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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-01-26more like thismore than 2016-01-26
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Mental Health Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will change local authority public health team regulations to ensure that (a) public mental health no longer falls under the heading of miscellaneous and (b) there is parity of esteem between physical and mental health in the activity of such teams. more like this
tabling member constituency Colne Valley remove filter
tabling member printed
Jason McCartney more like this
uin 24286 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-03more like thismore than 2016-02-03
answer text <p>We accept entirely the centrality of mental health and wellbeing to public health and the need for parity of esteem across health services. While it is right for local authorities (LAs) to determine their own local priorities and account to their own electorates, the Department’s Public Health Outcomes Framework – which defines areas for improvement across the public health system, and to which LAs must have regard – includes a number of indicators that relate directly to mental health. Public Health England collects and publishes LA-level data for all these indicators and will continue to support and advise LAs on the evidence base for effective mental health interventions.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to require LAs to report spending on public mental health. LAs’ public health functions cover a wide range of activity, and it is important for central government to limit its demands for information from local government to a minimum. LAs would also be unable to disaggregate their spending on, for example, a drug or alcohol misuse service in order to isolate a sum that could be attributed purely to the mental health aspect of the service.</p>
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-03T16:10:14.763Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-03T16:10:14.763Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
tabling member
3953
label Biography information for Jason McCartney more like this