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1700124

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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 Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what weighting her department is giving to (a) individual and (b) organisational stakeholder responses to the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	21001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The consultation on the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 closed in November 2023. As reflected in the published summary of responses, each response was treated equally during analysis, as is the standard approach for consultation response analysis. The Department and the UK Health Security Agency are considering the responses in total, and are grateful for the stakeholders’ engagement on this complex topic. Confirmation of any changes to the regulations will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2024 08:55:02 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1700130

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Autism and Learning Disability: 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 people have completed part two of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism programme.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	21002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is delivered in two tiers of training. Tier 1 is for those that require general awareness for their role, and Tier 2 is for those who may provide care for people with a learning disability or autism. Both tiers consist of two parts, and the first part of both tiers is an e-learning package, which over 1.7 million people have completed.</p><p>The second part of the Tier 1 training is an hour long online interactive session co-delivered by a person with a learning disability or an autistic person. The latest NHS England figures from December 2023 show that 12,741 people have completed the second part of the Tier 1 training.</p><p>The second part of the Tier 2 training is a full day, in-person training session co-delivered by a person with a learning disability or an autistic person. The latest NHS England figures from December 2023 show that 9,012 people have completed the second part of the Tier 2 training.</p><p>The numbers of staff having completed these training programmes is maintained by the NHS England regions, and reported to NHS England on a quarterly basis. These numbers are reported by integrated care boards, and are predominantly National Health Service staff.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2024 22:37:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 28300 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1700131

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Appendix 1 of the guidance by NHS England entitled Improving identification of people with a learning disability: guidance for general practice, published on 11 October 2019, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people that have a learning disability; and how many and what proportion of those people are (a) on the learning disability register and (b) not on the register despite having conditions that would automatically entitle them to be on the register.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	21003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>There are approximately 1.3 million people in England with a learning disability, according to Mencap figures. NHS England data shows that, as of March 2023, there were 347,840 people of all ages with a learning disability on the learning disability register in England. However, this learning disability register is voluntary, and not everyone chooses to register.</p><p>It is a statutory requirement under the Equality Act 2010 that public sector agencies make reasonable adjustments to their practice that will make them as accessible and effective as they would be for people without disabilities. NHS England has published guidance aimed at improving the identification of people with a learning disability, which is available at the following link: <br></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/improving-identification-of-people-with-a-learning-disability-guidance-for-general-practice.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/improving-identification-of-people-with-a-learning-disability-guidance-for-general-practice.pdf</a></p><p>General practices should review this guidance and update their registers at least annually, to ensure that they are accurate.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2024 22:45:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 28302 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1700133

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Autism: Females
	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 women with autism were in mental health inpatient care settings in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	21005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of female patients with either autism or autism and a learning disability in mental health care inpatient settings in England, in each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Autism</p></td><td><p>Learning disability and autism</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2021</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2024</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: the data is taken from NHS England’s Assuring Transformation dataset, as of 28 February 2024.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The figures for the historical months in this table show the most recent data cut, calculated using submissions as of the end of February 2024.</li><li>The February 2024 counts are expected to rise in subsequent months as some patients are added late to the data set, due to the diagnosis of autism or a learning disability after admission to hospital.</li></ol> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2024 22:43:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 28304 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1700329

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Autism and Learning Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026, published in July 2021, how many additional children have received diagnoses of autism and related support as a result of the expansion of the school-based identification programme.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	21004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Through the Opportunity Area scheme, in 2021/22 the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education invested £600,000 into a pilot in Bradford through the Born in Bradford programme, which looked to improve early identification of autism and other neurodiverse conditions. This was subsequently adopted by four other Opportunity Areas as Early Identification of Autism Projects.</p><p>Information on how many additional children have received diagnoses of autism, and related support as a result of the programme, is not centrally held. The University of Manchester was commissioned to evaluate the Early Identification of Autism Projects, and their report will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/04/2024 22:39:49 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 28301 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes