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353892

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total amount spent by the NHS on health care needed as a result of air pollution in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	2351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have an estimate of the total amount spent by the National Health Service on healthcare as a result of air pollution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/06/2015 14:59:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

353922

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of recently announced changes to public health funding on public health initiatives on (a) exercise, (b) obesity, (c) smoking cessation and (d) sexual health.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	2363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We will shortly publish a consultation on how best to implement these savings in ways that minimise any impact on front-line services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 2161 2219 question first answered 16/06/2015 16:17:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

349908

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how purdah arrangements during election periods apply to staff working for NHS England and NICE.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	2139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The guidance from the Cabinet Office released for the 2015 General Election states that the arrangements for the pre-election period apply “to all UK civil servants, and the board members and staff of non-departmental public bodies and other arm’s length bodies.” This applies to both NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence as arm’s length bodies of the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 15:31:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

349921

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps Public Health England is taking to increase awareness among young people of (a) emerging psychoactive substances and (b) other recreational drugs associated with nightlife.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has an on-going programme of work to support local authorities as they commission local services and interventions for drug problems in their areas, including services for young people and new psychoactive substances (NPS). Part of this work has been producing a toolkit to help local authorities to tackle NPS use.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE is responsible for FRANK, the Government’s drug information service. FRANK provides young people in England with free, confidential advice and information about drugs, including the harms of NPS and club drugs, and has tips on how to resist peer pressure to experiment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Working with young people, PHE has developed Rise Above, an innovative programme designed to improve health outcomes for 11-16 year olds by building their resilience. Rise Above helps develop skills that young people can use not to feel pressured into risk taking behaviours (including avoiding drug use) and making positive choices for their health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE is also working with other Government departments on a wide-ranging work programme on NPS, which was outlined in the Government’s response to the expert panel’s review of new psychoactive substances in October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 15:17:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349926

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what guidance his Department has issued to clinical commissioning groups on the commissioning of speech and language therapy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not issue guidance to clinical commissioning groups on the commissioning arrangements or provision of speech and language therapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has responsibility for issuing guidance to clinical commissioning groups, though it has not issued any guidance on speech and language therapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are required to take into account guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which contains systematically-developed recommendations based on the best available evidence, to guide decisions for a particular area of health. For example, the NICE Stroke rehabilitation guidelines recommend several services for people with stroke to be provided by speech and language therapists, such as providing direct impairment-based therapy to improve communication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 2164 question first answered 18/06/2015 09:42:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349927

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what national guidelines his Department has issued on provision of speech and language therapy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not issue guidance to clinical commissioning groups on the commissioning arrangements or provision of speech and language therapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has responsibility for issuing guidance to clinical commissioning groups, though it has not issued any guidance on speech and language therapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are required to take into account guidance produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which contains systematically-developed recommendations based on the best available evidence, to guide decisions for a particular area of health. For example, the NICE Stroke rehabilitation guidelines recommend several services for people with stroke to be provided by speech and language therapists, such as providing direct impairment-based therapy to improve communication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 2163 question first answered 18/06/2015 09:42:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349928

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
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, how much his Department has spent on mental health services in (a) York Central constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Funding for mental health services is not allocated per constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimated expenditure on mental health services by primary care trusts (PCTs) in England between 2008/09 and 2012/13 is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated expenditure on Mental Health, all PCTs</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure £ billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>9.79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>10.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>10.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>11.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>11.28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>PCT Programme Budgeting Returns</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total National Health Service spending on mental health services in 2013/14 was estimated at around £11.4 billion and planned spend for 2014/15 was estimated at around £11.7 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on all spending on health infrastructure for the York Central constituency. However, we have been informed by NHS England that the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group has recently invested £2.9 million to redevelop Bootham Park Hospital which will see improvements to Cherry Tree House Unit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 2175 question first answered 18/06/2015 11:29:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

349935

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on infrastructure related to mental health services in (a) York Central constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years; and what such investment is planned in the current year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Funding for mental health services is not allocated per constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimated expenditure on mental health services by primary care trusts (PCTs) in England between 2008/09 and 2012/13 is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated expenditure on Mental Health, all PCTs</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure £ billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>9.79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>10.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>10.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>11.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>11.28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>PCT Programme Budgeting Returns</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total National Health Service spending on mental health services in 2013/14 was estimated at around £11.4 billion and planned spend for 2014/15 was estimated at around £11.7 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on all spending on health infrastructure for the York Central constituency. However, we have been informed by NHS England that the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group has recently invested £2.9 million to redevelop Bootham Park Hospital which will see improvements to Cherry Tree House Unit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 2174 question first answered 18/06/2015 11:29:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

349989

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will maintain its funding for carers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	2097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Spending on social care is a local decision made by individual councils. There is no specific Departmental grant relating to carers and as such funding for carer support is ultimately a local decision. There are however a number of legal duties and non-ring-fenced monies specifically earmarked for carer support that set expectations, as set out below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This year, the Better Care Fund will provide £5.3 billion of investment in better integrated care, based on joint plans that have been developed locally and putting resources where the local National Health Service and social services think it is needed. Social care protection is a national condition of the Better Care Fund – no plan has been approved without clear proof of this. The plans also set out how much will be spent collectively on carer-specific services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Care Act, local authorities have a duty to assess carers and meet their eligible needs for support, putting them on an equal footing with the people they care for. Local authorities will also be able to meet needs which are not considered eligible. The Department of Health has provided £104 million of funding to local authorities for these rights in 2015/16. The majority of funding for implementation of these and other rights under the Care Act will be in the Better Care Fund (with some coming from a separate grant).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health has also made available additional funding of £400 million to the NHS between 2011 and 2015 to enable carers to take a break from their caring responsibilities to sustain them in their caring role. The carers’ breaks funding of £130 million for 2015 – 16 will also be in the Better Care Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has also separately provided £800 million funding to local authorities to fund short breaks for disabled children and their families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding for adult social care from 2016/17 onwards will be decided at this year’s spending review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/06/2015 14:45:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

349995

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the £200 million reduction in his Department's budget announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 4 June 2015 on former NHS services that were transferred to local authorities as part of the transfer of public health functions in 2013; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that reduction on local authority (a) sexual health services, (b) smoking cessation services and (c) health screening.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	2161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We will shortly publish a consultation on how best to implement these savings in ways that minimise any impact on front-line services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 2219 2363 question first answered 16/06/2015 16:17:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger