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1689414

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Midwives: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
	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 paragraph 5.60 of the Autumn Statement Green Book 2022, how many FTE midwives (a) have been recruited by and (b) left the NHS since 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes quarterly data on the numbers of staff joining and leaving active service in hospital and community health services.</p><p>The data shows that in the year leading to September 2023, there were 3,152 full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives who joined active service. Joiners are not the same as those recruited to the National Health Service, as it will include staff returning after breaks in service. There is no data held on the number of newly recruited staff. In the same period, there were 2,255 FTE midwives who left active service in hospital and community health services. Leavers may be moving to other parts of the health and social care system such as private care providers, voluntary sector provision, or moving to devolved nations.</p><p>The Department’s ambition is for a net increase in the FTE number of staff working in the NHS, which will be impacted by changes in rates of retention of staff, changes in rates of part-time working patterns, and rates of breaks from active service.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has set out the expectation that we will increase midwifery training places by 13% a year, to 4,269 places, for students starting this academic year. We expect that 5% of midwifery placements will be delivered through apprenticeships by 2028. Recent investment in training places means we expect to see a growth in midwives of 1.8 to 1.9% per year, over the course of the plan. In addition, NHS England’s national retention programme for midwifery and nursing has prioritised five high impact actions to support improved staff retention, including a self-assessment tool and menopause guidance. Finally, valuing and retaining staff is also a key objective of NHS England’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. Examples of how this will be achieved include funding a retention midwife in every maternity unit this year and offering a preceptorship programme to every newly registered midwife.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14314 question first answered 23/02/2024 09:19:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1689415

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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	Midwives: Recruitment
	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 paragraph 5.60 of the Autumn Statement Green Book 2022, how many FTE midwives need to be recruited in order to reach the target of 2,000 more midwives.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England publishes quarterly data on the numbers of staff joining and leaving active service in hospital and community health services.</p><p>The data shows that in the year leading to September 2023, there were 3,152 full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives who joined active service. Joiners are not the same as those recruited to the National Health Service, as it will include staff returning after breaks in service. There is no data held on the number of newly recruited staff. In the same period, there were 2,255 FTE midwives who left active service in hospital and community health services. Leavers may be moving to other parts of the health and social care system such as private care providers, voluntary sector provision, or moving to devolved nations.</p><p>The Department’s ambition is for a net increase in the FTE number of staff working in the NHS, which will be impacted by changes in rates of retention of staff, changes in rates of part-time working patterns, and rates of breaks from active service.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has set out the expectation that we will increase midwifery training places by 13% a year, to 4,269 places, for students starting this academic year. We expect that 5% of midwifery placements will be delivered through apprenticeships by 2028. Recent investment in training places means we expect to see a growth in midwives of 1.8 to 1.9% per year, over the course of the plan. In addition, NHS England’s national retention programme for midwifery and nursing has prioritised five high impact actions to support improved staff retention, including a self-assessment tool and menopause guidance. Finally, valuing and retaining staff is also a key objective of NHS England’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. Examples of how this will be achieved include funding a retention midwife in every maternity unit this year and offering a preceptorship programme to every newly registered midwife.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 14313 question first answered 23/02/2024 09:19:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1550491

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	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: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are any urgent funding pools available for mental health charities facing imminent closure.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	108368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. However, the Charity Commission provides guidance for charities on managing finances, including potential insolvency, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-financial-difficulties-insolvency-in-charities-cc12/managing-financial-difficulties-insolvency-in-charities#dealing-with-potential-insolvency</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/12/2022 15:47:12 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1542829

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	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	Psychiatry: Cornwall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of hospital beds for psychiatric care in Cornwall.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	89026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board is supporting Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to optimise the use of current bed capacity and re-open those beds which are not operational.</p><p> </p><p>Local commissioners work in collaboration with service providers to expand and enhance community and crisis alternatives to reduce the number of people requiring an inpatient treatment and provide earlier intervention and prevention locally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/11/2022 15:04:30 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1542210

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	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: Prices
	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 steps his Department plans to take to (a) implement the provisions of the Energy Prices Act and (b) increase the use of renewable energy.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	88045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Prices Act gained Royal Assent on 25 October 2022. The Department has laid a number of statutory instruments to ensure the effective implementation of the energy support schemes brought forward by the Act.</p><p> </p><p>The acceleration in renewable deployment will be supported by the UK's main renewable energy scheme, Contracts for Difference. The latest round delivered almost 11GW of new renewable projects, almost double achieved in the previous round. Future CfD rounds will be run annually to drive further deployment.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2022 17:11:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1542439

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	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	Epilepsy: 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 help reduce unexpected deaths as a result of epilepsy.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	87991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issues guidance for healthcare professionals and commissioners and the NHS RightCare Epilepsy Toolkit provides expert advice on improving support for people living with epilepsy. The New Medicine Service allows an expanded role for pharmacies in supporting those with epilepsy and other conditions, including potential harms caused by non-adherence to medicines.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/11/2022 14:00:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1541943

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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	Adult Social Care Discharge Fund
	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 progress he has made on implementing the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	86607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>As announced on 16 November 2022, the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund will be distributed to integrated care boards and local authorities in two tranches. The first will be distributed in December 2022 and the second in January 2023. Details of these allocations is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-discharge-fund-local-authority-and-integrated-care-board-icb-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-discharge-fund-local-authority-and-integrated-care-board-icb-allocations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 21/11/2022 14:19:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1541151

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to extend the VAT reduction for hospitality businesses beyond April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	83764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors, which were severely affected by COVID-19. The relief, which ended on 31 March 2022, cost over £8 billion.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review, but the Government has been clear that this was a temporary measure in response to COVID-19. It was appropriate that as restrictions were lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increased, the temporary VAT relief was first reduced and then removed in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/11/2022 15:23:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1537363

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on the finances of students.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	74923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on student support are taken on an annual basis. The department recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen this year and that have impacted students. Many higer education (HE) providers have hardship funds that students can apply to for assistance. There is £261 million of student premium funding available this academic year to support disadvantaged students who need additional help. The department has worked with the Office for Students to ensure universities support students in hardship, using both hardship funds and drawing on the student premium.</p><p>In addition, all households will save on their energy bills through the Energy Price Guarantee and the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. Students who buy their energy from a domestic supplier are eligible for the energy bills discount. The Energy Prices Bill introduced on 12th October 2022 includes the provision to require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support, as appropriate, onto end users. Further details of the requirements under this legislation will be set out in regulations.</p><p>The department has continued to increase living costs support with a 2.3% increase for maximum loans and grants for living and other costs for the 2022/23 academic year. Students who have been awarded a loan for living costs for the 2022/23 academic year that is lower than the maximum, and whose household income for the 2022/23 tax year has dropped by at least 15% compared to the income provided for their original assessment, can apply for their entitlement to be reassessed.</p><p>In addition, maximum tuition fees, and the subsidised loans available to pay them, remain at £9,250 for the 2022/23 academic year in respect of standard full-time courses.</p><p>The department is also freezing maximum tuition fees for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. By 2024/25, maximum fees will have been frozen for seven years. As well as reducing debt levels for students, the continued fee freeze will help to ensure that the HE system remains sustainable, while also promoting greater efficiency at providers.</p><p>The department is reviewing options for uprating maximum loans and grants for the 2023/24 academic year, and an announcement will follow in the autumn. We need to ensure the HE student finance system remains financially sustainable, and the costs of HE are shared fairly between students and taxpayers, not all of whom have benefited from going to university. At a time of tight fiscal restrictions we will need to consider spending on student finance alongside other priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 10/11/2022 16:30:37 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1536396

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	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	Dental Services: Telephone Services
	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 help reduce waiting times on and increase the capacity of the national dental helpline number.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	72457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>In order to ensure patients are given appropriate advice and support, the NHS 111 service uses a nationally agreed clinical algorithm which can refer patients to the most appropriate service to meet their needs, for example, a dental practice or urgent treatment centre.</p><p>Additional urgent care provision is commissioned locally and NHS England works across each region to ensure these local services are accessible via NHS 111. This allows patients to be directed to a wider range of services in their area where these are available.</p><p>Increasing the NHS 111 call handling provision ahead of winter continues, with recruitment and training of staff to meet the growing demands on the service as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/11/2022 16:48:47 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory