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1141704

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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: Children and Young People
	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 each clinical commissioning group has spent on child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	281781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information on spend on mental health provision for children and young people aged 0-25, by clinical commissioning group is not available prior to 2016/17. Details of spend for 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 is set out in the attached table. This includes spend on eating disorders but excludes spend on learning disabilities.</p><p>This information is included in the Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard, published by NHS England, which is available at the following link:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/taskforce/imp/mh-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/taskforce/imp/mh-dashboard/</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 17:34:25 question first ministerially corrected 10/09/2019 10:42:53 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries attachment 1 file name PQ281781 attachment formatted.xlsx title CAMHS Spend since 2013 previous answer version 135787 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1141707

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children and adolescents with mental health problems who required treatment in each year since 2013; and what assessment he has made of the levels of severity of those problems.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	281782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information on the overall prevalence of mental health conditions in children and young people is available in ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2017’, published in November 2018 and available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://files.digital.nhs.uk/A6/EA7D58/MHCYP%202017%20Summary.pdf" target="_blank">https://files.digital.nhs.uk/A6/EA7D58/MHCYP%202017%20Summary.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital has also published experimental statistics covering the number of children and young people accessing National Health Service-funded community mental health services in England. These show that 377,866 children and young people were in contact with NHS-funded community services in 2018/19 and received two clinically meaningful contacts, a proxy for receiving treatment. These are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics/number-of-children-and-young-people-accessing-nhs-funded-community-mental-health-services-in-england-april-2018-to-march-2019-experimental-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics/number-of-children-and-young-people-accessing-nhs-funded-community-mental-health-services-in-england-april-2018-to-march-2019-experimental-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 17:27:06 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1169614

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	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	Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor
	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 (a) effectiveness and (b) availability of the drug Trikafta for people with cystic fibrosis.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	1452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. Elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor combination therapy (or triple therapy, marketed in the United States as Trikafta) does not yet have a marketing authorisation for use in the United Kingdom and the dates for licensing have not yet been confirmed.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinical and cost effective use of NHS resources. It is a condition of the agreement reached between NHS England, NHS Improvement and Vertex that the company will submit its full portfolio of cystic fibrosis medicines, including its new triple therapy to NICE for appraisal.</p><p>NICE has begun work for the appraisal and further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/proposed/gid-ta10566" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/proposed/gid-ta10566</a></p><p>NICE will invite the company to provide an evidence submission immediately after the triple therapy has been formally referred to its work programme, expected in February.</p><p>Subject to licensing, in order to recommend the triple therapy for routine NHS funding, NICE will need to be assured that Vertex have priced it at a level that is fair to both the NHS and UK taxpayer. In the period leading up that, NICE will work extensively with the company and other stakeholders on putting the best possible evidence submission to its independent advisory committee.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2020 12:49:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1226771

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Training
	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 staff in his Department have undertaken unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	77792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows how many staff at the Department have undertaken unconscious bias training in the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting year</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>1 April 2020 - 24 July 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of staff who have undertaken training</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>505*</p></td><td><p>130**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data is held on the Civil Service Learning platform.</li><li>Data is not held for the years prior to 1 April 2018.</li><li>Figures are completion rates, however:</li></ol><p>*figure includes 84 starts of unconscious bias training that is started, but not completed</p><p>**figure includes 24 starts of unconscious bias training that is started, but not completed</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/09/2020 09:47:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230110

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 roles in his Department have either equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	83929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2020 12:12:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230127

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 members of staff in NHS England have equality, diversity or inclusion in their job title.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	83944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>To provide the highest standard of care it is vital that the National Health Service workforce reflects the diverse communities that it serves. With regards to current employees of NHS England with either of the three characteristics ‘Equality, Diversity or Inclusion’ in their job title, there are 28 employees and one secondee who fit this description.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/09/2020 16:52:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232028

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Training
	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 the Department spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	86149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows how much the Department has spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 – March 2020</p></td><td><p>£12,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 – March 2019</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 – March 2018</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 – March 2017</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 – March 2016</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Required Unconscious Bias online training for all staff which is accessed via Civil Service Learning forms part of the Civil Service Learning offer. Although we pay a yearly subscription cost for all Civil Service Learning, we are not able to provide a breakdown of spend for the required Unconscious Bias online training for all staff accessed via Civil Service Learning.</p><p>In addition to online training, in 2019-20 we held and paid for face to face Unconscious Bias workshops as part of Senior Civil Service and management training programmes.</p><p>Whilst our records show a spend of £12,234 for April 2019 to March 2020, learning on Unconscious Bias is built into other learning programmes, such as our line management training offer. This includes workshops on ‘Leading Inclusive Teams’ and ‘Building Effective Teams’. It is not possible to extract the amount spent on Unconscious Bias where this forms part of a broader training offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:29:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232926

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 members of staff in their Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	87647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion, gender, LGBT or race’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks, such as the Equality Matters network for race and PRISM network for LGBT+ matters. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service. In the Department, Champion roles include a LGBT+ Champion and Race Champion as well as Champions for other protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:38:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1249528

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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	Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
	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 gender reassignment and gender affirmation operations were carried out by the NhS in each year since 2000 for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	113221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished consultant episodes (FCE) where a main or secondary procedure for gender reassignment has been recorded for each year from 2000-01 to 2019-20.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,407</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under on consultant within one healthcare provider.</li><li>Figures so not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</li></ol> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2021 16:32:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1275172

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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 Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the CRITCON level for each hospital for which data is available on each day in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	136051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>CRITCON scores are used as part of operational data to support the day to day delivery of services. These scores are a snapshot and can change rapidly within hours of being recorded. In this context this data is not routinely published.</p><p>The ‘Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report’, highlighting pressures on the National Health Service is published at trust level and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-2020-21/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-2020-21/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/01/2021 15:52:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 74062 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien