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49615

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to clinical commissioning groups about engagement with Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are statutory members of Local Safeguarding Children Boards under section 13 of the Children Act 2004, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The inter-agency statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children, published by the Department for Education in 2013, describes the functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards and the responsibilities of member organisations.</p><p>NHS England published its Safeguarding Vulnerable People in the Reformed NHS: Accountability and Assurance Framework in 2013 to complement the statutory guidance and support CCGs and other National Health Service organisations in fulfilling their safeguarding responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49616

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a breakdown of the transition costs in NHS England's January finance report.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England's Financial Performance Report, which was included in the papers for its January Board meeting, gave a planned reserves/transition costs spend for 2013-14 of £110,600,000 in a table showing running costs at November 2013. NHS England has provided a breakdown shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Transition – Estates Void Costs</p></td><td><p>£35,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transition – Primary Care Services Restructuring</p></td><td><p>£35,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporate Reserves and Contingency</p></td><td><p>£40,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£110,600,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecast figure of £91,000,000 for reserves/transition costs shown in the report was arrived at due to an anticipated underspend against the Primary Care Services Restructuring budget, based on forecast information from business plans for the project.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49617

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of redundancies made by NHS England since January 2013; and what proportion of total expenditure that figure represents.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with NHS England to discuss a wide variety of issues. The Department is clear on the need to ensure that redundancy payments are made only in circumstances where it is appropriate to do so and has been working with NHS England to ensure that payments are tightly controlled, whilst meeting contractual obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Redundancies are subject to rigorous scrutiny and challenge before being approved. Additionally, any individual redundancy compensation payment in excess of £100,000 also requires Departmental approval. Where redundancies do occur, NHS England ensures that these are formally subject to national NHS provisions to claw back any redundancy payment received where an individual then goes on to be re-employed within the National Health Service, further ensuring better value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England takes seriously its responsibilities to ensure that redundancy is a last resort and has implemented a system to seek to re-deploy any staff affected by such change to retain knowledge, skills and capability within the organisation, where at all possible.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a responsibility for ensuring that maximum value for money for taxpayers is delivered, whilst seeking to improve health outcomes for patients through effective commissioning arrangements. As a direct employer of 6,000 people, NHS England has a responsibility to continually improve the way it delivers both commissioning and the provision of the services for which it is directly accountable, which includes the regular review of its workforce arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that its redundancy costs for 2012-13 were £54,000, which represented 0.1% of total expenditure. For 2013-14 the costs were £1,017,000, which represented 0.003% of total expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 197681 197686 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49618

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that redundancies and constraints on spending in NHS England do not adversely affect the quality of services provided.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with NHS England to discuss a wide variety of issues. The Department is clear on the need to ensure that redundancy payments are made only in circumstances where it is appropriate to do so and has been working with NHS England to ensure that payments are tightly controlled, whilst meeting contractual obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Redundancies are subject to rigorous scrutiny and challenge before being approved. Additionally, any individual redundancy compensation payment in excess of £100,000 also requires Departmental approval. Where redundancies do occur, NHS England ensures that these are formally subject to national NHS provisions to claw back any redundancy payment received where an individual then goes on to be re-employed within the National Health Service, further ensuring better value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England takes seriously its responsibilities to ensure that redundancy is a last resort and has implemented a system to seek to re-deploy any staff affected by such change to retain knowledge, skills and capability within the organisation, where at all possible.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a responsibility for ensuring that maximum value for money for taxpayers is delivered, whilst seeking to improve health outcomes for patients through effective commissioning arrangements. As a direct employer of 6,000 people, NHS England has a responsibility to continually improve the way it delivers both commissioning and the provision of the services for which it is directly accountable, which includes the regular review of its workforce arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that its redundancy costs for 2012-13 were £54,000, which represented 0.1% of total expenditure. For 2013-14 the costs were £1,017,000, which represented 0.003% of total expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 197686 197690 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49619

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provides for Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) are funded by contributions from the local authority, Primary Care Trust, police and other agencies, with the largest contribution coming from the local authority. It is important that agencies work together to agree budgets locally and prioritise spending in response to local needs and issues.</p><p>The Department for Education provided the Association of Independent LSCB Chairs with funding of £240,000 between September 2012 and March 2014 to support the leadership of LSCBs in ensuring the effectiveness of local safeguarding arrangements. We will provide them with a further £130,000 in this financial year as they move towards self-sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49620

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial contributions police services across England and Wales make to Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) play a crucial role in multi agency <br>child protection arrangements. Decisions by individual police forces to financially <br>contribute to LSCBs are an operational matter and the Department does not hold <br>this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49621

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with senior management of NHS England about redundancies.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with NHS England to discuss a wide variety of issues. The Department is clear on the need to ensure that redundancy payments are made only in circumstances where it is appropriate to do so and has been working with NHS England to ensure that payments are tightly controlled, whilst meeting contractual obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Redundancies are subject to rigorous scrutiny and challenge before being approved. Additionally, any individual redundancy compensation payment in excess of £100,000 also requires Departmental approval. Where redundancies do occur, NHS England ensures that these are formally subject to national NHS provisions to claw back any redundancy payment received where an individual then goes on to be re-employed within the National Health Service, further ensuring better value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England takes seriously its responsibilities to ensure that redundancy is a last resort and has implemented a system to seek to re-deploy any staff affected by such change to retain knowledge, skills and capability within the organisation, where at all possible.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a responsibility for ensuring that maximum value for money for taxpayers is delivered, whilst seeking to improve health outcomes for patients through effective commissioning arrangements. As a direct employer of 6,000 people, NHS England has a responsibility to continually improve the way it delivers both commissioning and the provision of the services for which it is directly accountable, which includes the regular review of its workforce arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that its redundancy costs for 2012-13 were £54,000, which represented 0.1% of total expenditure. For 2013-14 the costs were £1,017,000, which represented 0.003% of total expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 197681 197690 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49622

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Highways Agency in maintaining roads in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Highways Agency Business Plan sets out the strategic objectives and the in-year targets to be achieved. It includes a target covering road surface condition. Each Highways Agency region contributes to those targets, including Yorkshire and the North East. The Agency's performance against the targets for the financial year 2013/14 is due to be published in its Annual Report by summer 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Agency is unable to identify separately the contribution to Business Plan targets by individual constituency or local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49623

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government has spent on road infrastructure in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is responsible for the strategic road network which is managed by the Highways Agency on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. The remaining roads are the responsibility of local highway authorities under the Highways Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Highways Agency spending on improving road infrastructure (including smaller schemes and technology improvements) on the strategic road network in the Yorkshire and Humber area in the last three financial years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Funding for Yorkshire and Humber Area (£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011/12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£72.413</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012/13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£66.658</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013/14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£81.982</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport also provides funding to local highway authorities through Integrated Transport and Highways Maintenance Block grants. This funding can be used to improve local roads that they manage if they so wish. The following table provides this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Highways Maintenance Block</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011 pothole</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1.304</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5.776*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20.900</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>27.173</p><p> </p></td><td><p>87.562</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>26.185</p><p> </p></td><td><p>84.412</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25.511</p><p> </p></td><td><p>80.158</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 additional block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1.019</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4.620*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13.581</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 flood recovery</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.606</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.999*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>10.356</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>23.766</p><p> </p></td><td><p>75.488</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 additional block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.548</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.446*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7.268</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* made up of the individual payments to Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Integrated Transport Block</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>21.128*</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p><p>47.760*</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>27.165</p><p> </p></td><td><p>61.403</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* includes top up announced in 2011 autumn statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department also provide capital funding for local major schemes, costing over £5 million. The figures for spend on local major road infrastructure in the last 3 years is as follows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Areas</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p><p><strong>£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Huddersfield</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Kirklees</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Yorkshire</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7.2</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25.6</p><p> </p></td><td><p>26.8</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding for highway maintenance is provided through the Communities and Local Government Revenue Support Grant (RSG). RSG is an un-hypothecated grant provided to local authorities to enable them to carry out their functions, and local authorities can choose to spend this on any services for which they have responsibility, as per local spending priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49343

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of local authorities in England and Wales have plans in place for tackling potential child sexual exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The independent report of the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC)'s Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) in gangs and groups, published on 26 November 2013, found that 98% of Local Safeguarding Children's Boards (LSCBs) in England considered CSE to be a strategic priority and that 57% of LSCBs had agreed a joint CSE strategy with their partner agencies.[1] These figures were taken from evidence gathered by the OCC in early 2013. The OCC are planning to review the position later this year. Current statutory guidance on CSE says that LSCBs should ensure that specific local procedures are in place covering the sexual exploitation of children and young people and that the needs of the children affected are considered when local services are planned and commissioned.[2] LSCBs should set up a sub-group, reporting to the Board, to drive progress on CSE. The guidance does not place a requirement on LSCBs to develop a CSE strategy, but this has come to be regarded as best practice. It does, however, say:</p><p> </p><p>‘Sexual exploitation should be covered in local needs assessments and, where it is a significant issue, the LSCB should help ensure it is regarded as a priority'.</p><p> </p><p>More recently, the Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation Action Plan, published by the Department for Education in November 2011, set out actions to help LSCBs to prioritise CSE, including to ‘develop an effective local strategy ensuring there is a co-ordinated multi-agency response to child sexual exploitation, based on a robust, thorough risk assessment of the extent and nature of CSE locally'.[3]</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is not responsible for child protection in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] If only someone had listened – final report of the Office of the Children's Commissioner's Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Gangs and Groups, <a href="http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/content/publications/content_743" target="_blank">http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/content/publications/content_743</a></p><p> </p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278849/Safeguarding_Children_and_Young_People_from_Sexual_Exploitation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/278849/Safeguarding_Children_and_Young_People_from_Sexual_Exploitation.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-child-sexual-exploitation-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-child-sexual-exploitation-action-plan</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman