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973180

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Syria: Druze
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his international counterparts on securing the release of Druze hostages in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	174695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We condemn the killing and kidnapping of Syrians from the Druze community, including women and children, by Daesh in Sweida, southern Syria, in July 2018. Officials in London and at our Embassy in Beirut have met with members with the Druze community to discuss the attacks. As a leading member of the Global Coalition against Daesh, we remain strongly committed to the defeat of Daesh and to justice for its victims.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/10/2018 14:25:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

856102

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the news story UK aid supports Nursing Now campaign to empower nurses in the world’s poorest countries, published by her Department on 27 February 2018, whether the £5 million to support the training of nurses and midwives in developing countries whether that money will come from additional funding.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	131268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>To support the Nursing Now campaign, DFID will allocate £5 million of the Stronger Health Partnerships for Stronger Health Systems programme to deliver partnerships that will train nurses and midwives, including in leadership development. This new programme will start in 2019 and will support the priorities identified by countries to invest in their health workforces and strengthen their health systems.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/03/2018 11:13:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

535267

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the finding in the King's Fund report, entitled Deficits in the NHS 2016, published on 11 July 2016, that NHS providers and commissioners ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £1.85 billion, what steps he is taking to reduce that aggregate deficit.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	42447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>It is clear that the National Health Service faces a significant challenge, and this is why we are investing the additional £10 billion the NHS has said it needs to implement its own plan for the future, with £6 billion frontloaded by the end of this year.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced tough new financial controls to cut down on waste in the NHS - including introducing caps for agency staff and management consultants, and introducing central procurement rules. In 2016-17, we have introduced a £1.8 billion Sustainability and Transformation Fund to support providers to move to a financially sustainable footing. We will be providing intensive support to the most challenged NHS organisations through the new special measures programme.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/07/2016 08:25:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

535260

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with their counterparts in other departments on the NHS England Five Year Forward View since the publication of that paper in February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	42420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>We welcomed the recommendations of the Mental Health Five Year Forward View and are working with colleagues across Whitehall to embed these into our work programmes. We liaise regularly with other Government departments in developing our policies.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/07/2016 07:45:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

533403

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Antidepressants: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressants were dispensed in the Liverpool City Region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	42019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The data that is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of prescription items for British National Formulary (BNF) Section 4.3 Anti-depressants</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>47,405,843</p></td><td><p>50,334,238</p></td><td><p>54,007,508</p></td><td><p>57,770,149</p></td><td><p>61,559,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>154,316</p></td><td><p>163,386</p></td><td><p>170,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>225,299</p></td><td><p>237,574</p></td><td><p>253,708</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>629,073</p></td><td><p>669,238</p></td><td><p>717,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sefton CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>190,357</p></td><td><p>202,616</p></td><td><p>214,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southport and Formby CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>138,134</p></td><td><p>148,876</p></td><td><p>158,899</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>272,364</p></td><td><p>288,401</p></td><td><p>310,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral CCG</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>418,441</p></td><td><p>453,584</p></td><td><p>487,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton &amp; St Helens PCT</p></td><td><p>349,954</p></td><td><p>379,122</p></td><td><p>402,388</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley PCT</p></td><td><p>179,400</p></td><td><p>194,426</p></td><td><p>207,373</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool PCT</p></td><td><p>499,977</p></td><td><p>544,495</p></td><td><p>582,834</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton PCT</p></td><td><p>275,475</p></td><td><p>293,572</p></td><td><p>309,947</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral PCT</p></td><td><p>337,917</p></td><td><p>364,241</p></td><td><p>392,049</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> The Prescribing Analysis and CosT tool (PACT) system provided by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li>There is no central collection for the number of prescriptions. The data available is at prescription item level. Prescriptions are written on a prescription form, each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Data is available at sub national primary care trust (PCT) and clinical commissioning group (CCG) level from 2010-11. National level data is only available for the latest 60 months, therefore figures from a previous Parliamentary Question have been used for 2011-12.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>The data extracted for antidepressants is based on BNF section 4.3 antidepressant drugs using the classification system prior to edition 70.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><ol start="4"><li>The data was obtained from the PACT system, maintained by NHS Prescription Services, a division of NHSBSA, which covers prescriptions prescribed by general practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and others in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom. For data at PCT or CCG level, prescriptions written by a prescriber located in a particular PCT or CCG but dispensed outside that PCT or CCG will be included in the PCT or CCG in which the prescriber is based. The data available in PACT is a rolling 60 month dataset. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included. Prescriptions written in hospitals/clinics that are dispensed in the community, prescriptions dispensed in hospitals, dental prescribing and private prescriptions are not included in PACT data. It is important to note this as some BNF sections have a high proportion of prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community. For example, BNF chapter 4, &quot;Central Nervous System&quot; has a fair proportion of items written in mental health clinics that are dispensed in the community - these prescriptions are not included in PACT data.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li>National level data is extracted directly from ePACT which holds the latest 60 months of data only. PCT/CCG level data is extracted from ePACT and made available in iView.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="6"><li>Prescriptions are written on a prescription form known as a FP10. Each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="7"><li>The PACT system uses the therapeutic classifications defined in the BNF using the classification system prior to edition 70. Information on why a drug is prescribed is not available in this dataset. Since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition, it may not be possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="8"><li>The primary purpose of the BNF is to provide information for clinicians. The format of the BNF was changed with Edition 70 (September 2015 - March 2016) to make it more user friendly. However the NHSBSA, who process dispensed prescription forms and collects dispensed prescribing data and produce the PACT data, continue to use the old BNF classification system to code medicines, which has become widely used in the UK as a classification to allow comparisons between drug groups. For example it is used to report cost and trend in medicines use and supports several Health and Social Care Information Centre official publications. The data are used in many NHS IT systems.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="9"><li>A CCG/PCT will only appear in the PACT system if a prescription has been made within the time period that the data spans. Hence, the total number of CCGs/PCTs will vary for different BNF chapters/sections. Blank fields are indicative of CCGs/PCTs which have ceased to exist (or come into existence) either because they have merged with one or more other CCGs/PCTs or have been officially renamed during the time period for which data has been requested.</li></ol><p> </p><p>10. The sum of the data for all CCGs/PCTs does not equal the total England figure, because the total England figure includes unidentified Doctors (not possible for NHSBSA Prescription Services to allocate to a CCG/PCT).</p><p> </p><p>11. iView can be accessed using the following link: <a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/iview/prescribing" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/iview/prescribing</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2016 15:43:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

524747

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Complementary Medicine
	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 potential benefits to mental health patients of treatments offered by Care Farms.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	40410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>There has not been any assessment specifically of the benefits of care farms for people with mental health illness.</p><p>However, there is much evidence on the benefit of taking part in nature-based activities and animal-assisted therapy which is known to significantly reduce stress, anxiety, depression and generally improve well-being in people with a range of mental health problems and other conditions such as dementia.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/06/2016 07:42:33 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

523193

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37371, how many people are in the team with specific responsibility for those areas of policy on children and young people's mental health for which he is accountable.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	39540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s team with specific responsibility for those areas of policy on children and young people’s mental health for which the Secretary of State for Health is accountable consists of eleven people.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/06/2016 10:10:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

523168

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 20 of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, published in February 2016, what steps he is taking to oversee implementation of the recommendations of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	39546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is working with delivery partners to carefully consider the Taskforce’s recommendations and aims to publish a strategic Implementation Plan in the autumn that will set out how Government and partners will deliver the recommendations. This will include detail of the governance and reporting arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/06/2016 10:09:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

521235

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the NHS will distinguish between sexuality and gender identity in the collection of data for people accessing Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	38247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies dataset does not currently make the distinction between sexuality and gender identity. The dataset has two fields that may be of relevance to this question:</p><p> </p><p>Sexual orientation, which is the current sexual orientation of a person and has the following valid codes:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Heterosexual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Homosexual Gay/Lesbian</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Bi-sexual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Person asked and does not know or is not sure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Z</p></td><td><p>Not stated (Person asked but declined to provide a response)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Gender, which is the current gender of a person. Note that the classification is phenotypical rather than genotypical; i.e. it does not provide codes for medical or scientific purposes. It has the following valid codes:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not specified</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/05/2016 12:20:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

521226

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to define a target for the number of out-of-area placements for non-specialist mental health care.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	38246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>In April 2016, the Government announced a national ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area treatments for adult acute inpatient care as a result of local acute bed pressures by 2020/21 at the latest. We expect areas to put in place local action plans and achieve year on year reductions from 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/05/2016 11:57:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger