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1002649

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Health Services: Learning 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Doctors receive adequate training on learning disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 there is a statutory responsibility on providers of health services to provide sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators. Since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability. Medical education and training includes developing understanding of, and competency in, supporting people with a learning disability, as required in the curricula for medical training approved by the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the learning disabilities mortality review programme report, which we published on 12 September 2018, the Department and its partner organisations committed to a series of actions to increase uptake of learning disability training, including a commitment to consult on mandatory learning disability training for health and care staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019. The Department is in the process of developing the consultation proposals, and are working with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and autism and the groups that represent them, to shape the consultation proposals, including on how training would be delivered, and to identify the key questions to ask.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 188831 188832 question first answered 12/11/2018 13:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1002651

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Health Services: Learning 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Staff receive adequate training on learning disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 there is a statutory responsibility on providers of health services to provide sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators. Since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability. Medical education and training includes developing understanding of, and competency in, supporting people with a learning disability, as required in the curricula for medical training approved by the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the learning disabilities mortality review programme report, which we published on 12 September 2018, the Department and its partner organisations committed to a series of actions to increase uptake of learning disability training, including a commitment to consult on mandatory learning disability training for health and care staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019. The Department is in the process of developing the consultation proposals, and are working with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and autism and the groups that represent them, to shape the consultation proposals, including on how training would be delivered, and to identify the key questions to ask.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 188830 188832 question first answered 12/11/2018 13:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1002652

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Health Services: Learning 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with a learning disability have a role in the (a) development and (b) delivery of training for NHS doctors and nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 there is a statutory responsibility on providers of health services to provide sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators. Since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability. Medical education and training includes developing understanding of, and competency in, supporting people with a learning disability, as required in the curricula for medical training approved by the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the learning disabilities mortality review programme report, which we published on 12 September 2018, the Department and its partner organisations committed to a series of actions to increase uptake of learning disability training, including a commitment to consult on mandatory learning disability training for health and care staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019. The Department is in the process of developing the consultation proposals, and are working with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and autism and the groups that represent them, to shape the consultation proposals, including on how training would be delivered, and to identify the key questions to ask.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 188830 188831 question first answered 12/11/2018 13:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1019943

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Health Professions: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make Autism and Learning Disability Training mandatory for all healthcare professionals.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	198828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We will formally consult in the new year on options for introducing mandatory learning disability and autism training for health and care staff to improve awareness and understanding of people’s needs. The consultation will enable the public and stakeholders to share their views on how we might best accomplish this.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/12/2018 16:57:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029341

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>On 20 December 2018 the Department employed 1,589 civil servants. On 23 June 2016 the Department employed 1,974 civil servants.</p><p> </p><p>Civil servants are defined as employees, fixed term appointments and loans into the Department. These figures do not include agency workers, contractors and consultants.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/01/2019 12:24:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1043167

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	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	Social Services: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the social care packages for elderly people.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	209784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>All councils have statutory duties to meet the social care needs of elderly, disabled and vulnerable people in their area, and it is for councils to decide how to meet those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has given councils access to up to £3.6 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care in 2018-19 and up to £3.9 billion for 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/01/2019 14:34:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1043171

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	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	Patients' Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients that used the NHS personalised care model in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	209785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The comprehensive model for personalised care is made up of six key components:</p><p>- Patient Choice;</p><p>- Patient Activation;</p><p>- Social Prescribing;</p><p>- Shared decision making;</p><p>- Personalised care and support planning; and</p><p>- Personal health budgets.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new model which was developed through the Integrated Personal Commissioning and Empowering People and Communities programmes. The components were tested in 2017/18 across 21 demonstrator sites, who reported 180,000 personalised care interventions for 2017/18. Sites are now rolling out the model and in Q2 2018/19 reported 280,000 personalised care interventions.</p><p> </p><p>The intention, as set in the NHS Long Term Plan, is to roll out beyond demonstrator sites to reach 2.5 million people by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>There is a national data collection for personal health budgets. The number of people with a personal health budget was:</p><p>- 15,811 in 2016/17;</p><p>- 28,040 in 2017/18; and</p><p>- 32,341 in 2018/19 (latest figure from Q2).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/01/2019 14:36:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1047790

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	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	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish social care green paper; and for what reasons the publication has been delayed.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	212355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As an ageing society, we need to reach a longer-term sustainable settlement for social care and we recognise that parliamentary colleagues will wish to engage thoroughly in the debate following publication. The Social Care Green Paper remains a priority for this Government, and the Department is working hard to publish the Green Paper at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Given wider events it was not possible to publish the Green Paper by the end of 2018 and, unfortunately, we cannot currently confirm a publication date.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/01/2019 17:34:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054717

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	Social Services: Barnsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for adult social care in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The majority of local authority expenditure on adult social care is funded from non-ringfenced council tax and business rates. Local authorities have discretion in allocating this funding across their responsibilities. The following table shows allocations for dedicated adult social care funding streams for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million (nominal/cash terms)</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult Social Care support grant</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Precept (as published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the Local Government Finance Settlement)</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter Funding 2018/19</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budget 2018</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Improved Better Care Fund</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td><td><p>51.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total net adult social care expenditure for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the last five years is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>47.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>51.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>50.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Net Current Expenditure, Barnsley Council with Adult Social Services Responsibility, excluding Better Care Fund, from NHS Digital Personal Social Services-Expenditure / Adult Social Care-Finance Report collections (cash prices)</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>All figures rounded to one decimal point</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/02/2019 13:38:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1061127

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Social Services: Barnsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216297, for what reasons the funding allocated to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for adult social care decreased between 2016-17 and 2017-2018.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	221690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Dedicated adult social care funding streams for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for 2016-17 and 2017-18 are detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million (nominal/cash terms)</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASC support grant</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Precept (as published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in Local Government Finance Settlement )</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total improved Better Care Fund</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total allocation of dedicated adult social care funding for Barnsley Metropolitan Council increased by £10.6 million between 2016-17 and 2017-18. Local authorities are locally accountable for the delivery of care and support, and retain significant discretion over how their functions are exercised. Local authority adult social care provision is funded from multiple sources, and it is for councils to decide how best to use their funding to deliver the most impact for the people in their area.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/02/2019 17:01:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis