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167620

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive on United Kingdom-wide strategies for tackling diabetes, obesity, and heart and rare diseases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL3394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Research and evidence of best practice in health is shared widely across the United Kingdom. However, as health is a devolved matter Ministers do not routinely discuss health issues with their counterparts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/12/2014 12:57:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167621

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisations are primarily responsible for raising diabetes awareness; and who is responsible for raising awareness of diabetes at (1) a national level, and (2) a regional level.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL3395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE), NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence play a key role in raising awareness of diabetes at national level, while locally this is shared between public health, clinical commissioning groups and individual practitioners. Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) also have an important role to play in ensuring appropriate clinical advice to local commissioners and disseminating evidence about effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p>Organisations such as Diabetes UK, Silver Star Diabetes, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, also play a valuable and important part in raising the awareness of diabetes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 15:12:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167625

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure (1) that the particular needs of older people with autism are met by the final statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy, (2) the appropriate and timely diagnosis of adult autism, and (3) the provision of care and support services for adults with autism.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
	uin	HL3399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Think Autism, the April 2014 update to the Adult Autism Strategy has over 30 actions for Government departments and other organisations and is overseen by the Autism Programme Board. A summary of progress will be published in August 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to look at how staff in the Department of Health and arm’s length bodies have access to autism training, such as the Hidden Impairment Toolkit developed by the Department for Work and Pensions and the National Hidden Impairment National Group. The needs of older people with autism, the appropriate and timely diagnosis of adult autism, and the provision of care and support services for adults with autism are also identified in Think Autism and are part of the consultation on the revised statutory guidance for local authorities and the National Health Service which runs until 19 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority areas will also report back on progress they are making on implementing these and other issues in Public Health England’s forthcoming national autism self-assessment exercise on implementing the Adult Autism Strategy. 42 Autism Innovation Fund projects totalling £1 million to help support people with autism and share learning for wider replication in other areas were also recently announced.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3400 HL3401 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:59:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

167626

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all staff in the Department of Health have access to autism training, as laid out in their adult autism strategy <i>Think Autism</i>.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
	uin	HL3400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Think Autism, the April 2014 update to the Adult Autism Strategy has over 30 actions for Government departments and other organisations and is overseen by the Autism Programme Board. A summary of progress will be published in August 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to look at how staff in the Department of Health and arm’s length bodies have access to autism training, such as the Hidden Impairment Toolkit developed by the Department for Work and Pensions and the National Hidden Impairment National Group. The needs of older people with autism, the appropriate and timely diagnosis of adult autism, and the provision of care and support services for adults with autism are also identified in Think Autism and are part of the consultation on the revised statutory guidance for local authorities and the National Health Service which runs until 19 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority areas will also report back on progress they are making on implementing these and other issues in Public Health England’s forthcoming national autism self-assessment exercise on implementing the Adult Autism Strategy. 42 Autism Innovation Fund projects totalling £1 million to help support people with autism and share learning for wider replication in other areas were also recently announced.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3399 HL3401 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:59:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

167627

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made to ensure that staff in arm's-length bodies who work with the Department of Health have access to training on autism, as laid out in their refreshed adult autism strategy <i>Think Autism</i>.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
	uin	HL3401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Think Autism, the April 2014 update to the Adult Autism Strategy has over 30 actions for Government departments and other organisations and is overseen by the Autism Programme Board. A summary of progress will be published in August 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to look at how staff in the Department of Health and arm’s length bodies have access to autism training, such as the Hidden Impairment Toolkit developed by the Department for Work and Pensions and the National Hidden Impairment National Group. The needs of older people with autism, the appropriate and timely diagnosis of adult autism, and the provision of care and support services for adults with autism are also identified in Think Autism and are part of the consultation on the revised statutory guidance for local authorities and the National Health Service which runs until 19 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority areas will also report back on progress they are making on implementing these and other issues in Public Health England’s forthcoming national autism self-assessment exercise on implementing the Adult Autism Strategy. 42 Autism Innovation Fund projects totalling £1 million to help support people with autism and share learning for wider replication in other areas were also recently announced.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3399 HL3400 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:59:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

167722

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
	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 effect of the reduction in the daily placement fee for third-sector organisations on the number and quality of placements available for trainee social workers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	217125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the changes to the daily placement fee and the other elements of the education support grant on placement providers and practice educators for 2014 academic year with the (external) social work education funding advisory group. This will affect decisions on the level of the daily placement fee in the 2015 academic year, which we make when programme budgets are finalised.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/12/2014 16:46:48 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

167723

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of social workers who will be trained through (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate routes to qualification in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	217120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Universities told the Department last year that planned student intake for social work qualifying courses in the 2015-16 academic year are 3,375 undergraduates and 2,081 postgraduates. This data has not been validated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Updated data for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic year will be available early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/12/2014 16:41:13 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

167764

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Paramedical Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of employing a paramedic in the last year for which figures are available; and what forecast he has made of the equivalent cost in each year from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	217024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the estimated average paybill per full time equivalent (FTE) for qualified ambulance staff in England was around £46,000. This includes earnings plus the costs of employer pension and national insurance contributions.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Significant changes in the average paybill per FTE are not expected over that period in 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, we do not have reliable future forecasts of exact costs for the next three years, as it depends on factors such as recruitment, retirement and fluctuations in non-basic earnings such as overtime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup><em>Source:</em> Department of Health’s Headline HCHS Paybill Metrics which are primarily based on earnings data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, supplemented by employer pension and national insurance contributions estimates informed by unpublished and unvalidated data from the Electronic Staff Record Data Warehouse.</p><p> </p><br /><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/12/2014 17:19:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

167765

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
	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 merits of allowing clinical commissioning groups to access their spending surplus in order to overcome overspending in future years.
	tabling member constituency	Bracknell
	tabling member printed	Dr Phillip Lee
	uin	217020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England announced in December 2013 that every CCG would receive a funding increase in 2014-15 and 2015-16 at least matching inflation (based on inflation projections at the time of the announcement).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most under-funded areas, and those with the most fast-growing populations, will receive more. NHS England is spending £500 million over 2014-15 and 2015-16 to bring under-target CCGs up towards their target allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the allocation per head for 2014-15 and the growth on prior year for each of the CCGs in East Berkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>CCG</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allocation per head (£)</p></td><td><p>Growth on prior year (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG</p></td><td><p>969</p></td><td><p>3.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG</p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>3.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Slough CCG</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td><td><p>4.12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NHS England Board will meet on 17 December to decide how to allocate the £1.98 billion additional funding for frontline services announced in the Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with HM Treasury requirements, The Department sets NHS England’s annual expenditure limits to allow for a controlled access to historic surplus across the whole health system. Access to historic surplus for a specific area has to be balanced against these overall requirements of the health system to deliver within the agreed financial envelope. The use of prior year surplus is only ever available on a non-recurrent basis and the use of such surpluses is controlled by the review of a business case for each application allowing prioritisation to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, and patient.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 217021 217076 question first answered 10/12/2014 16:34:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee

167766

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
	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 improve the fairness of funding allocations between clinical commissioning groups in England.
	tabling member constituency	Bracknell
	tabling member printed	Dr Phillip Lee
	uin	217021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England announced in December 2013 that every CCG would receive a funding increase in 2014-15 and 2015-16 at least matching inflation (based on inflation projections at the time of the announcement).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most under-funded areas, and those with the most fast-growing populations, will receive more. NHS England is spending £500 million over 2014-15 and 2015-16 to bring under-target CCGs up towards their target allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the allocation per head for 2014-15 and the growth on prior year for each of the CCGs in East Berkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>CCG</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allocation per head (£)</p></td><td><p>Growth on prior year (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG</p></td><td><p>969</p></td><td><p>3.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG</p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>3.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Slough CCG</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td><td><p>4.12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NHS England Board will meet on 17 December to decide how to allocate the £1.98 billion additional funding for frontline services announced in the Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In line with HM Treasury requirements, The Department sets NHS England’s annual expenditure limits to allow for a controlled access to historic surplus across the whole health system. Access to historic surplus for a specific area has to be balanced against these overall requirements of the health system to deliver within the agreed financial envelope. The use of prior year surplus is only ever available on a non-recurrent basis and the use of such surpluses is controlled by the review of a business case for each application allowing prioritisation to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, and patient.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 217020 217076 question first answered 10/12/2014 16:34:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee