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422670

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Homelessness
	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 ability of homeless people to access mental health services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	12683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness report <em>Addressing complex needs – improving services for vulnerable people </em>(2015) highlighted the strong link between homelessness and poor mental health, and the high rates of mental health problems and substance misuse among the homeless population. Homeless people often have multiple health needs and the report showed how vulnerable people can become trapped in a cycle of homelessness because of their overlapping and complex problems.</p><br /><p>Fairer access to all health services – including for vulnerable groups like homeless people – is at the heart of the health inequalities duties in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><br /><p>Improving access to primary care services for homeless people and providing services in non-clinical environments can also help to enable homeless people to receive the services they need. This includes self-referral to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders.</p><p>We are sponsoring schemes that help local areas address these complex mental and physical health needs faced by homeless people and improve service access. These include the £8 million Help for Single Homeless programme, which includes projects to prevent rough sleeping, and help homeless young people with mental health issues, as well as the Department’s Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund and Homelessness Change/Platform for Life programmes. Public Health England is working with local authorities to help them understand better the mental health needs of homeless people.</p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2015 13:41:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

450401

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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, how many people (a) under and (b) over 18 received support from child and adolescent mental health services in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	25756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2016 17:55:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

450414

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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, how many qualified counsellors worked in child and adult mental health services in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	25761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2016 17:53:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

456146

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many graduates have begun the Think Ahead programme in each year since its formation; and how many have been enrolled to start in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	28984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>Conditional offers have been made for the first cohort of 80-100 participants, who will begin the Think Ahead programme in July 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/03/2016 16:23:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

456565

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Recruitment
	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 encourage more people to train as adults' social workers.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	29361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Chief Social Worker for Adults is actively working with the profession to create a highly skilled, flexible workforce which is able to contribute to improved outcomes for people in all settings.</p><p> </p><p>She is developing a comprehensive framework for continuous professional development for adult social work, which will include development of specialisms in key areas of practice, such as dementia, end of life care and learning disabilities. This will provide a clear progression route for both newly qualified and experienced social workers to deepen their knowledge, skills and practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has funded four teaching partnerships which build on and enhance the existing arrangements between Higher Education Institutions and employers. The key aims are to improve the quality of education received by social work students, mainly through a greater experience of quality statutory placements and employer involvement in the selection of students and provision of placements.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also developed Think Ahead, a new fast-track scheme for exceptional graduates and career-changers to become mental health social workers. The programme has been in development since 2014 and will take its first graduates in July 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 14:05:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

457565

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities will host Think Ahead graduate trainees on placement; and whether he has plans to expand that programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	29776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Arrangements are being finalised for the local authorities and National Health Service mental health trusts that will host Think Ahead participants and these partnerships will be announced in due course. Participants in Think Ahead’s first cohort are due to be based in the following regions: Yorkshire, the North East, the Midlands, London, and the South East.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will make a decision on the future of the programme once an evaluation of the first cohort has been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/03/2016 12:13:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

165872

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bitcoin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on attracting companies that develop bitcoin technology to locate in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	215985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the Chancellor set out plans to make Britain the global centre of financial innovation, benefitting consumers and businesses, including a major programme of work looking at the benefits and risks of digital currencies, and to look into whether they could or should be regulated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 3 November, the Treasury published a Call for Information on digital currencies. This Call for Information asks whether there are currently barriers to digital currency businesses setting up in the UK, and the Government will consider access to UK bank accounts as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October, the Financial Conduct Authority launched its Innovation Hub to provide support to innovative businesses. It has identified helping innovators access bank accounts as a key priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 215986 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:11:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

165905

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bitcoin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the ability of companies dealing with bitcoin to open a bank account.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	215986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the Chancellor set out plans to make Britain the global centre of financial innovation, benefitting consumers and businesses, including a major programme of work looking at the benefits and risks of digital currencies, and to look into whether they could or should be regulated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 3 November, the Treasury published a Call for Information on digital currencies. This Call for Information asks whether there are currently barriers to digital currency businesses setting up in the UK, and the Government will consider access to UK bank accounts as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October, the Financial Conduct Authority launched its Innovation Hub to provide support to innovative businesses. It has identified helping innovators access bank accounts as a key priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 215985 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:11:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171778

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress HM Revenue and Customs has made in developing an online childcare support calculator to replace its current calculator; and whether the proposed new calculator will be ready by September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>HMRC are currently developing an online childcare calculator. This will be introduced in good time before the launch of Tax-Free Childcare and will replace existing online calculators that perform similar functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 219643 question first answered 09/01/2015 12:34:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171779

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Revenue and Customs will include the childcare element of universal credit in the online calculator it is developing alongside the tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>HMRC are currently developing an online childcare calculator. This will be introduced in good time before the launch of Tax-Free Childcare and will replace existing online calculators that perform similar functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 219642 question first answered 09/01/2015 12:34:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms