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1108656

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crime Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle retail crime and violence against shopworkers in Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	239285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>All forms of retail crime are unacceptable, and everyone has the right to feel safe at work.</p><p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) which brings together partners including the police, trade bodies – including the Associ-ation of Convenience Stores - and retailers and is overseeing a range of work to tackle retail crime. This includes the collation and dissemination of good practice and developing guidance on the use of Impact Statements for Business, which give victims of business crime the opportunity to set out the impact the crime has had on the business, including, for example, financial loss. The NRCSG also continues to work with retailers to improve the management and response to shop theft using a partnership approach according to local circumstances.</p><p>On 21 January I announced that we will launch a call for evidence on violence and abuse towards shop workers to strengthen our understanding of this issue, including how existing legislation is being applied.</p><p>In addition, the Sentencing Council is reviewing its guidelines on assault and a consultation on a revised guideline is anticipated to commence this Summer.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/04/2019 15:42:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1105202

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects to monitor the effectiveness of money allocated from the public purse to early years early intervention strategies in (a) Kirklees and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	237147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Public Health Outcomes Framework is a comprehensive source of data at local authority unitary, county and district level on the extent to which local strategies are successful and effective in improving outcomes for children in the early years. It is available at the following link: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework</a>.</p><p>The framework includes data on outcomes for children aged 5 from the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP). Further information on the EYFSP is broken down by local authority and available to view at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2017-to-2018</a>. We do not publish this data at constituency or combined authority level.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237114 237124 237140 237163 237168 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:14:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1092196

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on raising the base rate of education funding for 16-18 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	234814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers regularly receive representations on all aspects of public spending from a range of individuals and organisations, including Further Education funding. For instance, I recently met with colleagues from both sides of the House to discuss the issue further.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2019 12:47:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1060788

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Patients: Personal Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2018 to Question 184407 on Patients: Personal Property, if the NHS will put in place additional procedures to ensure the protection of the personal effects of (a) vulnerable inpatients and (b) patients with dementia.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	221017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Guidance has been provided to National Health Service organisations in England on the secure management of all patients' property. This includes the process for documenting patients’ property, transferring patients and discharging patients.</p><p> </p><p>Patients should be advised of their rights and responsibilities with respect to property taken onto the NHS organisations premises.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the information provided in the previous answer, NHS England is actively engaged with the Department and other key stakeholders in drafting the user guidance stemming from the Mental Capacity Act (Amendment) Bill. This is likely to contain information on the handling of personal effects for those patients without mental capacity and will be cascaded to all NHS Standard Contract holders once finalised. Further information is available on NHS England’s website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/safeguarding/our-work/adult-network/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/safeguarding/our-work/adult-network/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England together with the Department have also published guidance to support implementation of the ‘red bag’ scheme which supports an efficient and safe transfer process from care home to hospital, while also ensuring greater protection for residents’ personal items. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/quick-guide-redbag-hospital-transfer-v1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/quick-guide-redbag-hospital-transfer-v1.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/02/2019 16:59:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 102721 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1060790

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Horses: Animal Welfare
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) enforcement of the current legal limitations and (b) prosecution of abuses relating to the tethering of horses as set out in section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	221018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Paul Farrelly, on 7 February 2019, PQ 216147.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 18/02/2019 17:58:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1060795

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Podiatry
	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 has taken to ensure that there are sufficient community podiatry services to meet demand in (a) Huddersfield and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	221019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Podiatry services in Greater Huddersfield are provided by Locala Community Partnerships as part of a wider community services contract commissioned by Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group.</p><p> </p><p>Following a public consultation process undertaken in 2017, Locala has made a number of changes to the service to ensure that it is able to meet the current and predicted future demand. This will mean that those patients whose feet have been assessed as 'at risk' or people with significant podiatry need will be eligible for treatment by Locala Podiatry Services and will ensure those patients with the greatest clinical need and highest risks are seen at the right time, every time.</p><p> </p><p>Locala have publicised the changes widely to service users and to local general practitioner practices. Those who are not eligible for the service are being provided with advice and guidance on foot care and signposted to alternative services including Huddersfield University Foot Clinic, independent podiatrists, and to a new nail cutting service which is being delivered by Age UK. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p>To address the shortfall in podiatrists nationally, NHS England has supported the development of bespoke recruitment campaigns for clinical professions where needed within any workforce shortfalls – this has recently included a focus on podiatry. Health Education England monitor closely the provision of training places and take up to support capacity provision.</p><p> </p><p>Within community services, and podiatry services specifically, measures are in place to help review and improve services against targets for foot hygiene. National audit data is published through reports such as the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries/national-diabetes-foot-care-audit" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries/national-diabetes-foot-care-audit</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit enables all diabetes footcare services to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines and peer units, and to monitor adverse outcomes for people with diabetes who develop diabetic foot disease.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 221020 221021 question first answered 22/02/2019 07:55:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1060796

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Podiatry
	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 of the effect on people's foot hygiene of recent changes in the level of podiatry services available.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	221020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Podiatry services in Greater Huddersfield are provided by Locala Community Partnerships as part of a wider community services contract commissioned by Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group.</p><p> </p><p>Following a public consultation process undertaken in 2017, Locala has made a number of changes to the service to ensure that it is able to meet the current and predicted future demand. This will mean that those patients whose feet have been assessed as 'at risk' or people with significant podiatry need will be eligible for treatment by Locala Podiatry Services and will ensure those patients with the greatest clinical need and highest risks are seen at the right time, every time.</p><p> </p><p>Locala have publicised the changes widely to service users and to local general practitioner practices. Those who are not eligible for the service are being provided with advice and guidance on foot care and signposted to alternative services including Huddersfield University Foot Clinic, independent podiatrists, and to a new nail cutting service which is being delivered by Age UK. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p>To address the shortfall in podiatrists nationally, NHS England has supported the development of bespoke recruitment campaigns for clinical professions where needed within any workforce shortfalls – this has recently included a focus on podiatry. Health Education England monitor closely the provision of training places and take up to support capacity provision.</p><p> </p><p>Within community services, and podiatry services specifically, measures are in place to help review and improve services against targets for foot hygiene. National audit data is published through reports such as the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries/national-diabetes-foot-care-audit" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries/national-diabetes-foot-care-audit</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit enables all diabetes footcare services to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines and peer units, and to monitor adverse outcomes for people with diabetes who develop diabetic foot disease.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 221019 221021 question first answered 22/02/2019 07:55:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1060800

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Podiatry: Huddersfield
	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 increase the provision of NHS podiatry services in Huddersfield.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	221021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Podiatry services in Greater Huddersfield are provided by Locala Community Partnerships as part of a wider community services contract commissioned by Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group.</p><p> </p><p>Following a public consultation process undertaken in 2017, Locala has made a number of changes to the service to ensure that it is able to meet the current and predicted future demand. This will mean that those patients whose feet have been assessed as 'at risk' or people with significant podiatry need will be eligible for treatment by Locala Podiatry Services and will ensure those patients with the greatest clinical need and highest risks are seen at the right time, every time.</p><p> </p><p>Locala have publicised the changes widely to service users and to local general practitioner practices. Those who are not eligible for the service are being provided with advice and guidance on foot care and signposted to alternative services including Huddersfield University Foot Clinic, independent podiatrists, and to a new nail cutting service which is being delivered by Age UK. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p>To address the shortfall in podiatrists nationally, NHS England has supported the development of bespoke recruitment campaigns for clinical professions where needed within any workforce shortfalls – this has recently included a focus on podiatry. Health Education England monitor closely the provision of training places and take up to support capacity provision.</p><p> </p><p>Within community services, and podiatry services specifically, measures are in place to help review and improve services against targets for foot hygiene. National audit data is published through reports such as the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries/national-diabetes-foot-care-audit" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries/national-diabetes-foot-care-audit</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit enables all diabetes footcare services to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines and peer units, and to monitor adverse outcomes for people with diabetes who develop diabetic foot disease.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 221019 221020 question first answered 22/02/2019 07:55:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1055237

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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	Renewable Energy: Carbon Emissions
	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 his Department is taking to increase the production of energy from low-carbon renewable sources.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	217150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, 10.2 per cent of total energy consumption came from renewable sources; up from 9.2 per cent in 2016 (source: DUKES 2018) and 3.8% in 2010 (source: DUKES 6.7 – 2018). In our most recent Contracts for Difference auction we secured over 3GW of renewable electricity from as little as £57.50/MWh. The Government has made available up to £557m for future Contracts for Difference, with the next auction planned for May this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting the decarbonisation of heat and is supporting renewable and low-carbon heating technologies through the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (RHI), which encourages the uptake of renewable heat technologies amongst householders, communities and businesses through financial incentives, with £4.5bn allocated for renewable and low carbon heating between 2016 and 2021.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/02/2019 16:31:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1046999

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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	Fibromyalgia
	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 support families with members who have fibromyalgia syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	211936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to making sure people with long term conditions receive the personalised care and support they need. Where suitable, loved ones and carers should be involved in tailoring care options.</p><p>Last summer the Department published a Carers Action Plan, setting out a cross-Government programme of targeted work to support carers over the next two years and will also ensure a clear focus on carers in the forthcoming Adult Social Care Green Paper. The Department is clear that planning for people with long term conditions should involve loved ones and carers. The aim is supporting carers to provide care as they would wish, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing.</p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, NHS England is taking action in range of areas to improve the care treatment and support provided to people with neurological conditions including rolling out the NHS Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care across the country, reaching 2.5 million people by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:17:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker