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1137011

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Stem Cells: Donors
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 increase BAME recruitment to the stem cell registry.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	273333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2011 the Department has provided over £26.8 million in financial support to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan to enable the establishment of a unified United Kingdom Stem Cell Registry and improve access to and outcomes of stem cell donation. This includes improving equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients through targeted recruitment to the UK Stem Cell Registry and the Department has set specific targets about the proportion of donors that must be from BAME backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/07/2019 12:56:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1137015

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Universal Credit: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions her Department's assessors have formally questioned a prognosis given by health professionals in DS1500 forms in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	273334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s assessment providers do not record the information requested. If they have a question about information recorded on a DS1500, or if there is no DS1500 available, they have an obligation to contact the relevant clinician to obtain further information. If they do not have any questions about information on the DS1500, they do not need to contact the clinician who completed the form.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/07/2019 13:22:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1137017

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims made under special rules and supported by a clinician via a DS1500 were rejected by her Department in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	273335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/07/2019 14:12:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1137018

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
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	Carers: Poverty
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of people caring for someone at the end of their life who experience financial hardship.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	273336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. However, the Government is committed to continuing to support carers to provide care as they would wish, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and other life chances. That is why it published its Carers Action Plan 2018-2020 in June 2018 which sets out a programme of targeted work to support unpaid carers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/07/2019 13:20:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1136392

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Prisons: Maternity 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 his Department has taken to ensure the maintenance of NICE standards on antenatal services in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	272158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>People in prisons should receive the same standard and access to National Health Service healthcare treatments and care as people in the community.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published quality standards on antenatal care (QS22) and antenatal and postnatal mental health (QS115). NICE quality standards are concise sets of statements designed to drive quality improvements within a particular area of care and cover the NHS, public health and social care. The Department does not have any arrangements for monitoring the uptake of NICE quality standards centrally as they are not mandatory, however health and care commissioners are expected to take them fully into account.</p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning healthcare services in prisons in England. It is working closely with Public Health England and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service on a review of how current practice meets the gender specific standards for women in prison to improve health and wellbeing, published in March 2019, which include standards around the care of pregnant and post pregnant women.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/07/2019 14:35:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1136394

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Pregnancy: Prisoners
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 discussions officials in his Department have held with the officials from the Ministry of Justice on ensuring the maintenance of his Department's nutritional standards for pregnant women in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	272159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p>The Government wants to ensure that staff working with women in custody and the community have clear and concise guidance on how to deal with female offenders. We have therefore developed the Women’s Policy Framework which details the mandatory actions necessary to support women in custody and the community.</p><p>In addition, the Government has developed a comprehensive document on ‘Caring for Perinatal Women in Prison’. We have consulted with Birth Companions, a leading charity in this field, on the production of this guide and incorporated much of the material that they requested be included.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/07/2019 16:50:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1136395

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Depressive Illnesses: Prisoners
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 and what proportion of (a) pregnant women and (b) new mothers in prison have reported symptoms of depression.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	272160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed that this information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/07/2019 14:36:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1136043

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
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: Children
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 1 July 2019 to Question 268980 on Health: Children, to which published research that Answer refers.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	271383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>There are numerous published sources on adverse childhood experiences, including:</p><p>UCL Institute of Health Equity published ‘The impact of adverse experiences in the home on the health of children and young people, and inequalities in prevalence and effects’ (2016). The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/the-impact-of-adverse-experiences-in-the-home-on-children-and-young-people/impact-of-adverse-experiences-in-the-home.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/the-impact-of-adverse-experiences-in-the-home-on-children-and-young-people/impact-of-adverse-experiences-in-the-home.pdf</a></p><p>The Journal of Public Health published ‘Adverse childhood experiences: retrospective study to determine their impact on adult health behaviours and health outcomes in a UK population’. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/36/1/81/1571104?searchresult=1" target="_blank">https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/36/1/81/1571104?searchresult=1</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/07/2019 11:23:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1135599

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance assessments undertaken by (i) ATOS, (ii) Capita, and (iii) Maximus which have resulted in a complaint in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	270714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Assessment Providers have their own complaints process to deal with dissatisfaction about the service they provide. I am unable to provide figures solely about the ‘assessment undertaken’ therefore the figures below include all related complaints such as administrative, clinical, accommodation etc.</p><p> </p><p>(i), (ii) Information on the number of complaints received by Independent Assessment Service (IAS), formally ATOS, and Capita are shown in the table below: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints received by IAS </strong><strong>(prev ATOS)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints received by Capita</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of complaints received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints as a percentage of assessments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>1320</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3090</p></td><td><p>5890</p></td><td><p>8980</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2690</p></td><td><p>1826</p></td><td><p>4510</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3780</p></td><td><p>3000</p></td><td><p>6780</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5400</p></td><td><p>3530</p></td><td><p>8930</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5870</p></td><td><p>3490</p></td><td><p>9360</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Provider MI, figures rounded to nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>(iii) The Health Assessment Advisory Service is delivered on behalf of DWP by Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) which is a MAXIMUS company. Information on the number of complaints received by CHDA in relation to ESA and UC Work Capability Assessments is only available from quarter ending August 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints received by CHDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Complaints as a percentage of assessments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 16</p></td><td><p>1120</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 16</p></td><td><p>1170</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 17</p></td><td><p>1150</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 17</p></td><td><p>1230</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 17</p></td><td><p>1190</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 17</p></td><td><p>1140</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 18</p></td><td><p>1010</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 18</p></td><td><p>1020</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 18</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 18</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 19</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 19</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Provider MI, figures rounded to nearest 10</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/07/2019 15:25:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1135601

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
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	Mental Health
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential link between mental well-being and the risk of developing physical illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	270715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that people living with severe mental illness (SMI) are at greater risk of physical illness and face one of the greatest inequality gaps in England with life expectancy 15-20 years lower than the general population.</p><p>To help address this disparity in health outcomes, in 2016, in the Five Year Forward View Mental Health, NHS England committed to leading work to ensure that, by 2020/21, 280,000 people living with SMI have their physical health needs met by increasing early detection and expanding access to evidence-based physical care assessments and interventions each year.</p><p>In the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England committed to building on this ambition so that the number of people receiving physical health checks will further increase, by 2023/24, to an additional 110,000 people per year, bringing the total to 390,000 checks delivered each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/07/2019 15:58:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane