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757398

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date	05/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has conducted into the readability of the terms and conditions set out in life insurance policies.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The readability of the terms and conditions set out in life insurance policies falls within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As such, HM Treasury has not conducted research into this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is the UK’s conduct of business regulator and is an independent public body. The FCA has confirmed that it will provide a written response to the Member’s question. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 9036 question first answered 13/09/2017 15:13:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757406

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap at the BBC.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to eliminating the gender pay gap. As a public service broadcaster funded by the licence fee, the BBC has a responsibility to set an example for others and lead the way in promoting equality in the workplace. It is for the BBC to determine how to close its gender pay gap and we expect to see improvement in next year's disclosure.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2017 14:55:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757419

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children were eligible for free school meals in (a) Kirklees and (b) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the proportion of children eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The figures can be found in the statistical first releases, which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2017 16:16:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757420

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size was for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Colne Valley constituency, (ii) Kirklees, (iii) West Yorkshire and (iv) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state-funded schools are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>A national summary of average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the link to national tables, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>A summary at local authority and regional level is only available for key stages 1 and 2 and published in the link to local authority and regional tables, table 11.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is available via the link to underlying tables then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2017 16:09:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757452

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with mental health issues were admitted to accident and emergency departments in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:38:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756317

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 recent steps the Government has taken to improve support for people with mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	7838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health on 9 January 2017. The Government accepted all the report’s recommendations and published a detailed and robust action plan for taking them forward, including how we will monitor progress and report this transparently.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020/21 there will be over £1 billion of extra investment every year, and the Government’s ambition is that as a result, each year, one million more people with mental health problems will access high quality care that they are not receiving today.</p><p> </p><p>For children and young people, the Department of Health is working with the Department for Education to produce a Green Paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health, and to make Mental Health First Aid training available in primary and secondary schools. The Department of Health and NHS England will develop service capacity so that, by 2021, no child will be sent away from their local area to be treated for a general mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>For working age adults, the Prime Minister has asked Lord Stevenson, who has campaigned on these issues for many years, and Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind and Chair of the NHS Mental Health Taskforce, to work with leading employer and mental health groups to create a new mental health partnership with industry, and make prevention and breaking stigma priorities for employers. The Government is also undertaking a full review of employment discrimination laws for employees with mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is investing £67.7 million in digital mental health services to expand rapidly the treatment available.</p><p>The Department is also making available up to £15 million additional funding available to support community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety, to support preventative services in the community; and is investing over £10 million to support the fast track Think Ahead programme for mental health social workers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:29:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756318

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of male mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	7839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Improving mental health services for all is a priority for this Government but we are aware of the importance of addressing mental health issues with specific regard to men. We promote innovation in developing mental health services and interventions focused on men including programmes such as State of Mind and the Men’s Sheds movement. We are aware that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 and therefore in the updated National Suicide Prevention Strategy published in January we set out ways in which we are strengthening delivery of the strategy’s aims such as better targeting of high risk groups, such as men. This is supported by every local authority implementing a local suicide prevention plan by the end of 2017. Guidance issued to local authorities by Public Health England last year sets out the importance of targeting men, as a high risk group, in local suicide prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>£12 million has been allocated between 2016/20 in Time to Change to challenge mental health stigma, which has reached 750, 000 children and young people through social marketing campaigns and improved attitudes of over 4.1 million people in England. Their latest campaign, In Your Corner, is specifically targeted at men.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:20:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756319

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times are for people with an eating disorder aged 19 and under to receive treatment in (a) Colne Valley, (b) Kirklees, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	7840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>National and regional data on waiting times for children and young people with an eating disorder are collected and published by NHS England and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:31:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

528568

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities provide sufficient short breaks to children with life-shortening conditions in England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	41189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Since 2011, local authorities have been under a duty to provide a range of short breaks services and to publish a local Short Breaks Duty Statement showing what services are available, how they are responding to the needs of local parent carers, and how short breaks can be accessed, including any eligibility criteria. Local authorities are responsible for funding this short breaks provision.</p><p>Between April 2011 and March 2015, the government made available £800 million to local authorities for short break provision, along with an additional £80 million of capital funding for equipment and infrastructure.</p><p>Between April 2015 and March 2016, we awarded £250,555 to the Short Breaks Partnership (a consortium made up of Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Action for Children, and KIDS) to provide information and advice to those involved in designing, commissioning, providing, and taking up short breaks for disabled children. The Department for Education has allocated £200m funding over the next 4 years to support innovation and improvement to children’s social work practice. We are currently considering how we can use some of this funding to support local innovative approaches to short breaks for disabled children and their families and for making services more accessible.</p><p>The Department’s Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Advisory Team is continuing to offer support and challenge to local authorities to help make sure they meet all of their statutory requirements and that quality continues to improve. From this summer, there will be opportunities through the new Ofsted/Care Quality Commission SEND inspections framework for local areas to consider how well they are providing for the education, health and care needs of those with SEND, including their need for short breaks services. In addition, Together for Short lives, the UK charity for children and young people with life limiting conditions, received £551,029 from the Department for Education over a 3 year period – between April 2013 and March 2016, to help ensure children and young people with life limiting conditions benefited from the SEND reforms.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/07/2016 15:05:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

514412

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost is of introducing a National Defence medal; and what plans his Department has to reconsider the award of a National Defence medal.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	34745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>An independent review undertaken by Sir John Holmes estimated the costs of producing a national defence medal to be £475million. This was based on an approximate figure of 7 million recipients who had completed four years of regular or Reserve Service, or completed national service (back to 9 September 1945), and 100% take up. There are no current plans to reconsider the award of the National Defence Medal.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/04/2016 10:39:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney