funding local health services based on the needs of their communities. NHS England published planning guidance for 2015/16 for commissioners which made the expectation clear that each CCG’s spending on mental health services in 2015/16 should increase in real terms, and grow by at least the same percentage as each CCG’s allocation increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will assure CCG commissioning plans for 2015/16 after they have been submitted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226545 question first answered 10/03/2015 17:26:05 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

225481

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis of financial risk to the (a) Greater Manchester councils, (b) Greater Manchester Hospital trusts and (c) Greater Manchester clinical commissioning groups his Department has made during Manchester NHS devolution negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	226507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>In formulating their proposals for more integrated local decision-making, the clinical commissioning groups and local authorities in Greater Manchester, together with NHS England, are seeking amongst other benefits to secure more efficient and economic use of the financial resources available for commissioning health and care services for their local population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relevant statutory organisations will be responsible for ensuring that any joint or delegated commissioning arrangements enable them to remain accountable for fulfilling their duties in relation to managing financial resources. The Government has no plans to alter the existing responsibilities of the relevant statutory bodies in this respect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226508 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:44:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

225482

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that NHS England and his Department assist the Greater Manchester NHS system with additional financial support in the event of year-end budget deficits being accrued under the Manchester devolution proposal.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	226508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>In formulating their proposals for more integrated local decision-making, the clinical commissioning groups and local authorities in Greater Manchester, together with NHS England, are seeking amongst other benefits to secure more efficient and economic use of the financial resources available for commissioning health and care services for their local population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relevant statutory organisations will be responsible for ensuring that any joint or delegated commissioning arrangements enable them to remain accountable for fulfilling their duties in relation to managing financial resources. The Government has no plans to alter the existing responsibilities of the relevant statutory bodies in this respect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226507 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:44:24 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

225483

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) women, (b) men and (c) children were (i) overweight and (ii) obese in Birmingham, Northfield constituency (A) in total and (B) in each ward.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	226519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England does not hold data on the number of adults who are classified as overweight and obese by ward or constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on Childhood obesity at a sub-national level for England are collected through the National Childhood Measurement Programme for two school year groups Reception (4-5 year olds) and Year 6 (10-11 years olds).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the small numbers of children classified as overweight and obese at ward level the data within the table are presented as a total figure for the 3 year period 2010/11 to 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Year R (4-5 year olds)</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Year 6 (10-11 year olds)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Overweight</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Obese</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Overweight</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Obese</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Ward Name</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E05001191</p></td><td><p>Kings Norton</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>16.0%</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E05001194</p></td><td><p>Longbridge</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>15.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E05001198</p></td><td><p>Northfield</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>9.3%</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>23.0%</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>19.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E05001217</p></td><td><p>Weoley</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>11.1%</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>24.4%</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td><td><p>659</p></td><td><p>22.5%</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/03/2015 16:39:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

225484

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any photographs of religious leaders are displayed in the offices of ministers in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	226479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>There is one photograph of the Secretary of State meeting Pope Benedict XVI in Ministerial Private Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:22:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

225485

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be accountable to (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) Parliament under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	226480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England and clinical commissioning groups, as statutory National Health Service organisations, will remain accountable for meeting the full range of their statutory duties. The fundamental national policies, inspection regimes, guidance and regulations will continue to apply to Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will remain ultimately accountable to Parliament for the provision of a comprehensive health service in England, including Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226481 226482 question first answered 10/03/2015 17:33:07 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

225486

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Greater Manchester Strategic Health and Social Care Partnership Board will be directly accountable to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority under the Manchester NHS devolution plan.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	226481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England and clinical commissioning groups, as statutory National Health Service organisations, will remain accountable for meeting the full range of their statutory duties. The fundamental national policies, inspection regimes, guidance and regulations will continue to apply to Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will remain ultimately accountable to Parliament for the provision of a comprehensive health service in England, including Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226480 226482 question first answered 10/03/2015 17:33:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne