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registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that Bill.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	152095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>On 8 March we launched a 12 week public consultation on proposals for a landmark domestic abuse Bill and a supporting package of practical action to transform the response to domestic abuse. The consultation closed on 31 May. Over 3,200 responses to the consultation were received. The responses to the consultation are being considered and a draft Bill will be published later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2018 16:28:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911127

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work his Department is undertaking with local authorities to increase access to cervical screening at sexual health clinics.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>We are aware that there has been a decline in cervical screening undertaken in sexual and reproductive health clinics and we are looking at options for increasing coverage. Public Health England is convening an expert group of stakeholders including NHS England, local authority commissioners and providers to explore how any barriers can be addressed.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/06/2018 13:58:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911165

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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 Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department’s policy paper on the allocations of the additional funding for adult social care, published on 9 March 2017, how much of that funding is being delivered through the (a) the innovation and Better Care Fund and (b) Relative Needs Formula used for the 2017-18 Adult Social Care Support Grant for each local authority in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The £2 billion for adult social care announced at Spring Budget 2017 has been allocated almost entirely using the improved Better Care Fund formula, which takes account of ability to raise money through the council tax precept for social care. That means it is very well targeted at areas of greater need and market fragility. However, as we recognise that all councils face social care pressures, 10 per cent of the funding is allocated using the Relative Needs Formula (RNF). All the additional £2 billion supplemented the improved Better Care Fund and is to be used for those purposes.</p><p>As part of the Local Government Finance Settlement in 2017-18, Government also provided £241 million of funding through the Adult Social Care Support Grant, allocated entirely using the RNF. And in February 2018, the Local Government Finance Settlement announced Adult Social Care Support Grant for 2018-19 of £150 million.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 07/06/2018 16:23:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911166

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Spring Budget 2017, what proportion of the additional funding for social care has been or will be spent on social care for (a) pensioners, (b) working age adults and (c) children in the (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018/19 and (iii) 2019-20 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>An additional £2 billion for adult social care was announced at the Spring Budget 2017, which has three purposes: meeting adult social care needs generally; reducing pressures on the National Health Service including delayed discharges of care; and stabilising the social care provider market.</p><p> </p><p>For 2017/18, overall data on adult social care funding for older people and working age adults is available, however information on the breakdown in spend of this new £2 billion allocation is not centrally held. Expenditure on children’s services is separate to the adult social care budget.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018/19 or 2019/20 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/06/2018 10:11:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911168

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Spring Budget 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the effect that the additional funding has had on (a) NHS-attributable and (b) social care-attributable Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOCs) in 2017-18; and if he will list the local authorities for which the number of DTOC days have (i) increased and (ii) decreased in 2017-18 compared with the previous year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS England collects and publishes monthly data on delayed transfers of care (DTOCs) and the reasons for delay. Data are shown at provider organisation level, from National Health Service trusts, NHS foundation trusts and primary care trusts. Data are also shown by local authority that is responsible for each patient delayed. This data is available from 2010-11 and can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/</a></p><p> </p><p>At the start of 2017-18 (April 2017), 55% of all delays were attributable to the NHS, 38% were attributable to social care, and the remaining 7% were attributable to both NHS and social care.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, 62% of all delays in were attributable to the NHS, 31% were attributable to social care, and the remaining 7% were attributable to both NHS and social care.</p><p> </p><p>There are 109 local authorities where the number of DTOC days increased and 42 where they have decreased in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17. A list of these local authorities is attached.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2018 12:51:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ147841 data format CORRECTED.docx title List of local authorities - amended previous answer version 61354 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ147841 data format.docx title PQ147841 attached document
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911169

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Better Care Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124751, (a) how many and (b) which local areas do not have approved Better Care Fund plans in place.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>All local areas have approved Better Care Fund plans in place for 2017/18 and 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2018 13:18:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911170

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Better Care Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124751, how much funding for social care was delivered through the Better Care Fund by source of funding in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Better Care Fund (BCF) brings together health and social care funding. As set out in the Integration and BCF Policy Frameworks for each of 2015-16<sup>1</sup>, 2016-17<sup>2</sup> and 2017-18<sup>3</sup>, the breakdown of the BCF by the mandatory funding streams is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mandatory BCF funding streams</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minimum clinical commissioning groups (CCG) contribution</p></td><td><p>£3.46 billion</p></td><td><p>£3.519 billion</p></td><td><p>£3.582 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)</p></td><td><p>£0.354 billion<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>£0.394 billion</p></td><td><p>£0.431 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grant allocation for adult social care – Improved Better Care Fund (IBCF)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£1.115 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total mandatory size of the BCF</p></td><td><p>£3.8 billion</p></td><td><p>£3.9 billion</p></td><td><p>£5.128 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Better Care Fund Policy Framework 2015-16</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-care-fund-how-it-will-work-in-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-care-fund-how-it-will-work-in-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Better Care Fund Policy Framework 2016-17</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-care-fund-how-it-will-work-in-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-care-fund-how-it-will-work-in-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Integration and Better Care Fund Policy Framework 2017-19</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605164/Integration_and_BCF_policy_framework_2017-19.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605164/Integration_and_BCF_policy_framework_2017-19.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>This includes £0.22 billion DFG and £0.134 billion Social Care Capital Grant.</p><p> </p><p>As one of the conditions for the BCF, each Health and Wellbeing Board agrees a contribution to social care from the minimum CCG contribution, and must maintain this contribution at least in real terms in each year subsequent to 2015-16. The overall contributions from the minimum CCG BCF funding stream to social care from 2015-16 to 2017-18 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social care contribution from minimum CCG contribution<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>£1.410 billion</p></td><td><p>£1.541 billion</p></td><td><p>£1.594 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p><sup>5</sup>Figures in this table are information collected under standard national BCF planning and quarterly reporting cycles for the respective years by the Better Care Support Team, hosted by NHS England, and planned to be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Improved Better Care Fund (IBCF) grants and the DFG are paid directly to local authorities, with a condition that they are pooled into local BCF spending plans. The DFG is paid to local authorities with social care responsibilities to pay for capital costs related to housing adaptations for people with care needs. IBCF grant must be used to deliver services for the three purposes set out in the grant conditions, i.e.:</p><p>- Meeting adult social care needs;</p><p>- Reducing pressure on the National Health Service, including supporting more people to be discharged from hospital when they are ready; and</p><p>- Ensuring that the local social care provider market is supported.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond the mandated minimum for the BCF, local authorities and CCGs often agree to voluntarily make additional contributions to their BCF plans, and use them to fund and deliver services, including integrated services delivered through local authorities. While these voluntary contributions are not subject to the BCF national conditions and the requirements of the fund, they are planned and pooled within the BCF and signify the commitment towards joint working and integrated approaches.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Voluntary additional BCF funding components<sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From CCGs</p></td><td><p>£745 million</p></td><td><p>£1,048 million</p></td><td><p>£1,101 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>£782 million</p></td><td><p>£941 million</p></td><td><p>£1,093 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A Quality and Outcomes of Person-centred Care Policy Research Unit system-level evaluation of the BCF is underway, with the final report planned for this summer. This will contain information on different categories of BCF spend, including social care.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p><sup>6</sup>Figures in this table are information collected under standard national BCF planning and quarterly reporting cycles for the respective years by the Better Care Support Team, hosted by NHS England, and planned to be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2018 13:30:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911171

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Better Care Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the innovation and Better Care Fund element of the additional £2 billion funding for social care announced in Spring Budget 2017, whether that funding is subject to the four National Conditions of the Better Care Fund; and if he will provide detail of any other conditions and requirements that funding is subject to.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the Integration and Better Care Fund Policy Framework 2017-19 and the Integration and Better Care Fund Planning Requirements for 2017-19, the Better Care Fund (BCF) brings together health and care funding including minimum contributions from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), the Disabled Facilities Grant and funding paid directly to local government for adult social care services, i.e. the Improved Better Care Fund (iBCF). Spring Budget 2017 announced an additional £2 billion to support adult social care in England. This money is included in the iBCF grant to local authorities and in local BCF pooled funding and plans.</p><p> </p><p>The conditions and requirements in relation to the current BCF plans, which cover 2017-19, are set out in detail in the abovementioned Policy Framework and Planning Requirements. This includes the four national conditions. The iBCF grant is made available through the BCF and is therefore subject to the conditions and requirements of the BCF. The iBCF grant is also subject to the grant conditions set out in the grant determinations made under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p>The Integration and Better Care Fund Policy Framework 2017-19 can be found GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605164/Integration_and_BCF_policy_framework_2017-19.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/605164/Integration_and_BCF_policy_framework_2017-19.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Integration and Better Care Fund Planning Requirements for 2017-19 can be found on NHS England’s website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/integration-and-better-care-fund-planning-requirements-for-2017-19/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/integration-and-better-care-fund-planning-requirements-for-2017-19/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2018 13:14:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911172

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of whether there was a gap between what local authorities paid care providers for social care and what providers required to meet people’s needs in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made by the Department of whether there is a gap between what local authorities paid for social care and what providers required to meet people’s needs.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioning social care is a matter for local authorities who are best placed to understand the needs of local people and communities, and how best to meet them.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Act 2014 placed a duty on local authorities in England to promote a diverse, sustainable, high quality market of care and support providers for people in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>We have given local authorities in England an extra £2 billion over the next three years to maintain access for our growing aging population and allow councils to sustain a diverse care market including care home places.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is supporting local authorities to influence their local market through improved market facilitation and commissioning to ensure that local markets are effective.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/06/2018 10:08:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

911173

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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 Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Spring Budget 2017, how much of the additional funding for social care (a) was spent in 2017-18 and (b) is forecast to be spent in (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20 to fund social care providers paying the National Living Wage, broken down by NUTS 1 region and local authority.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	147846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The improved Better Care Fund is given to local authorities via a section 31 grant for the following purposes:</p><ul><li>meeting adult social care needs;</li><li>reducing pressures on the NHS, including supporting more people to be discharged from hospital when they are ready; and</li><li>ensuring that the local social care provider market is supported.</li></ul><p>We do not collect specific data on how much local authorities have spent, or forecast to spend, on funding social care providers.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/06/2018 15:20:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson