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802136

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 November 2017, HCWS 258, on social care, what the timetable is to (a) publish recommendations and (b) bring forward legislative proposals as a result of the Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to publishing a Green Paper by summer recess 2018 presenting proposals to reform care and support for older people, and to a parallel programme of work, led jointly by the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government, which will focus on issues specific to working-age adults with care needs. Further details will be set out nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision for care must incorporate not only social care, but the wider networks of support which help people to live independently, including those with dementia.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that no-one, including people living with dementia, should have to stay in hospital longer than necessary, and we will put forward proposals in the Green Paper to ensure that our care and support system is sustainable in the long term and that people receive the services they need in the most appropriate setting for them.</p><p> </p><p>We have made additional funding available of £2 billion over the next 3 years to allow councils to support more people and sustain a diverse care market. The additional funding is supplemented with targeted measures to help ensure that those areas facing the greatest challenges make rapid improvement, including in reducing delayed transfers of care between NHS and care and support services. Nationally, there are more than 1000 extra beds freed up since February, following local efforts by local authorities and the NHS to reduce delays in transfers of care. We are pleased that we have reversed the trend with delays back down to levels last seen in summer 2016. We know from those areas that have made improvements that maintaining a constant focus and applying an unswerving commitment to ensuring individuals receive the care they need in the right setting can rapidly bring down delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 117608 117609 question first answered 13/12/2017 14:29:11 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

802258

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	ClientEarth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2017 to Question 1033 on Nitrous Oxide: EU Law, how much the Government has spent on legal fees to defend litigation brought by ClientEarth in respect of air quality compliance.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra released details of our legal costs since 2015 on 20 October in response to a Freedom of Information request, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/653544/RFI_9313__AQ_legalcosts_20102017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/653544/RFI_9313__AQ_legalcosts_20102017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Costs prior to 2015 were around £74,000.</p><p> </p><p>A further challenge is ongoing and so further costs are likely to be incurred.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/12/2017 11:53:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

801047

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 8 of the Government’s July 2016 Keep on Caring strategy, what review his Department has undertaken into extending the exemption from the Shared Accommodation rate of Local Housing Allowance from 22 to 25; and when he plans to publish the findings of that review.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We have no current plans to extend the exemption for care leavers from the Shared Accommodation Rate to age 25, following the cross Government Paper “Keep on Caring” in 2016. We will however continue to keep this under review and consider evidence from stakeholders on the impact on care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>The most vulnerable care leavers will already be exempt from the Shared Accommodation Rate, for example those in receipt of the severe disability premium</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further since 2011 the Government has provided around £900 million in Discretionary Housing Payment funding to local authorities to help support vulnerable people, including care leavers, mitigate rent shortfalls.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/12/2017 16:59:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

801048

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Universal Credit: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of care leavers who are receive housing support through universal credit are in rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/12/2017 13:04:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

801049

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Services: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 November 2017, HCWS 258 on social care, whether the proposed green paper will specifically cover social care services received by working-age and non-working age people affected by dementia.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to publishing a Green Paper by summer recess 2018 presenting proposals to reform care and support for older people, and to a parallel programme of work, led jointly by the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government, which will focus on issues specific to working-age adults with care needs. Further details will be set out nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision for care must incorporate not only social care, but the wider networks of support which help people to live independently, including those with dementia.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that no-one, including people living with dementia, should have to stay in hospital longer than necessary, and we will put forward proposals in the Green Paper to ensure that our care and support system is sustainable in the long term and that people receive the services they need in the most appropriate setting for them.</p><p> </p><p>We have made additional funding available of £2 billion over the next 3 years to allow councils to support more people and sustain a diverse care market. The additional funding is supplemented with targeted measures to help ensure that those areas facing the greatest challenges make rapid improvement, including in reducing delayed transfers of care between NHS and care and support services. Nationally, there are more than 1000 extra beds freed up since February, following local efforts by local authorities and the NHS to reduce delays in transfers of care. We are pleased that we have reversed the trend with delays back down to levels last seen in summer 2016. We know from those areas that have made improvements that maintaining a constant focus and applying an unswerving commitment to ensuring individuals receive the care they need in the right setting can rapidly bring down delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 117609 117823 question first answered 13/12/2017 14:29:11 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

801050

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Social Services: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 November 2017, HCWS 258 on social care, if he will ensure that the reasons for delayed transfers of care relating to people affected by dementia are included as part of the proposed green paper.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	117609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has committed to publishing a Green Paper by summer recess 2018 presenting proposals to reform care and support for older people, and to a parallel programme of work, led jointly by the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government, which will focus on issues specific to working-age adults with care needs. Further details will be set out nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision for care must incorporate not only social care, but the wider networks of support which help people to live independently, including those with dementia.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that no-one, including people living with dementia, should have to stay in hospital longer than necessary, and we will put forward proposals in the Green Paper to ensure that our care and support system is sustainable in the long term and that people receive the services they need in the most appropriate setting for them.</p><p> </p><p>We have made additional funding available of £2 billion over the next 3 years to allow councils to support more people and sustain a diverse care market. The additional funding is supplemented with targeted measures to help ensure that those areas facing the greatest challenges make rapid improvement, including in reducing delayed transfers of care between NHS and care and support services. Nationally, there are more than 1000 extra beds freed up since February, following local efforts by local authorities and the NHS to reduce delays in transfers of care. We are pleased that we have reversed the trend with delays back down to levels last seen in summer 2016. We know from those areas that have made improvements that maintaining a constant focus and applying an unswerving commitment to ensuring individuals receive the care they need in the right setting can rapidly bring down delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green grouped question UIN 117608 117823 question first answered 13/12/2017 14:29:11 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

798570

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of transferring intellectual property rights of publicly-funded health research to private companies; and what steps his Department is taking to manage those potential risks.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	116964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department funds research via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Research funded by the NIHR generates a wide range of intellectual property (IP) assets ranging from patents to clinical data. In a knowledge driven economy, effective management of IP is essential to help realise the expected benefits of publicly funded research. In line with other health research funders, IP is produced and managed by diverse third party research organisations including on occasion private companies.</p><p> </p><p>To manage any inherent risks, including those specific to the transfer of rights to private companies, the NIHR has effective commissioning, due diligence, monitoring, analysis and approval mechanisms to ensure that funding recipients are maximising the impact of NIHR-funded IP and that benefits accrue to taxpayers. Furthermore, the NIHR has established an IP Unit to oversee the effective operation and risk management of these activities, and the IP generated across the spectrum of NIHR funding.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/12/2017 17:15:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

785049

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people who agree voluntarily to move from existing benefits to universal credit forego the right to any transitional protection against a loss of income.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	111597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not ask anyone to move voluntarily to universal credit and there are no targets for people to do so. Jobcentre staff engage ahead of and once Universal Credit Full Service has gone live to explain the changes and help our customers prepare, in case they should have a change in their circumstances requiring them to claim Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 111605 111606 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:48:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

785057

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has set targets for increasing the number of existing benefit claimants who are voluntarily moved to universal credit ahead of the planned date for their migration.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	111605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not ask anyone to move voluntarily to universal credit and there are no targets for people to do so. Jobcentre staff engage ahead of and once Universal Credit Full Service has gone live to explain the changes and help our customers prepare, in case they should have a change in their circumstances requiring them to claim Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 111597 111606 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:48:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

785063

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been asked voluntarily to move from receiving existing benefits to universal credit in advance of their planned migration in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, (b) the North East and (c) England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	111606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not ask anyone to move voluntarily to universal credit and there are no targets for people to do so. Jobcentre staff engage ahead of and once Universal Credit Full Service has gone live to explain the changes and help our customers prepare, in case they should have a change in their circumstances requiring them to claim Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 111597 111605 question first answered 13/11/2017 17:48:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell