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173669

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 13 January 2015, Official Report, HC Deb column 703, on mental health care (pregnant women), if he will publish his Department's plans and the funding committed for ensuring that every maternity unit has staff specially trained in perinatal mental health skills by 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	220765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Improving diagnosis and services for women with pregnancy-related mental health problems is one of the Department's priorities for maternity care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘Closing the gap: priorities for essential change in mental health’, published in January 2014, sets out the Government’s plans to ensure new mothers receive better support so that the incidence and impact of perinatal mental health problems can be reduced.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Mandate to Health Education England (HEE) from April 2014 to March 2015 asks HEE to ensure post-registration training in perinatal mental health to ensure that trained specialist mental health staff are available to support mothers in every birthing unit by 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To meet this mandate commitment, HEE, in conjunction with the Institute of Health Visiting, has developed three e-learning modules specifically covering topics such as perinatal depression and other maternal mental health disorders. The modules have been designed specifically for nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff. HEE is continuing to work to ensure midwives in training have a core training module focusing on perinatal mental health and to develop a continuing professional education framework for the existing maternity and early years workforce in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE’s 13 Local Education and Training Boards are taking forward the commitment locally to ensure that every maternity unit has staff specially trained in perinatal mental health skills. HEE has advised that information on the funding committed is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/01/2015 15:57:28 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

173749

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on the pupil premium in each local authority ward in Kingswood constituency in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Kingswood
tabling member printed	Chris Skidmore
uin	220676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011. The available information showing pupil premium allocations for Kingswood parliamentary constituency is shown in the table below. To provide a further breakdown by ward for the four year time period would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>STATE-FUNDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, MAINTAINED SPECIAL SCHOOLS, SPECIAL ACADEMIES, PUPIL REFERRAL UNITS AND ALTERNATIVE PROVISION ACADEMIES (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7): </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>NUMBER OF PUPILS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PUPIL PREMIUM AND ALLOCATION AMOUNTS</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Kingswood parliamentary constituency</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Total Pupil Premium</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total pupils eligible for the Pupil Premium</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total allocation for the Pupil Premium</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£699,000</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,330</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£1,423,000</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£2,222,000</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2014-15 (illustrative) (8)</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£2,671,000</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Pupil numbers rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Premiums rounded to the nearest £1,000.</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Includes middle schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>2. Includes primary academies (including free schools) as recorded on the relevant January census.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>3. Includes city technology colleges and secondary academies (including free schools) as recorded on the relevant January census.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>4. Includes local authority maintained special schools. This does not include non-maintained special schools.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>5. Includes special academies (including free schools).</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>6. Includes Alternative Provision (AP) academies which were formerly pupil referral units (PRU) which have converted and gained academy status.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>7. It is not possible to determine the number of parliamentary constituency pupils recorded on the AP Census or recorded as looked after children as they are both local authority returns, and not an establishment level return. Therefore, figures will be lower than published data at local authority level.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>8. These figures are for illustrative purposes only. The Department has published illustrative pupil premium funding allocations for the financial year 2014-15, based on census data from 2013. Final allocations for 2014-15 will be published later in the year, based on pupil data gathered through the January 2014 school census.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/01/2015 13:51:59 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore

173801

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Driving: Sleep Apnoea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a fast track service for continous positive airways pressure therapy for people who drive for a living.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	220689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for assessing the needs of their local populations and for commissioning services to meet those needs. For patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, NHS England expects CCGs to take into account the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines when deciding what services should be made available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has published technology appraisal guidance which recommends the use of continuous positive airway pressure as a treatment option for adults with moderate or severe symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome, where certain criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has been commissioned to develop a quality standard on sleep disordered breathing and will in due course consider which conditions will be covered under the scope of the quality standard and the need for associated clinical guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no special provisions for people with sleep apnoea who drive for a living, but this will be considered as part of the guideline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individuals diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea and who are waiting for continuous positive airways pressure therapy are prioritised according to clinical need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not collect information centrally on the time people wait between diagnosis and treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea. The Referral to Treatment operational standards state that 90% admitted and 95% of non-admitted patients should start consultant-led treatment within 18 weeks of referral. In order to sustain delivery of these standards, 92% of patients who have not yet started treatment should have been waiting no more than 18 weeks. Whilst individual National Health Service organisations are monitored on their performance in this area, obstructive sleep apnoea is not separately identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 220687 220688 question first answered 21/01/2015 16:04:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

173803

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Driving: Sleep Apnoea
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 waiting times between diagnosis and treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea for people who drive for a living.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	220687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for assessing the needs of their local populations and for commissioning services to meet those needs. For patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, NHS England expects CCGs to take into account the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines when deciding what services should be made available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has published technology appraisal guidance which recommends the use of continuous positive airway pressure as a treatment option for adults with moderate or severe symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome, where certain criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE has been commissioned to develop a quality standard on sleep disordered breathing and will in due course consider which conditions will be covered under the scope of the quality standard and the need for associated clinical guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently no special provisions for people with sleep apnoea who drive for a living, but this will be considered as part of the guideline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individuals diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea and who are waiting for continuous positive airways pressure therapy are prioritised according to clinical need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not collect information centrally on the time people wait between diagnosis and treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea. The Referral to Treatment operational standards state that 90% admitted and 95% of non-admitted patients should start consultant-led treatment within 18 weeks of referral. In order to sustain delivery of these standards, 92% of patients who have not yet started treatment should have been waiting no more than 18 weeks. Whilst individual National Health Service organisations are monitored on their performance in this area, obstructive sleep apnoea is not separately identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 220688 220689 question first answered 21/01/2015 16:04:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

173837

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the PAYE status of (a) divers and (b) diving supervisors working in the offshore energy industry.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	220682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text The Chancellor receives a large variety of representations from a wide range of people.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/01/2015 11:05:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

173838

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had about extending the remit of the Cancer Drugs Fund to include access to other cancer treatments such as advanced stereotactic radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	220683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>We announced a £160 million boost to the Cancer Drugs Fund at the end of August 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England announced on 12 January 2015 that it plans to increase the level of investment for drugs in the Cancer Drugs Fund from £280 million in 2014-15 to an expected £340 million in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also announced the extension of its Commissioning through the Evaluation programme to include stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR). This will enable the number of cancer patients eligible to access SABR treatment to rise significantly, by 750 new patients a year and widen the number of cancers being treated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 20/01/2015 14:56:08 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

173839

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Easington constituency have received treatment using advanced stereotactic radiotherapy in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	220684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Finished Consultant Episodes (FCE)<sup>1</sup> with a Main or Secondary Operative Procedure<sup>2</sup> of stereotactic radiosurgery on the tissue of the brain, where the clinical commissioning group (CCG) of residence is Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield<sup>3</sup> for each of the last three years (2010-11 to 2012-13)<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Count of FCEs</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1 Finished Consultant Episode</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2 Number of episodes with a main or secondary procedure</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 procedure fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. Note that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.</p><p>OPCS code used: A10.7 Stereotactic radiosurgery on tissue of the brain.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p><p>3 CCG of residence</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The CCG containing the patient’s normal home address. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another area for treatment.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>4 Assessing growth through time (Inpatients)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Small numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with &quot;*&quot;. Where the symbol &quot;-&quot; (dash) appears this represents the absence of data.</p><p>It should be noted that HES disclosure control rules only apply to 'known' values, e.g. small numbers where the age is unknown do not need to be replaced with &quot;*&quot;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/01/2015 16:02:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

173840

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on improving access to advanced stereotactic radiotherapy for patients in the North East of England.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	220686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, including access to cancer treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/01/2015 15:56:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

173445

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who will represent the (a) UK and (b) EU at each of the international meetings in 2015 that will work on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals process.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	220550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK will be represented by the UK Envoy on post-2015 as well as other senior officials from DFID at the international meetings in 2015 on the post-2015 sustainable development goals. Who will represent the EU is still under discussion in Brussels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/01/2015 13:55:59 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

173446

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the European Commission will be responsible for negotiating the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals on behalf of Member States.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
uin	220552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>In line with the General Arrangements for EU Statements in multilateral organisations, once the intergovernmental negotiations start, the UK will negotiate as part of the EU while retaining the right to speak nationally where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 16/01/2015 13:56:54 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker