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1029363

	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	Health Services: Weather
	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 the NHS's preparations for winter.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	204559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government recognises that winter, with demand placed on services with colder weather and seasonal flu, is a challenging time for the National Health Service as it is for health services around the world. Ministers meet weekly with our systems leaders in the NHS to ensure that our services are equipped for winter to support those who need them.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government has supported the NHS with more than £420 million of winter funding. Although we are at the start of the winter period, the latest published NHS winter operational updates show that in December there have been fewer ambulance handover delays and diverts to other accident and emergency’s compared to last year. This means ambulances spend less time at hospitals and more time on the roads reaching patients.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 January 2019, I laid a written ministerial statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-01-07/HCWS1232/" target="_blank">HCWS1232</a> which sets out our preparations to help the NHS this winter.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/01/2019 13:41:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1029365

	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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
	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 trends in the level of referral to treatment waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	204561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Constitution clearly describes the right of patients to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the Government recognises that the standard of ensuring at least 92% of patients start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks is not being met. However, at present, over one million National Health Service patients start planned treatment with a consultant each month and the majority are seen and treated within a maximum of 18 weeks. Furthermore, we have reduced the number of people waiting the longest (over 52 weeks) to start treatment from almost 18,500 in 2010 to just under 3,000 in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018/19, the Government has provided the NHS with an additional £1.6 billion to support and improve accident and emergency and elective care performance. Furthermore, the NHS Long Term Plan will set out how the NHS will develop over the coming years. This will be supported by an extra £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 204567 question first answered 10/01/2019 14:24:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1029371

	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	Mental Health Services: Staff
	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 the capacity of the mental health workforce.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	204565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to increase the mental health workforce to deliver its ambitious mental health transformation programme. To ensure that the National Health Service has an adequate workforce, Health Education England (HEE) published ‘Stepping Forward to 2020/21: The Mental Health Workforce Plan for England’. This plan sets out the Government’s ambition to deliver 21,000 new posts, professional and allied, across the mental health system, with the expectation that 19,000 of these places will be filled by staff employed directly by the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The plan aims to increase the size of the mental health workforce through increased recruitment, improved retention and through development of new roles and ways of working to improve efficient use of the most qualified staff. A Mental Health Workforce Delivery Group, chaired by HEE and attended by the Department and its arm's-length bodies, was established shortly after publication to oversee implementation of the plan, through regional sustainability and transformation partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:52:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1029372

	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	Social Services: 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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the social care of (a) older people and (b) working-age disabled adults.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	204566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>During this Parliament, Government has taken steps to address the immediate pressures on the social care system, including giving councils access to up to £3.6 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care this year, which councils can use to provide vital services for older people and working age disabled adults. In addition, the budget announced a further £650 million to improve social care services and help reduce pressures on the National Health Service by supporting older people, people with disabilities and children in 2019-20. An additional £55 million of capital funding in 2018-19 for the Disabled Facilities Grant to provide home aids and adaptations for disabled children and adults on low incomes was also announced at the budget.</p><p> </p><p>In the longer term the Green Paper will consider the fundamental issues facing adult social care system, while funding for future years will be settled in the Spending Review where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered in the round.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/01/2019 14:23:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1029373

	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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
	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 ensure that the pledges set out in the NHS Constitution on waiting times are met.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	204567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Constitution clearly describes the right of patients to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the Government recognises that the standard of ensuring at least 92% of patients start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks is not being met. However, at present, over one million National Health Service patients start planned treatment with a consultant each month and the majority are seen and treated within a maximum of 18 weeks. Furthermore, we have reduced the number of people waiting the longest (over 52 weeks) to start treatment from almost 18,500 in 2010 to just under 3,000 in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018/19, the Government has provided the NHS with an additional £1.6 billion to support and improve accident and emergency and elective care performance. Furthermore, the NHS Long Term Plan will set out how the NHS will develop over the coming years. This will be supported by an extra £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 204561 question first answered 10/01/2019 14:24:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1029573

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what material changes have been made to the 2015 National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre planning brief since its publication.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	204356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The objective remains to build a striking new national memorial co-located with a world class learning centre.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:03:22 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1029574

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Royal Parks and World Heritage Sites: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which criteria (a) local authorities, (b) the Royal Parks and (c) his Department uses to assess applications to construct substantial buildings in (i) Royal Parks and (ii) world heritage sites.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	204357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Applications for development in Royal Parks and World Heritage Sites must be decided on the basis of relevant development plan policies and take into account any other material considerations, including national planning policy. The latter identifies World Heritage Sites as heritage assets of the highest significance and sets out general considerations relating to open space. More specific policies are contained in the local development plan.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:02:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1029575

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the business case for the (a) construction and (b) continuing costs of the National Holocaust Memorial and Leaning Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	204358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The business case contains information which is commercially sensitive and not currently suitable for publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:03:47 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1029577

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether entry to the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is planned to be free of charge.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	204359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>While the entrance to the learning centre will be controlled by a ticketed system to avoid queues, no decision has yet been taken on charging policy.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:04:11 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1029579

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet Lords and Commons Members to discuss their concerns about building in Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	204360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Many discussions with Members of the Lords and Commons have taken place since January 2016 when the Government announced its intention to site the Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens. Minsters will meet with the APPG on the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in the coming months. Planning concerns should at this stage be directed to Westminster City Council who will be considering the planning application.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:04:44 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley