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169388

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on women of the measures in budgets and spending reviews since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	218247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Considering gender and other aspects of equality is an integral part of HM Treasury’s approach to policy work and is conducted on an ongoing basis, including during spending reviews and budgets. This approach reflects the government’s commitment to fairness as well as to our legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken concrete actions to improve the position of women in the economy. 58 per cent of the 3.4 million individuals lifted out of income tax as a result of this Government’s policies are women. The Government is also providing help with childcare costs, including introducing tax-free childcare. However, as many policies impact on households containing both women and men it is often difficult to isolate the policy effects on women without making arbitrary assumptions about how incomes are shared within households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:00:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

169524

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Thyroid Gland: Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the potential effectiveness of liothyronine (T3) and natural desiccated thyroid for patients with hypothyroidism.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	218084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West Peninsula has partly supported a review of treatment for primary hypothyroidism published in 2012 in the journal <em>Drug Design, Development and Therapy</em>. The review considered approaches including triiodothyronine (liothyronine) therapy, trioodothyronine-levothyroxine combination therapy, and the use of natural desiccated thyroid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/12/2014 17:22:03 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

169540

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anaemia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the potential for cost savings and reductions in hospital admissions from improved diagnosis and management of anaemia.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	218235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to commission research on this specific topic.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research funds a wide range of research relating to the diagnosis and management of different types of anaemia.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/12/2014 17:24:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167772

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dialysis Machines
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 25 November 2014 to Question 215404, what consultation NHS England undertook with the renal dialysis clinical reference group when developing its proposal to transfer responsibility for commissioning of dialysis to clinical commissioning groups; and what response that clinical reference group gave to that proposal.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that they discussed the overall direction of travel for specialised services with Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs), although the renal dialysis CRG was not directly consulted in the early discussions about whether to consider changing the commissioning arrangements for renal services. However, clinical leaders have been part of the deliberations and will continue to be involved through the consultation process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The development of the proposals for transferring responsibility for renal dialysis services and morbid obesity surgery services which NHS England put to the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) for consideration was done in partnership with the NHS Commissioning Assembly Task and Finish Group on Specialised Service commissioning. This group is made up of clinical commissioners from around the country. The group was asked by NHS England to advise on the development of proposals for enhancing specialised service commissioning in 2015-16, specifically proposals that would enable improved pathway integrity. NHS England presented the proposed direction of travel for specialised commissioning in 2015-16 to the chairs of CRGs earlier in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PSSAG recommended transferring commissioning responsibility for renal dialysis services from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The Department has launched a public consultation to consider how to transfer commissioning responsibility and what would need to happen to ensure a smooth transition and maintain both service standards and patient safety. This consultation closes on 9 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England have advised that they are in dialogue with key stakeholders about both the opportunities and challenges of transferring commissioning responsibility for renal services from NHS England to CCGs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 217039 question first answered 08/12/2014 17:20:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167787

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: 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 improve access and reduce waiting times for children's mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em> also announces the introduction of standard waiting times for Early Intervention in Psychosis services which will be of benefit to young people, and for the adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. It makes it clear that the waiting time standards announced are a first step. There will also be £30 million increased investment in liaison psychiatry to help people including young people presenting in accident and emergency departments with mental health problems. The vision is for comprehensive standards to be developed over the coming years for all ages, including for children and young people. Where adult IAPT services are commissioned to provide a service to 16 and 17 year olds, the new waiting time standard will apply.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England will work together with mental health system partners to set out how and when access and further waiting time standards could be introduced, subject to resourcing decisions following the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have invested £54 million into the Children and Young people’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) over 2011-15/16, which is designed to improve access to evidence-based psychological therapies and collaboration with children, young people and families. The programme works with 82 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) partnerships and currently covers 60% of the 0-19 population. The Government’s aim is that all of England will be involved by 2018 reflected in the Mandate with NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Well-Being Taskforce is considering ways to improve access for children and young people and promote collaborative commissioning of services to reflect the needs of children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 2 December, the Deputy Prime Minister announced recurrent funding for the next 5 years of £30 million per year to improve services for young people with mental health problems. This investment places a particular emphasis on eating disorders and self-harm and it will deliver swifter access to evidence-based community treatment for children and young people with eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In response to NHS England’s <em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tier 4 Report, </em>published in July, NHS England are using £7 million to provide 50 extra CAMHS specialised Tier 4 beds for young patients in the areas with the least provision. 36 of the 50 planned new beds have opened - 27 in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, five in East Anglia and four in Somerset. NHS England continues to seek to build capacity in the areas with least provision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/12/2014 16:45:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167795

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dialysis Machines
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 25 November 2014 to Question 215404, what consultation NHS England undertook with external stakeholders before announcing the proposal to transfer responsibility for commissioning of dialysis to clinical commissioning groups; and if he will ensure that NHS England undertakes further consultation on the principle as well as the process of transferring that responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that they discussed the overall direction of travel for specialised services with Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs), although the renal dialysis CRG was not directly consulted in the early discussions about whether to consider changing the commissioning arrangements for renal services. However, clinical leaders have been part of the deliberations and will continue to be involved through the consultation process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The development of the proposals for transferring responsibility for renal dialysis services and morbid obesity surgery services which NHS England put to the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) for consideration was done in partnership with the NHS Commissioning Assembly Task and Finish Group on Specialised Service commissioning. This group is made up of clinical commissioners from around the country. The group was asked by NHS England to advise on the development of proposals for enhancing specialised service commissioning in 2015-16, specifically proposals that would enable improved pathway integrity. NHS England presented the proposed direction of travel for specialised commissioning in 2015-16 to the chairs of CRGs earlier in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PSSAG recommended transferring commissioning responsibility for renal dialysis services from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The Department has launched a public consultation to consider how to transfer commissioning responsibility and what would need to happen to ensure a smooth transition and maintain both service standards and patient safety. This consultation closes on 9 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England have advised that they are in dialogue with key stakeholders about both the opportunities and challenges of transferring commissioning responsibility for renal services from NHS England to CCGs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 217038 question first answered 08/12/2014 17:20:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167852

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of unfreezing state pensions for British citizens living in Commonwealth countries; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The policy of this Coalition Government on the up-rating of UK state pensions paid to people living overseas is the same as that of successive post-war Governments. Namely to up-rate such pensions where we are legally required to under the terms of EU law or a bilateral social security agreement. There are no plans to change policy on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 08/12/2014 16:34:06 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167859

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people affected by the under-occupancy penalty who have subsequently moved into a smaller home.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to calculate the proportion of those affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy policy to date due to the dynamic nature of the caseload (i.e. every month there are on-flows as well as off-flows). However a recent DWP ad hoc publication did show that between May and December 2013 around 19,000 of the caseload downsized within the social rented sector over this period. This is likely to be an understatement and it does not include those who have downsized to the private rented sector.</p><p> </p><p>This represents around 10% of all those who during this period were no longer subject to a reduction in their housing benefit award due to the policy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/12/2014 14:59:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167860

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with employers on the creation of collective defined contribution pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Officials and ministers have had a number of conversations, during the policy development and consultation process, with employers who may be potentially interested in establishing collective arrangements for their employees. We cannot give details of the organisations concerned due to commercial sensitivities. We also sought input about the types of schemes that might be attractive to employers through our Defined Ambition and Collective Industry Working Groups.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/12/2014 12:10:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

167861

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of people claiming employment and support allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	217109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants are published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 08/12/2014 13:13:01 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi