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167499

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	fpa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the Family Planning Association has received from the Government in each of the last four years; and what funding will be made available to the Family Planning Association.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	216877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>In each of the last four years the Family Planning Association (FPA) has received:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 2011-12: £1,376,000</p><p> </p><p>- 2012-13: £571,797</p><p> </p><p>- 2013-14: £390,713</p><p> </p><p>- 2014-15: £239,365 (with a further £111,818 due to be invoiced by 31 March 2015)</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are continuing with the FPA about extending their contract for a year in 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/12/2014 14:10:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437169

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effects of zero-hour and uncertain hour contracts on the mental health of people holding such contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	19559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to make any such assessment.</p><p /> <p>Research undertaken by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that, compared to the average employee, zero hours contract workers are just as satisfied with their job (65% versus 63%) and happier with their work-life balance (62% versus 58%).</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 17:46:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

622691

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: 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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available for youth offenders in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	50749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving mental health treatment and support for young people in contact with the youth justice system.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England sets out in its Commissioning Intentions that it will deliver healthcare for children and young people detained by the justice system, including mental health treatment, to the standard set out in “Healthcare of Children and Young People in Secure Settings” developed in June 2013 by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and others.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is developing a £24 million programme to address gaps in mental health provision for this vulnerable group.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/11/2016 16:56:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

685520

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Woodhill Prison: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times an ambulance has been called to HM Prison Woodhill for an inmate who has attempted suicide in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	63318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Information about the frequency of emergency ambulance call-outs to HM Prison Woodhill is not collected centrally by the Department or NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 09/02/2017 13:24:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

386661

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Weather: Public Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Transport on the health effects of travelling on public transport during hot weather.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	5021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office-run Summer Resilience Network provides a mechanism for understanding and coordinating the preparations put in place nationally for the summer period, by departments and other bodies, and provides a valuable forum to raise issues of concern. The network meets every two weeks between June and September, unless required to meet more frequently. Officials from the Department of Health and the Department for Transport attend this network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 15:58:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

386666

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Weather: Health Education
	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 inform the public of steps to take to minimise damage to health during periods of severe hot weather.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	5020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The annual Heatwave Plan for England is co-ordinated by Public Health England (PHE) on behalf of the health, social care and public health system. It aims to raise both public and professional awareness of the health impacts of severe heat and cold weather.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Existing advice on looking after children in school and early year’s settings is now available in a stand-alone leaflet, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428850/Looking_After_Children_Heat_PHE_AC_AB_Publications_MP_JRM_FINAL.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428850/Looking_After_Children_Heat_PHE_AC_AB_Publications_MP_JRM_FINAL.PDF</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The plan recommends a series of steps to be taken throughout the year by National Health Service, local government, voluntary and community groups and individuals to reduce the harm to health from hot weather. To support the plan, the Met Office issues alerts which are cascaded to a wide range of health and social care organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE and its partner organisations undertake substantial public communications before and during heatwave alerts. Information for the public is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The plan is a good practice guide. All local health and social care organisations should adapt the national plan as appropriate to the local context and satisfy themselves that providers and stakeholders take appropriate action, according to the alert level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 5011 5023 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:13:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

386659

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Weather
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital with (a) sunstroke and (b) other heat-related conditions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	5012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available from The Health and Social Care Information Centre is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 16:50:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name FAEs of heatsroke, sunstroke and other heat related conditions 2009-14.xlsx title FAEs of heat related conditions 2009-14
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

386660

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Weather
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice his Department has issued to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities on how to protect vulnerable people during a period of severe hot weather; and when that advice was last issued and revised.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	5011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The annual Heatwave Plan for England is co-ordinated by Public Health England (PHE) on behalf of the health, social care and public health system. It aims to raise both public and professional awareness of the health impacts of severe heat and cold weather.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Existing advice on looking after children in school and early year’s settings is now available in a stand-alone leaflet, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428850/Looking_After_Children_Heat_PHE_AC_AB_Publications_MP_JRM_FINAL.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428850/Looking_After_Children_Heat_PHE_AC_AB_Publications_MP_JRM_FINAL.PDF</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The plan recommends a series of steps to be taken throughout the year by National Health Service, local government, voluntary and community groups and individuals to reduce the harm to health from hot weather. To support the plan, the Met Office issues alerts which are cascaded to a wide range of health and social care organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE and its partner organisations undertake substantial public communications before and during heatwave alerts. Information for the public is also available on the NHS Choices website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The plan is a good practice guide. All local health and social care organisations should adapt the national plan as appropriate to the local context and satisfy themselves that providers and stakeholders take appropriate action, according to the alert level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 5020 5023 question first answered 06/07/2015 16:13:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

172791

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Walking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department allocated to projects aimed at increasing walking between (a) 2005 and 2010 and (b) 2010 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	220190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Between 2005 and 2010, the Department of Health funded the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- in 2008, Schools on the Move £500,000;</p><p> </p><p>- in 2008, Step-O-Meter programme £290,000;</p><p> </p><p>- in 2009, a Section 64 Grant of £1.8 million to Walk England for Active Challenge Routes;</p><p> </p><p>- in 2009, the Department awarded £800,000 to deliver the Walking once a Week scheme, focusing on areas outside London with high levels of childhood obesity; and</p><p> </p><p>- from 2008 to 2010, the Department funded £5.2 million for Walking for Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 2010 and 2014, the Department of Health funded the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- in 2013, we funded £1.2 million over two years, through Department for Transport, for five walking cities – Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds/Bradford, Norwich and Cambridge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/01/2015 17:29:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

114838

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Vitamin D
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the (a) interim and (b) final report from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition Vitamin D Working Group to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	213660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition aims to publish its draft review of the dietary reference values for vitamin D for public consultation in spring 2015, and to publish the finalised report by the end of 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/11/2014 16:07:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger