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	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) benefit sanctions, (b) the benefits cap and (c) the benefits freeze on the mental health of benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	5995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment specifically has been made on the impact of benefit sanctions and the benefit freeze on claimants’ with mental health. We are committed to supporting those who cannot work, and those with additional needs. Decision Makers take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities, and any evidence of good cause into account before making a decision. Benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are exempt from the benefit freeze and will continue to be up-rated in the usual way</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation of the original benefit cap found that capped households were 41% more likely to go into work than similar uncapped households. Encouraging more households to move into work would also help increase the household’s income and improve their well-being. Research shows for people without work, re-employment leads to improvement in health and well-being whereas further unemployment leads to deterioration. We therefore expect the reduction of the benefit cap to have a positive impact on households moving into work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/07/2017 09:31:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

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	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of care packages that were commissioned by Local Authorities in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people receiving care packages for the period 2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</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></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,574,590</p></td><td><p>1,462,290</p></td><td><p>1,327,910</p></td><td><p>1,273,280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The method of collecting data around users of social care changed in 2014/15. The table below provides the figures for 2014/15 onwards which are published by NHS Digital.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed Short Term Care Episodes</p></td><td><p>253,000</p></td><td><p>245,270</p></td><td><p>241,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Term Care Users</p></td><td><p>885,000</p></td><td><p>873,000</p></td><td><p>868,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures above show that there has been a reduction in local authority social care user numbers over the time period requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have shifted their focus towards preventing people needing formal packages of care hence the drop in user numbers.</p><p> </p><p>All councils have statutory duties to look after their vulnerable elderly and disabled people. The Care Act 2014 introduced national eligibility criteria for access to adult social care that local authorities are required to meet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2018 14:01:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley