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733101

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government plans to introduce the green paper on children and young people's mental health.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health, which is being jointly developed by the Department of Health and the Department for Education, is due for publication by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/06/2017 10:00:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

732483

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the change in the level of organ donations in Wales since the introduction of an opt-out system in that country.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Organ donation policy is a devolved matter. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) collects data on organ donation and transplantation across the United Kingdom. The latest activity data for Wales can be found in full on NHSBT’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows there has been no notable change in Welsh deceased donation figures since the change in legislation on 1 December 2015:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of hospital of donor death</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHSBT’s statistical analysis indicates that, due to small numbers of donors in Wales, it may be three or four years before there are sufficient numbers to provide enough evidence to determine the true impact of the change in legislation.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/06/2017 15:49:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

732484

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2017 to Question 71709, on organs: donors, if he will introduce a system of deemed consent for organ and tissue donation in England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	1215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>On 1 December 2015, Wales introduced deemed consent (opt-out) for organ and tissue donation. We will monitor closely how the changes in the law on consent in Wales affect donation rates.</p><p> </p><p>Since the launch of the United Kingdom-wide Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy in 2013, organ donation rates have increased by 7% and transplant rates by 6% mainly through a strengthening of the donation infrastructure (e.g. increased specialist nurses, improved retrieval arrangements). In 2016-17, the UK had the highest ever deceased donor and transplant rates with 1,413 deceased donors resulting in 3,712 transplants.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/06/2017 14:44:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

732639

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 98 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to ensure that additional investment of £280 million per annum is made in NHS perinatal mental health services, to bring them up to NICE guidance standards.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	1081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for all women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to access the right care at the right time and close to home. The Spring Budget in March 2015 and the Spending Review in November 2015 both recognised perinatal mental health services as a priority area for additional investment, totalling £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is leading the programme of work to transform specialist perinatal mental health services, so that by 2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period. This includes access to psychological therapies and specialist community or inpatient care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2017 09:23:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732684

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve end of life care for (a) adults and (b) children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>On 5 July 2016 we published Our Commitment to you for end of life care, which set out what everyone should expect from their care at the end of life and the actions we are taking to make high quality and personalisation in care a reality for everyone, both adults and children. This Commitment includes measures to enable personalisation, measures to improve care quality and education and training in end of life care and measures to encourage the spread of innovative models of care. This includes enabling greater use of advance care planning and electronic care records to record people’s choices and preferences, and building services around people’s needs and preferences. Our Commitment to you for end of life care is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/choice-in-end-of-life-care-government-response" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/choice-in-end-of-life-care-government-response</a></p><p>Over the last 12 months the National End of Life Care Programme Board has been taking forward implementation. All relevant arm’s-length bodies and key charitable partners are represented on the Board to ensure system wide action and accountability. We are aiming to publish a progress report on the delivery of the Commitment this summer.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/06/2017 10:28:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

732269

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on social care.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Social care is vital to enable people to live healthy and independent lives. This is why, against the context of tough public sector finances, we have taken steps to protect social care services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already invested an additional £2 billion to put social care on a more stable footing and alleviate short-term pressures across the health and care system. However, further reform is required to ensure that the system is prepared to meet the challenges of the increasing numbers of over 75s.</p><p> </p><p>We will work to address the challenges of social care for our ageing population, bringing forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support. We have committed to a wide and open consultation on our proposals, and want to work collaboratively with partners on these critical issues.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/06/2017 10:17:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732285

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Mental Health Trust does not reduce its mental health budgets; and what information his Department holds on changes to the level of those budgets planned for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the lead commissioner on mental health for Cheshire and Wirral. The CCG intends to increase funding over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG advises that its contracted mental health spend in 2017/18 is £26.251 million, which equates to a 4.7% increase in spend compared to 2016/17. 95% of this budget is directly contracted with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2017 09:21:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

732382

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned expenditure on mental health services in the NHS is in each year until 2020-21 expressed in 2016-17 prices.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>In 2016/17 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and NHS England’s specialised commissioning spend on mental health increased to £11.6 billion from the previous year (7.3% increase for CCGs and specialised commissioning, 8.2% for CCGs).</p><p> </p><p>Planned spend for CCGs and NHS England specialised commissioning is £11.8 billion in 2017/18 (2.3% increase for CCGs and Specialised, 2.7% for CCGs) and £12.0 billion in 2018/19 (2.1% increase for CCGs and Specialised, 2.5% for CCGs).</p><p> </p><p>This represents £11.6 billion in 2017/18 and £11.7 billion in 2018/19 expressed in 2016/17 ‘prices’. 2017/18 and 2018/19 are subject to validation as part of the financial planning process.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2017 15:33:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731694

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers are directly employed by the NHS in adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Most social workers are not employed by the National Health Service, however there are a small number who work within the Social Services care setting.</p><p> </p><p>As of March 2017 NHS Digital data shows there are 4,144 full time equivalent social workers directly employed by the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/06/2017 13:31:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

731696

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers are employed in the adult social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Skills for Care workforce data shows that there are 17,000 social worker job roles in the adult social care sector. This data is as at March 2016 for the independent sector and September 2015 for statutory local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/06/2017 14:48:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns