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1104879

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that arrears are not discarded without the permission of the parent to whom the arrears are owed when cases are migrated from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	236438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Compliance and Arrears strategy we are writing to clients with CSA debt above certain thresholds to ask if they want us to try to collect their arrears. These thresholds provide a reasonable cut off point to ensure that we do not pursue cases at disproportionate cost to the taxpayer. They are: over £500 and the case is less than 10 years old, and over £1,000 and the case 10 years old or over.</p><p> </p><p>If correspondence is returned as the client is not known at the address held, the Service will attempt to trace a current address in order to reissue the letter.</p><p> </p><p>If a client confirms they want the Service to attempt collection, the case is checked to ensure the debt balance is accurate before arrears are transferred from the CSA IT system to the CMS one.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/04/2019 12:58:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1104880

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to ensure the use of previous tribunal decisions in the event of (a) new assessments or (b) re-assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	236439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Where an award which is based on a tribunal’s decision is being reviewed, that decision is considered as evidence alongside any new evidence, for example a HCP report and the claimant’s own evidence. Its relevance and the weight given to it by a decision maker will depend on the date of the decision and whether the claimant’s circumstances have changed in the meantime.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/04/2019 12:59:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1104940

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Referral Units: Speech and Language Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Pupil Referral Units (a) employ speech and language therapists or (b) have access to speech and language therapy services.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The 2015 Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice sets out high expectations of schools, alternative provision, and colleges about how they identify and meet the needs of pupils with SEND, including those with speech, language and communication needs. The Code emphasises that schools, including alternative provision, should work closely with their local authority and other providers to commission specialist services directly, such as speech and language therapists.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not collect data on which pupil referral units employ speech and language therapists. Commissioners of alternative provision should ensure that there is a clear plan for pupils’ progression and keep the arrangements under regular review so that they can be adapted in response to the needs of the child or young person. Where an alternative provider has concerns that a child or young person may have a speech and language difficulty that is not being appropriately supported, then they should raise their concerns with the commissioner and agree how these potential needs will be assessed and supported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/04/2019 15:12:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104941

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to consult experts in speech, language and communication on the development of the early career framework for teachers' curricula and training materials.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has worked closely with the teaching profession to develop the early career framework (ECF). Teachers and academics with expertise in supporting special educational needs and disability (SEND) pupils were closely involved in the design of the ECF. The framework has at its centre approaches that support the needs of all pupils including those pupils with the four areas of need set out in the SEND Code of Practice</p><p><br> Drawing on the ECF, the Department’s intention is to procure the development of high-quality curricula and materials which can help schools to put in place effective support and training for the early career teachers. The Department will continue to engage the sector as plans develop to ensure the policy is delivered successfully.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/04/2019 16:45:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104942

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 216909 on Children in Care: Health Services, what discussions the consortium of partners delivering the mental health assessment pilots for looked after children has had with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The consortium delivering the looked-after children mental health assessment pilots has communicated with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists about the setting up of the pilots. They will draw on the expertise of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists during the course of the pilots.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/04/2019 14:45:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104944

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to respond to the letter to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families of 19 November 2018 on his speech to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Speech and Language Difficulties on 23 October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>A response is being drafted and will be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/04/2019 15:19:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104945

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: 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 plans NHS England has to ensure that every child and adolescent mental health service includes speech and language therapists.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019 sets out where extra National Health Service funding will be focused and how services will be designed, including the importance of ensuring speech and language therapy is joined up with children’s mental health services. Work will take place with local areas to design and implement models of care for children and young people that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services. These models will support health development by providing holistic care across local authority and NHS services, including primary care, community services, speech and language therapy, school nursing, oral health, acute and specialised services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 13:59:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104947

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Speech and Language Disorders: 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 plans Public Health England has to align the Healthy Child Programme service specification with the Speech, Language and Communication pathway for children under five.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>To support the speech, language and communication elements of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), Public Health England (PHE) is partnering with the Department for Education to develop a model speech, language and communication pathway for services for children aged zero to five years. The pathway is built on the best evidence and good practice and will be published by September 2019. This will support local joint commissioning and service provision.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (HCP): the health visitor and school nurses commissioning guidance’ was refreshed in March 2018 and is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning</a></p><p> </p><p>The guidance supports local commissioning and delivery of the HCP and the delivery of the HCP, including the speech, language and communication elements.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/04/2019 11:35:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104948

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Speech and Language Disorders: 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, how many children and young people in contact with liaison and diversion services have speech, language and communication needs.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Over the last four years 2,736 children and young people who engaged with liaison and diversion services commissioned by NHS England, were identified as having a speech, language and communication need, of which 284 cases were referred on to services, as summarised in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Interventions to address speech, language and communication (SLC) needs</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Referrals</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases 2015/16</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases 2016/17</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases 2017/18</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases Q1 - Q3 2018/19</p></td><td><p>Total to date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral to other agency</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral for Targeted Service</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral to specialist SLC service</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Referrals</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Need already met</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advice given</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Did not meet threshold for referral</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No appropriate service available locally</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referral/action indicated but refused by client</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>1,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cases needing further follow-up</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>828</p></td><td><p>2,736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:<br>Figures are for England only</p><p> </p><p>Information is collected on the number of cases seen by liaison and diversion services, not the number of individuals seen. An individual may have been seen by liaison and diversion services on more than one occasion in any given time period.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 13:56:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1104950

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Mental Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used to determine which professionals can train to become an Approved Mental Capacity Professional; and whether those criteria will be made public.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	236263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Liberty Protection Safeguards, the Approved Mental Capacity Professional criteria will be set out in regulations. Further detail on the role will also be outlined in the Statutory Code of Practice. The Government envisages professionals such as social workers, learning disability nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists and other suitable health and social care professionals could take on the role if they meet the criteria set out in regulations.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 11:42:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies