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432801

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
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 future of the mandated universal elements of the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 0 to five.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	17912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The commissioning of 0 to 5 years public health services transferred from NHS England to local authorities on 1 October 2015. Prior to transfer, Regulations were made to mandate the delivery of five universal health visitor reviews as set out in the Healthy Child Programme. The Regulations have a sunset clause that ends their effect on 31 March 2017, 18 months after coming into operation.</p><br /><p>The Regulations make provision for a review, by the Secretary of State, of the operation of the mandated elements. This will help inform future arrangements.</p><br /><p>In the interim, the Department is working with Public Health England, (as the strategic and professional lead for health visitor services), to monitor progress of the new arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/12/2015 14:12:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

422652

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans for the Public Health Outcomes Framework to continue to give a comprehensive picture of children's school readiness, when the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile becomes non-compulsory in September 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	12516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The consultation on updating the Public Health Outcomes Framework was published on 3 September and closed on 2 October. We are considering the responses and intend to publish our proposals early next year.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2015 17:38:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

387047

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all families benefit from targeted support under the Healthy Child Programme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Healthy Child Programme is a progressive universal service which offers every child a schedule of health and development reviews, screening tests, immunisations, health promotion guidance and support for parents tailored to their needs. For children and families with greater needs and risks, a range of additional preventive and early intervention services are offered, including services promoting child development and emotional and psychological support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure the programme remains up to date with the latest evidence, a review of the evidence base for the Healthy Child Programme was undertaken by Public Health England and published in March 2015. The findings of the review will ensure that the Healthy Child Programme is underpinned by robust, up-to-date evidence of what works.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review report is available on the gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-rapid-review-to-update-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-rapid-review-to-update-evidence</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support the continued provision of the Healthy Child Programme following transfer of responsibility for planning and commissioning of public health services for children up to age five from NHS England to local authorities on 1 October 2015, we are mandating five universal health visitor reviews:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the antenatal health promoting visit;</p><p> </p><p>- the new baby review;</p><p> </p><p>- the 6-8 week assessment (the health visitor or Family Nurse led check);</p><p> </p><p>- the one year assessment; and</p><p> </p><p>- the 2-2½ year review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence shows that these are the key times to ensure that parents are supported to give their baby the best start in life, and to identify early those families who need extra help. This will help ensure all children under five and their parents get the support they need, whilst also providing an opportunity to identify those families where extra support may be needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 16:20:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

177872

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the transfer to those authorities from NHS England of the responsibility for public health services for children aged 0 to 5 in October 2015.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	223397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department has published guidance in the form of factsheets[i], for local authorities and other key stakeholders about the transfer of 0 - 5 years children’s public health commissioning, which from 1 October 2015 moves from NHS England to local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In autumn 2014 the Department part funded and participated in the Local Government Association’s series of regional roadshows. These events provided information to local stakeholders about the new commissioning arrangements, particularly finance and contracting issues, and about the proposed mandation of five universal reviews from the Healthy Child Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department will ensure this guidance is refreshed as appropriate. Other key stakeholders have issued guidance on their own websites.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[i] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-of-0-5-childrens-public-health-commissioning-to-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-of-0-5-childrens-public-health-commissioning-to-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 09/02/2015 17:14:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

174224

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the success and cost-effectiveness of the (a) Healthy Child Programme and (b) Healthy Start Programme.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	221066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Healthy Child Programme is the key evidence based, universal public health service for improving the health and wellbeing of children, through health and development reviews, health promotion, parenting support, screening and immunisation programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme has a strong evidence base, which is set out in Health for All Children (Hall and Elliman, 2006). To ensure the programme continues to promote best practice, Public Health England are leading a rapid review of the evidence base for the Healthy Child Programme for 0 to 5 year olds, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Healthy Start is a means-tested, United Kingdom-wide government scheme that offers a nutritional safety net for pregnant women and children under four in low income families by providing them with weekly vouchers to put towards the cost of milk, formula milk, fruit and vegetables, and free vitamin supplements. The delivery costs for this year for Healthy Start throughout the UK (vouchers, vitamins and administration) is expected to be around £85 million, with 90% of vouchers redeemed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned a formal evaluation of the Healthy Start scheme, published in March 2013. This considered the experiences of Scheme users and the effectiveness of the Scheme at delivering against its stated purpose. The results of this evaluation can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/migrated/documents/finalreport2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/migrated/documents/finalreport2.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/01/2015 16:06:45 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

99883

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote early intervention in improving child health.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	905557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government promotes early intervention through the Healthy Child Programme, which is the key universal National Health Service programme for the health and wellbeing of children, and Family Nurse Partnerships, a licensed preventive programme which targets vulnerable first time young mothers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/10/2014 15:51:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah