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1007778

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date	15/11/2018
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	Suicide: LGBT+ People
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 he is taking to ensure that the suicide prevention strategy addresses the needs of LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	191933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>In July 2018, the Government Equalities Office published a report titled ‘Improving LGBT lives: Government action since 2010’ which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lgbt-lives-government-action-since-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lgbt-lives-government-action-since-2010</a></p><p> </p><p>That report made a commitment that the Government will take action to improve mental healthcare for LGBT people and, as part of this, the Department will work with the Government Equalities Office to implement elements of its LGBT Action Plan through the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. We will set this work out in a Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:25:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1007779

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Mental Health Services: LGBT+ People
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 he is taking with (a) medical and nursing schools, (b) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (c) the British Psychological Society and (d) mental health training providers to ensure that their (i) curricula, (ii) standards and (iii) compulsory and ongoing training include the mental health needs of LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	191934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, in setting the outcomes that medical and nursing students need to achieve through their training, to ensure it is reflective of the knowledge and experience needed to support and advise the patients they see.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) has responsibility for ensuring the NHS in England has the workforce it requires in the right numbers, in the right place and with the right skills. HEE, together with regulators and Royal Colleges, ensures undergraduate and post graduate curriculum meets the needs of all patients.</p><p> </p><p>HEE are also working with stakeholders to support the awareness raising of the mental health needs of the LGBT community. HEE’s competency frameworks, published on 10 October, on suicide recognised that the LGBT community are a high-risk group and there is need for specific suicide prevention interventions to be targeted at this group of people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/11/2018 14:17:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1007780

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Health Services: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference Stonewall's report entitled LGBT in Britain: Health Report, published in November 2018, if he will ask NHS England to run a national campaign to (a) tackle (i) homophobic, (ii) biphobic and (iii) transphobic discrimination in healthcare services and (b) encourage reporting of such discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	191935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to run such a national campaign at this time. The Department is working closely with NHS England and the Government Equalities Office in the implementation of the LGBT Action Plan, which was published in July 2018. This will include the recruitment of a National Adviser who will work to lead improvements to LGBT healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/11/2018 11:50:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1007781

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the proposed timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban gay conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	191936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Conversion therapy is wrong. We are determined to bring an end to this abhorrent practice and, as we said in the LGBT Action Plan, we are considering all legislative and non-legislative options to do this.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise this is a complex issue that we need to get right. We want to engage widely, and listen carefully, so that we can develop a range of measures that end these practices for good. We are conducting more detailed research into the experiences of those that have undergone conversion therapy, and will task the LGBT Advisory Panel with looking into this issue as their first priority when they meet for the first time, in the new year.</p><p> </p><p>Ending these practices will take time. It is crucial we get our response right so that we protect people from harm.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/11/2018 13:51:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1007784

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Energy: Housing
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 information he holds on local authority spending plans to increase the energy efficiency of houses over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) requires local authorities to prepare and publish reports every two years on their plans to achieve improved energy efficiency in their areas. These are not spending plans, but contain actions, policies, initiatives, grants, match funding and other measures offered in the local authority that encourage home energy efficiency improvements and tackle fuel poverty. Local authorities were last required to report in 2017, and their full reports are available on their websites. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will be issuing guidance to local authorities on the content of their 2019 reports shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Energy Company Obligation local authorities are able to refer low income and vulnerable households for receipt of energy efficiency measures under ‘flexible eligibility’. Obligated energy suppliers can deliver up to 25% of their obligation by installing measures under this mechanism, which could be worth around £560m between now and March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:27:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1007785

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Fuel Poverty
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 information he holds on local authority spending plans to reduce fuel poverty over the next (a) five and 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) requires local authorities to prepare and publish reports every two years on their plans to achieve improved energy efficiency in their areas. These are not spending plans, but contain actions, policies, initiatives, grants, match funding and other measures offered in the local authority that encourage home energy efficiency improvements and tackle fuel poverty. Local authorities were last required to report in 2017, and their full reports are available on their websites. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will be issuing guidance to local authorities on the content of their 2019 reports shortly.</p><p>Under the Energy Company Obligation local authorities are able to refer low income and vulnerable households for receipt of energy efficiency measures under ‘flexible eligibility’. Obligated energy suppliers can deliver up to 25% of their obligation by installing measures under this mechanism, which could be worth around £560m between now and March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/11/2018 09:26:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1007786

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services
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 people with Parkinson’s disease accessed Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services; what the average waiting time was for a person with Parkinson’s disease from referral to first appointment; and what the recovery rate was for people with Parkinson’s disease following completion of that treatment in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	191900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:19:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1007787

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Parkinson's Disease: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the National Institute of Health Research spent on research into mental health interventions for people with Parkinson’s disease who have anxiety and/or depression in each of the five years up to and including 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	191901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including Parkinson’s disease and related illness. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows NIHR research into mental health interventions for people with Parkinson’s disease who suffer anxiety and or depression over the last five years is approximately £4.9 million. This includes funding for research projects and clinical trials through the NIHR Clinical Research Network:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year (FY) 2013/14</p></td><td><p>FY 2014/15</p></td><td><p>FY 2015/16</p></td><td><p>FY 2016/17</p></td><td><p>FY 2017/18</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>69,386</p></td><td><p>993,419</p></td><td><p>1,107,936</p></td><td><p>1,392,344</p></td><td><p>1,393,003</p></td><td><p>4,956,090</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2018 12:14:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1007788

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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 prescription items were dispensed for free in each exemption category in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	191902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2018 15:11:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1007789

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of buildings with a total floor area between 250 and 1,000 square metres which are required to possess a display energy certificate; and what proportion of those buildings are compliant to date.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no recent estimate of the number of public authority buildings between 250 and 1,000 square metres which are required to possess a Display Energy Certificate (DEC). The current number of DECs for buildings of between 250 and 1,000 square meters, including voluntary DECs, is 29,209.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/11/2018 13:47:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew