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1199995

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the long term mental health effects of the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps the Government is taking to prepare to tackle those effects.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	54048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>It is very normal during these uncertain and unusual times to be experiencing distress or anxiety, or to be feeling low. People can go to the Every Mind Matters website and GOV.UK for advice and practical steps to manage their mental health during this pandemic. We know that more serious mental illness stemming from experience of trauma can take time to manifest, and work is underway to plan for a possible increase in demand for people needing mental health support due to COVID-19.</p><p>We are working with the National Health Service and Public Health England, service users, academics and the voluntary sector to gather evidence and assess the potential longer-term mental health impacts of COVID-19 and plan for how to support the public’s mental health and wellbeing throughout the ‘recovery’ phase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/06/2020 11:56:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 26741 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1199996

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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	Mental Health Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on access to (a) improving access to psychological therapies, (b) child and adolescent mental health services and (c) community mental health services.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	54049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text The Government and NHS England and NHS Improvement recognise that the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak are significant and are working closely with mental health providers to ensure those who need them have access to mental health services. <p /><p>Our community mental health services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services and children and young people’s services have remained open for business throughout this time and are working to support people with mental health issues through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, deploying innovative digital tools to connect with people and provide ongoing support.</p><p>For those with severe needs or in crisis, NHS England has instructed all National Health Service mental health trusts to establish 24 hours a day, seven days a week mental health crisis lines for urgent NHS mental health support, advice and triage for people of all ages through a single point of access.</p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 12/06/2020 14:10:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 26742 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1199849

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: 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 proportion of covid-19 tests are void, unclear, spoiled or lost (a) by region and (b) in total.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	53345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>We do not currently publish figures on the proportion of tests that are void, unclear, spoiled or lost. We are working with officials in the testing programme to validate the data and to present it in a form that is suitable for publication.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/07/2020 14:55:17 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 26713 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1199850

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of covid-19 home testing kits are sent out and not returned in (a) each region and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	53346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>As of 3 June 2020, 62% of Home Test Kits had been returned. This figure is on an upward trajectory and the seven-day rolling average is significantly higher than the year-to-date figure.</p><p>It is not currently possible to break down return rates on a regional basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/06/2020 15:06:07 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 26714 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1199852

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: 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 the range of time taken is for covid-19 test results (a) by region and (b) in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	53347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2020 answer text <p>We do not hold data by region. Overall turnaround times for tests conducted under Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 are published weekly on GOV.UK as part of the Weekly NHS Test and Trace Bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 18/08/2020 22:18:51 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 26715 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1199854

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time taken to answer a call to the test and trace service from someone with covid-19 symptoms is in (a) each region and (b) across the UK for the latest period in which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	53348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Regional data is not available. The devolved administrations have their own contact tracing systems in place.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 23/06/2020 10:15:41 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 26716 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1199856

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: 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 proportion of tests for covid-19 are false negatives.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	53349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>False-negative (and true-positive) results are more likely to occur when disease prevalence is high, which is typically at the height of a pandemic or spike in infection. False-positive (and true-negative) results are more likely to occur when disease prevalence is low, which is generally at the beginning and end of a pandemic or a spike in infection rate.</p><p>The SARS-CoV-2 RNA tests (PCR is one such example) we are using are very accurate. Where the primer and probe sequences (which is identical to a part of the virus’ genetic code) are detected then the viral RNA is present. The analytical sensitivity is nearly 100%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 13:37:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 26717 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1197972

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Brian Healless
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the psychiatric reports presented before the jury in the trail of Brian Healless were used in the decision to transfer him to a mental hospital from prison.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	51730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>I wrote to the Honourable Member on 1 June in which I set out, in detail, why Mr Healless was transferred from a prison to hospital and the operation of that transfer process, prior to receiving this question.</p><p>I can confirm that the psychiatric reports submitted to the Preston Crown Court during the course of Brian Healless’s trial for murder were not submitted as part of the required medical recommendations for his subsequent transfer from a prison to a hospital under Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (the 1983 Act).</p><p>The Secretary of State would not ordinarily accept the use of psychiatric reports submitted to a court during the course of a criminal trial for the purposes of determining whether the statutory criteria for the transfer of a prisoner to hospital are met. Such reports do address similar criteria regarding the presence of a mental disorder and a potential need for an offender to be treated in a hospital. However, the primary aim of such a report is to assist a court in determining the appropriate sentence for a mentally-disordered offender, not the necessity for transferring a serving prisoner to hospital under the 1983 Act.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/06/2020 14:52:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1198015

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of school closures on children and young people’s (a) mental health and (b) academic attainment in the 2020-21 school year.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	51731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The department is continuing to assess the impact of the potential effect of school closure on children and young people’s mental health and education attainment. We are working closely with educational institutions, sector organisations, the Department for Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England to understand the risks to education attainment, mental health and wellbeing and identify the children and young people that need help.</p><p>The government remains committed to promoting and supporting the mental health of children and young people. Access to mental health support is more important than ever during the COVID-19 outbreak. NHS services remain open, leading mental health charities are being supported to deliver additional services through the £5 million Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund. All NHS Mental Health Trusts have been asked to ensure there are 24/7 open access telephone lines to support people of all ages. Public Health England and Health Education England have developed advice and guidance for parents and professionals on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing</a>.</p><p>Pupil wellbeing is an important consideration within our guidance on actions for educational and childcare settings as they begin to open in June 2020, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020</a>.</p><p>From the week commencing 1 June 2020, primary schools have been welcoming back children in nursery, reception, year 1 and year 6, alongside priority groups (vulnerable children and children of critical workers). From 15 June 2020, secondary schools will provide some face-to-face support for young people in year 10 and year 12. We want to get all children and young people back into education as soon as the scientific advice allows because it is the best place for them to learn, and because we know how important it is for their mental wellbeing to have social interactions with their peers, carers and teachers.</p><p>The department continues to work with the education sector on how best to make up for lost time with the phased return to schools for the 2020-21 school year.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 04/06/2020 16:40:52 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1198016

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that children and young people are adequately informed on how to maintain mental wellbeing (a) while the covid-19 restrictions are in place and (b) as covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	51732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The government remains committed to promoting and supporting the mental health of children and young people. Access to mental health support is more important than ever during the COVID-19 outbreak. NHS services remain open, leading mental health charities are being supported to deliver additional services through the £5 million Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund. All NHS Mental Health Trusts have been asked to ensure there are 24/7 open access telephone lines to support people of all ages. Public Health England and Health Education England have developed advice and guidance for parents and professionals on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-supporting-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-wellbeing</a>.</p><p>The department has signposted resources on supporting and promoting mental wellbeing among the list of resources to help children to learn at home. BBC Bitesize has worked with the department to provide content with substantial focus on mental health, wellbeing and pastoral care. The list of resources is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources</a>.</p><p>The return to school will in itself be part of supporting the mental health and wellbeing of pupils as attendance enables social interaction with peers, carers and teachers. Pupil wellbeing is an important consideration within our guidance on actions for educational and childcare settings as they begin to open in June 2020, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-educational-and-childcare-settings-to-prepare-for-wider-opening-from-1-june-2020</a>.</p><p>Children and young people can access free confidential support anytime from government-backed voluntary and community sector organisations by texting SHOUT to 85258 or by calling Childline on 0800 1111 or the Mix on 0808 808 4994. Children and young people can also find online information on COVID-19 and mental health on the Young Minds website, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://youngminds.org.uk/about-us/reports/coronavirus-impact-on-young-people-with-mental-health-needs/" target="_blank">https://youngminds.org.uk/about-us/reports/coronavirus-impact-on-young-people-with-mental-health-needs/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 04/06/2020 14:32:39 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper