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416446

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: Out-patients
	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 the adequacy of the current levels of funding within the NHS for wheelchair provision for outpatients.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	9073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Wheelchair services are the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). No information is currently held centrally about CCGs’ expenditure on wheelchair services or the level of service that they provide, including information about access and patient experience, that would enable the transparent assessment and benchmarking of provision for outpatients.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently established a new national wheelchair dataset, which went live from 1 July. This will enable the use of data in future to drive improvement in wheelchair services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2015 11:17:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

349557

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England were waiting for a wheelchair assessment in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many people who have assessed as eligible for a wheelchair since February 2014 have waited (a) more than three, (b) more than six and (c) more than 12 months for the delivery of that equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Wheelchair services are now commissioned by clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Health and Social Care Information Centre collects data about the health and social care system. The requested information is not collected by it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/06/2015 11:57:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

416370

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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, with reference to Putting the wheels in motion: Assessing the value of British Red Cross short-term wheelchair loans, published by British Red Cross, July 2015, what assessment he has made of demand for short-term wheelchair loans.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	8538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Wheelchair services are the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). No information is held centrally about the demand for short-term wheelchair loans, which are predominantly made by charities such as the Red Cross rather than by CCGs themselves.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently established a new national wheelchair dataset, which went live from 1 July. This will enable the use of data in future to drive improvement in wheelchair services that are provided by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2015 11:12:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

385015

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had on the financial position of Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	3665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust. However, the Secretary of State meets a number of National Health Service organisations regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, including financial matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2015 16:06:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

387048

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>In a recent speech to the Local Government Association the Secretary of State for Health urged the public to take more personal responsibility for looking after older people. He stressed that the health service, local government, the voluntary sector as well as individuals themselves need to work together to ensure vulnerable people such as the elderly continue to live their life in the community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Care Act 2014, the Department has required local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from social isolation. The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness. Since its launch in July 2012, the toolkit has been supporting commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act also provides for greater support for carers to support family and friends who need help. In the Secretary of State’s speech he committed the Department to develop a new carers’ strategy that looks at the best of international practice and examines what more we can do to support existing carers and the new carers we will need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published its strategic vision for volunteering, <em>Social action for health and well-being: building co-operative communities.</em> This sets out how we can support people to give their time, more often and in ways that fit in with their lives, to bring health and wellbeing benefits for themselves and others in their communities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/07/2015 16:28:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388287

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were registered as blind in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	6038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who are registered as blind or deaf is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the last available information related to the age distribution for people registered as deaf in England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>under 18</p></td><td><p>18 - 64</p></td><td><p>65 - 74</p></td><td><p>75 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>54,500</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>28,700</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td><td><p>16,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>56,400</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>30,100</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>17,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the latest available information related to the age distribution for people registered as blind in the last five years:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Type</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>under 18</p></td><td><p>18 - 49</p></td><td><p>50 - 74</p></td><td><p>75 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>152,980</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>19,330</p></td><td><p>30,460</p></td><td><p>98,270</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>10,230</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>7,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>147,810</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td><td><p>18,880</p></td><td><p>29,985</p></td><td><p>94,475</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>9,110</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>985</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>19,570</p></td><td><p>31,620</p></td><td><p>87,920</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>8,875</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>5,915</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 6039 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:38:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347286

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Virtual Wards
	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 the potential for virtual wards to improve health care delivery.
	tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
	uin	900002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of care at home and have identified 800,000 of the most vulnerable patients as part of the Proactive Care Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Virtual wards could provide one way of reducing unplanned admissions by providing the staffing, systems and routines of hospital care in the patient’s own home.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/06/2015 15:52:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

349163

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Veterans: Social Services
	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 injured military veterans do not have to pay for their social care costs out of their military compensation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	1548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>We made a clear commitment, through the Armed Forces Covenant, which we enshrined in legislation in 2011, to support members of the Armed Forces Community, which includes both serving personnel and veterans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social care has never been free and people, including veterans, have always been asked to make a contribution based on what they can afford. Veterans injured before 6 April 2005 receive payments under the War Pensions Scheme, which predates the welfare state. Veterans injured from 6 April 2005 receive payments under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. The two schemes reflect the time in which they were developed and as a result they operate differently and are, currently, treated differently in the financial assessment of what people can afford for social care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Department of Health have been working closely with the Royal British Legion to assess how the two schemes might be treated under the social care charging rules in future and the impact of any change on local authority finances. We are grateful for the time the Royal British Legion has taken to work with the officials. We are very much committed to continuing this conversation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/06/2015 11:33:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

385001

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to update the National Suicide Prevention Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England is under constant review, there are no immediate plans for its update. However, the Department works with partners across Government and other expert stakeholders to monitor and implement the Strategy. A copy of the Strategy can be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-strategy-for-england</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes an annual report on the Strategy which summarises the latest trends, evidence and developments in suicide prevention in England. The second annual report on the Strategy was published in February 2015. A copy of the annual report can be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/%60suicide-prevention-second-annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/`suicide-prevention-second-annual-report</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/06/2015 13:38:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384391

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Strategic Clinical Networks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to allocate budgets to each NHS Strategic Clinical Network.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	3277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Strategic Clinical Networks admin funding is allocated on an equal share basis. Programme funding is allocated on an un-weighted population basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14 and 2014/15 funding allocations covered both Strategic Clinical Networks and Clinical Senates. In 2015/16, funding for Strategic Clinical Networks has been separated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For both 2013/14 and 2014/15, the allocations were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Geographical Area</p><p>(Strategic Clinical Network and Clinical Senate)</p></td><td><p>Admin Funding £’000</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding £’000</p></td><td><p>TOTAL</p><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,447</p></td><td><p>£2,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,573</p></td><td><p>£4,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,825</p></td><td><p>£3,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,606</p></td><td><p>£3,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,879</p></td><td><p>£2,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£4,794</p></td><td><p>£5,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,687</p></td><td><p>£3,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,793</p></td><td><p>£3,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,233</p></td><td><p>£2,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,592</p></td><td><p>£2,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,342</p></td><td><p>£4,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,230</p></td><td><p>£4,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£10 million</p></td><td><p>£32 million</p></td><td><p>£42 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong>The 2015/16 programme budget allocations for Clinical Networks were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Clinical Network</p></td><td><p>2015/16 Programme Funding</p><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Mersey</p></td><td><p>£1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£2,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£2,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£1,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>£1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£3,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£2,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£2,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>£1,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£2,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£2,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£24.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The admin funding for Clinical Networks in 2015/16 is currently being determined as part of the implementation of NHS England’s Organisational Alignment and Capability Programme.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 3353 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:46:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael