1 0 2018-12-19 Chesterfield House of Commons 17 false Department of Health and Social Care 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the link between sunbed usage and diagnosis of melanomas; and if he will make a statement. 203867 Health and Social Care Health and Social Care Toby Perkins Skin Cancer: Sunbeds 2019-01-09T15:09:33.78Z Winchester Steve Brine false 2019-01-09 Biography information for Steve Brine <p>The International Agency for Research on Cancer has assessed ultraviolet radiation (UV) emitting tanning devices as “carcinogenic to humans” based on consistent evidence of a positive association between their use and incidence of melanoma.</p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment have published advice to the Government on the health effects and risks from UV sunbeds. Their report concluded that there is evidence to suggest an increased risk of skin cancer among those who use sunbeds before the age of 35. The ‘UV radiation exposure health risks from artificial tanning devices’ report is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comare-13th-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comare-13th-report</a></p> Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins Department for Transport Cycling and Walking: Chesterfield To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department provided for cycling and walking investment strategy projects in Chesterfield in 2017-18. 2019-01-09T16:52:51.997Z Hereford and South Herefordshire Jesse Norman false 2019-01-09 Biography information for Jesse Norman <p>Neither Chesterfield Borough Council nor Derbyshire County Council received any dedicated DfT funding for cycling and walking projects in 2017/18. Between 2013/14 and 2014/15 Derbyshire County Council received £6.5m from the Department’s Cycling Ambition (National Parks) fund, which is now closed. This funding allowed for the improvement of cycling facilities in the Peak District National Park, including the A6 Matlock Cycle Path, to enhance the visitor experience for cyclists.</p><p> </p><p>Nottingham City Council is developing a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan, in partnership with the Local Enterprise Partnership for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. The plan will consider opportunities for cycling and walking infrastructure projects across the region, including in Chesterfield.</p> 2018-12-19 false Transport 1 203868 Chesterfield Transport 27 Toby Perkins 204476 2018-12-20 1 Special Educational Needs 54 To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a tribunal (a) has been required to meet to consider amendments, (b) found in favour of the application for amendment and (c) decided there would be no change to an Education, Health and Care Plan in each local authority area in each year since the plans were introduced. Toby Perkins Chesterfield Justice Ministry of Justice Justice false 2019-01-07T15:12:56.627Z 204476 Annex to SEND PQ December 2018.xls XLS Statistics Annex A South East Cambridgeshire Lucy Frazer false 2019-01-07 Biography information for Lucy Frazer <p>Due to the volume of data required to answer this question, the information is attached as an annex to this answer.</p> Education Department for Education false 60 Chesterfield 2019-01-09T16:20:12.707Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-01-09 Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal, worth over £200 billion in the five years to 2020.</p><p>In the Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on adult and children social care services, along with £84 million over five years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making, enabling them to work more effectively with the most vulnerable children and their families.</p> Education 1 Children: Social Services Toby Perkins 2018-12-20 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the funding available to local authorities to provide effective children's services to support children and their families. 204478 Education Children: Social Services Toby Perkins false Chesterfield 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of the changes in the level of his Department's spending on children's services (a) in total and (b) per child in each year since 2009. Education 2018-12-20 204479 2019-01-09T17:49:04.403Z Stratford-on-Avon Nadhim Zahawi false 2019-01-09 <p>In the 2010 and 2015 Spending Reviews, the Department for Education’s total allocations were[1][2]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010 to 2011</p></td><td><p>2011 to 2012</p></td><td><p>2012 to 2013</p></td><td><p>2013 to 2014</p></td><td><p>2014 to 2015</p></td><td><p>2015 to 2016</p></td><td><p>2016 to 2017</p></td><td><p>2017 to 2018</p></td><td><p>2018 to 2019</p></td><td><p>2019 to 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£58.4 billion</p></td><td><p>£56.1 billion</p></td><td><p>£56.3 billion</p></td><td><p>£56.2 billion</p></td><td><p>£57.2 billion</p></td><td><p>£58.2 billion</p></td><td><p>£59.6 billion</p></td><td><p>£60.1 billion</p></td><td><p>£60.8 billion</p></td><td><p>£61.6 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Department allocations are not made on a per child basis.</p><p>As children’s services are delivered through local government, the vast majority of their funding comes through the local government finance settlement. However, as the responsibilities, structure and makeup of local authorities and the department have changed a great deal since 2009, central funding (department spend) to local government and wider spending power measures therefore are not directly comparable over this period.</p><p>Over the five-year period from 2015-2016 to 2019-2020, councils have access, through the local government settlement, to over £200 billion to deliver local services, including children’s services. This core spending power is not ring fenced and it is for local authorities to determine spend across different areas according to local priorities.</p><p>In addition to this, the Autumn Budget announced a further £410 million in 2019 to 2020 for local authorities to invest in adult and children’s social care services. It also announced £84 million of extra funding, over the next 5 years, to support local authorities to invest in initiatives that improve social work practice and decision making so that children can stay at home and with their family where it is in their best interest to do so.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Totals include resource and capital departmental expenditure limits.</p><p> </p><p>[2] Sources:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/203826/Spending_review_2010.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/203826/Spending_review_2010.pdf</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> Department for Education 60 Department of Health and Social Care Toby Perkins 17 1 2019-01-04 Hospitals: Admissions Chesterfield Health and Social Care false Health and Social Care 2019-01-11T12:13:54.157Z Wimbledon Stephen Hammond false 2019-01-11 Biography information for Stephen Hammond <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of inpatients who experienced thefts, by each acute hospital in 2018, is not centrally collected.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were admitted in 2018 by each acute hospital; and how many inpatients experienced thefts by acute hospital in that same year. 205251 1 Department for Work and Pensions false 29 2019-01-11 Social Security Benefits 2019-01-16T17:32:37.777Z Truro and Falmouth Sarah Newton false 2019-01-16 Biography information for Sarah Newton <p>DWP collect data about Mandatory Reconsiderations for Universal Credit, and have published some of this specifically in relation to sanctions in Universal Credit Live Service, available on Stat-Xplore here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>However, to carry out the necessary quality assurance in order to publish information across all decisions subject to a mandatory reconsideration on Universal Credit Live Service and Full Service would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Statistics on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Mandatory Reconsiderations registered and clearances by type are published in Tables 7a and 7b of the quarterly statistical publication “Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to October 2018”, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2018</a></p> To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people requested a mandatory reconsideration for (a) universal credit and (b) PIP in 2018; and how many of those mandatory reconsiderations resulted in changed outcomes. Work and Pensions Work and Pensions Toby Perkins Chesterfield 207594 2019-01-17 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1 false 209771 Chesterfield Environment, Food and Rural Affairs To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) necessity and (b) feasibility of Natural England granting licenses to shoot endangered native birds and wildlife. Toby Perkins 13 2019-01-24T09:59:59.737Z Suffolk Coastal Dr Thérèse Coffey false 2019-01-24 Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey <p>While the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 provides protection for all wild birds and our most threatened animal species, there are provisions within the legislation to issue licences to permit prohibited activities for specific purposes, for example: preserving air safety or public health; preventing serious damage to livestock; and conserving wild birds.</p><p> </p><p>In determining any licence application Natural England takes account of the requirements of the legislation and the five policy tests set out by Defra. A successful applicant must clearly demonstrate, with supporting evidence, that:</p><p> </p><ul><li>actual damage or a problem is occurring;</li><li>the species is actually causing the damage or problem;</li><li>other reasonable and practical non-lethal alternatives have been considered and tried (such as scaring, trapping or proofing);</li><li>the action is proportionate; and</li><li>the conservation status of the species will not be negatively affected.</li></ul> Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Gun Sports: Licensing Chesterfield General Practitioners: Insurance 2019-01-23 2019-01-31T13:32:11.393Z Winchester Steve Brine false 2019-01-31 <p>The state-backed scheme is being designed to meet the needs of current and future professionals in general practice, offer affordable cover for these professionals, and offer value for money for taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme is intended to cover clinical negligence liabilities of all general practice staff delivering primary medical services commissioned under General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services and Alternative Provider Medical Services contracts and any integrated urgent care delivered by general practice through schedule 2L of the NHS Standard Contract. The scheme will therefore also cover locums engaged in the delivery of these services.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the policy is that it contributes to improving retention and recruitment in general practice, therefore increasing workforce capacity and stability, and improving access to general practice services for patients.</p> 17 1 Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care Toby Perkins Health and Social Care 211709 To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of changes to the indemnity arrangements for GPs to encourage more permanent rather than locum contracts. false Chesterfield Department of Health and Social Care Toby Perkins 17 General Practitioners: Insurance 211710 1 2019-01-31T13:30:14.227Z Winchester Steve Brine false 2019-01-31 <p>The former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced in October 2017 that the Department would introduce state-backed indemnity for general practice. The state-backed scheme is being designed to meet the needs of current and future professionals in general practice, offer affordable cover for these professionals, and offer value for money for taxpayers. We are working towards implementing the scheme from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are, and have throughout the development of the proposals for general practitioner (GP) state indemnity been, working closely with key stakeholders including GP representatives and medical defence organisations as the scheme develops. We consider that focused engagement with the relevant stakeholders on the emerging policy direction is a more effective way of ensuring that the representations of those affected are taken into account than via a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the scheme for general practice professionals was published online in November 2018 and this will be developed further to ensure professionals understand what the changes mean for them.</p> false Health and Social Care To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce proposals for a state-backed GP indemnity scheme; and whether he plans to have a formal consultation on those proposals. Health and Social Care 2019-01-23 489 10