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1140189

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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 plans he has to allocate additional funding to the NHS in increase spending on (a) infrastructure, (b) the NHS workforce and (c) public health.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan was launched in January 2019 by the National Health Service, and thanks to the Government’s investment of £33.9 billion in cash terms by 2023-24, will transform patient care and make sure every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent wisely.</p><p>The future of budgets outside of the NHS England resource settlement will be confirmed later this year at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:35:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140329

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the (a) CEO, (b) Accountable Officers and (c) chief nurses of the CCGs rated as inadequate in NHS England’s assessment framework on the performance of those CCGs; what measures have been agreed to help ensure improvement of the performance of those CCGs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	278885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has meetings with many health leaders and other key stakeholders on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>All clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) rated as inadequate in the annual performance assessment of CCGs are placed in NHS England’s special measures regime. This is a non-statutory, internal support regime, tailored to the CCG’s circumstances, requiring the delivery of an action plan for improvement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/07/2019 15:27:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1140338

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Nottinghamshire
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 average waiting time for patients attending the accident and emergency departments at (a) Sherwood Forest and (b) Nottingham University hospitals was in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	278943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/07/2019 15:29:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1140402

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated for contingency plans in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	279081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2018 confirmed an additional £500 million of cross-Government funding for 2019/20, meaning the Government will have invested over £4 billion in preparing for European Union exit since 2016. The Department has been allocated £50 million, as set out in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">HCWS1205</a>, laid before Parliament on 18 December 2018.</p><p>The Department is keeping the resources required to support preparations under constant review and together with the additional funding provided by HM Treasury, the Department may also prioritise funding from existing settlements to support necessary EU Exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:38:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1139684

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Smoking: County Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of public health funding for smoking cessation services in County Durham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	278474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3.1 billion in 2019/20 for use on public health. It is for local authorities themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. Future funding for local authorities’ public health responsibilities will be considered carefully in the next spending review, taking full account of the available evidence.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 15:35:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1139685

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Cancer: County Durham
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 NHS England's Commissioner-based Cancer Waiting Times for May 2019 (Provisional), published on 11 July 2019, for what reason the NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group is not meeting the target for patients to receive their first cancer treatment within 62 days of an urgent GP referral.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	278475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Cancer is a priority for this Government and impetus has been given to ensuring that more patients are seen and treated for cancer. The drive to improve survival rates through earlier diagnosis, therefore, has meant that demand and activity have been rising for a number of years. This has resulted in more people being referred and diagnosed than ever before.</p><p>Improving diagnosis and ensuring better outcomes for patients diagnosed with cancer is a priority for Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and County Durham is consistently better in terms of coverage than the national average for all three cancer screening programmes. The CCG is working collaboratively with colleagues from public health, primary care and secondary care on a strategic piece of work, with a view that a multi-disciplinary approach is necessary in order to address inequalities in cancer.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG has developed the Action Plan ‘County Durham Reducing Health Inequalities in Cancer Action Plan for 2018-19’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/07/2019 14:29:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1139689

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for Standard NHS Continuing Healthcare were completed in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18 and (d) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	278451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of standard referrals received for standard NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19. We do not hold this data for 2015/16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of Referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of referrals which were completed for standard CHC, for the years 2017/18 to 2018/19. We do not hold data on the number of referrals which were completed before 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of referrals completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of people assessed as eligible for standard CHC, for the years 2015/16 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number assessed as eligible</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>22,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>19,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>16,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>15,963</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 278452 278453 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:28:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1139690

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Continuing Care: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many assessments for Standard NHS Continuing Healthcare were completed in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18 and (d) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	278452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of standard referrals received for standard NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19. We do not hold this data for 2015/16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of Referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of referrals which were completed for standard CHC, for the years 2017/18 to 2018/19. We do not hold data on the number of referrals which were completed before 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of referrals completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of people assessed as eligible for standard CHC, for the years 2015/16 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number assessed as eligible</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>22,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>19,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>16,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>15,963</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 278451 278453 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:28:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1139691

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Continuing Care: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were assessed as eligible for Standard NHS Continuing Healthcare in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18 and (d) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	278453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of standard referrals received for standard NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19. We do not hold this data for 2015/16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of Referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of referrals which were completed for standard CHC, for the years 2017/18 to 2018/19. We do not hold data on the number of referrals which were completed before 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of referrals completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of people assessed as eligible for standard CHC, for the years 2015/16 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number assessed as eligible</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>22,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>19,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>16,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>15,963</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 278451 278452 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:28:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1139781

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) practices participating in and (b) children who have benefitted from the Starting Well scheme since its launch in spring 2018.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	278528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Starting Well programme was established by NHS England to reach out to children not regularly being seen by a dentist in 13 high needs areas. NHS England has advised that there are currently over 200 practices participating in the programme. However, data is not held about the number of children who have benefitted since its launch.</p><p>NHS England has advised that the Starting Well programme board has taken a decision not to publish an interim report but anticipates that the full report will be published by the end of this year.</p><p>NHS England has also developed Starting Well Core, an offer made available to all local dental commissioners in England. The aim is to promote early preventative care for children aged 0-2 as well as increasing dental access and attendance. NHS England has confirmed that as of 31 March 2019, approximately 1,400 NHS England dental practices were participating in Starting Well Core. NHS England advises that participation has been defined as any practice holding a contract to deliver primary care dental services where the local commissioning team had varied the contract to remunerate for Units of Dental Activity delivered in excess of 102% (up to a maximum of 104%) of the National Health Service contract value, attributable to children aged 0-2 years, for the 2018/19 financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 278529 278531 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:43:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper