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1562821

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government has spent on developing community services for autistic people and people with learning disabilities since (a) the publication of the Building the Right Support National Plan in 2015 and (b) the Care Quality Commission’s report on Winterbourne View in 2011.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	113218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows NHS England’s national investment since 2019/20 to support the NHS Long Term Plan commitments for people with a learning disability and autistic people. These include the development of community health services which will help people to live in the community, help prevent people going into mental health hospitals and support timely discharge.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019/20 budget</p></td><td><p>2020/21 budget</p></td><td><p>2021/22 budget</p></td><td><p>2022/23 budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community services</p></td><td><p>£17 million</p></td><td><p>£20 million</p></td><td><p>£62 million</p></td><td><p>£51 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children and young people keyworkers</p></td><td><p>£0 million</p></td><td><p>£3 million</p></td><td><p>£14 million</p></td><td><p>£29 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Source: NHS England</p><p>Note: Community Services includes:</p><p>- Community development Care (Education);</p><p>- Treatment Reviews Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR); and</p><p>- Diagnostic pathway for autistic children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the national Funding Transfer Agreement (FTA) funding which supports the discharge of long stay patients into the community.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019/20 budget</p></td><td><p>2020/21 budget</p></td><td><p>2021/22 budget</p></td><td><p>2022/23 budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTA funding</p></td><td><p>£80 million</p></td><td><p>£83 million</p></td><td><p>£84 million</p></td><td><p>£84 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Source: NHS England</p><p>The Building the Right Support Delivery Board has set up a task and finish group to look at how to improve national oversight of NHS and local authority spend related to Building the Right Support.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:10:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1562826

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for a consultancy appointment for women suffering with (a) polycystic ovary syndrome and (b) endometriosis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	113222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:11:42 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1562835

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will take steps to financially support women who have been negatively affected by polypropylene vaginal mesh implants.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	113226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Last year, we worked with NHS Resolution to launch a claims gateway on its website to provide further support to patients who may wish to bring a clinical negligence claim in relation to polypropylene vaginal mesh implants. We are also taking a range of action to improve the future safety of medicines and medical devices, setting high standards for industry to market and manufacture products, with the aim of reducing harm in the future.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:12:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1562956

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has in place to prepare for a potential future pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	113434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to plan and prepare for a range of pandemic and emerging infectious disease scenarios, including those caused by respiratory, contact and vector-borne pathogens. We are building on lessons learned from exercises and incidents, including the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Pandemic preparedness is an area kept under constant review and our strategic approach evolves in response to new scientific information, lessons learned from prior pandemics, responses to other infectious disease outbreaks and rigorous exercising to test our response mechanisms. We have a range of plans and well tested response capabilities in place to respond to pandemics.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:02:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1562973

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Abortion: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure children and young people are not suffering from adverse (i) physical and (ii) psychological effects, (b) provide counselling services and (c) provide other adequate care following an early medical abortion undergone by a child or young person.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	113440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Providers are required to have effective arrangements in place to safeguard children and young people accessing abortion services throughout their pathway, including complying with all legal requirements and ensuring staff are trained to recognise signs of abuse, including sexual violence or evidence of coercion.</p><p>The Department commissioned the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to develop safeguarding guidance for those aged under 18 years old accessing early medical abortion services. The guidance, published in August, aims to ensure that children and young people’s holistic and safeguarding needs are identified and implemented in early medical abortion settings. This includes managing physical, psychological and wider care needs as appropriate.</p><p>The guidance emphasises the importance of abortion providers having strong working relationships and networks with wider health services including primary care, community and acute paediatrics and counselling services for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 113441 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:03:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1562974

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Abortion: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure children and young people are not suffering from (i) coercion, (ii) sexual abuse and (iii) other adverse treatment, (b) provide counselling services and (c) provide other adequate care prior to an early medical abortion by a child or young person.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	113441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Providers are required to have effective arrangements in place to safeguard children and young people accessing abortion services throughout their pathway, including complying with all legal requirements and ensuring staff are trained to recognise signs of abuse, including sexual violence or evidence of coercion.</p><p>The Department commissioned the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to develop safeguarding guidance for those aged under 18 years old accessing early medical abortion services. The guidance, published in August, aims to ensure that children and young people’s holistic and safeguarding needs are identified and implemented in early medical abortion settings. This includes managing physical, psychological and wider care needs as appropriate.</p><p>The guidance emphasises the importance of abortion providers having strong working relationships and networks with wider health services including primary care, community and acute paediatrics and counselling services for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 113440 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:03:57 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1562989

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Bereavement Counselling and Infant Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) reduce the rate of infant mortality and (b) increase the number of full-time members of staff specialising in bereavement care; and if he will make an assessment of the reasons for trends in the level of infant mortality in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	113446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>To reduce the rate of stillbirth and neonatal morality we have introduced targeted interventions such as the implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle and the National Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme.</p><p>Saving Babies’ Lives Version Two combines five elements of care, reducing smoking in pregnancy, risk assessment, prevention and surveillance of pregnancies at risk of fetal growth restriction, raising awareness of reduced fetal movement, effective fetal monitoring during labour and reducing preterm birth. The National Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement programme aims to improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care by reducing unwarranted variation and provide a high-quality healthcare experience for all women, babies and families across maternity and neonatal care settings in England.</p><p>Between 2016 and 2020, the infant mortality rate decreased by 5.3%, from 3.8 to 3.6%, per 1,000 live births. In 2020, the rate for male was higher at 4.0% than for female 3.2%.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/01/2023 09:20:58 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1563014

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Autism: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the average time children under 11 wait for a completed assessment with the Autism Assessment Service (a) nationally and (b) in Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	113157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>There are no current plans to make a specific assessment.</p><p>However, the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) shows that in the year from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 in England, the median waiting time for patients aged under 11 years old, with an open referral for suspected autism to receive a first contact appointment was 251 days. We are unable to provide the average waiting time for Gloucestershire in this period as there were less than five open referrals.</p><p>NHS England South West is working closely with regional integrated care boards (ICBs) and NHS England National team to improve the data collection of autism diagnosis waits. In addition, NHS England South West continues to work with regional ICBs to support the improvement of autism diagnosis and waiting times for children, young people and adults supported with a regional investment of £1.68 million over three years.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/01/2023 12:16:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 45661 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1563032

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Abortion: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the coordination between medical professionals on the provision of medical care before early medical abortions for children and young people aged between 13 and 17.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	113262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to work with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, Royal Colleges and abortion providers to ensure that children and young people have consistent and high-quality care before and after abortion services, including early medical abortion services.</p><p>National safeguarding guidance published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) enables providers to continue to embed safeguarding principles for those aged 18 years old and under accessing early medical abortion services and supports the need for effective co-ordination between clinicians providing medical care.</p><p>We will set out expectations around implementation of the RCPCH guidance, including timeframes, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 113263 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:04:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1563033

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Abortion: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the coordination between medical professionals on the provision of medical care after early medical abortions for children and young people aged between 13 and 17.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	113263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to work with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, Royal Colleges and abortion providers to ensure that children and young people have consistent and high-quality care before and after abortion services, including early medical abortion services.</p><p>National safeguarding guidance published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) enables providers to continue to embed safeguarding principles for those aged 18 years old and under accessing early medical abortion services and supports the need for effective co-ordination between clinicians providing medical care.</p><p>We will set out expectations around implementation of the RCPCH guidance, including timeframes, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 113262 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:04:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon