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93843

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to support people living with dementia in the (a) community and (b) care system.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Dementia is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring people with dementia and their carers receive the best possible care in all care settings. That is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recently a number of steps have been taken to support people living with dementia in the community and in the care system including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We are aiming for 75 dementia-friendly communities by March 2015. 70 communities across England have signed up to the national Dementia Friendly Communities recognition process, with an increased ambition to reach 75 by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- In the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month, it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed. Between April 2013 and June 2014 there have been 59,961 referrals as a result of the introduction of this CQUIN goal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We have made available £50 million capital funding for 2013-14 for the NHS and local authorities to work with providers to create better care environments to help people with dementia live well with the condition. The projects are now in the process of being evaluated and we will disseminate the key recommendations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 1 April 2014 we put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service, which has had over 80% take up by general practitioners (GPs) to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Government’s refreshed Mandate to Health Education England, published on 1 May 2014, builds on the existing ambition to have 100,000 NHS staff receive Tier 1 training on dementia by setting an ambition for a further 250,000 NHS staff to receive Tier 1 training on dementia by March 2015, with the tools and training opportunities being made available to all staff by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Over 200,000 NHS staff have already received foundation level training with a cumulative target of 359,000 to have completed dementia awareness training by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 7 May 2014 Public Health England and the Alzheimer’s Society launched a major new campaign with the aim of securing one million people to become dementia friends by March 2015. The campaign is aimed at improving understanding and attitudes about dementia and towards people with the condition. There are currently over 520,000 Dementia Friends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 10 September 2014 NHS England published a new Dementia Toolkit aimed at helping GPs making a more timely diagnosis and what they can do in terms of vital post-diagnostic support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 3 October 2014 NHS England announced that £5 million will be made available to fund an additional enhanced service for GPs to run between October 2014 and March 2015 to drive improvements in dementia diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 09:31:16 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93858

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons staff of what grades are currently performing detached duty at establishments other than the one at which they are employed.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Tooting on 17 October 2014, which covered the information now being requested and can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210905 210906 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:08:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93859

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of Payment Plus for prisons staff on detached duty.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Tooting on 17 October 2014, which covered the information now being requested and can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210904 210906 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:08:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93860

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of (a) travel and (b) subsistence for staff performing detached duty.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Tooting on 17 October 2014, which covered the information now being requested and can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=209423</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210904 210905 question first answered 22/10/2014 16:08:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93861

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals have been made against the application of the shared accommodation rate; and how many of those appeals have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice, hears appeals against Local Authority decisions on Housing Benefit (HB), which includes the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR).</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS does not record data specifically relating to appeals against SAR decisions and does not therefore hold the information requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on appeals against HB decisions overall is published by Ministry of Justice in Tribunal Statistics Quarterly. The most recent report for the period April to June 2014, published on 11 September 2014 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 22/10/2014 16:39:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93264

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last changed its guidance on access to inoculation for influenza; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>In July 2012, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which advises the Government on all immunisation matters recommended extending the national flu programme to all children from the age of two to less than 17 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This extension began in 2013-14 with all two and three year olds being offered vaccination through GP surgeries, and 5-11 year old children in seven areas being offered vaccination through pilot programmes. The extension programme for children will be phased in over a number of years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of key groups remain eligible for flu vaccination under the annual national flu immunisation programme. Information on who is eligible for the flu vaccination is contained in the Flu Plan: Winter 2014/15. This is available on the GOV.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-flu-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/annual-flu-programme</a>. A copy has been attached.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 16:48:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ210389 - FluPlan2014.pdf title Flu Plan Winter 2014-15
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

93377

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209233 for what reason the information is not available.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions publishes monitoring returns from local authorities that give a breakdown of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) awards by broad category, including to recipients of Housing Benefit subject to Local Housing Allowance calculations. Further detail, for example awards to those subject to the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR), is not available. Returns are voluntary and information is not provided by all local authorities. The returns give the number of awards, which may not equate to the number of people receiving them; some people may receive more than one award over the period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s housing benefit administrative database, compiled from electronic data supplied by local authorities, identifies by gender and age those Housing Benefit claimants that are assessed by the SAR in the given area. These data are taken from scans of local authority systems. They also hold some information on whether a DHP is being made to the claimant at that time. The recording of this information on the electronic data is incomplete and not reliable.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:18:33 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91771

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have been made against the application of the shared accommodation rate; and how many of those appeals have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:29:13 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91773

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female claimants of each cohort have had the shared accommodation rate rule applied to their claim since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The information which is available is point in time monthly caseload information on the shared accommodation rate from December 2012 onwards which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 11:07:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

91774

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who have had the shared accommodation rate applied to their claim have subsequently moved home; and whether his Department has commissioned research to find out their eventual destinations.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	209238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available. The Department commissioned an independent evaluation of the changes to Local Housing Allowance, including the extension of the shared accommodation rate, by a research consortium from the Centre for Regional and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and Ipsos Mori. The final reports were published in July 2014 at the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-monitoring-the-impact-of-changes</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/10/2014 10:53:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson