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1203838

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of total claimants in receipt of personal independence payment died between (a) March and May 2020, and (b) March and May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is claimed by people with a range of health conditions and disabilities, many of which are degenerative or life limiting and the Department treats the death of any claimant sympathetically. The cause of death of claimants to PIP is not collated centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows for each month from March 2019 – May 2019 and March 2020 – April 2020: (a) The number of PIP claimants with entitlement to PIP who died having had entitlement on the last day of each month.</p><p>(b) The total number of PIP claims with entitlement on the last day each month.</p><p>(c) The percentage of claimants entitled to PIP who died in each month which is calculated by dividing (a) the number of claimant deaths in each month by (b) the total number of PIP claims with entitlement in the same month.</p><p> </p><p>Note that April 2020 is the latest month for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Summary of PIP claimants with entitlement who died from March 2019 – May 2019 and March 2020 – April 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Number of PIP Claimant Deaths</p></td><td><p>4,650</p></td><td><p>4,580</p></td><td><p>4,460</p></td><td><p>5,880</p></td><td><p>6,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Total PIP Claims with entitlement</p></td><td><p>2,098,090</p></td><td><p>2,113,170</p></td><td><p>2,134,400</p></td><td><p>2,455,300</p></td><td><p>2,485,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Death rate of PIP claimants with entitlement</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td><td><p>0.21%</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td><td><p>0.25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source: PIP ADS and Customer Information System and Stat-Xplore</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.</li><li>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</li></ul><ul><li>Data for the number of claimant deaths has been sourced from the PIP ADS and the Customer Information System and data for the number of total PIP claims with entitlement has been sourced from Stat-Xplore.</li><li>Number of claimants has been rounded to the nearest 10 and the data for the death rate of claimants has been rounded to the nearest 0.01%.</li><li>Claimants’ dates of death are as recorded on the system at 12<sup>th</sup> June 2020 and may be subject to retrospection.</li></ul><ul><li>GB only</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012 and s125 of Social Security Administration Act 1992 date of death is provided to the Department for all registered deaths. Additionally, next of kin also provide information on the date of death of an individual and this information is used appropriately in the administration of Departmental benefits.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/06/2020 16:52:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1193518

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people who are in receipt of social security.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	902300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>DWP has made a number of changes to the benefits system in response to the pandemic to ensure the right support goes to those claimants who are more vulnerable, have a health condition or have a disability.</p><p>To provide greater financial security at this time, we have automatically extended awards by 6 months for existing claimants that were due to be reviewed or reassessed.</p><p>We have also suspended all face-to-face assessments of disability benefits for 3 months but continue to accept new claims, requests for a review where asked by a claimant and, as usual, prioritise claims made under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2020 09:23:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1177486

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 10385 on Dementia: Health Services, when the Government plans to publish the Implementation Plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia to take that strategy forward from 2020 to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	14721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>We have no plans to publish an implementation plan for the review of the Challenge on Dementia 2020.</p><p>We will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for the period 2020-2025 later this year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 14:29:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1175007

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made in response to the review of the Challenge on Dementia.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	10385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2018 we undertook a review of the progress made in implementing the Challenge on Dementia 2020. This was informed by a call for evidence. Respondents told us that we were largely on track to meet our commitments. In a small number of areas additional or refined actions were identified to help ensure that commitments could be met. The report of the review was published on 22 February 2019 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dementia-2020-challenge-progress-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dementia-2020-challenge-progress-review</a></p><p>Implementation of the Challenge on Dementia 2020 actions is overseen by the Department‘s Dementia Programme Board which brings together all Delivery Partners and is chaired by myself.</p><p>We continue to make significant progress in meeting the commitments made in the Challenge.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 16:54:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173955

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Social Services: Expenditure
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 funding from the public purse was allocated by local authorities for adult social care in each year since 2009-10, by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The amount of expenditure for adult social care by local authority is not available in the format requested. Funding for adult social care comes from several sources, including central Government grants, council tax revenue, business rates, and National Health Service funding through the Better Care Fund. Local authorities are responsible for setting their own overall budgets for adult social care.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table from the NHS Digital Activity and Finance Report 2018-19 provides an overview of expenditure in England on adult social care including a number of sources of funding. However, these are not available at the local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>A local authority level timeseries breakdown is not compiled centrally. However, raw data for local authority level breakdowns of expenditure is available on the NHS Digital website in their social care collections. Not all sources of funding are available at local authority level, such as the Better Care Fund. Links to the reports are below and include 2009-10 to 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>2016/17 to 2018/19</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report</a></p><p> </p><p>Before 2016/17</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/personal-social-services-expenditure-and-unit-costs" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/personal-social-services-expenditure-and-unit-costs</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/02/2020 16:36:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ 9027 Attached Table formatted.docx title pq9027 table
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173956

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of Natural England’s programme of monitoring of SSSIs in each calendar year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Natural England (NE) expenditure on monitoring sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1,570,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,517,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,797,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,420,892</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,381,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£900,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,028,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£700,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes NE staff time and the costs of specialist surveys.</p><p> </p><p>This year NE is prioritising actions to address particular issues on SSSIs, especially those affecting upland SSSIs. NE continues to support and encourage partners in the work they do themselves to undertake SSSI monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>NE is also developing an approach to the monitoring of SSSIs which will make better use of new technologies, such as remote sensing and greater partnership involvement. This is intended to improve efficiency of SSSI monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 15:48:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173957

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of SSSI units were monitored (a) by number of units and (b) by area, in hectares as part of Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The numbers of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) units monitored and the area of units monitored in each calendar year from 2009 to 2019 are given below. The proportions of SSSI units and SSSI area have been expressed against a single common figure, reflecting the current SSSI extent, rather than the extent in each year. This is because the area and number of SSSI units have changed within the individual years from 2009 to 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Area monitored (ha)</p></td><td><p>Number of units monitored</p></td><td><p>Proportion of SSSI units (based on current number of SSSI monitoring units)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of SSSI area (based on current area of SSSI monitoring units)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>204,465</p></td><td><p>3,655</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>339,441</p></td><td><p>5,009</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>79,753</p></td><td><p>2,349</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>108,615</p></td><td><p>2,689</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>91,471</p></td><td><p>1,993</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>67,274</p></td><td><p>1,437</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>72,115</p></td><td><p>1,599</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>61,983</p></td><td><p>1,097</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>36,187</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>38,987</p></td><td><p>968</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>75,619</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 10:58:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173958

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is only available for financial years rather than calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 15:44:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1170690

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Tranquillisers: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure specialist withdrawal services are available to support patients dependent on prescribed benzodiazepine and z drug tranquillisers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>In September 2019 Public Health England published an evidence review of medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal, including benzodiazepines and z drugs. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report</a></p><p>Alongside ongoing improvements to medicines safety and the use of prescribed drugs, NHS England is reviewing the recommendations from this review and other evidence to develop a set of actions to reduce and treat prescription medicine dependency.</p><p>A national review of overprescribing in the National Health Service is being led by Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Dr Keith Ridge and will be published in 2020. This will focus on people who take multiple medicines to ensure patients are receiving the most appropriate treatment for their needs. The review will consider how to improve management of non-reviewed repeat prescriptions including prescriptions beyond guidelines, and the role of digital technologies in reducing overprescribing.</p><p>The Government is committed to growing the workforce by 6,000 more doctors in general practice and 6,000 more primary care professionals, including pharmacists. This is on top of the additional 20,000 primary care professionals NHS England are providing funding towards recruiting. Community pharmacists have a key role in monitoring the care and treatment of patients, and would be in a position to review a patient’s medication usage and prescriptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 3214 3215 question first answered 20/01/2020 15:33:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1170692

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Tranquillisers: Prescriptions
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 prescriptions were issued for tranquillisers in each year from 2015 to date, which exceeded the Committee on Safety of Medicines two to four week guidelines issued in 1988.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested as the NHS Business Services Authority does not capture the duration for which a prescription is intended to be used.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/01/2020 16:57:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams