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date	23/07/2018
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	Preventive Medicine: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that funding for preventative health measures is targeted to areas where the majority of avoidable deaths occur.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The inclusion of weighting for deprivation, need due to age, and health inequalities in the setting of clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations contributes to ensuring that National Health Service funding is distributed equitably across England to meet the health care needs of the population. CCGs have a duty under the NHS Act 2006 to act with regard to the need to reduce inequalities in access to, and outcomes from, health services.</p><p>Since 2013 local authorities have received a public health grant to support them in improving the health of local people. This is primarily allocated based on historical NHS spend which tended to be greater in areas with the highest levels of health need. As a condition of the grant they receive local authorities must have due regard to reducing inequalities in outcomes from their health services.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 25/07/2018 15:54:22 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

947076

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Youth Violence Commission’s Interim Report, published in July, that current approaches to reducing knife crime are ineffective and the focus should be to tackle the root causes of serious violence.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The Government has noted the findings of the Youth Violence Commission’s Interim Report published on 18 July.</p><p>On 9 April 2018, the Government published the Serious Violence Strategy to set out the action it is taking to address serious violence, and in particular, the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>The strategy represents a step change in the way we think and respond to serious violence. Our approach is not solely focused on law enforcement, very important as that is, but depends also on multi-partnership working and a ‘public health’ approach across a number of sectors such as education, health, social services, housing, youth services, victim services and others.</p><p>In particular, the strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/08/2018 15:32:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

947077

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS resources are targeted towards preventative health and social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The importance of effective prevention was recognised in the National Health Service Five Year Forward View and has been reinforced in the Government’s mandate to NHS England. One of the six principles set for the new NHS long-term plan and funding settlement is “focusing on the prevention of ill-health, so people live longer, healthier, happier lives and take greater responsibility for their own care”.</p><p>In addition, the annual NHS public health functions agreement (under section 7A of the NHS Act 2006) sets out a range of public health and preventative services to be commissioned by NHS England on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health. Ring-fenced NHS funding of £1,205 million is allocated for these functions in 2018/19.</p><p>The Better Care Fund (BCF) requires local authorities and clinical commissioning groups to pool budgets for the purposes of integrated care. Local areas have to submit plans that comply with four national conditions including maintaining the NHS contribution to adult social care in line with inflation. The Government’s policy framework for integration and the BCF envisages integrated, preventative, person-centred care becoming the norm, so that people can be supported to live at home for longer and avoid the need for commissioned health and care services.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 25/07/2018 15:44:16 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

947078

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to deliver a properly funded and sustainable future for libraries.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, and it is for individual local authorities to decide how to use their funds, including how best to provide a public library service that meets local needs within available resources. DCMS works across central and local government to encourage investment in libraries to ensure they can continue to support delivery of local and national priorities and needs.</p><p>DCMS and the Local Government Association established the Libraries Taskforce, which works to promote good practice and innovation to assist library services and enable them to be sustainable for the long term. DCMS provides funding to Arts Council England, as the development agency for libraries; ACE is funding seven libraries organisations in its National Portfolio for 2018 to 2022 at a total annual spend of £1.6 million, including Libraries Connected as a sector support organisation for libraries.</p><p>DCMS has also provided direct funding support for library services in England, including a £2.6 million programme to support the installation or upgrade of wifi in public libraries in England, and the £3.9m Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund, to support innovative library service activity in 2017/18 to benefit disadvantaged people and places in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/08/2018 11:56:38 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

947079

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Bookshops
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to support the long-term prosperity of independent bookshops.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL9769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants all retailers to thrive now and in the future. In March, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy established the industry-led Retail Sector Council to bring Government and industry together to boost the sector’s productivity and economic health. All retail activity in the UK is represented on the Council, including independent retailers. Government also engages with industry associations such as the British Independent Retailers Association to further understand the views of this important sector.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, on 16 July 2018 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a panel of experts, led by Sir John Timpson, to diagnose issues that currently affect the health of our high streets and advise on the best practical measures to help them thrive now and in the future. Later this summer the expert panel, in conjunction with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, will put out a call for evidence seeking what members of the public and young people in particular want from the high streets of the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 06/08/2018 14:27:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird