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1011420

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what proportion of (a) employment support allowance mandatory reconsiderations and (b) personal independence payment mandatory reconsiderations her Department has contacted a claimant's GP or specialist to request medical evidence in the last 12 months; and what guidance his Department provides on when it is appropriate to contact a claimant's GP or specialist.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	194024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The guidance for both benefits tells claimants that when making their claim they should provide the evidence that they already hold and that they should not request additional evidence for which they may need to pay, for example from their GP. If further medical evidence is required this will be requested by the Assessment Provider at no cost to the claimant. At Mandatory Reconsideration the guidance encourages claimants to share any <em>new</em> medical evidence they may have received since their original claim. The instructions in relation to claims and Mandatory Reconsideration are clearly signposted for both benefits.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/11/2018 17:42:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1011473

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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 Illness: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of under-16s who have regular prescriptions for medication due to long-term mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Prescription forms do not include a clinical indication, therefore it is not possible to identify prescription items dispensed to treat mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:49:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1011476

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of invoices received from his Department's suppliers were paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales paid 90% of undisputed and valid invoices within 10 days of receipt over the last twelve months.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/11/2018 12:41:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011498

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if the Government will cease supplying arms to Saudi Arabia following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	194038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The situation in Saudi Arabia is kept under careful review and licensing decisions are made on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>Export licence applications are carefully assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. A licence would not be granted if to do so was inconsistent with the Criteria. The policy remains as announced to parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018</a> and updated with an additional policy, as announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 13 September 2018:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-13/HCWS957/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-13/HCWS957/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/11/2018 10:58:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 87214 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1011514

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the maximum proportion of universal credit which can be deducted for claimant rent arrears will change as a result of Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	194161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Although Autumn Budget 2018 announced a reduction (applying from October 2019) in the overall maximum rate of deductions from Universal Credit from 40% to 30%, the maximum proportion of Universal Credit which can be deducted for claimant rent arrears has not changed and remains between 10 and 20 per cent.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/11/2018 18:28:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1011516

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for a person calling the universal credit helpline to be connected to an agent.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	194163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit is a 24 hour, seven day a week digital service that allows claimants to check their Universal Credit benefit payments, notify us of changes and record notes via an online journal facility. We also see claimants regularly face-to-face in jobcentres and they can contact us via the telephone outside of these appointments. In addition, this summer we introduced a new approach where established claimants who call the Universal Credit helpline are connected directly to the person or team who are dealing with the case.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time for a person calling the Universal Credit Full Service helpline in the month of October 2018 was 3 minutes and 58 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>Our Average Speed of Answer (ASA) measure is the average customer wait time from the point of entering a queue to connection to an agent. This excludes any time spent in pre-queue messaging and any wait time for calls ultimately abandoned by callers prior to answer.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data Source: BT - OPMIS and Historical Management Information (GI2 – HMI)</p><p>Outsourced partner data is included.</p><p>The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/11/2018 10:31:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 87211 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1011557

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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 raise awareness among health professionals of the new Royal College of Physicians Guidelines on complex regional pain syndrome.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	194180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>It is not the role of the Department to promote clinical guidance to health professionals. Health professionals, once qualified, are expected to stay informed about the latest evidence in clinical practice.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance on complex regional pain syndrome, published by the Royal College of Physicians was developed in partnership with 28 other organisations. A number of the organisations involved have sought to promote the guidance via online media and their respective websites. A copy of the guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/complex-regional-pain-syndrome-adults" target="_blank">www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/complex-regional-pain-syndrome-adults</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:44:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1011561

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Diabetes: Podiatry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons NHS Newham clinical commissioning group was unsuccessful in its Diabetes Transformation Fund bid to improve foot care services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Bids for access to diabetes transformation funding were reviewed by diabetes leads in clinical networks, reginal leads, and nationally, and were scored against agreed criteria. These results are subsequently moderated at a regional and national levels. Bids are successful when they offer the best value against a range of criteria focussed on improvement in outcomes and the resources needed to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:47:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1011562

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Diabetes: Podiatry
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS foot care provision for people with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Diabetes Inpatient Audit takes an annual snapshot audit of diabetes inpatient care in England and Wales undertaken by hospital teams on a designated day in September. The 2017 audit shows the most recent assessment figures at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://files.digital.nhs.uk/pdf/s/7/nadia-17-rep.pdf" target="_blank">https://files.digital.nhs.uk/pdf/s/7/nadia-17-rep.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Outcomes associated with diabetic foot disease are significantly better when rapid access to multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinics is possible. In order to achieve this, NHS England has invested approximately £10 million per annum over financial years 2017/18 and 2018/19 for the development of hospital multidisciplinary diabetic foot services where they do not exist in England, and to expand capacity in pre-existing services where additional capacity is required. This has resulted in investment in 41 multidisciplinary diabetic foot services nationally, representing 137 additional staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:44:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1011563

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Diabetes: Podiatry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS Newham clinical commissioning group will have the opportunity to bid in future rounds for Diabetes Transformation funding to improve foot care services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	194021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on the availability of transformation funding in future years will be made as part of the NHS Long Term Plan process. The plan will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/11/2018 17:48:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms