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891313

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Social Services: Hemsworth
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in the Hemsworth constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	137913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Commissioning social care is a matter for local authorities who are best placed to understand the needs of local people and communities, and how best to meet them. This includes understanding local needs for residential and nursing care home beds. For this reason, the Care Act 2014 placed duties on local authorities to shape their local markets so that there is an adequate supply of provision which ensures all adult social care service users have a choice of high quality services.</p><p> </p><p>Hemsworth constituency is in Wakefield local authority. Wakefield’s number of care home beds has been stable at around 2,800 over the past five years, whilst its number of domiciliary care agencies has grown by around 25%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has given councils access to up to £9.4 billion more dedicated funding for social care over three years. The action we have taken means that overall, councils are able to increase spending on adult social care in real terms for each of the three years from 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/05/2018 14:18:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

891354

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
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 detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been released in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	138009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/05/2018 12:54:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

891362

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Cancer
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 discussions he has had with representatives of the Australian government on proposals for the Universal Cancer Databank.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	137964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not engaged in direct discussions with representatives of the Australian Government on proposals for a Universal Cancer Databank. The Department has however engaged closely with the Eliminate Cancer Initiative on this matter, who have engaged directly with the Australian Government.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/05/2018 14:24:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

891363

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the development of treatments for motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	137965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Treatment for motor neurone disease (MND) can include a range of approaches such as counselling and emotional support, respiratory care, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, respiratory secretion management, neurorehabilitation, physiotherapy and palliative care. Whilst drugs can be used for symptom management, riluzole is the only pharmacological drug licensed in the United Kingdom to slow the progression of MND.</p><p><br> Through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), we are investing over £1 billion a year in health research. In 2016-17, the NIHR invested £4.58 million to fund and support a range of research studies and infrastructure with a focus on MND and closely-related conditions. Current research falls in to three broad categories:</p><p>- Drugs that will slow down or cure MND;</p><p>- Improving care, symptom management and quality of life for people with MND; and</p><p>- Work to better categorise patients with MND so that treatments can be personalised.</p><p>Examples of drug research include the first gene therapy studies for a type of MND that runs in families, and a multicentre academic European Union and MND Association funded study of interleukin-2 to assess whether it can slow progression by reducing the immune system response.</p><p><br> <br> The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including MND. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority has also advised that it is aware of five active clinical trials into treatments for MND.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/05/2018 13:19:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

891376

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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 Illness: Children and Young People
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 on the effect of (a) poverty and (b) material deprivation on child and adolescent mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	137955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The most recent study on the prevalence of the mental health of children and young people in Great Britain was carried out in 2004 and shows that the prevalence of mental disorders was greater among children in families with a gross weekly household income of less than £100 (16%) compared with those with an income of £600 or more (5%). Prevalence rates in the 2004 published full survey are shown in relation to family’s employment status, gross weekly household income, receipt of disability benefits, socio-economic classification, and ACORN classification, a system of segmenting households by levels of prosperity. The survey was carried out by the Office for National Statistics and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/statisticsonchildhoodandadolescentmentalhealth" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/statisticsonchildhoodandadolescentmentalhealth</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned a new survey on the prevalence of mental disorders among children and young people, due to be published in autumn 2018 by NHS Digital. The survey is planned to include information on mental disorder prevalence in relation to household income quintiles and by the Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/04/2018 15:46:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

891378

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Cerebral Palsy: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make available on the NHS, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy procedures to reduce spasticity in lower limbs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	137896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS England does not currently routinely commission Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery and published a policy in 2014 based on the clinical evidence available at that time, which did not demonstrate the benefits of surgery over and above other non-surgical treatment options (such as intensive physiotherapy).</p><p> </p><p>However, given the continued clinical and patient interest in the procedure, NHS England invested in a Commissioning through Evaluation (CtE) scheme which has gathered new ‘real world’ evidence from 140 children undergoing surgery in selected centres in England. The interim results of this scheme, independently evaluated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, together with an updated review of the published evidence of clinical effectiveness, have been used to support the drafting of an updated policy proposition which will be considered as part of NHS England’s relative prioritisation process for investments in specialised care in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>If appropriate, there may also be an opportunity to further review the policy once the full evaluation is available from the CtE scheme in autumn 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/04/2018 13:18:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

891381

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have received counselling or other treatment for an addiction to gambling in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who have received counselling or treatment for an addiction to gambling is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 30/04/2018 13:11:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891382

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Gambling
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 he has made of the number of people who have a gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of people who are problem gamblers are not readily available, but the Health Survey for England does provide percentage prevalence rates. In 2016, 0.7% of people in England were identified as problem gamblers.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/05/2018 13:28:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891384

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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: Gambling
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of IAPT services for the treatment of people with problem gambling disorders.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Over 900,000 people now access Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services each year, and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health includes our commitment to expand services further to see a further one million more people treated for mental health problems every year by 2020. Although problem gambling is not listed amongst the provisional diagnosis categories that IAPT treats, IAPT practitioners would be able to treat common mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety which may affect people with gambling problems.</p><p> </p><p>A new version of the IAPT dataset is being developed and it is intended that gambling problems will be recorded in the revised dataset. This would enable us to better assess the impact of IAPT services on people with gambling problems.</p><p> </p><p>People who experience problems with gambling can access services in primary care and secondary care including specialised mental health and addiction services. There are a range of services available details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website. For example, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has a national problem gambling clinic which accepts referrals from all over the United Kingdom including those with mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/05/2018 12:56:20 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891389

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Health Services: South Tyneside
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 has been allocated from the public purse for NHS services in South Tyneside in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	137951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England publishes clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations on its website. The published CCG allocations for NHS South Tyneside CCG for the past five years for core services are set out in the following table. It should be noted that these figures do not include allocations for primary medical care or specialised services and that these figures are as published, and may not reflect any adjustments that have occurred since the time of publication. Furthermore, allocations for 2017/18 are not strictly comparable with those of earlier years as a number of changes have been made to CCG baselines.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS South Tyneside CCG</p></td><td><p>Allocation (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>222,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>227,683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>238,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>242,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>245,116</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 02/05/2018 13:06:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn