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926796

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Hospitals: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support hospitals in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	905932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Trusts in Special Measures are receiving increased support and intensive oversight from NHS Improvement to turn around their performance, including tailored improvement packages and Improvement Directors.</p><p> </p><p>22 trusts are now out of Special Measures for Quality since the programme began in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/06/2018 13:14:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

926797

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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 Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to reduce inappropriate out-of-area placements for mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	905936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Inappropriately placing people away from their home area is unacceptable and the Government is committed to eliminating these in non-specialist, acute mental health care by 2020/21. NHS England and NHS Improvement now have a comprehensive national programme supporting reductions in inappropriate placements. Every part of the country now has a clear, realistic plan for ending out of area placements safely by 2021, with many areas having already ended this practice altogether.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/06/2018 15:48:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

926854

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Palliative Care: North of England
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 he is taking to reduce the time taken to provide patients in the north of England with palliative care.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	155376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The commissioning of palliative care services is a local matter. Patients should receive palliative care in an appropriate timeframe according to clinical need. Palliative care can be provided in a patient’s home, care home, hospice or hospital.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/06/2018 13:10:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

926857

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Bowel 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, when the relevant Clinical Reference Group plans to make its decision in relation to NICE guidance on testing for Lynch syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	155379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As part of their work programmes during 2018/19, NHS England will be working with clinical commissioning groups pathology service commissioners to determine whether they can jointly develop a policy position relating to genetic testing and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on testing for Lynch syndrome. A specific date has not yet been set for this.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 11:18:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

926869

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Carers: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication, Carers Action Plan 2018-2020, published June 2018, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing employment rights to unpaid carers.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	155311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Carers Action Plan set out our commitment to raising the profile of carers with employers to encourage them to improve their practices to enable carers to continue to work alongside their caring role.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers meet regularly to discuss labour market issues. The question of dedicated employment rights for carers (alongside existing employment rights - such as the right to request flexible working and the right to time off for family and dependents) has been part of those discussions. The Carers Action Plan makes a specific commitment to consider the crucial questions around introducing dedicated employment rights.</p><p> </p><p>The Action Plan makes the following explicit commitment on employment rights for informal carers:</p><p>- The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are considering the question of dedicated employment rights for carers alongside existing employment rights (such as the right to request flexible working and the right to time off for family and dependents);</p><p>- We have set up an official level working group (the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and HM Treasury) to work on this; and</p><p>- This includes considering the crucial questions that arise around introducing dedicated employment rights with the support of analysts so that any emerging carers leave proposal is most effective.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/06/2018 14:03:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

926872

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
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 Answers of 3 May 2018 to Questions 139593 and 139592, for what reasons (a) neonatal herpes has not yet been considered for categorisation as a notifiable disease and (b) no information on the incidence of that disease is held centrally.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	155366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Type 1 and 2 of the herpes infection were considered for categorisation as a notifiable disease in 2010 when the Health Protection Regulations were undergoing development; expert opinion and consultation concluded that they should not be included. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Closedconsultations/DH_102134" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Closedconsultations/DH_102134</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episode Statistics do collect diagnoses of herpes; however, it is not possible to identify neonates. This is because identifiers including date of birth are stripped from records submitted with sensitive codes such as sexually transmitted diseases.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/06/2018 16:54:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

926882

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) cash sum and (b) real terms increase in NHS funding is planned to be for (i) 2018-2019, (ii) 2019-2020, (iii) 2020-2021, (iv) 2021-2022 and (v) 2022-2023.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	155219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has announced a five-year funding agreement which will see the National Health Service budget grow by over £20 billion, in real terms, by 2023-24. The planned resource budgets for NHS England; and what these amount to as additional funding in real terms, are included in the following table. These planned increases will be confirmed at a future fiscal event, subject to an NHS plan that meets the tests we have set out.</p><p> </p><p>Planned NHS England resource budgets, 2018-19 to 2023-24</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS England Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (excluding depreciation)</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2023-24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New nominal budget (£ billion)</p></td><td><p>114.60</p></td><td><p>120.55</p></td><td><p>126.91</p></td><td><p>133.15</p></td><td><p>139.83</p></td><td><p>147.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumulative real growth (2018/19 prices) (£ billion)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real growth (%)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plus pensions funding (£ billion nominal)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revised new nominal budget (£ billion)</p></td><td><p>114.60</p></td><td><p>121.80</p></td><td><p>128.16</p></td><td><p>134.40</p></td><td><p>141.08</p></td><td><p>149.01</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This breakdown can also be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 25/06/2018 15:59:07 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

926887

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) Resources Department Expenditure Limit (RDEL), (b) Capital Department Expenditure Limit and (c) Total Department Expenditure Limit (TDEL) for his Department in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, (f) 2022-23, and (g) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	155295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s Resource Department Expenditure Limit (RDEL), Capital Department Expenditure Limit (CDEL), and Total Department Expenditure Limit (TDEL) for the years 2017-18 to 2020-21 can be found in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Department of Health and Social Care RDEL, CDEL and TDEL, 2017-18 to 2020-21</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2018-19<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2019-20<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>2020-21<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ billion</p></td><td><p>£ billion</p></td><td><p>£ billion</p></td><td><p>£ billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RDEL</p></td><td><p>121.3</p></td><td><p>123.5</p></td><td><p>125.7</p></td><td><p>128.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDEL</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TDEL<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>125.4</p></td><td><p>128.4</p></td><td><p>130.9</p></td><td><p>133.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>The Department’s Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2021-22 onwards have not yet been confirmed.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has announced a five-year funding agreement which will see the National Health Service budget grow by over £20 billion, in real terms, by 2023-24. The figures exclude the associated planned additions to resource budgets for NHS England in 2019-20 and 2020-21, which will be confirmed at a future fiscal event and which are not yet reflected in the Department’s Departmental Expenditure Limits. They also exclude the additional funding that the Government will provide to the NHS in the current financial year to cover Agenda for Change pay deal costs.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the recent announcement of the five-year funding agreement for the NHS can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. RDEL and CDEL figures are from Page 151 of the 2017-18 Supplementary Estimate publication</p><p> </p><p>2017-18 Supplementary Estimate can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2017-18" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2017-18</a></p><p> </p><p>2. RDEL and CDEL figures are from Page 127 the 18-19 Main Estimate publication</p><p> </p><p>2018-19 Supplementary Estimate can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>3. RDEL for 2019-20 is from two sources. The 2017 Autumn Budget statement shows the RDEL (excluding depreciation) of £124.2 billion which can be found in Table 1.7. The depreciation of £1.5 billion can be found in Annex A (Page 164) of the 2016-17 Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>CDEL can be found in Table 1.8 of the 2017 Autumn Budget statement.</p><p> </p><p>2017 Autumn Budget statement can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-2017-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-2017-documents</a></p><p> </p><p>4. RDEL figures are from Annex A in the Core Tables of the 2016-17 Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>CDEL figures are from Table 1.8 of the 2017 Autumn Budget statement.</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>5. In line with HM Treasury’s budgeting guidance, TDEL figures are calculated as RDEL excluding depreciation plus CDEL. The depreciation figures for all years were set out in Annex A of the Department of Health and Social Care’s 2016/17 Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 25/06/2018 15:25:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

926888

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister’s of 18 June 2018 on the NHS, what (a) baseline year and (b) baseline NHS England budget was used to calculate that NHS England’s budget would be £394 million a week higher in real terms by 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	155296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The baseline year for the five-year funding agreement, covering NHS England resource budgets, is 2018-19. The 2018-19 baseline has been uplifted by £800 million to take account of additional funding that the Government will provide to the National Health Service in the current financial year to cover Agenda for Change pay deal costs – as previously announced. This baseline excludes NHS England revenue budgets for depreciation and impairments, which will be handled separately.</p><p> </p><p>This information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 25/06/2018 16:00:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

926889

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech of 18 June 2018 on the NHS, whether revenue dedicated to the Better Care Fund was included in NHS England’s budget in the baseline year for the purposes of calculating that NHS England’s budget would be £394 million a week higher in real terms by 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	155297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Revenue dedicated to the Better Care Fund was included in the 2018-19 baseline for NHS England’s resource budgets for the five-year funding agreement announced by the Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 25/06/2018 15:16:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth