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731335

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on changing the law on abortion in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As with other matters of conscience, abortion is an issue on which the Government adopts a neutral stance and allows Members to vote according to their moral, ethical or religious beliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The Abortion Act does not apply to Northern Ireland. Health, and by extension abortion law in Northern Ireland, is a transferred matter and is the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2017 13:21:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

731527

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proactive steps (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are taking to ensure adequate provision of mental health support for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>NHS England (London’s) mental health response to the Grenfell Tower Fire has been a stepped approach which is designed to enable people affected to return to normal life as early as possible using existing support mechanisms. We are committed to ensuring that the right support is available at every stage.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2017 16:14:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731528

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) children who are (i) experiencing or (ii) likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or other mental health problems as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>NHS England (London) is working with Professor Chris Brewin, professor of clinical psychology at University College London who worked extensively with people suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following the 7/7 incidents.</p><p> </p><p>In the first days of a major incident the focus is on providing support to enable people to talk about their experience and their fears and to help them to feel safe. NHS England (London) will be assessing exact numbers when we have accurate figures on the numbers of people affected.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2017 13:25:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731530

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will allocate additional funding to the local mental health trust to strengthen provision of mental health support for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>NHS England (London) is working with the local clinical commissioning group and provider to make sure any necessary support is provided.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2017 16:16:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731533

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of people who have experienced bereavement as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Local Authority is responsible for allocating a lead social care worker to the bereaved. Every Grenfell Tower resident has been allocated a key worker to provide wrap around care. Cruse bereavement support, a leading national charity, is also available for the bereaved.</p><p> </p><p>To co-ordinate the local response a central command centre was set up by government on 16th June, led by the chief executive of the City of London Corporation and the chief executive of the London Borough of Southwark Council.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2017 16:09:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731569

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Teachers: First Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on mental health first aid training for teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to offering Youth Mental Health First Aid training to a teacher in every secondary school by 2019 and to reach 1,000 schools by the end of 2017. The Government’s manifesto includes a commitment to offer this training to all schools, including primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>We have made £200,000 available in 2017/18 to train the first 1,000 teachers in 2017 and we will work with Mental Health First Aid England to agree funding for future years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 660 question first answered 26/06/2017 13:19:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731906

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Teachers: First Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department plans to make available for mental health first aid training for all school teachers by the end of the Parliament in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to offering Youth Mental Health First Aid training to a teacher in every secondary school by 2019 and to reach 1,000 schools by the end of 2017. The Government’s manifesto includes a commitment to offer this training to all schools, including primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>We have made £200,000 available in 2017/18 to train the first 1,000 teachers in 2017 and we will work with Mental Health First Aid England to agree funding for future years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 500 question first answered 26/06/2017 13:19:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731698

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Commission on the Funding of Care and Support
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the Commission on funding of Care and Support which published its final report in July 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The total cost of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support was £813,035.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/06/2017 10:09:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

731862

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide an update on how sensitive data is protected in the NHS; and what steps he has taken to improve cyber-security in the NHS since the ransomware attack on 12 May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Cyber resilience in the health and care system is an issue that the Government takes very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>We have changed the National Health Service standard contract to include, from April 2017, cyber security requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence shows that the use of unsupported systems is continuing to reduce in health and care, as organisations replace older hardware. Latest estimates suggest the usage of Windows XP in the NHS has reduced from 15-18% at December 2015, to 4.7% of systems currently.</p><p> </p><p>The 12 May 2017 ransomware incident affected the NHS in the United Kingdom. It is standard practice to review any major incident in the NHS. Further, the Chief Information Officer for health and care is undertaking a review into the May 2017 cyber-attack which is expected to conclude in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The identifiable cost of emergency measures put in place to specifically address the NHS ransomware attack on 12 May 2017 was approximately £180,000. These costs were borne by NHS Digital and NHS England from internal budgets. Information relating to any expenditure incurred by individual local NHS trusts or other NHS organisations is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We do not comment more widely on matters of security.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 781 782 784 question first answered 27/06/2017 16:39:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

731863

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to establish an inquiry into the cyber-attack on the NHS on 12 May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Cyber resilience in the health and care system is an issue that the Government takes very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>We have changed the National Health Service standard contract to include, from April 2017, cyber security requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence shows that the use of unsupported systems is continuing to reduce in health and care, as organisations replace older hardware. Latest estimates suggest the usage of Windows XP in the NHS has reduced from 15-18% at December 2015, to 4.7% of systems currently.</p><p> </p><p>The 12 May 2017 ransomware incident affected the NHS in the United Kingdom. It is standard practice to review any major incident in the NHS. Further, the Chief Information Officer for health and care is undertaking a review into the May 2017 cyber-attack which is expected to conclude in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The identifiable cost of emergency measures put in place to specifically address the NHS ransomware attack on 12 May 2017 was approximately £180,000. These costs were borne by NHS Digital and NHS England from internal budgets. Information relating to any expenditure incurred by individual local NHS trusts or other NHS organisations is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We do not comment more widely on matters of security.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 780 782 784 question first answered 27/06/2017 16:39:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth