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390309

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what progress his Department has made in deploying the first tranche of the £1.25 billion announced in the March 2015 Budget for children and young people's mental health services.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>£1.25 billion has been made available for children’s mental health over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We, and local areas, along with our partner organisations including the Department for Education, are building on the momentum and powerful consensus generated by <em>Future in Mind, </em>the report on the work of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are making progress and are committed to taking forward both the ambition and individual proposals, backed by the additional investment. We are developing a central programme plan with a phased approach to implementation. Action underway includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work to extend and expand the Children and Young People’s Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, so that by 2018, all local services will have participated in this transformative programme and it will cover additional clinical areas;</p><p> </p><p>- The commissioning of a new prevalence survey on mental health problems in children and young people;</p><p> </p><p>- Local areas have been invited to pilot joint training between schools and children and young people’s mental health services providers, to strengthen the mental health advice and support available in educational settings;</p><p> </p><p>- Improved services for perinatal mental health and eating disorders, both of which are being addressed through work this year; and</p><p> </p><p>- Plans for legislation to prevent any child or young person being put in a police cell as a place of safety during a mental health crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In May 2015, NHS England wrote to all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) asking them to work with their partners from across the NHS, public health, local authority, youth justice and education sectors to develop local Transformation Plans for children’s mental health and wellbeing to reshape the way services for children and young people with mental health needs are commissioned and delivered across all agencies over the next five years in line with proposals put forward in <em>Future in Mind</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be publishing guidance, developed with partners across the system, to CCGs on local Transformation Plans for children and young people’s mental health, in line with the proposal in <em>Future in Mind.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7437 7438 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:43:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390313

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had since 7 May 2015 with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) organisations outside government on implementation of the cap on care costs and the extension to means-tested support from April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Following a consultation on draft regulations and guidance earlier this year we received a number of responses from across the care and support sector which called for a delay in the implementation of these reforms. Since the election we have continued to hear these concerns. During this time we have continued to work closely with the Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Adult Social Care and there have been a number of discussions within Government and with other interested organisations to determine the way forward. On 1 July the LGA wrote a letter calling for a delay in implementation of these reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have listened to the concerns expressed by the LGA and others and that is why we decided to delay implementation until April 2020 as announced in a written ministerial statement on 17 July, repeated today in the House of Commons <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-07-20/HCWS145/" target="_blank">(HCWS145).</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7440 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:42:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390318

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on developing a maximum waiting time standard for access to eating disorder services; whether he plans to introduce such a standard from April 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The additional funding of £30 million per year over the next five years beginning in 2015-16 will be used to provide:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Swifter access to evidence based community treatment;</p><p> </p><p>- A decrease in the use of inpatient eating disorder beds by at least 50%;</p><p> </p><p>- A reduction in the rate of relapse;</p><p> </p><p>- Fewer transfers to adult services – reducing by up to 70% the number of those who need to be treated as adults; and</p><p> </p><p>- Improvements in transition for young people with eating disorders when they turn 18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health will shortly publish a commissioning guide for clinical commissioning groups that will set out how to prepare for and implement the access and waiting time standard for children and young people with an eating disorder during 2015/16 and implemented from 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7393 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:38:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390319

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the increase in the minimum wage on social care.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs of introduction in Scotland and Wales are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7439 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:53:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390325

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the introduction of the cap on care costs in April 2016; and how many such representations requested a delay in implementation of that cap.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Following a consultation on draft regulations and guidance earlier this year we received a number of responses from across the care and support sector which called for a delay in the implementation of these reforms. Since the election we have continued to hear these concerns. During this time we have continued to work closely with the Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Adult Social Care and there have been a number of discussions within Government and with other interested organisations to determine the way forward. On 1 July the LGA wrote a letter calling for a delay in implementation of these reforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have listened to the concerns expressed by the LGA and others and that is why we decided to delay implementation until April 2020 as announced in a written ministerial statement on 17 July, repeated today in the House of Commons <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-07-20/HCWS145/" target="_blank">(HCWS145).</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7484 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:42:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390327

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential change to the cost of providing social care in England, Wales and Scotland as a result of the increase in the minimum wage in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs of introduction in Scotland and Wales are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7466 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:53:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390329

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Psychiatry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the operation of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service; and what target he has set for the number of people who will get access to therapy under that service by April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em>, published in October 2014, set out the ambition that by 2020 the National Health Service would provide a comprehensive set of access and waiting time standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This was accompanied by a £120 million investment – an investment of £40 million new money in 2014/15 to lay the groundwork for introducing the standards, and £80 million in 2015/16 that will be realised out of existing NHS England budgets. This will enable the setting of the following access and waiting time standards in mental health services:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks;</p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within two weeks for more than 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis; and</p><p> </p><p>- £30 million targeted investment will help people in crisis to access effective support in accident and emergency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2008, over 3 million people have entered IAPT treatment, with over half of them having completed treatment. Over 1 million patients have reached recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By end March 2015, the aim is for IAPT services to be available to at least 15% of people who could benefit. Many local areas are achieving more than this. The 15% target was set in order to ensure a credible alternative to medication was available everywhere. We will know shortly if this target has been met and will then plan about how to progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7428 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:30:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390333

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what progress he has made on plans to require local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and other partners to develop transformation plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Taskforce.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>£1.25 billion has been made available for children’s mental health over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We, and local areas, along with our partner organisations including the Department for Education, are building on the momentum and powerful consensus generated by <em>Future in Mind, </em>the report on the work of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are making progress and are committed to taking forward both the ambition and individual proposals, backed by the additional investment. We are developing a central programme plan with a phased approach to implementation. Action underway includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work to extend and expand the Children and Young People’s Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, so that by 2018, all local services will have participated in this transformative programme and it will cover additional clinical areas;</p><p> </p><p>- The commissioning of a new prevalence survey on mental health problems in children and young people;</p><p> </p><p>- Local areas have been invited to pilot joint training between schools and children and young people’s mental health services providers, to strengthen the mental health advice and support available in educational settings;</p><p> </p><p>- Improved services for perinatal mental health and eating disorders, both of which are being addressed through work this year; and</p><p> </p><p>- Plans for legislation to prevent any child or young person being put in a police cell as a place of safety during a mental health crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In May 2015, NHS England wrote to all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) asking them to work with their partners from across the NHS, public health, local authority, youth justice and education sectors to develop local Transformation Plans for children’s mental health and wellbeing to reshape the way services for children and young people with mental health needs are commissioned and delivered across all agencies over the next five years in line with proposals put forward in <em>Future in Mind</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be publishing guidance, developed with partners across the system, to CCGs on local Transformation Plans for children and young people’s mental health, in line with the proposal in <em>Future in Mind.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7438 7520 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:43:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390335

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the report of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Taskforce.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>£1.25 billion has been made available for children’s mental health over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We, and local areas, along with our partner organisations including the Department for Education, are building on the momentum and powerful consensus generated by <em>Future in Mind, </em>the report on the work of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are making progress and are committed to taking forward both the ambition and individual proposals, backed by the additional investment. We are developing a central programme plan with a phased approach to implementation. Action underway includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work to extend and expand the Children and Young People’s Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, so that by 2018, all local services will have participated in this transformative programme and it will cover additional clinical areas;</p><p> </p><p>- The commissioning of a new prevalence survey on mental health problems in children and young people;</p><p> </p><p>- Local areas have been invited to pilot joint training between schools and children and young people’s mental health services providers, to strengthen the mental health advice and support available in educational settings;</p><p> </p><p>- Improved services for perinatal mental health and eating disorders, both of which are being addressed through work this year; and</p><p> </p><p>- Plans for legislation to prevent any child or young person being put in a police cell as a place of safety during a mental health crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In May 2015, NHS England wrote to all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) asking them to work with their partners from across the NHS, public health, local authority, youth justice and education sectors to develop local Transformation Plans for children’s mental health and wellbeing to reshape the way services for children and young people with mental health needs are commissioned and delivered across all agencies over the next five years in line with proposals put forward in <em>Future in Mind</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be publishing guidance, developed with partners across the system, to CCGs on local Transformation Plans for children and young people’s mental health, in line with the proposal in <em>Future in Mind.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7437 7520 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:43:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390340

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on implementing the plans in Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020, published on 8 October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em>, published in October 2014, set out the ambition that by 2020 the National Health Service would provide a comprehensive set of access and waiting time standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This was accompanied by a £120 million investment – an investment of £40 million new money in 2014/15 to lay the groundwork for introducing the standards, and £80 million in 2015/16 that will be realised out of existing NHS England budgets. This will enable the setting of the following access and waiting time standards in mental health services:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks;</p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within two weeks for more than 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis; and</p><p> </p><p>- £30 million targeted investment will help people in crisis to access effective support in accident and emergency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2008, over 3 million people have entered IAPT treatment, with over half of them having completed treatment. Over 1 million patients have reached recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By end March 2015, the aim is for IAPT services to be available to at least 15% of people who could benefit. Many local areas are achieving more than this. The 15% target was set in order to ensure a credible alternative to medication was available everywhere. We will know shortly if this target has been met and will then plan about how to progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7433 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:30:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb