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1007827

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of personal independence payment assessments that have been video-recorded in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	191975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>There is currently no option available for Personal Independence Payment claimants to have their assessments video recorded. However, as part of our commitment to improve the Personal Independence Payment assessment process, we are progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments. Following comprehensive work over the summer, we are designing a live pilot, due to begin later this year. The pilot will inform any wider full roll out decisions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 14:28:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1020693

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
	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 is taking to ensure that women and their partners are able to access the leaflets recently developed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to provide evidence-based and expert advice on perinatal mental health services.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	199901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has worked closely with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to promote these leaflets widely to organisations and services that work with families during the perinatal period.</p><p> </p><p>The full content of the leaflets is available digitally to the public on the Royal College of Psychiatrists website. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2018/11/19/new-mental-health-guidance-launched-for-mothers-to-be-and-new-mothers" target="_blank">https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2018/11/19/new-mental-health-guidance-launched-for-mothers-to-be-and-new-mothers</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on perinatal mental health is also available on the NHS website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/mental-health-problems-pregnant/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/mental-health-problems-pregnant/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/12/2018 13:48:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1020694

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Psychiatric Patients: Death
	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 is taking to ensure that Mental Health Trusts have guidance and support to learn from deaths in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	199902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>In March 2017, the National Quality Board published ‘National Guidance on Learning from Deaths’. The guidance sets out how National Health Service acute, mental health and community trusts should review, investigate and learn from the deaths of patients in their care, and gives particular emphasis to the deaths of individuals who had a learning disability or mental illness.</p><p> </p><p>To supplement the national guidance, on 22 November 2018 the Royal College of Psychiatrists published guidance specifically for mental health trusts to ensure that opportunities are not missed when reviewing the deaths of patients who had a severe mental illness. The guidance, including a mortality review tool, was commissioned by NHS England and is a key output of the Government’s national Learning from Deaths programme. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care/campaigning-for-better-mental-health-policy/care-review-tool-for-mental-health-trusts" target="_blank">https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care/campaigning-for-better-mental-health-policy/care-review-tool-for-mental-health-trusts</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2018 17:08:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1027742

	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	Suicide
	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 is taking to promote the implementation of the suicide prevention frameworks developed by Health Education England and the Royal College of Psychiatrists National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	203432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published the suicide and self-harm prevention competency frameworks for children and young people, adults, and public health in October 2018. HEE is reviewing existing suicide training provision in relation to the competency frameworks, to inform the development of a compendium of training resource for the workforce and potential commissioning of future training.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is hosting a roundtable event in 2019, which I will be attending, with a wide range of services including health, public health and other emergency services to map out their training needs in relation to the competency frameworks, and is working with MindEd to produce a children and young persons’ module that will build on and reference the competency framework in relation to suicide prevention.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has also worked with the National Suicide Prevention Alliance to ensure that the competency framework is referenced on their website.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, throughout 2019, members of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Delivery Group will explore how the Competency Frameworks can be used and promoted within their networks.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/12/2018 13:29:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1047756

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M20: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of noise levels on the M20 between Junctions 8-9.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	212423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The noise levels on this section of the M20 have been assessed as part of DEFRA’s Noise Action Plan. This identified 10 areas between M20 Junction 8-9 which required investigation because of the level of noise.</p><p>Action has been taken to mitigate noise at five out of the 10 areas with the installation of noise insulation. Highways England are working to address the remaining five areas, including trials to test options to reduce the noise generated by concrete road surfaces.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2019 16:30:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1047757

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M20: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of accidents on the M20 between Junctions 8 and 9 in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	212424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Below are the accident figures for the number of reported accidents on the M20 Junctions 8-9 in each of the last 10 years</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of reported road accidents on the M20 (Juncs: 8-9)<sup>1</sup>, 2007 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Source: DfT Stats19</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1. Includes all the slip roads on and off at each of the junctions.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2019 15:39:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1056571

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Sexual Harassment: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to tackle sexual harassment at work.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	909070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government strongly condemns sexual harassment in the workplace, and is committed to seeing it end.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult this summer to ensure legal protections against workplace harassment are robust, and we are working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a new code of practice to ensure that employers are clear on their responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 16:04:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1091391

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeship starts there have been in each Government department by gender since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	234275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/03/2019 10:20:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1091392

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeship finishes there have been in each Government Department by gender since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	234276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/03/2019 10:20:26 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1092268

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children are unaccompanied asylum seeking children in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	234854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest information on the number of looked-after children who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children, by local authority, can be found in table LAA4 of the statistical release ‘Children Looked-After in England: Including Adoption: 2017 to 2018’ at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>. These figures show the numbers at 31 March 2018.</p><p>The available population estimates for the number of children in each local authority are mid-year estimates published by the Office for National Statistics and these are reproduced in the underlying data that accompany this release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/03/2019 12:32:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately