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1050255

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has invested in child health research in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	213340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which has a broad portfolio of research on child health.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications for funding are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows information provided by the NIHR on research funding on child health, over each of the last five years. Further information on this research is available through the NIHR Journals Library at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The figure given for 2013-14 excludes Clinical Research Network spend as that year information was not collected in a comparable way.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>30,743,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>56,062,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>56,210,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>59,976,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>60,373,126</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 11:40:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1047809

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle differences in the quality and outcomes of different local authority suicide prevention plans.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	212350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has worked in partnership with the local government sector to develop an approach to ensure the effectiveness of local suicide prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2018, local authorities were invited to complete a self-assessment of their local plans. The self-assessment responses and the local plans are being analysed by an independent researcher and the results will be considered by an expert panel. This process will help to identify areas for improvement for local plans and areas of best practice which can be shared across the local government sector. We will publish a report in the spring with findings and themes, including areas for improvement and learning.</p><p> </p><p>The results will also be used to inform a programme of mutual support over the next two to three years to enable local areas to learn from each other and to further develop their plans.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/01/2019 13:39:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1047810

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Suicide
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 decrease in the public health grant on the ability of local authorities to implement effective suicide prevention plans.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	212351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health. Over the five years of the current spending review period we are making over £16 billion of grant funding available to local authorities in England exclusively for use on improving health. Reported spend on public mental health rose from £42.7 million in 2016/17 to £50.5 million in 2017/18, an increase of 18%.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £25 million in suicide prevention over the next three years. The first sustainability and transformation partnership (STPs) received their share of this funding last year. The NHS Long Term Plan set out a commitment to ensure this funding is rolled-out to other STP areas and NHS England is determining the priorities for the second round of funding in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Every local authority has a suicide prevention plan in place or in development and we are working in partnership with the local government sector to ensure the effectiveness of those plans. This process will help to identify areas for improvement for local plans and areas of best practice which can be shared across the local government sector. The results will also be used to inform a programme of mutual support over the next two to three years to enable local areas to learn from each other and to further develop their plans.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/01/2019 13:53:58 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1047811

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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 Inter-ministerial Group
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 membership of the inter-ministerial group for mental health is; how often that group meets; and what the dates of the group's last three meetings were.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	212352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The inter-ministerial group for mental health (IMG) is led by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and is attended by Secretaries of State and Ministers from a wide range of Government departments (set out below) and other Government departments when required:</p><p>- Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport;</p><p>- Department for Work and Pensions;</p><p>- Department for Education;</p><p>- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;</p><p>- Home Office;</p><p>- Ministry of Justice;</p><p>- Ministry of Defence; and</p><p>- HM Treasury.</p><p>Officials from the Cabinet Office and No10 are also invited to attend meetings.</p><p> </p><p>The group meets on a semi-regular basis and according to significant developments in mental health policy in line with delivering key Government priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The last three mental health IMG meetings took place on 12 September 2017, 17 October 2017 and 17 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care attend various other inter-ministerial groups across Government where mental health policy has a key role to play in delivering other Government priorities.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 29/01/2019 13:41:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046149

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: Employment
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 Backbench Business debate on Mental Health First Aid of 17 January 2019, how the Government plans to make employers aware of examples of best practice concerning mental health in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The review’s 40 recommendations covered proposals for how the standards should be communicated and promoted, and suggestions for wider policy change. Following the Prime Minister’s acceptance of the recommendations that apply to the Civil Service and NHS England as major employers, both have made progress in implementing these.</p><p> </p><p>Significant progress has been made in the public sector. The National Health Service is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16 May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations. The Civil Service has benchmarked all main Government departments and their agencies/non-Departmental public bodies against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. On 18 July 2018, the Work and Health Unit and the Local Government Association held a Public Sector Summit which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed by employers in this sector.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the private sector, we have promoted the standards through a range of communication channels. We have also recently established the Thriving at Work Leadership Council which met on 17 January 2019 and consists of a range of business representatives and leading trade associations. The council will continue to meet throughout 2019 and provide a platform to champion the core and enhanced standards and explore innovative solutions to further drive their implementation and take up.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also underway on the policy recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 210676 210677 question first answered 28/01/2019 14:50:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046150

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: Schools
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 Backbench Business Committee debate on Mental Health First Aid on 17 January 2019, by what date the Government plans to put out to tender the contracts to provide mental health first aid training for a primary school staff member in each school.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government has committed to ensuring that at least one member of staff in every secondary school will receive mental health ‘first aid’ training by 2020 to enable school staff to spot common signs of mental health issues, and to help children and young people receive appropriate support.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2017 general election, the Conservative manifesto also pledged to extend the existing commitment to deliver mental health first aid training to all primary schools by the end of parliament. The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Education to explore the appropriate procurement options to deliver this commitment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 210678 question first answered 28/01/2019 14:45:20 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046151

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	NHS: Agency Workers
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 page 7 of the NAO Report of 18 January 2019 on NHS financial stability, what assessment his Department has made of the additional cost of agency staff as a result of staff shortages.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department recognises that staff shortages can mean trusts are required to recruit temporary staff through agencies to maintain safe staffing levels. Whilst a certain degree of temporary staffing is desirable to efficiently manage variable demand, engaging these staff through recruitment agencies is expensive, meaning trusts cannot always secure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>To manage this cost, we are working with NHS Improvement to implement a number of measures to reduce agency expenditure and to support trusts to develop their own in-house staff banks, whereby individuals directly employed by the National Health Service can be deployed to fill a temporary shift, avoiding agency commission and the premium often charged by agencies. As a result of this work, total agency expenditure across NHS trusts in England has fallen from a peak of £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2017/18 – a £1.2 billion reduction.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Improvement Agency Programme is committed to further reducing agency spend by monitoring trusts’ compliance with the Agency Rules and supporting them to develop their in-house banks in a way that makes better use of workforce deployment technology, such as e-rostering and acuity modelling.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/01/2019 17:28:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046153

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: 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 the research undertaken by The King’s Fund published on 30 December 2018, for what reason there has been a 13 per cent reduction in funding for sexual health services between 2013 and 2017 despite an increase in attendance for those services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to assess local needs, and to secure services to meet those needs in line with their statutory responsibilities which include provision of open access sexual health services. Local authorities determine levels of spending on individual services they commission.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211320 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046155

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Accident and Emergency Departments
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 The Nuffield Trust paper published on 30 December 2018, what steps his Department is taking to address the increased likelihood that patients residing in deprived areas will be admitted as an emergency compared to those in less deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has noted the Nuffield Trust’s blog ‘Are parts of England 'left behind' by the NHS?’.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to ensure everyone from all walks of life has the same opportunity for a long, healthy life. The Department’s prevention vision puts prevention at the heart of the nation’s health, shifting the focus from treatment of individual conditions to improving long term health and putting more resource into primary and community care.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how the National Health Service will develop over the coming years and take stronger action surrounding health inequalities. NHS England has committed to ensuring a higher share of funding goes towards geographies with high health inequalities. This funding is estimated to be worth over £1 billion by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, NHS England will commission the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to conduct and publish a review of the inequalities adjustment to the funding formulae.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/01/2019 17:25:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1046156

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: 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 the research entitled Sexual health services and the importance of prevention, published by the King’s Fund 30 December 2018, for what reason there has been a 13 per cent reduction in funding for those services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to assess local needs, and to secure services to meet those needs in line with their statutory responsibilities which include provision of open access sexual health services. Local authorities determine levels of spending on individual services they commission.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 211318 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:18:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger