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78194

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health: Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer on 21 November 2013, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities currently employing acting or interim directors of public health; and what steps he is taking to fill such posts on a more permanent basis.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	206055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>As at 16 July 2014, 107 of the 131 (82%) Director of Public Health posts are filled by substantive roles. The 131 posts cover 152 local authorities, as some have agreed joint/shared arrangements. There are currently 24 positions vacant (18%). All vacancies are covered by interim/acting arrangements with the exception of one recently vacant post where Public Health England (PHE) is working actively with the council to secure interim arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 24 current vacancies, 15 are under active recruitment in which adverts have been released and/or interview dates set, and nine are the subject to discussion between PHE and the local authority on the development and approval of a job description.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 14:39:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ206055 - Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62833

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, columns 432-3W, on death, what plans he has to address the principal causes of preventable premature mortality.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p><em>Living Well for Longer: National Support for Local Action to Reduce Premature Avoidable Mortali</em>ty (April 2014) sets out what the health and care system will do to achieve the Government's ambition for England to be amongst the best in Europe at reducing levels of premature mortality.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of <em>Living Well for Longer</em> has been placed in the Library and is also available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307703/LW4L.pdf.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ201581 - Lib Doc - Report.pdf title Living Well for Longer 2 file name PQ201581 - Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract question first answered 24/06/2014 13:54:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62930

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, columns 571W, on health visitors, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential change in the number of health visitors working with children as a result of the transfer of funding for health visitors from the NHS to local authorities in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department, NHS England, Public Health England and the Local Government Association are working closely together to develop a clear process to ensure the smooth and safe transfer of commissioning 0 to 5 years public health services, (including health visitor service), from the National Health Service to local authorities. In particular, the Department has established a Task and Finish Group to develop a comprehensive transfer plan comprising the key workstreams involved in the transfer.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE), in its December 2013 publication, <em>Investing in People for Health and Healthcare: Workforce Plan for England Proposed Education and Training Commissions for 2014/15</em> , has set out its approach to training health visitors in the longer term, stating: “The job of HEE this year and in future years is to maintain the Health Visitor workforce at these new historically high levels.”</p><p> </p><p>At the national level, the Children's Health and Wellbeing Partnership will provide national leadership on specific challenges, (such as the transition of the 0–5 service), by bringing together key national partners, so they can jointly contribute to ongoing improvement of outcomes for children and young people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/06/2014 14:00:06 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ201582 - Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62657

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 486W, on health: business, whether he plans to make an assessment of the overall (a) number and (b) proportion of those companies which are meeting all of the pledges they have signed up to.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of our Responsibility Deal partners, the pledges they have committed to taking action on, their delivery plans and annual updates are all readily available on the Responsibility Deal website at:</p><p> </p><p>https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/partners/</p><p> </p><p>This information is published in full and the Department does not therefore publish an assessment of partners' achievements under the pledges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 14:29:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ201371- Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62317

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 281W, on food banks, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department plan to visit a food bank in order to assess the contribution of food banks to public health and nutrition.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	201132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>There are nocurrent plans for ministers in the Department to visit a food bank, but this does not preclude planned visits in their wider capacities or as constituency MPs. We would consider undertaking an official visit, if an invitation was received.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/06/2014 14:22:56 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ201132 - Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger