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223631

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he and officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in other Departments on a national gambling strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	225488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his officials have had no discussions with other Government departments on the subject of a national gambling strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made an assessment of the effects of gambling on mental health. We do not centrally hold information on the amount spent on counselling for people with a gambling addiction in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has invested over £400 million in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy programme over the spending review period to make a choice of psychological therapies available for those who need them in all parts of England. This includes people who experience mental ill health as a result of an addiction to gambling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020,</em> published in October 2014, articulates our ambition and the immediate actions we are taking to achieve better access and waiting times in mental health services. It includes the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies commitment of treatment within six weeks for 75% of people with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225496 question first answered 02/03/2015 17:42:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

223623

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department holds on and what assessment it has made of the effects of gambling on mental health; and how much his Department spent on counselling for people with an addiction to gambling in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	225496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his officials have had no discussions with other Government departments on the subject of a national gambling strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made an assessment of the effects of gambling on mental health. We do not centrally hold information on the amount spent on counselling for people with a gambling addiction in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has invested over £400 million in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy programme over the spending review period to make a choice of psychological therapies available for those who need them in all parts of England. This includes people who experience mental ill health as a result of an addiction to gambling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020,</em> published in October 2014, articulates our ambition and the immediate actions we are taking to achieve better access and waiting times in mental health services. It includes the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies commitment of treatment within six weeks for 75% of people with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225488 question first answered 02/03/2015 17:42:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

61743

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is provided to staff working within alcohol and drugs treatment in identifying and treating the problem of gambling addiction.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	200541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on what specific training is provided to alcohol and drug treatment staff. Ensuring competent staff is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is working with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the national gambling treatment service to identify how it can strengthen training, and are promoting the work of the Royal College of General Practitioners who have developed an online gambling diagnosis and treatment training resource that is available free to all health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>PHE promotes the Royal College of General Practitioners' online training resource among all health professionals. PHE has developed guidance for local authorities on gambling and is exploring what the local needs are and where evidence allows it to intervene. However, PHE does not wish to undermine the treatment available through the national provider GamCare until evidence emerges that this is not meeting current need.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with PHE and NHS England on a range of health issues. PHE is also working with NHS England and the Local Government Association to explore what the current need is locally so it can get a better picture; and decide whether PHE needs to act through prevention and restrictions on gambling shops; or through changes to the current GamCare treatment network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 200542 200558 question first answered 19/06/2014 12:06:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch

61745

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Department is taking to improve healthcare outcomes by improving the awareness of gambling addiction on the part of healthcare professionals; and what guidance NHS England provides to local health authorities on the commissioning of services for gambling addiction.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	200542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on what specific training is provided to alcohol and drug treatment staff. Ensuring competent staff is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is working with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the national gambling treatment service to identify how it can strengthen training, and are promoting the work of the Royal College of General Practitioners who have developed an online gambling diagnosis and treatment training resource that is available free to all health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>PHE promotes the Royal College of General Practitioners' online training resource among all health professionals. PHE has developed guidance for local authorities on gambling and is exploring what the local needs are and where evidence allows it to intervene. However, PHE does not wish to undermine the treatment available through the national provider GamCare until evidence emerges that this is not meeting current need.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with PHE and NHS England on a range of health issues. PHE is also working with NHS England and the Local Government Association to explore what the current need is locally so it can get a better picture; and decide whether PHE needs to act through prevention and restrictions on gambling shops; or through changes to the current GamCare treatment network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 200541 200558 question first answered 19/06/2014 12:06:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch

61751

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) Public Health England on improving treatment for gambling addicts.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	200558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on what specific training is provided to alcohol and drug treatment staff. Ensuring competent staff is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is working with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the national gambling treatment service to identify how it can strengthen training, and are promoting the work of the Royal College of General Practitioners who have developed an online gambling diagnosis and treatment training resource that is available free to all health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>PHE promotes the Royal College of General Practitioners' online training resource among all health professionals. PHE has developed guidance for local authorities on gambling and is exploring what the local needs are and where evidence allows it to intervene. However, PHE does not wish to undermine the treatment available through the national provider GamCare until evidence emerges that this is not meeting current need.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with PHE and NHS England on a range of health issues. PHE is also working with NHS England and the Local Government Association to explore what the current need is locally so it can get a better picture; and decide whether PHE needs to act through prevention and restrictions on gambling shops; or through changes to the current GamCare treatment network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 200541 200542 question first answered 19/06/2014 12:06:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch

178178

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about gambling addiction since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	223642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health has had no discussions or meetings with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the subject of gambling addiction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/02/2015 12:21:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62925

	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	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using the increased fixed-odds betting terminals levy to treat gambling addiction in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	201437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p> </p><p>The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014-15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/06/2014 14:06:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones