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1628833

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2023
	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	Hospitals: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing hospital level NHS performance data.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	185804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>We are not aware of official assessments made in relation to merits of publishing hospital level NHS performance data. However, our Department is committed to transparency and quality of health data in the public domain and makes a frequent assessment of trust level data availability, though recognises the need to balance quality, public value, disclosure and sensitivity of publishing more granular data in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.</p><p>Hospital Episode Statistics data is also published containing details about admissions, accident and emergency attendances and outpatient appointments at National Health Service hospitals in England. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/hospital-episode-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/hospital-episode-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/05/2023 12:51:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536057

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	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	Hospitals: Energy
	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 hospitals have been retro-fitted to improve energy efficiency since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	71208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, since 2019 all National Health Service trusts have produced three-year plans to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy usage to support the commitment to achieve net zero for NHS energy emissions by 2040. In 2020/21, 123 trusts were undertaking or had completed at least one building energy efficiency scheme.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/11/2022 12:25:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1585097

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	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	Emergency Calls
	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 abandoned 999 calls there were in each month since January 2018 broken down by (a) region and (b) nation where data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	141567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of abandoned 999 calls is not collected centrally.</p><p>Data on NHS 111 calls abandoned after waiting 30 seconds or more per month between January 2018 and March 2021 in England can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/iucadc-new-from-april-2021/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/nhs-111-minimum-data-set-2020-21/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/iucadc-new-from-april-2021/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/nhs-111-minimum-data-set-2020-21/</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on NHS 111 calls abandoned per month between April 2021 and December 2022 in England can be accessed here:</p><p>Source: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fstatistical-work-areas%2Fiucadc-new-from-april-2021%2Fintegrated-urgent-care-aggregate-data-collection-iucadc-including-nhs111-statistics-apr-2022-mar-2023%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKaren.Shrapnell%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C83c0ca6b4d97492ae66208db0a825a5e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638115327191673611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eJAELQq6pj5P02hIrgQQ3PoY28CRGCOHCwKjA6PvwuY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Statistics » Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUCADC including NHS111) Statistics Apr 2022-Mar 2023 (england.nhs.uk)</a></p><p>Health and care is largely a devolved matter. The Department does not hold data on call answer performance in the devolved nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 141568 question first answered 15/02/2023 16:12:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1585098

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	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	NHS 111
	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 abandoned 111 calls there were in each month since January 2018 broken down by each (a) region and (b) nation where information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	141568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The number of abandoned 999 calls is not collected centrally.</p><p>Data on NHS 111 calls abandoned after waiting 30 seconds or more per month between January 2018 and March 2021 in England can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/iucadc-new-from-april-2021/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/nhs-111-minimum-data-set-2020-21/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/iucadc-new-from-april-2021/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/nhs-111-minimum-data-set-2020-21/</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on NHS 111 calls abandoned per month between April 2021 and December 2022 in England can be accessed here:</p><p>Source: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fstatistical-work-areas%2Fiucadc-new-from-april-2021%2Fintegrated-urgent-care-aggregate-data-collection-iucadc-including-nhs111-statistics-apr-2022-mar-2023%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKaren.Shrapnell%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C83c0ca6b4d97492ae66208db0a825a5e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638115327191673611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eJAELQq6pj5P02hIrgQQ3PoY28CRGCOHCwKjA6PvwuY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Statistics » Integrated Urgent Care Aggregate Data Collection (IUCADC including NHS111) Statistics Apr 2022-Mar 2023 (england.nhs.uk)</a></p><p>Health and care is largely a devolved matter. The Department does not hold data on call answer performance in the devolved nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 141567 question first answered 15/02/2023 16:12:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1435220

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for SEND the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The national funding formula (NFF) continues to distribute core schools funding fairly, based on the needs of schools and their pupil cohorts.</p><p>The government does not allocate specific amounts for mainstream school pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Within the total funding allocated, local authorities are required by regulations to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable them to provide additional support costing up to £6,000 for each pupil with SEND. When support costs for an individual pupil exceed £6,000 per year, the local authority provides top-up funding from its high needs budget.</p><p>High needs funding is allocated to local authorities for children and young people with more complex SEND. The total high needs funding allocations for all local authorities since the 2015-16 financial year are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total high needs block funding (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5,247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>6,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>6,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>7,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>7,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23[1]</p></td><td><p>8,981</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1] 2022/23 figures are provisional, including supplementary funding</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/03/2022 17:21:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1658411

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	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	Cancer: Bath
	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 monitor the potential impact of changes in NHS cancer waiting time targets on patients in Bath constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	197902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested, as cancer waiting time data is not collected by constituency. Cancer waiting time data by provider, commissioner or at a national level is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 12/09/2023 15:02:14 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1367021

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Spending Review 2021, what steps his Department is taking to measure how effective the Government's spending plans are in tackling the backlog in new Education, Health and Care Plan assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	71433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to having clear oversight of local areas’ performance on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We work closely with Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and our delivery partners to support and, where appropriate, challenge those local areas at risk of, or who are, underperforming.</p><p>We are still looking at the Autumn Spending Review settlement and working across the department to ensure that it does have a measurable impact in reducing backlogs in Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) assessments.</p><p>However, we currently support local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including challenging those local authorities where there are long-standing backlogs in EHCP assessments. As part of this support, we deliver a training programme to local authorities, health, and social care staff on their statutory duties, as well as funding projects to support children with SEND. This in turn supports improved practice so that local authorities are able to address backlogs more effectively.</p><p>Additionally, this year, local authorities have access to £51.3 billion to deliver their core services, including SEND services. Local authorities have the flexibility to spend according to local needs and priorities, including to undertake Education, Health and Care needs assessments.</p><p>Also, educational psychologists have a statutory duty to assess the needs of individual children and young people for EHCPs. We provide funding to train cohorts of educational psychologists. Since 2020, the number of trainees has increased from 160 to over 200 per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/11/2021 16:11:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1417991

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include safeguarding from sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy in his Department's guidance entitled Keeping children safe in education.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	905346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department’s statutory safeguarding guidance 'keeping children safe in education' (KCSIE) contains extensive safeguarding advice which all schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p><p>It contains extensive advice about all forms of abuse and neglect including the indicators of these harms. KCSIE is clear that all staff should have an awareness of safeguarding issues that can put children at risk of harm. So-called conversion therapy, whilst not explicitly referenced, may well in many instances fall into this category.</p><p>Currently so-called conversion therapy is not illegal, though some of the practices will be as they are already considered to be abusive and/or illegal.</p><p>KCSIE currently contains guidance on matters such as female genital mutilation and other specific harms that are underpinned by legislation. Once similar legislation is in place for so-called conversion therapy we will consider whether it is necessary and/or appropriate to reflect any changes in KCSIE as we do on a routine and annual basis.</p><p>The department has undertaken extensive communications with the sector and continues to consider what more it can do on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) matters such as this.</p><p>We are currently consulting on revisions to KCSIE for 2022, in which we have incorporated departmental advice, such as on the issue of sexual violence and sexual harassment between children in schools and colleges. In particular we have reminded schools and colleges of their legal duties with regard to the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty. We have also included a new section on how children who are LGBT can be targeted by other children. In some cases, a child who is perceived by other children to be LGBT (whether they are or not) can be just as vulnerable as children who identify as LGBT.</p><p>We expect to publish revised guidance for information in May 2022, with it coming into force in September 2022.</p><p>The consultation can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-in-schools-team/kcsie-proposed-revisions-2022/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2022 18:21:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1405329

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children's Partnership Count Disabled Children In polling results, released 17 January 2022, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the time taken to consider Education, Health and Care Plan assessments for disabled children.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	109356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Disabled Children’s Partnership and we are reviewing the findings of their latest report.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>The SEND code of practice also makes clear that local authorities must give their decision in response to any request for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment within a maximum of 6 weeks from when the request was received or the point at which a child or young person was brought to the local authority’s attention.</p><p>However, the SEND system currently does not deliver for all children and young people with SEND. We further recognise that the COVID-19 outbreak disproportionately impacted young people with SEND and their families, which is why we are conducting a review of the SEND system. The department uses data to monitor and assess local authority performance and has been supporting local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including by providing challenge and support to those local authorities where there are long-standing delays.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission continue with their full inspection programme and our team of SEND advisers and colleagues in NHS England are continuing to provide support and challenge to help improve performance.</p><p>Depending on the underlying issues that each local authority faces, such as those relating to EHC assessments, we commission specialist and regional support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 109355 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1405328

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disability: Children and Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children's Partnership Count Disabled Children In polling results, released 17 January 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that 18 per cent of the public thought that disabled children and families got the right support from councils and the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	109355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department works closely with the Disabled Children’s Partnership and we are reviewing the findings of their latest report.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>The SEND code of practice also makes clear that local authorities must give their decision in response to any request for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment within a maximum of 6 weeks from when the request was received or the point at which a child or young person was brought to the local authority’s attention.</p><p>However, the SEND system currently does not deliver for all children and young people with SEND. We further recognise that the COVID-19 outbreak disproportionately impacted young people with SEND and their families, which is why we are conducting a review of the SEND system. The department uses data to monitor and assess local authority performance and has been supporting local authorities to meet their statutory duties for SEND, including by providing challenge and support to those local authorities where there are long-standing delays.</p><p>Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission continue with their full inspection programme and our team of SEND advisers and colleagues in NHS England are continuing to provide support and challenge to help improve performance.</p><p>Depending on the underlying issues that each local authority faces, such as those relating to EHC assessments, we commission specialist and regional support from our delivery partners or facilitate peer to peer support.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 109356 question first answered 31/01/2022 17:56:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse