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1147720

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date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the median waiting time for (a) inpatient and (b) outpatient treatment was for patients in York in (i) May 2015 and (ii) May of each subsequent year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	293634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Median elective waiting times, in days, for inpatient admissions and first outpatient attendances in York for May of each year from 2015 to 2019 is shown in the following table. This is a count of admissions/attendances, not people, as the same person may have been admitted or attended hospital on more than one occasion within any given time period.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Inpatient admissions*</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Outpatient first attendances*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Number of records with a valid waiting time</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (days)</p></td><td><p>Number of records with a valid waiting time</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>1,585</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3,235</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>1,705</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4,620</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: Admitted patient care data for May 2019 and outpatient activity for May 2018 and 2019 is provisional and subject to change.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 13:05:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1147800

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of coordinating assessments for claimants applying for universal credit and personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	293652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>In responses to the 2016 Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation and through several other forums, stakeholders have raised concerns about the feeling of duplication across the current assessment processes. We have therefore been exploring options to reduce this, and make improvements to the customer experience. By testing the feasibility of a single assessment for Employment and Support Allowance/Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment we can seek to understand if it will improve the assessment process for our customers, and ensure that it delivers high quality and accurate outcomes. The study is being informed by existing evidence and we have been gathering views and insight from key stakeholders to understand the issues around implementing this.</p><p> </p><p>I do consider there are merits and we announced in March 2019 that we have launched the Health Transformation Programme to deliver a new integrated assessment service across all health and disability benefits. This will make the assessment process simpler, quicker, more user-friendly and more joined-up whichever benefit people are claiming. This integrated service will still be taking applications to individual benefits on a separate basis.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/10/2019 10:42:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1147807

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Families and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to local authorities to ensure the provision of (a) local welfare assistance and (b) other services to (i) families and (ii) young people in crisis.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	293657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Welfare Reform Act 2012 abolished Social Fund Crisis Loans and Community Grants from April 2013. The funding was passed over to local authorities in England and devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales on a non-ringfenced basis, and with no statutory duties attached.</p><p> </p><p>DWP provides a network of around 300 specialised work coaches for the cross government Troubled Families Programme. These Troubled Families Employment Advisers (TFEAs) support families across all local authority areas in England, providing tailored, one to one employment and welfare support. TFEAs also upskill local authorities and partners on employment matters.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with all top tier local authorities in England to help them to address parental conflict, which can harm children’s outcomes. 98% of local authorities have taken up our offer of training for frontline practitioners and support for strategic leaders, to increase local capability in addressing parental conflict.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/10/2019 13:24:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1147816

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what impact analysis her Department prepared (a) from 1 January 2018 to 23 July 2019 and (b) since 23 July 2019 as a result of discussions at EU XTP and EU XTPO committees on business supply chains as part of preparations for Operation Kingfisher, and if she will place copies of those analyses in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	293595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered // answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1147868

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help people over the age of 60 experiencing domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	293448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 16:24:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1147870

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Sevoflurane
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals use Sevoflurane anaesthetic gas; and what assessment the Government has made of the potential environmental benefits of hospitals using Sevoflurane gas rather than Desflurane gas.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	293684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 15:21:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1147904

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with social landlords on rent arrears caused by the time between a claimant’s universal credit being paid and the housing costs being sent to the landlord via APA on the next bulk payment run.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	293707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Initial analytical work we have carried out with a single housing provider suggests that many tenants are arriving on Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears, supporting research carried out by the National Federation of ALMOs which shows over three quarters of their tenants come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent arrears. It also shows that arrears tend to increase prior to making a claim for Universal Credit, and that Universal Credit actually appears to be helping to clear arrears over time. We are currently extending this analysis to include a number of housing providers. It will be published when completed.</p><p>The Department encourages all Universal Credit claimants to actively consider how best to manage their personal budget which includes making their own rent payments to landlords, with additional advice and support available from work coaches and case managers where needed. We regularly engage with a range of stakeholders, including landlords, to ensure we understand concerns which helps us to design improvements to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative Payment Arrangements (APAs), such as a managed payment to landlord (MPTL), are available to enable the housing costs element to be paid directly to the landlord if the tenant is likely to have difficulty in managing their rent payments or is in rent arrears. APAs will only be considered where a lack of financial capability poses a risk to the claimant, or their family, and the decision to implement one is assessed on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issues a schedule of payments to Social Rented Sector (SRS) landlords, and our Third Party Creditor system - currently used to pay SRS landlords - uses a 28-day payment cycle. We are currently working with a range of landlords to design, develop and test a better services with the intention of having a solution in place by the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 293708 question first answered 08/10/2019 09:58:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1147910

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to enforcement officers in relation to idling engines; and whether he plans to update that guidance.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Damian Hinds
uin	293526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Guidance for Local Authorities on idling enforcement was last issued in 2002. This is when the relevant regulations, the Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002), were enacted. This guidance is currently being revised by the Department and will be reissued to Local Authorities in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/10/2019 09:56:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1147915

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 30 September to Question 290628 on Children: Day Care, what the criteria was for allocating that funding; and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The funding the Department allocated to the recipients of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme for 2019 can be found in the table attached.</p><p>The 11 organisations we worked with in 2019 were allocated the full amount of funding requested in their bid. I have attached to this answer our invitation to tender document, which includes the assessment criteria for this programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 293438_Funding_allocated_to_the_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_programme_for_2019.xls title 293438_xls 2 file name 293438_Grants_to_fund_local_coordination_of_free_holiday_activities_and_healthy_food.doc title 293438_doc question first answered 08/10/2019 14:29:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147921

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the decision to abolish the Discretionary Social Fund and replace it with local welfare assistance schemes has had on the ability of people experiencing a financial crisis to access monetary support.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Local welfare assistance is an umbrella term used describe local authority provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities’ abilities to act in this area are provided under various powers, for example, section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 enables local authorities to provide financial assistance to any individual.</p><p> </p><p>Since the reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 which abolished Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants, the Local Government Financial Settlement has included a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority’s general grant. The settlement for 2015-16 set this amount at £129.6 million for England in each year until 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision and that councils are best placed to decide how to target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 293545 question first answered 08/10/2019 13:21:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe