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437166

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he has not yet announced funding for the Time to Change campaigns beyond March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>We have provided £3.2 million in funding in 2015/16 to the Time to Change programme to support the excellent work the programme does in reducing the stigma associated with mental illness.</p><br /><p>The Time to Change programme received £16 million in funding from Government between 2011/12 and 2014/15.</p><br /><p>Officials are in discussions with Time to Change, and its other funding partners, about the next phase of the programme.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 12:33:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437167

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to report on the progress of the pilot being run in conjunction with the Department for Education to give schools access to a single point of contact for mental health.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education and NHS England have commissioned Ecorys to undertake an independent evaluation of the Mental Health Services and School Link Pilots. The evaluation will run from October 2015 to November 2016, covering all 22 pilot sites with Ecorys formally reporting back to the Department for Education and NHS England towards the end of 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 12:22:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437168

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers: Mental Health
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 improve the mental health of young carers and young adult carers as part of the Future in Mind policy.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that young carers may have particular vulnerabilities and are more likely to develop mental health problems because they fulfil that caregiver role.</p><br /><p>That is why the local transformation planning process, currently being implemented by every clinical commissioning group across England, will be so important. Local Transformation Plans establish an integrated whole system approach to driving the improvements children and young people want, with the NHS, public health, voluntary and community, local authority children’s services, education and youth justice sectors working together to provide improved support to those children and young people who have a mental health need or who as a young carer might be more likely to develop a mental health need.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 12:31:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437169

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effects of zero-hour and uncertain hour contracts on the mental health of people holding such contracts.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make any such assessment.</p><p /> <p>Research undertaken by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that, compared to the average employee, zero hours contract workers are just as satisfied with their job (65% versus 63%) and happier with their work-life balance (62% versus 58%).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 17:46:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437170

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Standards
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 details of his proposal to introduce Ofsted-style ratings for clinical commissioning groups' mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has announced that the new Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) assessment framework being developed by NHS England will contain six key clinical areas, including mental health. The framework will be published in March 2016 and will be operational from 1 April 2016.</p><br /><p>An annual assessment of these clinical areas will be moderated by independent panels of experts. Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of MIND, has been appointed panel chair for mental health.</p><br /><p>A first simple assessment of all CCGs in these six areas will be published in June 2016. The formal annual summative assessment of all CCGs for 2016/17 will happen at the end of that financial year and be published in summer 2017. The annual assessment will be based on a four point scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 12:25:11 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436771

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally on how many doctors and nurses have been signed off work as a result of stress and other mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre publishes data on overall levels of sickness absence in the National Health Service. The Department has to balance the usefulness of information collected against the burden placed on NHS employing organisations. There are no plans to increase this burden by publishing information on the reasons for sickness absence including stress and other mental illness. Individual NHS employing organisations are responsible for managing sickness absence including where due to mental health.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/12/2015 14:50:10 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436782

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally on how much local clinical commissioning groups spend on independent sector providers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is already collected centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/12/2015 14:37:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436793

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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 reports NHS England has produced on progress in achieving parity of esteem for mental health.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>NHS England and the Department jointly published Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020 in October 2014. This publication recognised that a key element of achieving parity across mental and physical health care depends on enabling people to have timely access to evidence-based and effective care, and set out a clear vision for the development of access and waiting time standards in mental health including introduction of the first set of standards on early intervention in psychosis and psychological therapies, as well as signalling new investment in liaison mental health services in acute hospitals.</p><br /><p>NHS England’s Five Year Forward View set out a clear commitment to a more equal response across mental and physical health and achieving genuine parity of esteem by 2020.</p><br /><p>In support of this objective, NHS England’s latest planning guidance, Forward View into Action: planning for 2015-16, includes an expectation that clinical commissioning groups’ (CCG) spending on mental health services in 2015-16 should increase in real terms, and grow by at least as much as each CCG’s allocation increase to support the ambition of parity between mental and physical health.</p><br /><p>NHS England has commissioned an independent Mental Health Task Force to produce a five-year mental health strategy, for improved access and outcomes in all settings, to be published in the New Year.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2015 17:41:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436794

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
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 raise awareness of female genital mutilation among mental health professionals.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>As part of its £3 million national Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Prevention Programme, the Department is developing staff training and awareness materials on FGM focusing on the mental health and wellbeing of FGM survivors.</p><br /><p>To increase health professionals’ awareness of this complex area, the Department has commissioned Health Education England to develop specialist FGM mental health e-learning, which will be provided free to all NHS professionals. Existing mental health training materials are also being updated by Health Education England to support awareness and recognition by health professionals of the impact of FGM on mental health.</p><br /><p>A ministerial roundtable with senior stakeholders was held on 29 October 2015 to discuss this issue. The Department is working with specialist mental health professionals and professional bodies to consider how best to support commissioners to ensure that mental health services are able to meet the needs of FGM survivors.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/12/2015 15:07:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436795

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the proportion of people identified as having experienced child abuse who are diagnosed with a mental health condition as a young person or adult.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The Department with its partners are taking forward a series of actions set out in ‘Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation’ March 2015 to create a culture where the health service and medical professionals are spotting the signs of child sexual abuse and exploitation early and are supported in sharing information with others, which includes improving available data on the prevalence of child abuse using the population-wide children and adolescent mental health survey.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/12/2015 17:39:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger