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1133349

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue accrued to the public purse as a result of fees levied on citizenship applications for children from Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	266649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record fees received from applications by children or the country of origin separately to unique account codes within our accounting software, and therefore does not have sufficiently detailed management information to breakdown income into component categories, for example by child or country of application.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/06/2019 12:00:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1137209

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the specification of laptops supplied to students with vision impairment through the disabled students’ allowance is updated allow updating of necessary software over the duration of degree programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	273733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The department is currently reviewing the specification of equipment provided to visually impaired students, to ensure that it remains fit for purpose throughout the duration of students’ courses.</p><p> </p><p>Students that experience issues with their equipment are advised to contact their assessment centre or Student Finance England so that these issues can be considered and rectified.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/07/2019 14:25:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1137429

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to merge the allowances for non-medical, equipment and general support for disabled students’ allowance to permit more flexibility in how that allowance may be spent by undergraduate students.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	274435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The department has no plans to merge the 4 separate Disabled Students’ Allowances currently available to undergraduate students.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/07/2019 15:16:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129267

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Counselling: Sign Language
	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 availability of deaf-focused NHS counselling using British sign language as the first language in England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	258973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme is available to all adults. If an individual is deaf and requires British Sign Language (BSL) to be used, services can either use a BSL interpreter or refer them to Sign Health, an IAPT service which delivers therapy using BSL trained therapists. Sign Health is available nationally but is funded via individual funding requests, so clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for funding decisions. In 2018/19 Sign Health received £1 million from 116 CCGs for the treatment of around 250 people. Other alternatives that may be suitable for deaf people include therapy delivered via a digital route, for example text messaging.</p><p>The NHS England IAPT manual, published in June 2018, specifies that commissioners, managers, primary and secondary care clinicians should develop local IAPT care pathways in consultation with patient groups and community leaders, including under-represented groups. The IAPT manual recommends that commissioners and providers consider commissioning services that have bilingual clinicians who speak the language of local minority groups, including clinicians who are fluent in BSL for deaf people.</p><p>Local commissioners have to pay due regard to the equality legislation when commissioning IAPT services. They are able to decide whether they meet their responsibilities through services who provide BSL trained therapists or through interpreters in their locality.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/06/2019 16:11:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129268

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Counselling: Sign Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for commissioning deaf-focused NHS counselling using British sign language counsellors.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	258974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England commissions specialised mental health services for children, young people and adults who are deaf. These include inpatient and outreach services for children and young people and services for adults who require inpatient care, including care in secure mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/06/2019 14:38:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1130886

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative estimate his Department has made of the average cost of (a) caring for a dementia patient at home with care provided by family and (b) care provided in an in-patient setting.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	262230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such comparative estimate.</p><p>The average cost of caring for a dementia patient at home by family is not collected or reported centrally.</p><p>Data on the average cost of care provided in an in-patient setting is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/06/2019 13:33:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129266

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Hearing Impairment
	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 adequacy of mental health support for people who (a) are deaf and (b) have a hearing impairment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	258972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all people who have a mental health need, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, are able to access appropriate support when they need it regardless of other physical health conditions. Commissioners are responsible for commissioning appropriate cultural and linguistic provisions when planning services for deaf people.</p><p>Deaf patients are able to access mental health services based on a clinical assessment of need with the support and involvement of clinicians (including consultant psychiatrists and mental health nurses) with the skills and experience of working with deaf people with mental illness and who are able to communicate using British Sign Language (BSL) where needed.</p><p>NHS England commissions specialised mental health services for children, young people and adults who are deaf or have a hearing impairment. These include inpatient and outreach services for children and young people and services for adults who require inpatient care, including care in secure mental health services.</p><p>The Specialised Mental Health Clinical Reference Group provides advice and support to NHS England about improving commissioning, including through service specifications and quality schemes. NHS England has developed a specific Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme in 2019-20 for specialised deaf services aimed at introducing a standardised approach to the assessment and understanding of a patient’s individual communication skills, which will improve the effectiveness of interactions with staff, care planning and delivery.</p><p>The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health has published guidance for commissioners of primary care mental health services for deaf people. This is for use by clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and service providers across primary and secondary care. The content is evidence based and incudes what is deemed to be best practice when commissioning mental health services for deaf people. The guide is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.improvement.nhs.uk/resources/improving-mental-health-services-for-deaf-people/" target="_blank">www.improvement.nhs.uk/resources/improving-mental-health-services-for-deaf-people/</a></p><p>The guidance recommends the training of psychological wellbeing practitioners through an accredited standard Improving Access to Psychological Therapies low intensity training course adapted for delivery in BSL. It also sets out the benefit of providing the current specialist BSL workforce with access to continuing professional development training so that they are able to further develop their skills and expertise through programmes such as high intensity therapy, counselling for depression, supervision qualifications and other appropriate interventions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 258975 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:37:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129269

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) guidance and (b) training is available to clinicians on assessing and referring deaf patients to specialist mental health support.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	258975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all people who have a mental health need, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, are able to access appropriate support when they need it regardless of other physical health conditions. Commissioners are responsible for commissioning appropriate cultural and linguistic provisions when planning services for deaf people.</p><p>Deaf patients are able to access mental health services based on a clinical assessment of need with the support and involvement of clinicians (including consultant psychiatrists and mental health nurses) with the skills and experience of working with deaf people with mental illness and who are able to communicate using British Sign Language (BSL) where needed.</p><p>NHS England commissions specialised mental health services for children, young people and adults who are deaf or have a hearing impairment. These include inpatient and outreach services for children and young people and services for adults who require inpatient care, including care in secure mental health services.</p><p>The Specialised Mental Health Clinical Reference Group provides advice and support to NHS England about improving commissioning, including through service specifications and quality schemes. NHS England has developed a specific Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme in 2019-20 for specialised deaf services aimed at introducing a standardised approach to the assessment and understanding of a patient’s individual communication skills, which will improve the effectiveness of interactions with staff, care planning and delivery.</p><p>The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health has published guidance for commissioners of primary care mental health services for deaf people. This is for use by clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and service providers across primary and secondary care. The content is evidence based and incudes what is deemed to be best practice when commissioning mental health services for deaf people. The guide is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.improvement.nhs.uk/resources/improving-mental-health-services-for-deaf-people/" target="_blank">www.improvement.nhs.uk/resources/improving-mental-health-services-for-deaf-people/</a></p><p>The guidance recommends the training of psychological wellbeing practitioners through an accredited standard Improving Access to Psychological Therapies low intensity training course adapted for delivery in BSL. It also sets out the benefit of providing the current specialist BSL workforce with access to continuing professional development training so that they are able to further develop their skills and expertise through programmes such as high intensity therapy, counselling for depression, supervision qualifications and other appropriate interventions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 258972 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:37:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1132765

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions his Department has had with clinical commissioning groups on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s guidance on fertility treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	911423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare services that meet the needs of their whole population, including fertility services. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Aauthority’s guidance for commissioners is a new tool to help them implement National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Fertility guidelines and utilise the benchmark price for In Vitro Fertilisation.</p><p>I have written to all CCGs to promote the guidance and benchmark price, and encourage them to fully implement NICE Fertility Guideline recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/06/2019 15:21:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129973

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will protect the concessionary bus pass in the forthcoming Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	260537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on public spending, including on concessionary travel, will be made in the round as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/06/2019 10:53:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe