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788988

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date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: East Kilbride
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110350, on the proposed transfer of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) posts from East Kilbride to Glasgow, on what dates meetings between HMRC and departmental trade unions took place.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) held a specific briefing event for managers and the departmental trade unions on 10 November 2015 to share the plans, formally, for its future locations strategy in advance of the announcement on 12 November 2015. This included the detail for all regional centres, specialist sites, transitional sites and a head office presence at Westminster. Prior to this, HMRC held discussions with the unions in confidence about its plans as they developed and in advance of the decisions being made.</p><p> </p><p>The Regional Engagement Group for Glasgow meets on a monthly basis to consider implementation activity for Glasgow, including the moves to Glasgow from East Kilbride and Cumbernauld. There is union representation at these meetings. Topics for discussion are prioritised in accordance with the timeline for office closures in the region. HMRC is retaining East Kilbride as a transitional site until 2025-26 so the detail for this specific move is not yet finalised.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to engage with the unions at both local and national levels throughout the delivery of the Locations Programme.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/11/2017 17:08:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789009

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Broadband
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 estimate her Department has made of average broadband speeds in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on current average broadband speed in either rural or urban areas. The 2016 Ofcom Connected Nations report showed that across the UK the average download speed is 37Mit/s.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/11/2017 15:27:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789010

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Broadband
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 statistics her Department holds on average broadband speeds on a constituency basis.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on current average broadband speed by constituency. This information can be located on Thinkbroadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england)</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/11/2017 15:28:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789106

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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 his Department's guidelines are for follow-up post-discharge support for patients who are diagnosed at accident and emergency departments with a mental health condition and with problems associated with substance or alcohol misuse.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>We expect that anyone presenting at an emergency department where they are suspected of having mental health needs should receive an assessment to ensure the mental and physical needs are met and, where appropriate, an emergency care plan is put in place. People who require specialist mental health support should be referred to appropriate services. If an assessment identifies the need for further contact with services, including for mental health or alcohol or substance misuse, providers should ensure that follow-up arrangements are in place.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £250 million to ensure that every acute hospital has a mental health liaison team in place by 2020/21 and that 50% of services meet the core 24 standard of care. This will ensure that trained mental health professionals are available within emergency departments to ensure that people who present with mental health problems receive appropriate care.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £400 million to improve mental health crisis services in the community. We also remain committed to implementing the national Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat to ensure that all public services which come into contact with people with mental health problems work together and that no-one experiencing a mental health crisis is turned away.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/11/2017 13:45:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789107

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients diagnosed at accident and emergency departments with a mental health condition and with problems associated with substance or alcohol misuse are (a) treated and (b) turned away from those departments by NHS trust for each year from 2011 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/11/2017 13:49:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789108

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111080, when his Department plans to begin to collect data on (a) mental health, (b) substance misuse and (c) learning disability nurses recruitment and retention to inform future workforce planning.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The information held by NHS Digital is based upon the National Workforce Data Set which allows for the capture of nationally consistent information about the mental health and learning disability nurses for the purposes of monitoring and workforce planning. This does not capture a sufficient level of detail to allow the investigation of very specialist services including substance misuse nurses.</p><p> </p><p>At present NHS Digital is engaged in a sub-group of the Workforce Information Review Group. This is tasked with scoping the information requirements of the system related to healthcare recruitment, and to produce proposals to enhance the information available. Part of this work includes giving consideration to current data gaps.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:24:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789109

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department still plans to publish a Carers' Strategy; and whether young carers will be included in that strategy.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Damian Green, has announced this month that the Government will publish a Green Paper on care and support by summer 2018, setting out its proposals for reform.</p><p> </p><p>Carers are vital partners in the health and social care system, and they need to be at the heart of discussions to build consensus on a long-term, sustainable settlement for social care. Instead of a new carers strategy, the Green Paper will include a clear strategic focus on unpaid care and how our society supports all carers as a vital part of a sustainable health and social care system.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months Government will work with experts, stakeholders and users to shape the long-term reforms that will be proposed in the Green Paper, and this work will include specific engagement with carers and representative groups. In addition, once the Green Paper is published, it will be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Government remains fully committed to supporting carers to provide care as they would wish, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and life chances. Ahead of the Green Paper’s publication, the Department will continue to lead a cross-Government programme of targeted work to support carers, including young carers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/11/2017 17:08:20 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789113

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to train to become specialist (a) mental health and (b) learning disability nurses.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England is proactively encouraging more people to train to become mental health and learning disability nurses through a number of initiatives including:</p><p> </p><p>- In order to meet the growing need for more registered nurses in the future across all nurse disciplines, on 3 October 2017, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced an increase in the number of additional clinical placements for undergraduate degrees. This would result in an increase of over 5,000 nurse training places available each year from 2018/19; an increase of 25% from 20,680 available in 2016/17 to 25,850 in 2018/19;</p><p> </p><p>- Supporting the system wide fast-track graduate route; an accelerated postgraduate nurse programme for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities that began in September 2017 to attract high-achieving graduates into a career in nursing. The aim is to help address workforce capacity and support the development of future nurse leaders in key areas, targeting mental health and learning disabilities in the first instance;</p><p> </p><p>- Ensuring nurses in other sectors have the opportunities within their competency frameworks to develop their skills further to work in mental health and learning disability nursing;</p><p> </p><p>- Commissioning of focus groups and polls of potential and existing trainees to understand better the obstacles, increase support offered and increase the profile and attractiveness of careers in mental health; and</p><p> </p><p>- Training of the clinical workforce, including mental health and learning disability nurses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for each of the devolved administrations in those countries.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:13:17 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789198

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 6 November 2017 to Question 110670, on work capability assessment, when he plans to publish the document setting out his Department's recent work, its response to the consultation and its next steps.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 we published Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, setting out the Government’s approach to work and health and inviting views on a ten-year strategy for reform.</p><p> </p><p>We engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest during the Green Paper consultation period and received around 6,000 responses. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the work we have been doing since the Green Paper, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 113457 question first answered 21/11/2017 13:32:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

789199

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Access to Work Programme: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of, and promote, the Access to Work programme.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	112822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Our approach has primarily been to work with Remploy and other partners and charities, using their effective networks and channels to reach potential recipients and raise awareness. We have also worked extensively to promote the Access to Work Scheme via Disability Confident with stakeholders and partners such as the impairment specific charities and health practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we have made marketing funding available to produce materials and secure presences at appropriate conferences and events.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/11/2017 15:05:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron