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49181

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on diabulimia in teenagers and young adults.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for South Yorkshire from 2008 to 2013. The CLAHRC carried out a programme of research on young people with Type 1 diabetes including research relating to eating disorders in this patient group. Outputs include papers published in the journal <em>Diabetic Medicine</em>.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49184

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made in Oxfordshire under the National Assistance Act 1948 by people without resources to meet their requirements or whose resources must be supplemented in order to meet their requirements in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of adult social care clients receiving council-funded services, including residential and domiciliary care, is collected by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).</p><p> </p><p>The HSCIC has provided the available information for Oxfordshire County Council over the five years 2008-09 to 2012-13. This is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of service</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residential care</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,155</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domiciliary care,<em> of which:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Home care</p></td><td><p>4,625</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td><td><p>3,675</p></td><td><p>3,125</p></td><td><p>2,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Day care</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meals</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short term residential care (not respite)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Direct payments</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional support</p></td><td><p>12,485</p></td><td><p>12,315</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equipment and adaptations</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>1,045</p></td><td><p>2,285</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>445</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Data relates to adults 18 and over</p><p>2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5</p><p>3. All data are published and final</p><p>4. The ‘Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets' columns in return P2f was introduced in 2009-10 to capture personal budgets and reverted back to direct payments in 2010-11. Service users who were receiving council commissioned services via a personal budget or direct payment were only included under this heading and not under the specific service received.</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) returns, tables P1 and P2f</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49185

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department publishes for pharmaceutical companies to ensure that the clinical trials they conduct are carried out ethically and safely.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	197308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Note for Guidance on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is an international standard for GCP. It became operational in the European Union in January 1997 and is a set of internationally recognised ethical and scientific quality requirements which must be observed for designing, conducting, recording and reporting clinical trials that involve the participation of human subjects. This guidance is available on the web and is published on the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) website. In addition the MHRA published the MHRA Good Clinical Practice Guide in September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Research Authority (HRA) publishes a range of resources on research ethics that have relevance to clinical trials sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. These resources are available on the HRA website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hra.nhs.uk/resources/" target="_blank">www.hra.nhs.uk/resources/</a></p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

49186

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease were (a) made, (b) accepted, (c) accepted following an appeal and (d) rejected in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, primary care trusts were responsible for dealing with individual funding requests and information on individual funding request decisions, or on the time taken to consider such requests, was not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013, NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for patients with Parkinson's disease, with some being the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has informed us that information on the number of individual funding requests made to NHS England is not currently available. NHS England is improving its data collection mechanisms and aims to improve availability of such information in the future.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised us it aims to inform the requesting clinician of the outcome of the individual funding request panel decision within 40 working days from the date of receipt of a completed request form. There are no plans to collect information on the average time taken for these decisions to be made.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197326 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49187

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a decision on an individual funding request for the prescription of Duodopa to a patient with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, primary care trusts were responsible for dealing with individual funding requests and information on individual funding request decisions, or on the time taken to consider such requests, was not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013, NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for patients with Parkinson's disease, with some being the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has informed us that information on the number of individual funding requests made to NHS England is not currently available. NHS England is improving its data collection mechanisms and aims to improve availability of such information in the future.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised us it aims to inform the requesting clinician of the outcome of the individual funding request panel decision within 40 working days from the date of receipt of a completed request form. There are no plans to collect information on the average time taken for these decisions to be made.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197325 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49188

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of potential geographical variations in the handling of individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>We have made no such assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197328 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49189

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of time spent by clinicians on producing and administering individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>We have made no such assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197327 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49195

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints against GPs have resulted in a GP being struck off by the General Medical Council in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent body and responsible for dealing firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt. The information in this response has been provided by the GMC.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the numbers of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) and the number of investigations resulting from those complaints in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the number of GPs erased from the register in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Complaints</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Investigations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,773</p></td><td><p>2,085</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,758</p></td><td><p>564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7,153</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8,781</p></td><td><p>3,291</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10,347</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,708</p></td><td><p>1,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9,866</p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,939</p></td><td><p>1,098</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Erased</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note</strong><strong>:</strong>The number of complaints and investigations are directly related but the number of erasures are not necessarily related or from the same cohort of cases that are received/investigated for the same year given the timing of complaints and final hearings/appeals. Also to note, the GMC changed the way it recorded enquiries in 2013. The GMC no longer record notification around Performers Lists unless there is a wider fitness to practice concern. The numbers are therefore not directly comparable to previous years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49198

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to families with children with autism.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Care Bill has simplified the process for adult carers in England to access an assessment of need for social care, based on the appearance of a need for support.</p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act has introduced new arrangements for supporting young people with a special educational need, and their families. A single assessment involving professionals and commissioners, and the child's family, will identify the care needs for the child or young person (from ages 0 to 25) to inform an individual Education, Health and Care Plan focusing on outcomes and the integrated services to deliver them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49201

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward regulations for the introduction of the ban on smoking in cars with children present.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	197384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act 2014 contains regulation making powers to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children. The Department is currently drawing up proposals for how this could be achieved, which we will consult on. We plan to introduce these regulations during the lifetime of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham