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1131296

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a new consumer regulator for social housing.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263120 263121 263122 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131297

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumer standards of a regime of regular inspections of social housing stock.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263119 263121 263122 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131298

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled A vision for social housing, published in January 2019, published by Shelter.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263119 263120 263122 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131299

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations made by Shelter in its report A vision for social housing, published in January 2019, for a new consumer protection regulator for social housing to complement the current economic regulator.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263119 263120 263121 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1129371

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government spent on cancer (a) research and (b) treatment in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	259146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>For cancer research, the National Institute for Health Research spent £136 million in 2017/18, an increase from £101 million in 2010/11. This constitutes the largest investment in a disease area.</p><p>For cancer treatment, NHS England can only provide information on those services that it commissions through its specialised commissioning function. Other services would be commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups and therefore not collected centrally. In 2017-18, NHS England estimates that £3.9 billion was spent by NHS England Specialised Commissioning. The attached table shows a breakdown of figures.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 06/06/2019 14:31:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 259146 table.docx title Specialised Commissioning Spend 2013-18
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1129372

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Radiotherapy: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government spent on radiotherapy treatment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	259147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>We are not able to provide this information. NHS England can only provide information on those services that it commissions through its specialised commissioning function. Other services would be commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and therefore not collected centrally.</p><p>The attached table shows a breakdown of figures for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18, as estimated for NHS England Specialised Commissioning by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 259148 question first answered 06/06/2019 14:02:31 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 259147 259148 table.docx title Specialised Commissioning Spend 2013-18
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1129373

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Radiotherapy: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS cancer budget was spent on radiotherapy treatment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	259148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>We are not able to provide this information. NHS England can only provide information on those services that it commissions through its specialised commissioning function. Other services would be commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and therefore not collected centrally.</p><p>The attached table shows a breakdown of figures for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18, as estimated for NHS England Specialised Commissioning by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 259147 question first answered 06/06/2019 14:02:31 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 259147 259148 table.docx title Specialised Commissioning Spend 2013-18
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1129376

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the NHS cancer budget was spent on (a) surgery, (b) drugs, (c) chemotherapy and (d) radiotherapy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	259149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>We are not able to provide this information. NHS England can only provide information on those services that it commissions through its specialised commissioning function. Other services would be commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups and therefore not collected centrally.</p><p>The attached table shows a breakdown of figures for 2013-14 to 2017-18, as estimated for NHS England Specialised Commissioning by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 06/06/2019 14:27:51 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name 259149 table.docx title Specialised Commissioning Spend 2013-18
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1125713

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) number of and (b) reasons for children being taken into care.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	252568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of children who started to be looked after during the year by reason is published in Table C1 in the statistical release ‘Children Looked After in England including Adoption’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>. Information for children taken into care is shown in the attached tabled.</p><p>The government wants every child to be in a stable, loving home that is right for them. One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system, is that children are best looked after within their families. However, that is not always possible and, as a last resort, local authorities can apply to the courts for a care or supervision order where the child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, significant harm. In making their decisions, the courts must be satisfied that the threshold for significant harm has been met and that taking the child from his or her family’s care will be in the child’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child cannot live at home, we must make sure they are safe and receive the highest quality care, which is why we are working hard to improve the social care support for children across England through our reform programme, Putting Children First. We have also established the Children’s Social Care What Works Centre, whose initial research priority focuses on ‘what works in safely reducing the need for children to enter care’.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional £410 million for adult and children’s social care in 2019-20. A further £84 million is also being invested over the next 5 years through the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme. This programme will support up to 20 local authorities with high or rising demand for children’s social care services to improve the support offered to vulnerable children and their families. Through this, we aim to enable more children to stay at home thriving in stable family environments, and safely reduce the number of children entering care.</p><p> </p><p>Across the government, we are also tackling the problems that cause children to be in need in the first place. This includes better supporting those with alcohol-dependent parents, the introduction of landmark legislation for those affected by domestic abuse, preventing young people being drawn into serious violence, and unprecedented investment in early years education and support for children and young people’s mental health.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 252574 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:46:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 252568_252574_Children_In_Care_Table.doc title 252568_252574_Table
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1125743

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of children being taken into care; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures implemented by his Department to support that aim.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	252574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of children who started to be looked after during the year by reason is published in Table C1 in the statistical release ‘Children Looked After in England including Adoption’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>. Information for children taken into care is shown in the attached tabled.</p><p>The government wants every child to be in a stable, loving home that is right for them. One of the key principles of the legislation which underpins the UK’s child protection system, is that children are best looked after within their families. However, that is not always possible and, as a last resort, local authorities can apply to the courts for a care or supervision order where the child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, significant harm. In making their decisions, the courts must be satisfied that the threshold for significant harm has been met and that taking the child from his or her family’s care will be in the child’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child cannot live at home, we must make sure they are safe and receive the highest quality care, which is why we are working hard to improve the social care support for children across England through our reform programme, Putting Children First. We have also established the Children’s Social Care What Works Centre, whose initial research priority focuses on ‘what works in safely reducing the need for children to enter care’.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional £410 million for adult and children’s social care in 2019-20. A further £84 million is also being invested over the next 5 years through the Strengthening Families, Protecting Children programme. This programme will support up to 20 local authorities with high or rising demand for children’s social care services to improve the support offered to vulnerable children and their families. Through this, we aim to enable more children to stay at home thriving in stable family environments, and safely reduce the number of children entering care.</p><p> </p><p>Across the government, we are also tackling the problems that cause children to be in need in the first place. This includes better supporting those with alcohol-dependent parents, the introduction of landmark legislation for those affected by domestic abuse, preventing young people being drawn into serious violence, and unprecedented investment in early years education and support for children and young people’s mental health.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 252568 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:46:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 252568_252574_Children_In_Care_Table.doc title 252568_252574_Table
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron