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765667

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Disability
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 address the unmet social care needs of working-age disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	105977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Care Act statutory guidance requires that where an adult or carer appears to have care and support needs the local authority must carry out an assessment. This is then followed by a financial assessment to determine whether or not they pay towards their care and support. Where a person is assessed as having eligible care and support needs, and meets the national eligibility threshold, then the local authority must meet their care needs.</p><p> </p><p>Social care continues to be a key priority for this Government. This is why local authorities in England will receive an additional £2 billion for social care over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>We will work to improve social care and will bring forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing, supporting people, families and communities to prepare for old age, and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will make further announcements on the scope of the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 105978 question first answered 11/10/2017 10:40:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

765668

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his planned consultation on social care will include working-age disabled people's social care.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	105978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Care Act statutory guidance requires that where an adult or carer appears to have care and support needs the local authority must carry out an assessment. This is then followed by a financial assessment to determine whether or not they pay towards their care and support. Where a person is assessed as having eligible care and support needs, and meets the national eligibility threshold, then the local authority must meet their care needs.</p><p> </p><p>Social care continues to be a key priority for this Government. This is why local authorities in England will receive an additional £2 billion for social care over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>We will work to improve social care and will bring forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing, supporting people, families and communities to prepare for old age, and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will make further announcements on the scope of the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 105977 question first answered 11/10/2017 10:40:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

758748

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per child is of the dental removal of one or more teeth.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	9384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9383 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:20:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

758766

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) pre-school, (b) primary and (c) secondary age children have undergone the dental removal of one or more teeth in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	9382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/09/2017 16:32:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

758767

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the public purse of removing one or more teeth from children in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	9383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 9384 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:20:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

758181

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per child to his Department is of treating under 18 year olds for total dental clearances.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	9171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 9172 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:24:17 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

758183

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department was of treating under 18 year olds for total dental clearances in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	9172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 9171 question first answered 11/09/2017 16:24:17 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

758194

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) pre-school, (b) primary school and (c) secondary school children have undergone total dental clearances in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	9166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The information regarding the number of total dental clearances for each year since 2010 undergone by pre-school, primary school and secondary school children is not collected. Public Health England does collect information on the number of children and young people undergoing hospital dental extractions aged zero to four, five to nine, 10 to 14 and 15 to 19 although it does not collect information on how many teeth are removed per procedure. The figures are available for each financial year from 2011/12 to 2015/16 and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/Extractions.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/Extractions.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 14:15:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

755845

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 66737, when he plans to introduce legislative proposals to give single parents with children born through surrogacy the same rights as couples.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	6968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Drafting work on the remedial order is ongoing, which we currently estimate will be laid in the autumn session of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/09/2017 09:52:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

756112

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Jobcentres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of jobcentre and Jobcentre Plus closures on the ability of jobcentre users to access job opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	6966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Work Coaches work with claimants to ensure that they optimise their chances in the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>This includes supporting claimants to develop their confidence and capability to access the widest range of job opportunities, signposting to suitable sources of vacancies and specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>This support is a core element of the jobcentre service which will be provided from the claimant’s new jobcentre.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/09/2017 16:01:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford