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390330

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Care
	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 responses to consultation on the Green Paper, Strengthening rights and choices for people to live in the community; what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to implement changes proposed in that Green Paper; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The consultation <em>No voice unheard, no right ignored</em> closed on 29 May and received 468 responses, including a substantial number from service users and carers. The Department will set out its response and next steps in the autumn. However, a number of proposals to amend police powers under the Mental Health Act 1983 will be taken forward as part of the Policing Bill later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 12:03:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390334

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) available and (b) unused beds there were in each category in Tier 4 of children and young people's mental health services in (i) total and (ii) each region in each of the last 20 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England does not collect and publish the information in the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 12:35:23 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390336

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	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 of actions plans that have been submitted by local partners in implementing the standards set out in the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat; whether his Department monitors progress against commitments made in such action plans in each local area; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>By May this year, every locality in England had agreed a mental health Crisis Care Concordat action plan. The Department worked closely with NHS England, the mental health charity Mind, and with local areas to make sure that every plan contained achievable commitments to review and improve local crisis services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I will write to local Concordat groups shortly to ask that they work to update action plans by the end of October, provide information on their local governance arrangements, and report on progress made to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 12:21:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390337

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism and Learning Disability: Care Homes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism were in institutional care for each of the last six months; and how many such people currently resident in institutional care (i) have care plans in place and (ii) have a planned date for leaving such care.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has responsibility for collecting data for the Transforming Care Programme since February 2015. Prior to this, data was collected by NHS England from clinical commissioning groups. There was, however, no data collection in January 2015 due to the transfer from NHS England to the HSCIC and the data for June is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of patients who have learning disabilities and/or autism who were receiving inpatient care since February 2015 in an institutional setting. February figures are lower due to data errors as this was during the period that the collection was transferred from NHS England to HSCIC.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>May</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disability or autism</p></td><td><p>1,015</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autism only</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disability and autism</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>None of the above, but part of the Transforming Care Programme</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All patients</p></td><td><p>1,675</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td><td><p>2,475</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the available information on the number of patients with an agreed transfer date. This information is currently not available broken down by the diagnosis of learning disabilities and/or autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>May</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agreed transfer date</p></td><td><p>1,055</p></td><td><p>1,205</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not agreed</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,315</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>On 3 July 2015, NHS England’s Transforming Care Delivery Board published its progress report <em>Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities - Next Steps. </em></p><p> </p><p>Care plans for patients in hospital settings were reviewed using Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs). This showed that by the end of May 2015, there were over 1,700 people in hospital settings who had received a CTR, with over 650 patients discharged into care and support which best suits their individual needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 12:08:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390318

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on developing a maximum waiting time standard for access to eating disorder services; whether he plans to introduce such a standard from April 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The additional funding of £30 million per year over the next five years beginning in 2015-16 will be used to provide:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Swifter access to evidence based community treatment;</p><p> </p><p>- A decrease in the use of inpatient eating disorder beds by at least 50%;</p><p> </p><p>- A reduction in the rate of relapse;</p><p> </p><p>- Fewer transfers to adult services – reducing by up to 70% the number of those who need to be treated as adults; and</p><p> </p><p>- Improvements in transition for young people with eating disorders when they turn 18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health will shortly publish a commissioning guide for clinical commissioning groups that will set out how to prepare for and implement the access and waiting time standard for children and young people with an eating disorder during 2015/16 and implemented from 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7393 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:38:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390329

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Psychiatry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the operation of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service; and what target he has set for the number of people who will get access to therapy under that service by April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em>, published in October 2014, set out the ambition that by 2020 the National Health Service would provide a comprehensive set of access and waiting time standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This was accompanied by a £120 million investment – an investment of £40 million new money in 2014/15 to lay the groundwork for introducing the standards, and £80 million in 2015/16 that will be realised out of existing NHS England budgets. This will enable the setting of the following access and waiting time standards in mental health services:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks;</p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within two weeks for more than 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis; and</p><p> </p><p>- £30 million targeted investment will help people in crisis to access effective support in accident and emergency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2008, over 3 million people have entered IAPT treatment, with over half of them having completed treatment. Over 1 million patients have reached recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By end March 2015, the aim is for IAPT services to be available to at least 15% of people who could benefit. Many local areas are achieving more than this. The 15% target was set in order to ensure a credible alternative to medication was available everywhere. We will know shortly if this target has been met and will then plan about how to progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7428 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:30:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390340

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made on implementing the plans in Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020, published on 8 October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em>, published in October 2014, set out the ambition that by 2020 the National Health Service would provide a comprehensive set of access and waiting time standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This was accompanied by a £120 million investment – an investment of £40 million new money in 2014/15 to lay the groundwork for introducing the standards, and £80 million in 2015/16 that will be realised out of existing NHS England budgets. This will enable the setting of the following access and waiting time standards in mental health services:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks;</p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within two weeks for more than 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis; and</p><p> </p><p>- £30 million targeted investment will help people in crisis to access effective support in accident and emergency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2008, over 3 million people have entered IAPT treatment, with over half of them having completed treatment. Over 1 million patients have reached recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By end March 2015, the aim is for IAPT services to be available to at least 15% of people who could benefit. Many local areas are achieving more than this. The 15% target was set in order to ensure a credible alternative to medication was available everywhere. We will know shortly if this target has been met and will then plan about how to progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7433 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:30:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390332

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients of mental health trusts have been placed in beds out of the area of the mental health trust where they live in each of the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7435 question first answered 22/07/2015 13:49:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390331

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) 10 mental health trusts and (b) clinical commissioning groups (CCG) were responsible for the placing of most patients out of area in each of the last six months; and how many patients were placed out of area by each such (i) trust and (ii) CCG in each month.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7436 question first answered 22/07/2015 13:49:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

390335

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the report of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Taskforce.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>£1.25 billion has been made available for children’s mental health over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We, and local areas, along with our partner organisations including the Department for Education, are building on the momentum and powerful consensus generated by <em>Future in Mind, </em>the report on the work of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are making progress and are committed to taking forward both the ambition and individual proposals, backed by the additional investment. We are developing a central programme plan with a phased approach to implementation. Action underway includes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Work to extend and expand the Children and Young People’s Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, so that by 2018, all local services will have participated in this transformative programme and it will cover additional clinical areas;</p><p> </p><p>- The commissioning of a new prevalence survey on mental health problems in children and young people;</p><p> </p><p>- Local areas have been invited to pilot joint training between schools and children and young people’s mental health services providers, to strengthen the mental health advice and support available in educational settings;</p><p> </p><p>- Improved services for perinatal mental health and eating disorders, both of which are being addressed through work this year; and</p><p> </p><p>- Plans for legislation to prevent any child or young person being put in a police cell as a place of safety during a mental health crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In May 2015, NHS England wrote to all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) asking them to work with their partners from across the NHS, public health, local authority, youth justice and education sectors to develop local Transformation Plans for children’s mental health and wellbeing to reshape the way services for children and young people with mental health needs are commissioned and delivered across all agencies over the next five years in line with proposals put forward in <em>Future in Mind</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be publishing guidance, developed with partners across the system, to CCGs on local Transformation Plans for children and young people’s mental health, in line with the proposal in <em>Future in Mind.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7437 7520 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:43:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb