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63698

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Winterbourne View Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the oral statement of 10 December 2012 made by the Minister of State, Department of Health, Official Report, column 49, on Winterbourne View, how many meetings the Minister has had with (a) officials in his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government to discuss progress on the commitments made in that statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	202279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England's paper <em>Implementing the Recommendations of the Government's Response to the Francis Report and its Winterbourne Review Report</em> confirms that during the period 12 December 2012 to June 2013 for clinical commissioning groups there were 1,279 reviews completed and 38 were outstanding. These have all now been completed. By October 2013, NHS England identified a further 1,360 people in specialised services commissioned by NHS England. 1,303 of these people had their care reviewed by the end of 2013 and 57 people were identified as no longer requiring a review. Using these data NHS England calculates that 35% of people who were in hospital on 1 April 2013 have now been transferred to another setting.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is identifying all people with learning disabilities in inpatient settings to ensure that they receive safe, appropriate, high quality care. NHS England is now collecting data quarterly for this purpose. It has recently published data as of March 2014. These data show that 2,615 people were identified as being in inpatient services with 2,334 of these people having had their care reviewed within the last 26 weeks. These data do not specifically identify people in inpatient settings within the specific period (December 2012 to June 2013) as a separate cohort.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England's data does not identify people as being in “Assessment and Treatment Units” but use other categories of inpatient beds, settings and units drawn from categorisation developed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and also used in the Learning Disability Census. The data identifies those people who are expected to transfer, as well as those who have no transfer date. The reviews of people's care identify those individuals for whom it is appropriate to move to alternative settings.</p><p> </p><p>I have had several meetings with Department officials and NHS England to discuss progress on the commitments made in my oral statement of 10 December 2012 in the House of Commons, but have had no meetings with Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government about these commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 202217 question first answered 30/06/2014 16:30:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ202217_PQ202279 - Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

65507

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Winterbourne View Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which facilities patients of Winterborne View were transferred on that hospital's closure; and in which facilities those patients are now.
	tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
	tabling member printed	Margot James
	uin	203622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>When Winterbourne View Hospital was closed, the remaining patients were transferred to a variety of learning disability care provision. The range of provision included medium and low secure hospitals; NHS Assessment and Treatment facilities; independent hospitals that offer rehabilitation; and specialist residential homes that care for people with challenging behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 July 2014, of the 48 individuals who, at some point, were patients at Winterbourne View Hospital, 10 people are still in hospital; 20 people are living in a residential home; five people are living in supported living accommodation and 12 people have their own tenancy. One person passed away in 2013, who had moved into a residential home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 09/07/2014 14:55:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4115 label Biography information for Margot James

78200

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on wheelchairs and wheelchair vouchers by each clinical commissioning group in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	205869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on spending on wheelchairs and wheelchair vouchers by each clinical commissioning group is not held centrally. Information on spending on wheelchairs and wheelchair vouchers by primary care trusts prior to 31 March 2013 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/07/2014 14:31:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

79073

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the agreed assessment for, and supply of, wheelchair needs will remain within the remit of the NHS; and if he will introduce national criteria and standards for those assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	206675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The commissioning of wheelchair services will remain within the remit of the National Health Service. NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning specialised and non-specialised wheelchair services respectively. It is the responsibility of these commissioning organisations to agree the criteria and standards for assessment with their wheelchair service providers. There are no plans to introduce national criteria and standards for assessments of wheelchair needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/09/2014 14:36:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

62924

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Valuation of Life and Health Interdepartmental Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's personnel conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds and published in 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	201404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health (IDGVLH) is a group of economists from different Government departments set up in December 2007 to consider technical issues relating to the valuation of impacts upon life and health risks. The Terms of Reference of the group included survey of approaches to the valuation of such risks and production of draft guidance for submission to HM Treasury. Although membership of the Group was sought from any department with an interest, membership is personal and not departmental. Hence the submissions to the IDGVLH and responses to the survey that it commissioned are those of the individual members as experts in this field and in the operational practice of their departments, and do not necessarily represent the views of their departments. Records of the interviews conducted by the University of Leeds (other than what is incorporated into the report itself) were not kept by the Department.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/06/2014 14:13:10 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

78198

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 712W, on universal credit, how many claimants will be able to access free prescriptions, eye tests and dental care once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	205938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government intends that broadly the same number of individuals will be entitled to free prescriptions, free eye tests and free dental care, via Universal Credit as are entitled via current qualifying benefits or tax credits. There are roughly 6 million people in England currently on these benefits, and consequently entitled to free prescriptions, free eye tests and free dental care.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/07/2014 16:25:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

76411

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ulipristal Acetate
	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 ensure that drug retailers accurately describe the operations of their products; if he will require retailers of the drug Ulipristal acetate to detail accurately its abortifacient effects; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
	uin	204592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Ulipristal acetate is the active ingredient in the emergency contraceptive known as EllaOne.</p><p> </p><p>Following a High Court ruling in 2002, emergency contraception is defined as a method of contraception not abortion. The decision confirms the Government's long held position that a pregnancy begins at implantation and not fertilisation. This judgment means that this position is now established in law and is not a matter of policy</p><p> </p><p>EllaOne is a contraceptive, it is not an abortifacient.It exerts its contraceptive action by preventing or delaying ovulation.</p><p> </p><p>EllaOne is used to prevent pregnancy for up to five days after unprotected intercourse or contraceptive failure. It is specifically contraindicated for use during an existing or suspected pregnancy</p><p> </p><p>The information provided in each pack of EllaOne clearly informs women and healthcare professionals that it should not be taken by a woman who knows or suspects she is pregnant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 14/07/2014 14:42:41 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

61124

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ulcerative Colitis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of ulcerative colitis there has been in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	200068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Annual incidence data for ulcerative colitis is not collected. In its guidance, <em>Ulcerative colitis, Management in adults, children and young people</em>, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has estimated that there are 146,000 people in the United Kingdom with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/06/2014 13:47:19 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

90325

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Travel: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with the travel insurance industry about including cover for mental health problems as standard in travel insurance policies.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	207927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No current discussions are planned between the Secretary of State for Health and the travel insurance industry about including cover for mental health problems in standard travel insurance policies. Decisions on whether to include particular terms and conditions in insurance contracts, including whether to cover mental health problems as standard, are commercial decisions for individual insurers, and the Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 should provide adequate protection from potentially discriminatory practice. Under the Act, it is illegal to discriminate against people who have a disability (which includes mental health problems), or have had one in the past. This includes refusing to provide a service for someone with a disability, or providing the service on worse terms than for non-disabled people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/09/2014 13:37:22 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

63685

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Thalidomide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of reports by disability campaigners that the German government was complicit in preventing British victims of thalidomide from securing compensation from Grünenthal; and if he will make representations to his German counterpart on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	202189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the German Government's role in relation to British Thalidomide survivors and the issue of compensation from the German pharmaceutical company Grünenthal.</p><p> </p><p>I met with the Thalidomide Trust on 23 June 2014. We are considering further what representations we might make in the light of this meeting. A further meeting between the Thalidomide Trust and the Minister for Europe is due to take place on 3 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 01/07/2014 15:15:53 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham