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1174213

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Mumps
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 tackle the increasing incidence of mumps.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Department and Public Health England (PHE) are working with national and local stakeholders to raise awareness of the rise in mumps activity and promote uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, in particular to the age groups that are most affected - 15 to 25 year olds.</p><p>PHE is running a ‘Value of Vaccines’ campaign to help share messages and information on vaccination, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/94-value-of-vaccines/overview" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/94-value-of-vaccines/overview</a></p><p>There have been targeted communications for university students and festival goers in collaboration with Universities and Colleges Admissions Service which will continue to be amplified in the coming weeks. PHE provides information on the benefits and risks of the MMR vaccine to the public using National Health Service branded leaflets. The leaflets address common questions about the MMR vaccine. This information is designed for use by schools, healthcare centres, accident and emergency departments, hospital wards, walk-in centres and general practices.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is running an MMR catch-up programme for 10 and 11-year olds through general practices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:44:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1174217

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Ambulance Services: 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 long waits were recorded since the new system for measuring 999 response times was introduced for the two highest priority groups by (a) West Midlands Ambulance Service and (b) East of England Ambulance Service in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	9655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/02/2020 15:03:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1174249

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Psychiatric Patients
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 to his oral contribution, of 28 January 2020, Official Report, column 665, if he will publish the number of people held under the Transforming Care programme by clinical commissioning group in (a) March 2015, (b) March 2017 and (c) December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	9627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The attached tables outline the number of people with a learning disability or autism who were inpatients in March 2015, March 2017 and December 2019 according to the Assuring Transformation dataset.</p><p>The data regarding the number of people held under the Transforming Care programme in units rated as requires improvement or inadequate by clinical commissioning group is not currently available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9628 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:41:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name pq9627 628 tables.xlsx title pq9627 628 tables
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1174250

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Psychiatric 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, with reference to his oral contribution, of 28 January 2020, Official Report, Column 665, if he will publish the number of people held under the Transforming Care programme in units rated as (a) Requires Improvement and (b) Inadequate by clinical commissioning group in (i) March 2015, (ii) March 2017 and (iii) December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	9628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The attached tables outline the number of people with a learning disability or autism who were inpatients in March 2015, March 2017 and December 2019 according to the Assuring Transformation dataset.</p><p>The data regarding the number of people held under the Transforming Care programme in units rated as requires improvement or inadequate by clinical commissioning group is not currently available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9627 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:41:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name pq9627 628 tables.xlsx title pq9627 628 tables
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1174275

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ring-fence funding for drug and alcohol treatment services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	9675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the commissioning of services and are supported in this through the provision of the Public Health Grant. The ring-fence which requires the grant to be spent on public health remains in place for 2020/21, as does the condition relating to substance misuse services. The grant will increase in real terms in 2020/21 meaning local authorities can continue to invest in prevention and essential frontline health services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:53:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1174276

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the (a) price, (b) availability and (c) promotion of alcohol with regards to tackling alcohol-related death and illness.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	9676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>No recent discussions have been held between the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding the price, availability or promotion of alcohol.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:45:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1174277

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Death
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 reduce alcohol related deaths in South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	9677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local needs and commissioning drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and harm reduction services to meet these needs. Public Health England (PHE) supports local authorities in this work by providing data, guidance and advice.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s Yorkshire and Humber Centre has a work programme focused on addressing alcohol and drug-related harm in South Yorkshire. This programme includes:</p><p> </p><p>- helping local areas, such as Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, plan and improve their local alcohol systems, services and interventions to reduce alcohol harm using the CLeaR (Challenge services, Leadership, and Results) evidence-based approach;</p><p>- supporting local areas to develop new specifications for their alcohol and drug treatment systems by providing advice, guidance and evidence to ensure that prevention, treatment and support is of consistent quality;</p><p>- supporting local areas, such as Barnsley, to develop their drug-related deaths processes in line with recent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommendations;</p><p>- convening a homelessness and rough sleeping roundtable to bring partners together from across the region to share best practice; and</p><p>- supporting the formation and ongoing activities of Alcohol Alliances, which are local strategic partnership boards aimed at tackling the burden of alcohol harms on individuals and communities in Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 9678 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:47:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1174278

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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	Drugs: Death
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 reduce drug related deaths in South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	9678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing local needs and commissioning drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and harm reduction services to meet these needs. Public Health England (PHE) supports local authorities in this work by providing data, guidance and advice.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s Yorkshire and Humber Centre has a work programme focused on addressing alcohol and drug-related harm in South Yorkshire. This programme includes:</p><p> </p><p>- helping local areas, such as Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, plan and improve their local alcohol systems, services and interventions to reduce alcohol harm using the CLeaR (Challenge services, Leadership, and Results) evidence-based approach;</p><p>- supporting local areas to develop new specifications for their alcohol and drug treatment systems by providing advice, guidance and evidence to ensure that prevention, treatment and support is of consistent quality;</p><p>- supporting local areas, such as Barnsley, to develop their drug-related deaths processes in line with recent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommendations;</p><p>- convening a homelessness and rough sleeping roundtable to bring partners together from across the region to share best practice; and</p><p>- supporting the formation and ongoing activities of Alcohol Alliances, which are local strategic partnership boards aimed at tackling the burden of alcohol harms on individuals and communities in Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 9677 question first answered 03/02/2020 17:47:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1174321

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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: Consultants
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 increase the number of consultants in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	9800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>In England, there are 49,068 full time equivalent (FTE) consultants employed in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups, up by 34.1% (12,475 FTE) since 2010.</p><p>It is the responsibility of National Health Service trusts to have staffing arrangements in place that deliver safe and effective care. This includes recruiting the appropriate professionals needed to support these levels and meet local needs.</p><p>The number of post-registration specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England, based on its assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p>Decisions about the NHS workforce in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are a matter for the devolved administrations of those countries.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/02/2020 17:45:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1174322

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of a reduction in the recruitment of consultants on the rate of closures of A&E departments.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	9801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Overall, there are 49,068 full time equivalent (FTE) consultants employed in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England, up by 34.1% (12,475 FTE) since 2010.</p><p>It is the responsibility of NHS trusts to have staffing arrangements in place that deliver safe and effective care. This includes recruiting the appropriate professionals needed to support these levels and meet local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/02/2020 13:49:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones