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91379

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date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what compensation payments have been made to senior executives of Rotherham Borough Council leaving their posts since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collate or hold this information. Local authorities are independent employers and it is for each council to make local, accountable decisions on the management of its workforce, including any payment made to staff leaving their employment. While Government has no involvement in these local decisions, we expect councils to be open and transparent about the decisions they make about the pay and rewards for staff, particularly senior staff. Under the Localism Act 2011, councils are required to prepare and publish an annual pay policy statement setting out their approach to pay matters, particularly senior pay. In our pay accountability guidance to accompany measures in the Localism Act, councils are asked to give full council the opportunity to vote on severance packages of £100,000 or more before they are rubber-stamped. It is unacceptable for information about compensation payments to be withheld from local taxpayers and we welcome the CLG Select Committee’s recent comments that councils should publish the rationale for, and amount of, any financial payment to a departing chief officer within a month of the decision so that the public can understand why such a payment has been made. Severance payments made to senior staff must already be disclosed in an authority’s annual Statement of Accounts and cannot be protected from disclosure by confidentiality agreements.<br><br>On 3 October, the Department further strengthened the public's ability to scrutinise councils by ensuring that they get the data they deserve through the local government transparency code. Part of that code is the requirement for councils to publish information on salaries for employees earning £50,000 or more, alongside a range of other pay and workforce information.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 15/10/2014 16:13:55 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91409

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release dated 14 June 2014, entitled New freedoms to help local areas to support vulnerable children, when she plans to publish new regulations on powers to delegate social core functions for vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Relevant Care Functions) (England) Regulations 2014 came into force on 10 September 2014 and are published online at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/2407" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/2407</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:19:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91471

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the prevalence of self-harm amongst minors.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on the prevalence of self-harm amongst minors is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2004 British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey found the rate of self-harm in 5-10 year olds was 0.8% in those with no disorder, rising to 6.2% in those with an anxiety disorder and 7.5% in those with hyperkinetic disorder, conduct disorder or one of the less common disorders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The prevalence of self-harm increased in adolescence with the rates of 1.2% in those with no disorder, rising to 9.4% in those with an anxiety disorder and 18.8% in those with depression. Rates of hospital admission for self-harm have increased sharply over the last decade.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people aged under 18 requiring hospital treatment for self-harm is available through Hospital Episode Statistics. The most recent data is in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Count of finished admission episodes with a cause code of self-harm and a count of accident and emergency attendances (excluding planned attendances) with a patient group of deliberate self-harm for (1) females under 18 and (2) males under 18 for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Accident and emergency attendances</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Finished admission episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>4,038</p></td><td><p>9,264</p></td><td><p>2,594</p></td><td><p>11,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>4,287</p></td><td><p>9,388</p></td><td><p>2,363</p></td><td><p>10,868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>9,943</p></td><td><p>2,473</p></td><td><p>12,305</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>a) admissions do not represent the number of inpatients as a person may have more than one admission in one year and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) a patient may have attended Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) and then been admitted to hospital as a single event, in this case the event would be included in both the A&amp;E and hospital admission figures</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>c) reference to the footnotes should be made when interpreting the data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/10/2014 15:46:22 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91472

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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, when he plans to publish a new children and young people mental health prevalence survey.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is currently commissioning a survey into the prevalence of children and young people’s mental health problems. It will not be possible to predict when the results will be published until the scoping exercise which is in progress has been completed. The main work on the survey, including the data collection, is currently scheduled to take place in the financial year 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/10/2014 15:48:30 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91518

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wardship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases involving wardship there were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The wardship jurisdiction is part of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. It is the duty of the court to ensure that a child who is the subject of proceedings is protected and taken care of. The wardship jurisdiction means the court has custody of the child who is a ward. No important step can be taken in the child's life without the court's consent.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the number of wardship applications made to courts in England and Wales during each of the last five calendar years is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Applications for Wardship in England &amp; Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Wardship Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/10/2014 15:18:23 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91561

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of the Civil Aviation Authority have been subject to formal disciplinary action in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>In each of the last 5 years the following numbers of CAA employees have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings. Where numbers are 5 or less, we have withheld the precise number on grounds of confidentiality in line with the Data Protection Act</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>01/09/09 to 31/08/10 - *</p><p>01/09/10 to 31/08/11 - *</p><p>02/09/11 to 31/08/12 - *</p><p>01/09/12 to 31/08/13 - 8</p><p>01/09/13 to 31/08/14 - *</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/10/2014 16:25:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91562

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what structures are in place within the Civil Aviation Authority to hold employees to account for (a) incompetence, (b) issuing erroneous advice and (c) malicious actions.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The CAA has a range of structures and processes in place to guard against incompetent or inappropriate performance or conduct by its employees.</p><p> </p><p>All CAA staff undertake a probationary period which ensures that only those whose performance and conduct meet expected standards are retained beyond their first year of employment. Regardless of length of service, the performance of all CAA employees’ is managed according to an established performance management system. Each employee receives one of five performance ratings which is subsequently reflected in the rewards which they receive, if any. Those whose performance or conduct falls below expectations, depending on the cause, would normally be subject to either performance improvement or disciplinary procedures. Finally, the CAA has put in place Confidential Reporting (Whistle-blowing) arrangements and a complaints procedure should external parties wish to use a formal process for bringing matters of concern about a CAA employee to the CAA’s attention. The Confidential Reporting process is also available to those within the CAA who have concerns about the conduct of another employee and wish to raise those concerns anonymously or confidentially.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/10/2014 16:01:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91564

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to whom the Civil Aviation Authority is accountable.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority is accountable to the Secretary of State for Transport under the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (as amended by the Civil Aviation Act 2012).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/10/2014 16:07:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton