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887879

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date	20/04/2018
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	Motor Vehicles: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the statutory definition is of a disability access vehicle; and whether that definition is different to a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	136874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Commission Regulation EU/678/2011, which amends EU Directive 2007/46/EC, defines a wheelchair accessible vehicle as a vehicle of Category M1 constructed or converted specifically so that they accommodate one or more persons seated in their wheelchairs when travelling on the road.</p><p> </p><p>The Road Vehicle (Approval) Regulations 2009, which implement Directive 2007/46/EC in the United Kingdom, define a disabled person’s vehicle as a vehicle constructed or adapted to enable a person with a disability to travel in the vehicle as a driver or a passenger, in safety and reasonable comfort.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:50:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

887072

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Autism: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government programmes that assist low-income families who are supporting children with autism.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	136640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made by this Department of the effectiveness of Government programmes in specifically assisting low-income families with autistic children.</p><p> </p><p>The special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in the Children’s and Families Act 2014 have brought benefits for all autistic children and young people and their families by providing for a system of support across education, health and social care to ensure that services are organised with the needs and preferences of the child and their family at the centre of the process.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms introduced by the Act include the publication of local offers of SEND services by local authorities, the introduction of streamlined education, health and care needs assessments and Education, Health and Care Plans, which set out in one place the support from education, health and care services children and young people will receive.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have been inspecting local areas on their effectiveness in fulfilling their new duties for children with SEND. All 152 local areas in England will be inspected over a period of five years.</p><p> </p><p>We have included autism indicators on diagnosis and post-diagnostic outcomes in the Mental Health Services Dataset, with data collected from 1 April 2018. This will bring more transparency to the process, provide more accurate data on performance nationally and help drive up performance.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 12:51:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

887225

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in waiting times to access children’s speech and language therapy services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	136789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of recent trends in waiting times to access children’s speech and language therapy services as this data is not reported centrally. There are no mandated referral to treatment times for speech and language therapy services. Local commissioners have responsibility for assessing the needs of their local population, and arranging services to meet those needs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:43:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

887226

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Speech and Language Therapy
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the role of speech and language therapy services in developing communication and literacy skills.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	136790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care are working with the Department for Education and Public Health England to enable early years professionals to identify and support children’s early speech, language and communication needs. In an exchange of letters with the former Minister of State for Children and Families (Robert Goodwill MP) last November, the Department agreed to ensure that we and Public Health England prioritise the required activities to support the social mobility action plan launched in December 2017. Detailed work is ongoing between the Department for Education and Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:54:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

886147

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Wheelchairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on providing electric wheelchairs for NHS patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>NHS Wheelchair Services are responsible for the provision of wheelchairs, including electric wheelchairs, and are commissioned through clinical commissioning groups. Determination of the entitlement an individual has in respect of wheelchairs, or any other mobility equipment, is decided following assessment by the local NHS Wheelchair Service. Each Service will have its own assessment criteria and procedures in place in respect of eligibility for individual mobility equipment.</p><p> </p><p>Further information in relation to wheelchair and mobility services, including details in respect of all local NHS Wheelchair Services, can be located via the NHS Choices website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support/mobility-equipment-wheelchairs-scooters/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support/mobility-equipment-wheelchairs-scooters/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:45:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

886278

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Anticoagulants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the timetable for the publication of the outcome of the review on the effective, safe and appropriate use of anticoagulation medicines undertaken by the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	136473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre are concluding their rapid overview of review evidence on the effective, safe and appropriate use of anticoagulation medicines. Once concluded, the report will be sent for peer review as part of standard process. It will be published once the scientific quality has been assured.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:48:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

886279

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Anticoagulants
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 taken to ensure that the (a) views and (b) experiences of (i) stakeholders, (ii) patients and (iii) clinicians, are included in the review of the effective, safe and appropriate use of anticoagulation medicines undertaken by the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	136474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The literature review commissioned from the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre was intended to assess the clinical evidence published since 2014 on the efficacy, safety, and patient experience of warfarin and direct oral anti coagulants, to guide decision making among National Health Service commissioners, clinicians and patients. It included reviews of stakeholder experiences, including patients and practitioners. The review will be used to inform future policy and identify what additional evidence might be required.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2018 10:47:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman