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1685479

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date	29/01/2024
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	Dental Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make (a) an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing NHS dentistry funding and (b) an estimate of the potential impact of such ringfencing on the NHS budget.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>National Health Service dentistry receives £3 billion of funding each year. We want to protect dental resources for dental care and prioritise access for patients, and have taken action, starting with our contract changes announced in July 2022 to ensure that the full dental budget made available each year is spent on delivering dental care.</p><p>From 1 April 2023, the responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to integrated care boards (ICBs) across England, along with the transfer of all funding. ICBs are responsible for having local processes in place to involve patient groups, and for undertaking oral health needs assessments, to identify areas of need and determine the priorities for investment.</p><p>NHS England provided guidance for the ICBs that requires dental allocations to be ringfenced in 2023/24, with any unused resources being re-directed to improve NHS dental access in the first instance, rather than being spent on other services. In November 2023, NHS England confirmed that where ICBs had not spent all of their allocation on improving access to dentistry, they would be able to retain any underspend and use this to balance their bottom line and any other pressures. ICBs will decide how to use any forecast underspend in line with this guidance. We are currently considering arrangements for 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/02/2024 17:19:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1685480

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Dental Health: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will (a) make it her policy to introduce mandatory dental checks for children under 11 in educational settings and (b) make an estimate of the cost of such checks.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>National Health Service dental treatment for children is free if you are under 18. Dental access for children has increased since the end of the pandemic. 6.4 million children were seen by an NHS dentist in the 12 months up to 30 June 2023 which compares to 3.6 million children seen during the 12 months up to 31 December 2020. No assessments have been made on the cost of mandatory dental checks for children under 11 in educational settings.</p><p>NHS England is leading on the next stage of dental contract reform to address the challenges facing the delivery of NHS dentistry and to improve oral health outcomes. The changes announced by NHS England on 19 July 2022 include improving care to high needs patients, supporting practices to deliver more NHS care, and improving information for patients. The next steps in reform will consider what more can be done to move to a preventative approach and an overall improvement of the nation’s oral health.</p><p>The Department has published a toolkit to support the commissioning of supervised tooth brushing programmes in early years settings and schools with several local authorities already having schemes in place, funded via the Public Health Grant.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/02/2024 17:18:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1685481

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
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	Child Maintenance Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to improve collect and pay compliance.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) continues to take rigorous action to collect maintenance, combining robust negotiation activity with the highly effective use of its extensive range of Enforcement Powers. This approach is driven by the Payment Compliance strategy increasing CMS compliance influencing activities to tackle non-paying cases and challenge non-compliant behaviours. CMS applies a Continuous Improvement focus to Enforcement strategy and processes.</p><p>From the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2023" target="_blank">latest CMS official statistics</a>, in the quarter ending In the quarter ending September 2023, of 180,000 Paying Parents due to pay via the Collect and Pay service:</p><ul><li>57,000 (31%) paid no maintenance</li><li>130,000 (69%) paid some maintenance, of which: 40,000 (22%) paid up to 90% of the maintenance due for the quarter (further breakdowns of this group are available on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>) 85,000 (47%) paid over 90% of the maintenance due for the quarter</li></ul><p>Further detail on compliance is provided in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2023/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2023#About" target="_blank">About these statistics section</a> of this release.</p><p>As a result of this intense effort The Child Maintenance Service has a relatively low percentage of unpaid maintenance. Only 8% of the total maintenance due to be paid since the start of the CMS remains to be collected through Collect &amp; Pay. This was as high as 17% in March 2015.</p><p>CMS does not hesitate to step in and move a case to collect &amp; pay as soon as they are notified payments are not being made. Around 3% of direct pay arrangements move to collect and pay each quarter – a small percentage but this shows that parents can and do move to collect and pay to secure help in getting their child maintenance payments. With the focus of improving customer outcomes, there has been an increase from 64% to 69% of customers who are paying anything towards their maintenance via collect &amp; pay since September 2022.</p><p>The published statistics provides data to September 2023 - Section 6. Paying Parents and the Collect and Pay service and National Tables, table 5 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>We’ve announced measures to significantly speed up CMS enforcement processes that will reduce the time it takes to secure a liability order from 22 weeks to as low as 6 weeks. A consultation on detailed proposals has recently concluded and the Government response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/02/2024 12:15:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1685588

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Bankruptcy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent local authorities from declaring bankruptcy.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>Having listened to councils, on 24 January the government announced additional measures for local authorities in England, worth £600 million. This includes £500 million of new funding for councils with responsibility for adults and children’s social care, distributed through the Social Care Grant.</p><p>Taking into account this new funding, local government in England will see an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion next year, or 7.5% in cash terms, an above-inflation increase, rising from £60.2 billion in 2023-24 to up to £64.7 billion in 2024-25.</p><p>Individual councils are responsible for managing their budgets, and any decision to issue a Section 114 notice is made locally.</p><p>The department monitors the financial health of councils on a regular basis using a range of data as well as through extensive direct engagement. We stand ready to speak to any council that has concerns about its ability to manage its finances or faces pressures it has not planned for.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 02/02/2024 15:32:44 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1685589

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to limit the use of LED bulbs in vehicle headlights.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>All types of road vehicle headlamps are designed, tested and approved to internationally recognised standards to help prevent undue glare on a broad range of roads and environments. However, the Government is aware of concerns raised by members of the public in relation to headlamp glare and we are considering options for addressing this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 06/02/2024 09:24:37 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1685144

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Progress against the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, published on 29 June 2023, if he will publish an updated report.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes a detailed bi-annual progress tracker on implementation of the Phase 1 recommendations. The next iteration is due to be published shortly.</p><p>The tracker can be found on the gov.uk website under Grenfell Progress Tracker. The June 2023 tracker reported the following overall completion rates:</p><ul><li>31 of the 46 recommendations completed overall.</li><li>10 out of 15 recommendations for Government (more detail on the five outstanding recommendations, which relate to evacuation, is set out below).</li><li>13 out of the 14 for LFB only.</li><li>1 out of the 9 for all FRSs. FRSs have, however, reported to the NFCC completion of 91% of their actions on average, but national recommendations cannot be signed off as complete until all 44 services have completed all actions in full.</li></ul><p>7 out of 8 for other bodies including other emergency services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/01/2024 15:21:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury