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156803

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies research carried out by Professor Kypros Nicolaides into Doppler scans and their potential to cut the number of stillbirths; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	215324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines on antenatal care recommend that routine doppler ultrasound scans should not be used in low risk pregnancies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of National Health Service hospitals that routinely provide doppler scans to pregnant women is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK National Screening Committee advises Ministers and the NHS in all four countries about all aspects of screening policy. The Committee’s secretariat is currently scoping an evidence review on the practicality of a screening programme for the prevention of intrauterine growth restriction and subsequent stillbirth. This is a complicated issue and the scope will address a range of approaches and tests, including that proposed by Professor Nicolaides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 215323 question first answered 24/11/2014 16:08:03 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

101886

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Swimming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that all primary school children (a) learn to swim and (b) are knowledgeable about water safety.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	212712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that swimming and teaching water safety takes place in schools. Swimming is compulsory for maintained schools in the national curriculum. All pupils must be taught to swim at least 25 metres unaided and be able to use recognised swimming strokes by the end of key stage 2 (age 11). It also requires that a child can demonstrate an understanding of water safety.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed over £450 million of ring-fenced funding up to and including 2015/16 for primary schools to improve their provision of PE and sport. Head teachers are best placed to decide how the funding should be used. They can choose to provide additional training and instruction in swimming and water safety but this must be over and above the requirements of the national curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of resources to help schools provide high quality teaching, including from organisations such as the Amateur Swimming Association and from the Royal Lifesaving Society.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/11/2014 17:55:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

93044

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Grandparents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injunctions have been issued that prevent grandparents from having contact with their grandchildren in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	210139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>When making any decision about a child’s upbringing the court’s paramount consideration will be the welfare of the child. Under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, grandparents are required to seek the permission of the court before making an application for a child arrangements order for them to spend time with or have contact with their grandchildren or have their grandchildren live with them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the requirements for grandparents, and other family members who are not parents, to seek permission from the court to apply for an order are proportionate and do not unfairly disadvantage grandparents.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of cases where grandparents are not granted an order to have contact with or spend time with their grandchildren are not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 210136 210138 question first answered 18/11/2014 13:46:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

93046

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Grandparents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the suitability of provisions for grandparents to have access to their grandchildren in the case of family breakdown involving the children's parents.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	210138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>When making any decision about a child’s upbringing the court’s paramount consideration will be the welfare of the child. Under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, grandparents are required to seek the permission of the court before making an application for a child arrangements order for them to spend time with or have contact with their grandchildren or have their grandchildren live with them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the requirements for grandparents, and other family members who are not parents, to seek permission from the court to apply for an order are proportionate and do not unfairly disadvantage grandparents.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of cases where grandparents are not granted an order to have contact with or spend time with their grandchildren are not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 210136 210139 question first answered 18/11/2014 13:46:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

93047

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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, how many cases in the family courts resulted in removed children being returned to their parents in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	210137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows, for each of the last five years:</p><p>The number of children taken into care.</p><ol><li><p>The number of children who are subsequently ceased to be looked after and returned home to live with parents or relatives,</p></li><li><p>The number of children who have not returned home to live with parents or relatives but were subsequently placed with parents whilst still looked after.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year ending</p><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of children taken into care<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a>,<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Of which:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Have subsequently ceased to be looked after to return home to live with parents or relatives<sup>2,<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftn3" target="_blank">[3]</a></sup></p></td><td><p>Have subsequently been placed with parents and have either remained in care or have since ceased to be looked after for some other reason than returning home to live with parents or relatives<sup>2,<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftn4" target="_blank">[4]</a></sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2010</p></td><td><p>9,580</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>9,560</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>10,140</p></td><td><p>2,750</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>11,140</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>10,920</p></td><td><p>2,120</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903 children looked after return 2014</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Children who were taken into care are children who started to be looked after under a care order, police protection, emergency protection order or child assessment order. Only the first occasion on which a child was taken into care in the year has been counted, but a child may appear more than once if they started to be looked after in one year, left care and then returned to care in a subsequent year.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftnref3" target="_blank">[3]</a> The child may have ceased to be looked after at any subsequent point in time and it is possible the child could have returned to care since ceasing to be looked after. This includes children who, prior to ceasing care, were placed with parents at some point during their period of care.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210137-%20Charlotte%20Leslie/Draft/210137%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2015.10.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftnref4" target="_blank">[4]</a> The child was placed with parents at some point during the period of care, however, the child may have changed placements subsequently. This excludes children who ceased to be looked after to return home to live with parents or relatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/10/2014 13:33:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 22422 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90324

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
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 ensure that the physical care of patients in mental health facilities is safeguarded.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government has legislated for equal priority for mental and physical health. Our mental health policy supports the developing of an integrated response to people with both mental and physical health problems to avoid diagnostic overshadowing and ensure the delivery of holistic care that properly addresses physical health care needs.</p><p> </p><p>The physical health care of people with mental health problems is a key component of the Parity of Esteem programme. The importance of the issue has been reinforced by the introduction of the first national CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) for mental health inpatients. This requires NHS trusts to implement physical health checks for all inpatients. NHS England is working in partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, amongst others, to promote the CQUIN.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Physical health checks form a key part of any care plan for mental health service users, including assurance of annual physical health checks by Care Coordinators overseen by their local general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with a range of partners and service users to look at ways of improving physical health outcomes in secure mental health settings. This includes a range of physical health outcomes such as promoting healthier lifestyles for service users as well as looking at overall wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/09/2014 14:05:20 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

89983

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
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 in (a) the UK, (b) the South West and (c) Bristol North West constituency are unemployed but unable to claim jobseeker's allowance because they are deemed to have a sufficient level of personal savings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 11:23:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

78498

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Quality Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission look at (a) current and (b) historic patient files and consent forms.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	206241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England and has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult social care services.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has provided the following information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>CQC looks at current and historic patient records when appropriate in order to assess the quality and safety of services registered with it. Patient records are commonly reviewed during CQC inspections, in compliance with the Data Protection Act, to see how well care at a service is planned, delivered and reviewed, and form an integral part of judging the quality of care. In order to protect the confidentiality of people who use services, and to comply with legal requirements, CQC will only look at patient files where it has decided that it is both necessary and proportionate to do so for the purpose of CQC’s regulatory functions. This approach is set out in CQC’s <em>Code of Practice on Confidential Personal Information </em>and in guidance for inspectors on using CQC’s powers to access health and care records.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Code of Practice on Confidential Personal Information</em> is available on CQC’s website at :</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/20121105_code_of_practice_on_cpi.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/07/2014 16:35:33 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

77518

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government offers non-executive directors of government-owned companies or arm's-length bodies independent legal advice if they believe a conflict of interest may arise if such advice is provided internally by government departments.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	205557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Government owned companies and arm's-length bodies are responsible for obtaining their own legal advice; some may obtain legal advice from Government departments.<br> <br> Potential conflicts of interest are considered on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/07/2014 15:01:49 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

76680

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Government Departments: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library (a) the number of Freedom of Information requests received by each Government Department in each of the last four years, (b) the number and proportion of such requests that received a full answer from each Department and (c) the number and proportion of such requests which did not receive a full answer in each category of reason for refusal in each Department.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	204955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government publishes detailed statistics on freedom of information requests received by central government departments quarterly and annually. These include the number of requests received by government departments, the number of requests which received a full answer and the number which did not receive a full answer. The statistics for the last four years can be found on the following web addresses:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2013-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2013-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2013-and-annual</a> (for 2013 Annual);</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2012-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2012-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-statistics-October-December-2012-and-annual</a> (for 2012 Annual);</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/earlier-editions-statistics-on-implementation-in-central-government-earlier-editions-in-the-series" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/earlier-editions-statistics-on-implementation-in-central-government-earlier-editions-in-the-series" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/earlier-editions-statistics-on-implementation-in-central-government-earlier-editions-in-the-series</a> (for 2011 Annual and 2010 Annual)</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/07/2014 16:28:40 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie