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1681970

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Dementia: Screening
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 and what proportion of patients waited more than 15 weeks for an initial dementia assessment in 2023; what is the average waiting time for an initial dementia assessment; and what steps she is taking to improve those waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. To improve waiting times, we have set an expectation that everyone who needs an appointment at a general practice should get one within two weeks, with the most urgent patients being seen on the same day.</p><p>The Dementia Care Pathway: Full implementation guidance, commissioned by NHS England, outlines the dementia care pathway and associated benchmarks to support improvements in the delivery and quality of care and support, for people living with dementia and their families and carers. The guide showcases good-practice examples of services that have successfully reduced their waiting times. More information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/nccmh/dementia/nccmh-dementia-care-pathway-full-implementation-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/nccmh/dementia/nccmh-dementia-care-pathway-full-implementation-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 22/01/2024 17:54:20 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1287827

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Public Health: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of public health grants for 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	912402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care distributes the public health grant annually to local authorities in England. MHCLG Ministers and officials regularly engage with counterparts in DHSC, Treasury and local authorities on matters relating to local authorities’ finances.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/02/2021 17:58:08 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1138795

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of reported disability hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	911940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The latest official data indicates an increase in police recorded disability hate crime, which is mostly due to general police recording improvements.</p><p>The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales indicates a downward trend in overall hate crime incidence over the past decade but any instance is one too many and we stand alongside all victims of this abhorrent crime.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/07/2019 16:13:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1215970

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of educational support for disabled children during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	903540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Every family has had challenges during this period but those families with disabled children face the greatest.</p><p>We have surveyed families, schools and local authorities to monitor the situation.</p><p>90% of special schools were open last week, and we have invested £10 million in the Family Fund and provided specialist online resources.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/06/2020 15:54:28 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173958

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is only available for financial years rather than calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 15:44:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173957

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of SSSI units were monitored (a) by number of units and (b) by area, in hectares as part of Natural England’s SSSI monitoring programme in each calendar year from 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The numbers of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) units monitored and the area of units monitored in each calendar year from 2009 to 2019 are given below. The proportions of SSSI units and SSSI area have been expressed against a single common figure, reflecting the current SSSI extent, rather than the extent in each year. This is because the area and number of SSSI units have changed within the individual years from 2009 to 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Area monitored (ha)</p></td><td><p>Number of units monitored</p></td><td><p>Proportion of SSSI units (based on current number of SSSI monitoring units)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of SSSI area (based on current area of SSSI monitoring units)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>204,465</p></td><td><p>3,655</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>339,441</p></td><td><p>5,009</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>79,753</p></td><td><p>2,349</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>108,615</p></td><td><p>2,689</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>91,471</p></td><td><p>1,993</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>67,274</p></td><td><p>1,437</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>72,115</p></td><td><p>1,599</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>61,983</p></td><td><p>1,097</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>36,187</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>38,987</p></td><td><p>968</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>75,619</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 10:58:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173956

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sites of Special Scientific Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of Natural England’s programme of monitoring of SSSIs in each calendar year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Natural England (NE) expenditure on monitoring sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1,570,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,517,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,797,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,420,892</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,381,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£900,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,028,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£700,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes NE staff time and the costs of specialist surveys.</p><p> </p><p>This year NE is prioritising actions to address particular issues on SSSIs, especially those affecting upland SSSIs. NE continues to support and encourage partners in the work they do themselves to undertake SSSI monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>NE is also developing an approach to the monitoring of SSSIs which will make better use of new technologies, such as remote sensing and greater partnership involvement. This is intended to improve efficiency of SSSI monitoring.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2020 15:48:54 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1173955

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Social Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the public purse was allocated by local authorities for adult social care in each year since 2009-10, by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The amount of expenditure for adult social care by local authority is not available in the format requested. Funding for adult social care comes from several sources, including central Government grants, council tax revenue, business rates, and National Health Service funding through the Better Care Fund. Local authorities are responsible for setting their own overall budgets for adult social care.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table from the NHS Digital Activity and Finance Report 2018-19 provides an overview of expenditure in England on adult social care including a number of sources of funding. However, these are not available at the local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>A local authority level timeseries breakdown is not compiled centrally. However, raw data for local authority level breakdowns of expenditure is available on the NHS Digital website in their social care collections. Not all sources of funding are available at local authority level, such as the Better Care Fund. Links to the reports are below and include 2009-10 to 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>2016/17 to 2018/19</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report</a></p><p> </p><p>Before 2016/17</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/personal-social-services-expenditure-and-unit-costs" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/personal-social-services-expenditure-and-unit-costs</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/02/2020 16:36:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ 9027 Attached Table formatted.docx title pq9027 table
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1193518

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people who are in receipt of social security.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	902300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>DWP has made a number of changes to the benefits system in response to the pandemic to ensure the right support goes to those claimants who are more vulnerable, have a health condition or have a disability.</p><p>To provide greater financial security at this time, we have automatically extended awards by 6 months for existing claimants that were due to be reviewed or reassessed.</p><p>We have also suspended all face-to-face assessments of disability benefits for 3 months but continue to accept new claims, requests for a review where asked by a claimant and, as usual, prioritise claims made under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2020 09:23:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465824

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Energy: Disability
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 steps he is taking to help ensure that funding through Industry Initiatives to provide a safeguard for disabled people with high energy costs as a result of their impairments does not place a higher administrative burden on disabled people than the Warm Home Discount.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Industry Initiatives provide valuable support to households in, or at risk of, fuel poverty through a range of measures, including energy advice, financial assistance, and energy efficiency improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To date, energy suppliers have only been required to report on the overall spending on Industry Initiatives measures to Ofgem. From the 2022/23 scheme year, suppliers will be required to report on the estimated value and proportion of Industry Initiatives spending on fuel poor households where someone has a disability or significant health problems.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 06:45:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams