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1127835

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date	21/05/2019
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	Dementia: Care Homes
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 he has taken to increase the number of care home places for people with dementia.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	257086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure people including those with dementia receive appropriate care and support.</p><p>Adult social care is a locally delivered system therefore local authorities are locally accountable for the delivery of care and support and retain significant discretion over how their functions are exercised. Different communities require different social care provision and local authorities are best placed to understand the needs of their constituents.</p><p> </p><p>We have given local authorities access to up to £3.9 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care this year, and a further £410 million is available for adults and children’s services. The Government will set out plans to reform the social care system to ensure it is sustainable for the future at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 257088 question first answered 23/05/2019 15:01:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1127837

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Dementia: Health Services
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 he is taking to ensure that dementia patients can be accommodated in their own neighbourhoods.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	257088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure people including those with dementia receive appropriate care and support.</p><p>Adult social care is a locally delivered system therefore local authorities are locally accountable for the delivery of care and support and retain significant discretion over how their functions are exercised. Different communities require different social care provision and local authorities are best placed to understand the needs of their constituents.</p><p> </p><p>We have given local authorities access to up to £3.9 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care this year, and a further £410 million is available for adults and children’s services. The Government will set out plans to reform the social care system to ensure it is sustainable for the future at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 257086 question first answered 23/05/2019 15:01:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1127468

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Health Professions: Recruitment
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 he is taking to increase the number of (a) school nurses and (b) health visitors.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	256319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>From April 2013, local authorities have been responsible for public health locally, including commissioning public health services for school aged children in their areas. In October 2015 responsibility for zero to five commissioning was also transferred to local authorities.</p><p>It is therefore for local authorities to assess the health needs of their populations and commission the appropriate health visiting and school nursing services and workforce, based around local needs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/05/2019 16:45:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1127582

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland
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 additional funding has been allocated to (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) Food Standards Scotland for preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	256234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>For financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 the Food Standard Agency was allocated £30,900,000 cumulatively for preparations for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Food safety in Scotland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 23/05/2019 15:06:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1127642

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Animals and Food: Packaging
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 ensure that businesses are prepared to transition from the EC abbreviation health mark on packaging for animal carcasses and foods of animal origin to the GB abbreviation after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	256244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>To ensure that businesses are aware of the necessary changes to the health and identification marks, the Food Standard Agency (FSA) has produced guidance which explains the form of the mark and when the necessary changes will take effect.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA has worked with industry bodies to promote awareness of the guidance amongst members, as well as communicating directly with industry via key representative organisations. The FSA has and continues to attend and organise stakeholder meetings to promote awareness of the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>FSA operational staff and local authorities have also been briefed on the guidance so that they can promote awareness directly with food business operators. The guidance continues to be publicly available on the FSA’s website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/eu-exit-changes-to-health-and-identification-marks" target="_blank">https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/eu-exit-changes-to-health-and-identification-marks</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 23/05/2019 15:03:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1127680

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Psychiatric Hospitals: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that children are not unnecessarily admitted to mental health hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	256250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committing increased expenditure to support the provision of mental health services in the community, to reduce the need for children to be admitted to mental health hospitals unless absolutely necessary.</p><p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, mental health funding will grow by at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24, with funding for children and young people’s mental health services growing faster than both overall National Health Service funding and total mental health spending. This extra investment will mean an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 will receive mental health support by 2023/24.</p><p>The key proposals in ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ aim to improve early intervention. New mental health support teams will deliver evidence-based interventions in or close to schools and colleges for those with mild to moderate mental health issues in 25 trailblazer areas in England. 12 of the 25 trailblazer sites will pilot a four-week waiting time to speed up children and young people’s access to NHS mental health services.</p><p>Over the next five years, the NHS will therefore continue to invest in expanding access to community-based mental health services to meet the needs of more children and young people.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan prioritises services for children and young people, providing a clear focus on improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism, as well as committing to implementing ‘Building the right support’ in full, achieving at least a 50% reduction in the number of people with a learning disability or autism who are inpatients, compared to the figure in 2015, by the end of 2023/24.</p><p>The Long Term Plan sets out specific commitments to achieve this by developing new models of care to provide care closer to home and investing in intensive, crisis and forensic community support. By 2023/24 children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both with the most complex needs will also have a designated keyworker. These will be initially provided to children and young people who are inpatients or at risk of being admitted to hospital.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government is committed to reviewing mental health legislation so that it works better for both adults and children. We are currently considering the findings from the independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, which covers how a person can be detained or sectioned for treatment and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/05/2019 16:47:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly