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50096

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has allocated to the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme for the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	198030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has allocated a budget of £40 million to fund the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme for the 2014-15 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

50099

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities have withdrawn from the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	198050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any local authorities withdrawing from the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme to date.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

50139

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland to discuss recent developments in South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	198124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland has had these issues debated in the House on more than one occasion, most recently at a Westminster Hall Debate on 5 November 2013. He has also had several meetings with Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service (NHS) regulator, Monitor, is continuing to investigate the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust and the results of its investigation will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

50169

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what ambulance response times were in each local authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	198043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested. The hon. Member may wish to contact Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, who may hold data at a more local level.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows median ambulance response times for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in the latest three months for which figures are available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p><p> </p><p>Median response times (minutes) for Category A calls</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>February 2014</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>5.6</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source</em>: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p>Response time shown is for Category A (Red) calls. These are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

50174

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Warrington in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	198047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The hon. Member may wish to contact North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, who may hold data at a more local level.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows median ambulance response times for North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each month for which figures are available:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p><p> </p><p>Median response times (minutes) for Category A calls</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2011</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2012</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2012</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2013</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England</p><p> </p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p>Response time shown is for Category A (Red) calls. These are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

50175

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much each ambulance trust in England underspent or overspent their budget in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	198048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts do not receive funding directly from the Department of Health and therefore do not have budgets against which they underspend. They are semi-autonomous organisations whose income derives from the provision of services to NHS England and clinical commissioning groups, through what might be described as trading activity.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust and foundation trust regime has similarities to the regime for Government Trading Funds, where expenditure for Government activity is met from income from third parties, rather than direct funding from resources voted to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The equivalent “underspend” would be where the trust spends less than the income it receives as a result of its activity. This is referred to as a “surplus”.</p><p> </p><p>The following table summarises the year-end surpluses for each NHS Ambulance trust in the financial years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle Of Wight NHS Trust<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>2,016</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>757</p></td><td><p>2,364</p></td><td><p>3,121</p></td><td><p>4,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,425</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>2,751</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>4,736</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>2,312</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>2,065</p></td><td><p>1,558</p></td><td><p>2,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>1,383</p></td><td><p>2,049</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>3,153</p></td><td><p>3,486</p></td><td><p>3,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>1,645</p></td><td><p>36,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>5,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>518</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>2,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup>Isle Of Wight NHS Trust established April 2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><sup>2</sup>North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - FT status established November 2011. 2009-10 to 2011-12 figures - as NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><sup>3</sup> South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - FT status established March 2012. 2009-10 to 2011-12 figures - as NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><sup>4</sup>South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - FT status established March 2011. 2009-10 to 2010-11 - as NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><sup>5</sup>South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust - FT status established March 2011. 2009-10 to 2010-11 - as NHS Trust</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

50176

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) and of the need to seek immediate treatment for TIAs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	198145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans for any specific marketing activity around raising public awareness of transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs). However, Public Health England continues to run the highly impactful Act FAST stroke awareness campaign that covers very similar signs with a message to call 999 if these signs are witnessed. Two new television executions ran in March 2014 with plans to run them again later in the current financial year.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England produced a resource for clinical commissioning groups (CCG) to support them in setting and delivering on a level of ambition to reduce premature mortality. The resource included information on high-impact interventions that CCGs could consider commissioning to reduce premature mortality. One of these is to increase the proportion of patients with TIA treated within 24 hours from 71% to 100%.</p><p> </p><p>The resource is available here:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/sop/red-prem-mort/</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

50177

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals for regulations to ensure that ME and chronic fatigue syndrome are included in all pre- and post-registration training of (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare professionals.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>In 2007, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced the clinical guidance, <em>Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children</em>. This guidance set out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of children and adults with CFS/ME. Information on CFS/ME diagnosis and treatment can also be accessed via the NHS Evidence and NICE Clinical Knowledge summaries websites.</p><p> </p><p>The content and standard of healthcare professional training is the responsibility of regulators, such as the General Medical Council, which are independent statutory bodies. They have the general function of promoting high standards of education, working with the Royal Colleges, and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that students and newly qualified professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has mandated Health Education England (HEE) to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development in the National Health Service. HEE is responsible for ensuring that the future workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to meet patients' needs today and tomorrow, and will work with stakeholders to influence training curricula as appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198121 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

50178

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to improve information and support for GPs regarding ME or chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will take steps to improve access to specialist services for people with those conditions.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>In 2007, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced the clinical guidance, <em>Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children</em>. This guidance set out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of children and adults with CFS/ME. Information on CFS/ME diagnosis and treatment can also be accessed via the NHS Evidence and NICE Clinical Knowledge summaries websites.</p><p> </p><p>The content and standard of healthcare professional training is the responsibility of regulators, such as the General Medical Council, which are independent statutory bodies. They have the general function of promoting high standards of education, working with the Royal Colleges, and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that students and newly qualified professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has mandated Health Education England (HEE) to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development in the National Health Service. HEE is responsible for ensuring that the future workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to meet patients' needs today and tomorrow, and will work with stakeholders to influence training curricula as appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198120 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

50180

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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 improve access to social care assessments for people with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Care Bill will require local authorities to provide information and advice on how to access care and support in their area including assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill will place local authorities under a duty to assess any adult who appears to have needs for care and support, whatever their level of need. The assessment will look at the person's needs and outcomes they want to achieve, and the person must be involved throughout the process. Authorities will have to ensure that anyone who is undertaking an assessment is appropriately trained to do so, and that where the assessor is not experienced in the condition of the person they are assessing, they must consult someone who is.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will ensure that the person needing care has an effective assessment carried out by an appropriately trained assessor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke