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100206

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any audits have been carried out since April 2012 which consider how many patients may have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 because a doctor had been influenced by the fact that doing so might make the provision of a bed for their patient more likely; and what were the findings of those audits.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	211396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the regulator of the Mental Health Act 1983. In their annual report for 2012-13 <em>Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2012/13</em>, published in January 2014, the CQC noted concerns raised by the House of Commons Health Committee over whether the Act’s powers of detention were being used improperly to access services. They said they found no direct evidence of unlawful practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 22 August 2014, the CQC published a series of reports relating to its inspection in May 2014 of services provided by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. The CQC found that that bed occupancy at the Trust averaged 96.4% between October and December last year, compared to the average of 85.9% across England. CQC inspectors were told that the pressures on beds meant that most new admissions to inpatient beds were people detained under the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC’s annual report on the Act for 2013-14 is expected to be published early in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:05 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1003843

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Talk Money Week
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support Talk Money Week which takes place from 12 to 18 November as part of the Financial Capability Strategy for the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	189641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury works closely with the Money Advice (MAS), the main organisers of Talk Money Week, on debt advice, financial capability and financial education policy. The Government strongly supports Talk Money Week and I provided the keynote speech at the Talk Money Conference on 14<sup>th</sup> November.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/11/2018 15:56:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1005817

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the national funding rate for sixth form students.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	190408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We are actively exploring the efficiency and resilience of post-16 education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/11/2018 10:21:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1006895

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have waited three months or longer for a work capability assessment after their completed UC50 form has been received by the Health Assessment Advisory Service in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	191357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held for all assessments, however, data can be provided in relation to the number of face to face assessments undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2018, 14,356 Universal Credit claimants had their initial Work Capability Assessment (WCA) completed by face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Of these, 703 (less than 5%) waited 3 months or longer following the date from which they returned their UC50 form. There are a number of reasons for a delay to an assessment including non-attendance and cancellation of the appointment by the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst claimants are waiting for their work capability assessment decision, they continue to receive their standard allowance of Universal Credit, providing they continue to meet the requirements for a claim to benefit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/12/2018 12:57:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1008483

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Fracking: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the call by Cuadrilla for an increase in the threshold for the maximum magnitude level at which it is allowed to operate.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	192111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Traffic Light System is working exactly as intended. As I have already set out to this House, there are no plans to review it. The Traffic Light System ensures that induced seismic events remain at a level that prevents the risk of damage to the environment or property.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:27:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1011336

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	World Health Organisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking with the World Health Organisation to achieve the sustainable development goals to (a) end preventable child deaths and (b) establish universal health coverage.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	907734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports WHO’s leadership on health systems and work to achieve Universal Health coverage, including ending preventable child deaths and addressing global health security, and I commend WHO’s leadership on the recent Ebola outbreaks in DRC. DFID funds WHO to provide technical assistance, develop global standards and norms, strengthen country health systems and support health and wellbeing for all.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/11/2018 14:50:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1012342

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Prescriptions
	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 effect on patient safety of the roll out by clinical commissioning groups of the prescription ordering direct service for repeat prescriptions.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	194650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of the impact on patient safety of such a service. Where clinical commissioning groups have made local arrangements for how repeat medication is ordered we would expect it to take account of the General Medical Council’s Prescribing Guidance, so repeat prescriptions are safe and appropriate to patient need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/11/2018 17:13:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

101555

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the reasons were for the time taken by his Department to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on Virunaga National Park.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	212379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>I understand that the unacceptably long delay in providing a response to the correspondence in question was caused by administrative difficulties in transferring the response between Government Departments. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) responded to 95 per cent of all ministerial correspondence within its twenty-day deadline in 2013 and I am sorry that, in this instance, the response was not received as promptly as it should have been. The letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire was recieved by the FCO on 8 September and a response was sent to her on 30 September.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 03/11/2014 16:18:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

101563

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Scotland
	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 effectiveness and merits of (a) the recently announced New Medicines Fund in Scotland and (b) other funding models aimed at driving improved patient access to innovative medicines in the context of the payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the current Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	212458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The New Medicines Fund in Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government and it would not be appropriate for the Government to comment on its effectiveness or merits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In England, in accordance with normal government accounting rules and the agreed 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), there is no separately identified or ring-fenced funding stream associated with PPRS payments. Nevertheless, the Government can provide an assurance that all PPRS payments received for England will be used for spending on improving patients’ health and care. As part of this, NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry are pressing ahead with plans to improve access to and optimise the use of medicines to improve patient outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/11/2014 15:04:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

101565

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the current Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme are used to NHS England to achieve measurable and improved access to new medicines by NHS patients.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	212418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) supports the National Health Service to improve patient access to clinically and cost effective medicines in a number of ways:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- by making medicines more affordable. The PPRS limits growth in the vast majority of spend on branded medicines with industry making payments for spend above the agreed limit;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- by providing stability and predictability to the Government and the pharmaceutical industry thereby promoting a strong and profitable pharmaceutical industry which encourages innovation and the development of high value treatments; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- by a number of agreed measure to improve access to branded medicines commensurate with the outcomes they offer patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sales of new products are exempt from PPRS payments though still included in the overall limit on growth and the payments made by industry as a whole. This creates a strong in-built incentive in the scheme for companies to innovate.</p><p> </p><p><br> In respect of England, the anticipated PPRS payments for 2014-15 were passed on to NHS England through the Mandate and as such were included within commissioner allocations. In addition, an indicative budget for NHS England for 2015-16 was set on the basis of, amongst other things, the PPRS payment forecast available in 2014. <br> <br> In accordance with normal Government accounting rules and the agreed PPRS, there is no separately identified or ring-fenced funding stream associated with PPRS payments. Nevertheless, the Government can provide an assurance that all PPRS payments received for England will be used for spending on improving patients’ health and care. As part of this, following discussion with the Department, NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry are now pressing ahead with plans to improve access to and optimise the use of medicines to improve patient outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, the Government’s <em>Strategy for UK Life Sciences</em> sets out an ambitious long-term programme of action to improve the wider environment for pharmaceutical innovation and make the United Kingdom a world-leading place for life sciences investment. The Strategy has delivered £2 billion in industry and private sector investment in the United Kingdom since it was launched in December 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 212417 212419 question first answered 04/11/2014 17:36:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 25830 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper