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1019838

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to (a) raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of eating disorders and (b) encourage those with such symptoms to seek help and treatment for their condition.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	198821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England commissioned a national review of adult eating disorder services in 2017, which is now complete. Data collected on activity, investment and workforce is being reviewed with stakeholders to inform NHS England’s understanding of current provision and existing levels of parity with eating disorder services for children and young people. The data is informing modelling to understand the finance and workforce gaps to achieving greater levels of parity.</p><p> </p><p>Diagnosing and treating eating disorders is an important area of medical practice. It is included within the curriculum for training all doctors, including for general practitioner (where most eating disorders initially present) and in more depth within training for psychiatry, particularly child and adolescent psychiatrists. This training equips doctors to identify the early potential symptoms of an eating disorder and help patients to discuss difficult issues.</p><p> </p><p>This Government recognises the importance of raising awareness and reducing stigma so that more people feel able to talk about their mental health, including eating disorders, and seek treatment. That is why in January 2017, the Prime Minister committed to having mental health first aid training available to secondary schools, aiming to have trained at least one teacher in every secondary school by 2020 and to all primary schools by 2022. This Government has also provided grant funding to the Time to Change national mental health anti-stigma campaign since 2012. Time to Change works with people with experience of mental health problems, including eating disorders, to challenge stigma and to improve social attitudes towards mental health.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to equip one million people to be better informed to look after their own mental health, so Public Health England is currently leading the development of a £15 million national mental health campaign called ‘Every Mind Matters’.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 198822 question first answered 12/12/2018 11:40:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1019839

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 report, Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in December 2018, what steps his Department is taking to review the existing (a) quality and (b) availability of adult eating disorder services to achieve parity with child and adolescent services.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	198822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England commissioned a national review of adult eating disorder services in 2017, which is now complete. Data collected on activity, investment and workforce is being reviewed with stakeholders to inform NHS England’s understanding of current provision and existing levels of parity with eating disorder services for children and young people. The data is informing modelling to understand the finance and workforce gaps to achieving greater levels of parity.</p><p> </p><p>Diagnosing and treating eating disorders is an important area of medical practice. It is included within the curriculum for training all doctors, including for general practitioner (where most eating disorders initially present) and in more depth within training for psychiatry, particularly child and adolescent psychiatrists. This training equips doctors to identify the early potential symptoms of an eating disorder and help patients to discuss difficult issues.</p><p> </p><p>This Government recognises the importance of raising awareness and reducing stigma so that more people feel able to talk about their mental health, including eating disorders, and seek treatment. That is why in January 2017, the Prime Minister committed to having mental health first aid training available to secondary schools, aiming to have trained at least one teacher in every secondary school by 2020 and to all primary schools by 2022. This Government has also provided grant funding to the Time to Change national mental health anti-stigma campaign since 2012. Time to Change works with people with experience of mental health problems, including eating disorders, to challenge stigma and to improve social attitudes towards mental health.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to equip one million people to be better informed to look after their own mental health, so Public Health England is currently leading the development of a £15 million national mental health campaign called ‘Every Mind Matters’.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 198821 question first answered 12/12/2018 11:40:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1019950

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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	Accidents: Fees and Charges
	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 his Department has made on the effectiveness of the NHS Injury Cost Recovery scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	198823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Since 1999, the Injury Cost Recovery scheme has recovered around £2.8 billion with annual recoveries currently around £200 million (£175 million in England, £15 million in Scotland; and £10 million in Wales). The money recovered goes directly to the trust providing the treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Each year, the Department updates the regulations to reflect any inflationary increase which maintains the real-terms value of income recovered on behalf of NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to monitor income recovered by the Injury Cost Recovery Scheme each year.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/12/2018 12:28:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027653

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Accidents: Fees and Charges
	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 amount recovered from third party insurers for NHS treatment under the NHS Injury Recovery Scheme in the last two financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Injury Cost Recovery scheme is a scheme in place for the recovery of treatment costs that applies to patients who subsequently go on to make a successful claim for personal injury compensation against a third party. Funds recovered come primarily from a third-party compensator or insurer.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>England (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Scotland (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Wales (£ million)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Ambulance Trusts (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Total (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>166.11</p></td><td><p>14.41</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.52</p></td><td><p>8.74</p></td><td><p>199.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>165.58</p></td><td><p>14.93</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.34</p></td><td><p>8.49</p></td><td><p>199.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that treatment type and costs change and therefore we do keep the setting of the tariffs under close review. However, we believe the scheme currently strikes the right balance between risk and reward by having a simple to administer, low cost scheme that provides significant benefit for the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Over 90% of cases recovered fall within the current tariff cap. Whilst increasing the level of the cap may lead to increased recoveries, this is likely to be offset by increased administrative efforts and costs, for example with more cases becoming subject to legal challenge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s most recent assessment of the impact associated with the scheme is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 203377 203378 question first answered 21/12/2018 13:47:58 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027654

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Accidents: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential financial benefits to the NHS of increasing the NHS Injury Cost Recovery tariff beyond the Hospital and Community Health Services inflation rate.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Injury Cost Recovery scheme is a scheme in place for the recovery of treatment costs that applies to patients who subsequently go on to make a successful claim for personal injury compensation against a third party. Funds recovered come primarily from a third-party compensator or insurer.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>England (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Scotland (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Wales (£ million)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Ambulance Trusts (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Total (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>166.11</p></td><td><p>14.41</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.52</p></td><td><p>8.74</p></td><td><p>199.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>165.58</p></td><td><p>14.93</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.34</p></td><td><p>8.49</p></td><td><p>199.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that treatment type and costs change and therefore we do keep the setting of the tariffs under close review. However, we believe the scheme currently strikes the right balance between risk and reward by having a simple to administer, low cost scheme that provides significant benefit for the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Over 90% of cases recovered fall within the current tariff cap. Whilst increasing the level of the cap may lead to increased recoveries, this is likely to be offset by increased administrative efforts and costs, for example with more cases becoming subject to legal challenge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s most recent assessment of the impact associated with the scheme is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 203376 203378 question first answered 21/12/2018 13:47:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027655

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Accidents: Fees and Charges
	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 conduct an impact assessment of the NHS Injury Cost Recovery scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Injury Cost Recovery scheme is a scheme in place for the recovery of treatment costs that applies to patients who subsequently go on to make a successful claim for personal injury compensation against a third party. Funds recovered come primarily from a third-party compensator or insurer.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>England (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Scotland (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Wales (£ million)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Ambulance Trusts (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Total (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>166.11</p></td><td><p>14.41</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.52</p></td><td><p>8.74</p></td><td><p>199.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>165.58</p></td><td><p>14.93</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.34</p></td><td><p>8.49</p></td><td><p>199.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that treatment type and costs change and therefore we do keep the setting of the tariffs under close review. However, we believe the scheme currently strikes the right balance between risk and reward by having a simple to administer, low cost scheme that provides significant benefit for the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Over 90% of cases recovered fall within the current tariff cap. Whilst increasing the level of the cap may lead to increased recoveries, this is likely to be offset by increased administrative efforts and costs, for example with more cases becoming subject to legal challenge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s most recent assessment of the impact associated with the scheme is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/141/memorandum/contents</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 203376 203377 question first answered 21/12/2018 13:47:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027658

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) content on disclosure of risk and future performance and (b) other content in Key Information Documents prepared in accordance with the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulations 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Regulation has applied since 1 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) put out a Call for Input to assess the initial experiences of both firms and consumers of the new requirements introduced by the PRIIPs Regulations. These requirements include those relating to the content of Key Information Documents.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA have committed to providing a publicly available feedback statement on their Call for Input in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/12/2018 15:39:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027673

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from the public purse his Department has allocated to the National Crime Agency's Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) allocates its resources flexibly to respond to serious and organised crime including modern slavery and human trafficking.</p><p>The NCA’s dedicated Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit consists of approximately 55 posts, including the National Referral Mechanism Competent Authority. This Unit draws on assistance from across the NCA to boost the overall resources deployed at any one time against this threat. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an exact figure for the total spend.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2019 17:20:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027674

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of recent reductions in police numbers on police forces' responses to domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that there are significant demands on the police from the changing nature of crime, with more victims of high harm crimes such as domestic abuse coming forward. The provisional 2019/20 police funding settlement announced on 13 December builds on this year’s total increase in police funding of £460m. The police workforce has remained stable over the past year and the number of people joining police forces has increased by 58% since 2015/16.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Service’s last inspection into domestic abuse found that police forces in England and Wales have a strong commitment to protecting victims of domestic abuse. Forces are continuing to invest in public protection and staff numbers have increased in many safeguarding units, with people being moved from other departments to provide more resilience.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2019 17:25:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1027675

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect homeless women that have suffered domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	203396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has introduced the Homelessness Reduction Act, which places a legal duty on councils to provide accommodation support to families and individuals, including women, who are vulnerable as a result of fleeing domestic abuse.</p><p>Since 2014 my Department has invested £55.5 million in services to support victims of domestic abuse, including refuges, and we recently announced the successful projects from our 2018/2020 £22 million fund to support victims of domestic abuse. The fund will support 63 projects covering 254 local areas across England and will provide support to over 25,000 victims and their families, and more than 2,200 additional bed spaces in accommodation-based services, including refuges.</p><p>We recognise that mainstream provision may not always meet the needs of women who sleep rough. That is why we are providing funding through the Rough Sleeping Initiative to ensure rough sleeping frontline workers receive training to support victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>We are also providing funding through the Rapid Rehousing Pathway, for specific, targeted support for women. For example, a new Somewhere Safe to Stay two-hub model in Brighton will include a women only hub, delivered by domestic abuse charity partners RISE, which will focus on , tackling complex needs.</p><p>We are also working across government to support vulnerable women such as with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on this year’s £15 million Tampon Tax Fund, which includes a core theme of female homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/12/2018 10:09:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans