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820702

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour; and what assessment she has made of trends in the levels of such behaviour over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>On 24 December 2017, we published refreshed statutory guidance for frontline professionals on the use of the anti-social behaviour powers provided by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to support local agencies in tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour in their areas.</p><p>The 2016/17 independent Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 30% of adults aged 16 and over experienced or witnessed anti-social behaviour in their local areas in the last year. This proportion has fluctuated between 27% and 30% since the question was first asked in the 2011/12 Crime Survey.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2018 13:50:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

820704

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: York Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded incidences of anti-social behaviour there were in York Central constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of anti-social behaviour incidents recorded by in England and Wales at the police force area level. Data are not available at the constituency level.</p><p>Anti-social behaviour incidents recorded by the police are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2018 13:53:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

770014

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Obesity: Surgery
	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 cost to the public purse of denying or delaying treatment for patients requiring bariatric surgery.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	107710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has not made an assessment of the cost or delaying treatment for patients requiring bariatric surgery.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the needs of their local population. When developing their associated commissioning policies and treatment criteria, we would expect CCGs to take into account any relevant current guidance, and consider the wider context of their actions which may include the costs incurred as a result of setting criteria which may deny or delay treatment for patients requiring bariatric surgery. Treatment decisions should always be made by doctors based on patients’ clinical needs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/10/2017 16:48:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

770015

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinical commissioning groups follow National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	107711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>As statutory bodies, we would expect clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to take account of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and best practice guidance when developing policies and treatment criteria for the services they commission. There is no formal mechanism for requiring that CCGs follow NICE guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for working with their local communities to understand the needs of the local populations and make decisions about how best to commission services that meet those needs, in partnership with other local commissioners and organisations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/10/2017 16:50:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

770016

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Obesity: Surgery
	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 merits of NICE guidance on bariatric surgery (CG189).
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	107726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued a clinical guideline on the identification, assessment and management of obesity in 2014 that makes recommendations on the use of bariatric surgery.</p><p> </p><p>NICE’s guideline recommends bariatric surgery as an option for people with obesity if all of the following criteria are fulfilled:</p><p> </p><p>- They have a body mass index of 40 kg/m2 or more, or between 35 kg/m2 and 40 kg/m2 and other significant diseases (for example, type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure) that could be improved if they lost weight;</p><p>- All appropriate non-surgical measures have been tried but the person has not achieved or maintained adequate, clinically beneficial weight loss;</p><p>- The person has been receiving or will receive intensive management in a tier 3 service;</p><p>- The person is generally fit for anaesthesia and surgery; and</p><p>- The person commits to the need for long-term follow-up.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/10/2017 16:50:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

771500

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Obesity: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the proposed requirement for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to go through an individual funding request before each patient is able to access bariatric surgery on (a) patient health and (b) capacity of CCGs to respond to that requirement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	107834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>There is no national requirement for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to go through an individual funding request process before each patient is able to access bariatric surgery. The implementation and operation of CCG commissioning policies is a matter for individual CCGs to determine.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has therefore made no formal assessment of this proposed requirement on CCGs.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Clinical Guidelines 43 (updated November 2014) is clear about which groups of individuals bariatric surgery can benefit, with both clinical and cost effectiveness demonstrated, and attendance at Tier 3 services required first. Tier 3 covers multidisciplinary weight management services which are normally commissioned by CCGs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/10/2017 10:09:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

809129

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of fines in relation to dental and prescription charges.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	903036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) issues penalty charge notices (PCNs) for incorrect claims for exemption from National Health Service dental and prescription charges.</p><p>To ensure the integrity of the exemption system the NHS BSA has recently increased the number of checks. In 2016/17, 365,181 PCNs for dental charges and 975,065 for prescription charges were issued. This represents an increase of 90.11% and 90.23%, respectively, on 2015/16. There is a clear process for patients to appeal a PCN if they believe it is unjustified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2017 17:09:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

820695

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Cervical Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take-up rate for cervical screening in (a) England, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York was in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme measures coverage rather than uptake rate. NHS England is responsible for monitoring the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups and is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.</p><p> </p><p>Data are provided by NHS Digital and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage</a></p><p> </p><p>General practitioner/clinical commissioning group level coverage is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229</a></p><p> </p><p>The percentage of coverage for each area requested as at the end of 2016-17 is: England 72.0%; North Yorkshire 78.1%; York 73.0%.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:48:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

732515

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of changes in the level of household debt over the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	1031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The independent Financial Policy Committee (FPC) was set up by the government to assess and mitigate financial stability risks, including from household debt. The FPC has taken action to ensure against a significant rise in highly indebted households.</p><p> </p><p>Household debt-to-income has increased marginally from 141% two years ago to 145% in Q1 2017. This remains significantly below its pre-crisis peak of 160% in Q1 2008.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/07/2017 16:41:42 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

820698

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Antenatal Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which clinical commissioning groups do not provide NHS antenatal classes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The information about which clinical commissioning groups provide National Health Service antenatal classes is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Quality Standards (QS22) for antenatal care states that services should be commissioned from, and coordinated across, all relevant agencies encompassing the antenatal care part of the maternity pathway.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/01/2018 12:10:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell