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1028637

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 his Department is taking to reduce waiting times between referral and the start of treatment for adults with eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	203953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The average waiting time between general practitioner referral and the start of National Health Service treatment for adults with eating disorders is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently completed a national review of adult eating disorder services. Data collected is being reviewed with stakeholders to inform NHS England’s understanding of the finance and workforce gaps in these services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its updated clinical guideline for the recognition and treatment of eating disorder for people over the age of eight, including adults, in May 2017. The guidelines specify that if an eating disorder is suspected following initial assessment, the individual should be referred immediately to a community-based, age- appropriate eating disorder service for further assessment or treatment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 203954 question first answered 10/01/2019 14:06:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1028638

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 between GP referral and the start of NHS treatment is for adults with eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	203954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The average waiting time between general practitioner referral and the start of National Health Service treatment for adults with eating disorders is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently completed a national review of adult eating disorder services. Data collected is being reviewed with stakeholders to inform NHS England’s understanding of the finance and workforce gaps in these services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its updated clinical guideline for the recognition and treatment of eating disorder for people over the age of eight, including adults, in May 2017. The guidelines specify that if an eating disorder is suspected following initial assessment, the individual should be referred immediately to a community-based, age- appropriate eating disorder service for further assessment or treatment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 203953 question first answered 10/01/2019 14:06:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1037050

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's public information campaign on the potential effect on the UK of leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	205797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the European Union might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>We have developed a cross-departmental public information campaign to help achieve this. Over the coming weeks, we will be using a range of channels to direct United Kingdom citizens, businesses, EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the costs associated with this campaign will be released in due course as part of normal data transparency releases.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/01/2019 17:19:10 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1037132

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	Care Workers: Qualifications and Training
	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 (a) improve the standards of training and (b) establish qualifications for social care workers.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	205787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to work with its delivery partner, Skills for Care, to improve standards of training and qualifications of social care workers include increasing the uptake of the Care Certificate and qualifications in social care.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across social care and recognises the significant challenges in supporting and retaining our social care workforce. We are working with Skills for Care, to understand trends in retention and turnover rates of social care staff and will use this information to develop policies to address any workforce gaps. The Government has committed to publish an Adult Social Care Green Paper at the earliest opportunity setting out its proposals for reform in this sector.</p><p> </p><p>Recruiting more people to work in the sector is a priority for this Government and we are launching a national adult social care recruitment campaign in early February. This will raise the profile of the sector, build awareness of the rich variety of careers on offer, and attract the right people, with the right values, to deliver the very best care. The campaign will also support providers to improve their recruitment and retention practices.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 205788 question first answered 10/01/2019 15:17:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1037133

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	Care Workers: Labour Turnover
	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 level of turnover of social care staff.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	205788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to work with its delivery partner, Skills for Care, to improve standards of training and qualifications of social care workers include increasing the uptake of the Care Certificate and qualifications in social care.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across social care and recognises the significant challenges in supporting and retaining our social care workforce. We are working with Skills for Care, to understand trends in retention and turnover rates of social care staff and will use this information to develop policies to address any workforce gaps. The Government has committed to publish an Adult Social Care Green Paper at the earliest opportunity setting out its proposals for reform in this sector.</p><p> </p><p>Recruiting more people to work in the sector is a priority for this Government and we are launching a national adult social care recruitment campaign in early February. This will raise the profile of the sector, build awareness of the rich variety of careers on offer, and attract the right people, with the right values, to deliver the very best care. The campaign will also support providers to improve their recruitment and retention practices.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 205787 question first answered 10/01/2019 15:17:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1029504

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Cannabis: Mental Illness
	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 NHS patients are suffering from psychosis related to their use of cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:53:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029505

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Abortion
	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 abortions were performed after 20 weeks in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows legal abortions at 20 weeks gestation and over, for residents of England and Wales, 2013-17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total abortions</p></td><td><p>Number 20 weeks and over</p></td><td><p>% 20 weeks and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>185,331</p></td><td><p>2,753</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>184,571</p></td><td><p>2,769</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>185,824</p></td><td><p>2,877</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>185,596</p></td><td><p>3,033</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>192,900</p></td><td><p>3,564</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Health and Social Care annual abortion statistics for England and Wales</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:50:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029506

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Foetuses: Pain
	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 point at which an unborn child can experience pain.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist’s guidance, ‘Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice’, published in 2010, concluded that the fetus cannot experience pain in any sense prior to 24 weeks of gestation. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:47:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029507

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Foetuses
	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 point at which an unborn child is able to recognise light.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 204404 question first answered 10/01/2019 13:46:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029508

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Foetuses
	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 point at which an unborn child's heart begins to beat.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	204404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 204403 question first answered 10/01/2019 13:46:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes