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757398

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date	05/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has conducted into the readability of the terms and conditions set out in life insurance policies.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The readability of the terms and conditions set out in life insurance policies falls within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As such, HM Treasury has not conducted research into this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is the UK’s conduct of business regulator and is an independent public body. The FCA has confirmed that it will provide a written response to the Member’s question. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 9036 question first answered 13/09/2017 15:13:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757406

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to eliminating the gender pay gap. As a public service broadcaster funded by the licence fee, the BBC has a responsibility to set an example for others and lead the way in promoting equality in the workplace. It is for the BBC to determine how to close its gender pay gap and we expect to see improvement in next year's disclosure.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2017 14:55:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757419

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children were eligible for free school meals in (a) Kirklees and (b) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the proportion of children eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The figures can be found in the statistical first releases, which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2017 16:16:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757420

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size was for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Colne Valley constituency, (ii) Kirklees, (iii) West Yorkshire and (iv) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state-funded schools are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>A national summary of average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the link to national tables, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>A summary at local authority and regional level is only available for key stages 1 and 2 and published in the link to local authority and regional tables, table 11.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is available via the link to underlying tables then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2017 16:09:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757452

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with mental health issues were admitted to accident and emergency departments in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:38:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757454

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Huddersfield Royal Infirmary: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency Department in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. NHS England publishes trust-level data on the number of attendances at accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments, but data on attendances at individual hospital sites are not available. The table below provides the number of A&amp;E attendances at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust for the full years 2010-11 to 2016-17 and the year to date position in 2017-18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Attendances at A&amp;E</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18 Year to Date*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>134,528</p></td><td><p>137,821</p></td><td><p>140,825</p></td><td><p>138,799</p></td><td><p>142,038</p></td><td><p>148,355</p></td><td><p>151,354</p></td><td><p>51,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Activity from April to July 2017 inclusive</p><p>Sources: NHS England:</p><p>2010 data is from the Quarterly Monitoring of Accident and Emergency (QMAE) collection. The number of emergency admissions not via A&amp;E were not collected on the QMAE return.</p><p>2011-12 to June 2015 data is from the A&amp;E Attendance and Emergency Admissions Weekly Sitrep collection.</p><p>From July 2015 data comes from the A&amp;E Attendance and Emergency Admissions Monthly Sitrep collection.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:37:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757455

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the use of private financial investment companies to fund the building of new hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts to make decisions in consultation with local stakeholders (e.g. clinical commissioning groups) about their facilities and accordingly they are responsible for developing their own business cases for major new investment projects. They are required to do so with regard to value for money and affordability of the different options. The Department and NHS Improvement works closely with trusts going through this process. HM Treasury are responsible for the policy on the use of Private Finance 2 (PF2), the successor to the Private Finance Initiative, introduced under the Coalition Government in 2012. This introduced changes to the previous model.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:10:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756317

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve support for people with mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	7838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health on 9 January 2017. The Government accepted all the report’s recommendations and published a detailed and robust action plan for taking them forward, including how we will monitor progress and report this transparently.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020/21 there will be over £1 billion of extra investment every year, and the Government’s ambition is that as a result, each year, one million more people with mental health problems will access high quality care that they are not receiving today.</p><p> </p><p>For children and young people, the Department of Health is working with the Department for Education to produce a Green Paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health, and to make Mental Health First Aid training available in primary and secondary schools. The Department of Health and NHS England will develop service capacity so that, by 2021, no child will be sent away from their local area to be treated for a general mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>For working age adults, the Prime Minister has asked Lord Stevenson, who has campaigned on these issues for many years, and Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind and Chair of the NHS Mental Health Taskforce, to work with leading employer and mental health groups to create a new mental health partnership with industry, and make prevention and breaking stigma priorities for employers. The Government is also undertaking a full review of employment discrimination laws for employees with mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is investing £67.7 million in digital mental health services to expand rapidly the treatment available.</p><p>The Department is also making available up to £15 million additional funding available to support community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety, to support preventative services in the community; and is investing over £10 million to support the fast track Think Ahead programme for mental health social workers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:29:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756318

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of male mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	7839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Improving mental health services for all is a priority for this Government but we are aware of the importance of addressing mental health issues with specific regard to men. We promote innovation in developing mental health services and interventions focused on men including programmes such as State of Mind and the Men’s Sheds movement. We are aware that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 and therefore in the updated National Suicide Prevention Strategy published in January we set out ways in which we are strengthening delivery of the strategy’s aims such as better targeting of high risk groups, such as men. This is supported by every local authority implementing a local suicide prevention plan by the end of 2017. Guidance issued to local authorities by Public Health England last year sets out the importance of targeting men, as a high risk group, in local suicide prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>£12 million has been allocated between 2016/20 in Time to Change to challenge mental health stigma, which has reached 750, 000 children and young people through social marketing campaigns and improved attitudes of over 4.1 million people in England. Their latest campaign, In Your Corner, is specifically targeted at men.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:20:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756319

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times are for people with an eating disorder aged 19 and under to receive treatment in (a) Colne Valley, (b) Kirklees, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	7840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>National and regional data on waiting times for children and young people with an eating disorder are collected and published by NHS England and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:31:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker