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715096

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women recorded as pregnant have been held in immigration detention since the Immigration Act 2016 came into force; and how many of those women left detention to be removed from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	69792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Through section 60 of the Immigration Act 2016, which came into force on 12 July 2016, we have placed a 72 hour limit on the detention of pregnant women for the purposes of removal, extendable to up to a week in total with Ministerial authorisation.</p><p> </p><p>It may not always be appropriate for healthcare professionals to disclose confidential medical information that the patient has asked not to be disclosed. Subject to these limitations, Home Office management information indicates that 27 pregnant women were detained in the immigration detention estate between 12 July 2016 and 31 December 2016. This resulted in 5 pregnant women being removed from the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The section 60 limitations, along with a new policy on adults at risk in detention, and other improvements to caseworking processes, represent a comprehensive package of safeguards for pregnant women in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/04/2017 15:55:07 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

712103

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the opportunities for improvements in ophthalmology departments as a result of sustainability and transformation plans.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) are intended to be strategic proposals for how areas will deliver the Five Year Forward View, and the financial, health and wellbeing, and care and quality challenges in their locality. They are therefore high level, and do not address the delivery of every service.</p><p> </p><p>STP footprints are not new, statutory organisations, but a new way of working. They do not change the existing accountabilities of National Health Service trusts, commissioners or local authorities. As such, existing commissioning arrangements remain in place for ophthalmology. It is expected that, where possible, individual clinical commissioning groups will commission services in a way that will ensure they are aligned to the goals of their wider STP.</p><p> </p><p>The commissioning guidance for ophthalmic services can be accessed on the NHS England website:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/</a></p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 68365 question first answered 27/03/2017 09:58:33 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

712106

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the role of NHS England is in reducing care inconsistencies across eye health services; and how effective NHS England has been in that role.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for each of the local clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>Eye health services that are regulated activities in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 are required to register with the Care Quality Commission and comply with the Fundamental Standards of Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/03/2017 12:43:15 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

712108

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms NHS commissioners use to measure experiences of and outcome for eye patients.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>This is the responsibility of each local clinical commissioning group (CCG) and we do not collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Public Health Outcomes Framework includes an indicator on preventable sight loss which tracks three of the commonest causes of preventable sight loss, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. The open availability of this data provides a resource for commissioners and local health and wellbeing boards to identify what is needed in their areas and for comparisons to be made with other areas.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG Outcomes Indicator Set also provides clear, comparative information for CCGs, health and wellbeing boards, local authorities, patients and the public about the quality of health services commissioned by CCGs and the associated health outcomes. The indicators are useful for CCGs and health and wellbeing boards in identifying local priorities for quality improvement and to demonstrate progress that local health systems are making on outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/03/2017 12:39:07 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

712110

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are guidelines for the inclusion of the delivery of eye services within sustainability and transformation plans.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) are intended to be strategic proposals for how areas will deliver the Five Year Forward View, and the financial, health and wellbeing, and care and quality challenges in their locality. They are therefore high level, and do not address the delivery of every service.</p><p> </p><p>STP footprints are not new, statutory organisations, but a new way of working. They do not change the existing accountabilities of National Health Service trusts, commissioners or local authorities. As such, existing commissioning arrangements remain in place for ophthalmology. It is expected that, where possible, individual clinical commissioning groups will commission services in a way that will ensure they are aligned to the goals of their wider STP.</p><p> </p><p>The commissioning guidance for ophthalmic services can be accessed on the NHS England website:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d06/</a></p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 68349 question first answered 27/03/2017 09:58:33 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

711745

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Wealden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many premises in Wealden constituency have access to superfast broadband through the Broadband Delivery UK scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Over 16,000 premises within the constituency have received access to superfast broadband because of government intervention. A further 24,600 are able to connect as a result of commercially funded rollout.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/03/2017 15:12:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

711747

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Wealden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of when superfast broadband coverage in Wealden constituency will reach (a) 90 and (b) 95 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Third party analysis by Think Broadband puts current superfast coverage in the constituency at 89.3%. Coverage is likely to increase further both as a result of the current Go eSussex project (http://www.goesussex.co.uk/) and a potential future project, for which an Invitation to Tender is expected to be issued shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/03/2017 15:12:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

711783

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of devising a national strategy for eye health.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to develop a national strategy for eye health. NHS England and the Department contribute to and support the current voluntary sector led England Vision Strategy. Given the size of England, and the diversity of the health needs of different communities, we believe commissioning needs to be owned and managed locally.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning hospital eye services and are also able to commission eye care services in the community which go beyond the standard National Health Service sight test where they judge them to be needed in their areas. CCGs are required, for all services they commission including ophthalmic services, to carry out an assessment of the health needs of their local population using the standard joint strategic needs assessment approach. Improving the commissioning of services is one way that we expect to see improvements for patients and the Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning is working with CCGs to develop commissioning guidelines in this area.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 22/03/2017 11:16:19 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

711784

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of people in England and Wales living with sight loss; and how that data is collected.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested for England is shown in the table below. Data in respect of Wales would be a matter for its administration.</p><p> </p><p>Number of people registered as blind or partially sighted as at 31 March 2014</p><p>(Data for England only)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of people registered as at 31 March<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Blind</p></td><td><p>Partially<br> Sighted</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>147,715</p></td><td><p>291,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Data are rounded to the nearest five.</p><p> </p><p>The data is derived from the triennial SSDA 902 return submitted by local authorities with adult social services responsibilities. The next data collection will take place in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities maintain registers of blind or partially sighted people who have received a Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI) following an examination by a consultant ophthalmologist. Holders of a CVI choose whether or not to be included in their local authority’s register of blind or partially sighted people. The numbers registered are therefore likely to be an underestimate of the total number of people living with sight loss.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 22/03/2017 11:21:11 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

711785

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote patient choice with respect to eye treatment.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	68290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>Eye (ophthalmic) treatment is largely delivered in secondary care with some services also offered in the community. Patient choice applies to ophthalmic treatment services as it does to any other NHS service commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Unless specified exclusions apply this means for secondary care that upon referral patients must be offered a choice of any clinically appropriate health service provider, with whom the NHS has a contract for the service required.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England are currently working with CCGs, general practitioners, patients and the public to improve patient choice in respect of all secondary care services, including ophthalmic services, by 2020. The aim is to increase awareness, uptake and operation of patient choice across the NHS, leading to improvements in patient outcomes and experience.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 22/03/2017 11:13:44 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani