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78868

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability: Nurses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many learning disability nurses have been trained in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of new learning disability nurse training places that were filled in the last five years in England. The Department in England does not collect this information for the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The table includes the students enrolled on both the degree and diploma courses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2009-10</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2011-12</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disability nurse trainees</p></td><td><p>723</p></td><td><p>642</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source: </em>Multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/07/2014 11:00:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

606677

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the publication of <i>Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health</i>, whether they intend to publish a national Mental Health Strategy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government welcomed the independent taskforce’s recommendations for mental health and fully endorses the report. We continue to work across Government departments to progress taking the taskforce recommendations forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/11/2016 16:10:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

606678

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in creating parity of esteem between mental and physical health and how they are currently measuring this.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving parity of esteem for mental and physical health. The Government welcomed the publication of <em>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health </em>and <em>Future in Mind: Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing </em>to transform mental health services by 2020, which is a significant step forward in achieving parity of esteem between mental and physical health. We continue to work with NHS England and other arm’s length bodies to embed the recommendations set out in these reports into our national policies and we are committed to reporting regularly and transparently on our progress. Copies of both reports are attached.</p><p> </p><p>We will be holding NHS England to account through the NHS Mandate to ensure that we deliver the commitments set out in these reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Future_in_mind.pdf title Future in mind report 2 file name Mental-Health-Taskforce-FYFV-final.pdf title MH FYFV question first answered 02/11/2016 16:05:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

637296

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards they have put in place to ensure that children and young people’s mental health Local Transformation Plans are delivered, and that the associated funding that had been made available for the plans is being spent appropriately.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>In 2016-17, children and young people’s mental health services transformation has been monitored as part of mainstream NHS England planning processes and through the <em>CCG improvement and assessment framework</em> <em>2016/17</em> a copy of which is attached. As part of the 2016-17 financial reporting planning process, programme level spend including children and young people’s mental health spend has been monitored routinely throughout the year to ensure that the additional money is spent for the purposes intended and that locally determined key performance indicators will be met.</p><p> </p><p>From 2016-17, children and young people’s mental health has been mainstreamed as part of the normal NHS England planning cycle so that Local Transformation Plans (LTPs) are integrated into the wider Sustainability and Transformation Planning process.</p><p> </p><p>The Department sets specific objectives for NHS England in the annual mandate, which reflect the priorities for the health and care system. The mandate for 2016-17 sets objectives to 2020 and it makes it clear that the Government expects to see a transformation of children and young people’s mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>LTPs should be refreshed, agreed with the relevant local health and wellbeing board and published annually. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) were asked to update and publish plans by October 2016. Publication of the plans, including sign-off from health and wellbeing boards, is being assured through NHS England’s planning and assurance process.</p><p> </p><p>Local commissioners, such as CCGs, are best placed to know the needs of their local population and to make decisions about spending. Through the shared planning guidance we are incentivising CCGs to prioritise key issues like children and young people’s mental health transition and improving access. The publication of the <em>CCG improvement and assessment framework 2016/2017</em> and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health dashboard are designed to improve transparency and accountability of CCGs to both NHS England and to the public. The dashboard includes CCG level information on planned mental health spending.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3222 question first answered 24/11/2016 14:42:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name ccg-iaf-mar16.pdf title CCG IAF
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

637297

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Health and Wellbeing Boards have been given oversight locally of the delivery of children and young people’s mental health Local Transformation Plans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>In 2016-17, children and young people’s mental health services transformation has been monitored as part of mainstream NHS England planning processes and through the <em>CCG improvement and assessment framework</em> <em>2016/17</em> a copy of which is attached. As part of the 2016-17 financial reporting planning process, programme level spend including children and young people’s mental health spend has been monitored routinely throughout the year to ensure that the additional money is spent for the purposes intended and that locally determined key performance indicators will be met.</p><p> </p><p>From 2016-17, children and young people’s mental health has been mainstreamed as part of the normal NHS England planning cycle so that Local Transformation Plans (LTPs) are integrated into the wider Sustainability and Transformation Planning process.</p><p> </p><p>The Department sets specific objectives for NHS England in the annual mandate, which reflect the priorities for the health and care system. The mandate for 2016-17 sets objectives to 2020 and it makes it clear that the Government expects to see a transformation of children and young people’s mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>LTPs should be refreshed, agreed with the relevant local health and wellbeing board and published annually. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) were asked to update and publish plans by October 2016. Publication of the plans, including sign-off from health and wellbeing boards, is being assured through NHS England’s planning and assurance process.</p><p> </p><p>Local commissioners, such as CCGs, are best placed to know the needs of their local population and to make decisions about spending. Through the shared planning guidance we are incentivising CCGs to prioritise key issues like children and young people’s mental health transition and improving access. The publication of the <em>CCG improvement and assessment framework 2016/2017</em> and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health dashboard are designed to improve transparency and accountability of CCGs to both NHS England and to the public. The dashboard includes CCG level information on planned mental health spending.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3221 question first answered 24/11/2016 14:42:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name ccg-iaf-mar16.pdf title CCG IAF
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

647994

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 2 November (HL2508), whether they have plans to review the progress in Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health with (1) service users, (2) the Local Government Association, and (3) the voluntary and third sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Progress in implementing the <em>Five Year Forward View for Mental Health</em> is monitored and supported by NHS England’s Advisory and Oversight Group that is chaired by Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of MIND, and former chair of the Mental Health Taskforce, and the group membership comprises a range of external stakeholders, including service users and a number of voluntary sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>As local areas develop and implement their own plans to deliver the <em>Five Year Forward View for Mental Health</em>, it will be important that common principles are followed. These should include:</p><p> </p><p>- co-production with people with lived experience of services, their families and carers;</p><p>- working in partnership with local public, private and voluntary sector organisations, recognising the contributions of each to improving mental health and wellbeing;</p><p>- identifying needs and intervening at the earliest appropriate opportunity to reduce the likelihood of escalation and distress and support recovery;</p><p>- designing and delivering person-centred care, underpinned by evidence, which supports people to lead fuller, happier lives; and,</p><p>- underpinning the commitments through outcome-focused, intelligent and data-driven commissioning.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to monitoring performance, in October 2016, NHS England published a <em>Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard</em>. The Dashboard, which is an online only resource, includes metrics for monitoring key performance and outcomes data and will be updated quarterly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 13/12/2016 16:45:45 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

678233

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 13 December 2016 (HL3690), whether NHS England’s Advisory and Oversight Group, with respect to its role in monitoring and supporting the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, would benefit from the inclusion of local government representatives such as the Local Government Association or the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL4962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed that a representative from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services is now a member of NHS England’s Advisory and Oversight Group.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 01/02/2017 17:54:19 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

683634

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospital Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have commissioned to assess the number of delayed transfers of care by council area in the context of population size; and how many successful discharges there have been in each of those areas from hospitals to further NHS or social care services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL5197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes annually the average daily rate of delayed transfers of care from National Health Service hospitals in England per 100,000 local authority population aged 18 years and over. Rates are shown separately for all delays, and for delays attributable to social care, the National Health Service, and jointly to social care and the NHS.</p><p>The most recently published data are for 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 and are attached due to the size of the data.</p><p>Information is not collected centrally on the number of successful discharges by council area. In 2015-16, there were 16.5 million finished discharged episodes of NHS commissioned care from hospitals in England.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 16/02/2017 15:47:03 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name Delayed transfer of care 2015-16 data.xlsx title Delayed transfer of care 2015-16 data
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

718220

	registered interest
	date	06/04/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the allocation of £2 billion of new money for adult social care to be released by 2019–20, what steps they will take to ensure that (1) local government, and (2) representatives of local government, are fully engaged in the preparation of the Green Paper on the funding of adult social care, so that that those responsible for social care locally are able to contribute to the creation of long-term solutions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL6720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the General Election on 8 June, decisions on the future reform and funding of adult social care will be taken by the new Government.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6721 question first answered 24/04/2017 11:47:47 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

718221

	registered interest
	date	06/04/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the terms of reference for the Green Paper on the funding of adult social care; whether those terms of reference will include all adults who require social care; and when they expect to launch the consultation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL6721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the General Election on 8 June, decisions on the future reform and funding of adult social care will be taken by the new Government.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6720 question first answered 24/04/2017 11:47:47 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding