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1503306

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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils and Students: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is planning to take in the proposed 10-year suicide prevention strategy that will help tackle suicides among school and university students.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	44937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to doing all we can to prevent suicides. We continue to work with experts and to review our plans to ensure they are fit for the future. The mental health and wellbeing of students in schools and universities, including suicide prevention, is a government priority. The department has been working closely with higher education (HE) providers, schools and health colleagues to ensure students are supported.</p><p>As part of a coordinated, whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing, the department is committed to ensuring schools provide safe, calm, and supportive environments, with access to early, targeted support. This is vital in preventing the onset, progression, and escalation of ill mental health. We are enabling schools to introduce effective, whole school approaches to mental health and wellbeing by committing to offer all state schools and colleges a grant to train a senior mental health lead by 2025. This is backed by £10 million in 2022/23. Over 8,000 schools and colleges, including half of state-funded secondary schools in England, have signed up so far.</p><p>The department is also expanding access to early, targeted mental health support by increasing the number of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in schools and colleges to 400 by 2023, covering around 35% of pupils in England, with over 500 planned to be up and running by 2024.</p><p>Alongside these initiatives, we are promoting good mental health amongst children and young people through the school curriculum. Health education is compulsory in all schools and has a strong focus on mental wellbeing. Pupils are taught where and how to seek support for themselves as well as others. At secondary level, teachers may choose to discuss issues such as self-harm, addiction, and suicide when teaching these topics.</p><p>In addition to this, the department is funding a large-scale randomised control trial of approaches to improve pupil mental health and wellbeing in schools. The ‘Aware’ arm of the trial is testing approaches to mental health awareness teaching, including Youth Aware of Mental Health, which has good international evidence of reducing suicidal ideation. Moreover, colleges funded through the £5.4 million college collaboration fund have developed new ways to support student and staff mental health and wellbeing, with resources available to all further education providers online.</p><p>We also expect all universities to engage actively with suicide prevention, intervene to support students at risk, and act sensitively when a tragedy occurs.</p><p>The department supports the Suicide-Safer Universities framework, led by Universities UK (UUK) and Papyrus. This framework supports university leaders to prevent student suicides, and support students and families after the death of a student. Its approach has been widely adopted and is a key component of the University Mental Health Charter, led by Student Minds, which aims to raise standards in mental health provision across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 20/09/2022 11:58:31 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503307

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment and Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase collaboration between colleges and employers.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	44944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Local skills improvement plans (LSIPs) will place employers at the heart of local skills systems and facilitate direct and more dynamic working arrangements between employers, colleges, and other skills providers.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the experience from last year’s trailblazers, the department is making good progress on rolling out LSIPs. On 1 September, we announced the designation of employer representative bodies to lead on the development of LSIPs in 37 of the 38 areas across the country. Once developed, LSIPs will set out the priorities for a local area to make technical education and skills training more responsive to employers’ needs, and to help people develop the skills they need to get good jobs.</p><p> </p><p>LSIPs will build on the excellent provider-employer collaboration that has already been developed through apprenticeships, T Levels, and our wider skills reforms.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 20/09/2022 15:04:31 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503418

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is planning to provide additional support to people with disabilities to help them meet energy bills and the increase in living costs.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In response to the increase in energy bills and the cost of living, around six million people who receive a non-means-tested disability benefit will receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150. This is only one part of the government’s £15bn package of support and sits alongside Cost of Living Payments of up to £650 for means-tested benefits recipients, payments to those eligible for Winter Fuel Payments and the extension of the Household Support Fund. This is on top of the £22bn the government has already announced to support households with the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to specific targeted support, disabled people may also benefit from previously announced measures to help people tackle the cost of living, including:</p><ul><li>£150 council tax rebate</li><li>£400 discount from energy bills</li><li>cuts to the Universal Credit taper rate</li><li>frozen alcohol duty and fuel duty and</li><li>the further rise in the National Living Wage to £9.50 an hour from Apri2022.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/09/2022 13:54:40 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503419

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that applications for Pension Credit are processed in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The success of the recent Pension Credit campaign together with the Cost of Living Crisis is driving the volume of Pension Credit claims being submitted to an all time high.</p><p>Additional resources are being deployed to ensure we deal with the increase as quickly as possible. We are also working closely with stakeholders and service providers to identify</p><p>potential process enhancements that will drive efficiency and reduce processing times.</p><p>Successful claims and arrears are backdated and paid accordingly, to ensure those who are entitled do not miss out.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:25:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503420

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
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 ensure the 62-day cancer waiting times target for first treatment is met.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out the ambition for the number of people waiting more than 62 days from an urgent referral for cancer to return to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. The Department has committed an additional £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and the £700 million targeted Investment Fund already made available to the system.</p><p>This investment will allow up to 160 new community diagnostic centres (CDC) to deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing patients with a coordinated set of diagnostic checks, including for cancer. CDCs and the associated re-design of the cancer pathway will reduce waiting times from presentation to diagnosis and the number of interactions required to receive a diagnosis. NHS England is also working with National Health Service trusts to develop bespoke support to improve waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris grouped question UIN 45107 question first answered 07/09/2022 16:25:55 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503421

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Strokes: Southport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of Southport’s stroke services to others in its region; and what steps his Department is taking to help improve stroke services in Southport.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board has assessed stroke services in the North Mersey area, including Southport. It has assessed that stroke services within the region do not currently meet best practice guidelines for providing the highest quality care or maximise the effectiveness of the specialist stroke workforce.</p><p>On 4 August 2022, a proposal for a comprehensive stroke centre on the Aintree Hospital site was approved, to be located with specialist services provided by the Walton Centre and post 72 hours care provided at either Aintree, Broadgreen or Southport. This clinically-led service has been developed over the last five years and is based on national evidence for improved outcomes for patients when hyper acute stroke services are centralised.</p><p>Additional investment is also planned for Southport and Ormskirk hospital to care for stroke patients who do not need to travel to Aintree Hospital or who return to their local hospital after receiving hyper-acute stroke treatment at Aintree.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/09/2022 12:54:12 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503422

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what strategy his Department has for ensuring the 62-day cancer waiting times target for first treatment is met.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out the ambition for the number of people waiting more than 62 days from an urgent referral for cancer to return to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. The Department has committed an additional £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and the £700 million targeted Investment Fund already made available to the system.</p><p>This investment will allow up to 160 new community diagnostic centres (CDC) to deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing patients with a coordinated set of diagnostic checks, including for cancer. CDCs and the associated re-design of the cancer pathway will reduce waiting times from presentation to diagnosis and the number of interactions required to receive a diagnosis. NHS England is also working with National Health Service trusts to develop bespoke support to improve waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris grouped question UIN 45105 question first answered 07/09/2022 16:25:55 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503423

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Sefton Council improves children's services in Southport following Ofsted rating those services inadequate.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>A Statutory Direction was issued to Sefton on 24 May 2022 following the 9 May 2022 Ofsted report that judged children’s services to be inadequate. The direction requires the Council to work with a commissioner appointed by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education. In addition, the commissioner is conducting an assessment of the Council’s capacity and capability to improve itself and is in the process of finalising the report for submission to the department on the 30 September and later publication in October 2022. This report will help determine the best next steps to ensure improvements are made for vulnerable children and families.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 45126 question first answered 21/09/2022 16:36:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503424

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safe and effective management of smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has acted to improve smart motorway safety, ordering a stocktake in 2020 and investing £900 million to equip them with stopped vehicle detection, enforcement cameras, additional signs and emergency areas, while pausing the rollout of new smart motorways to collect more data.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 45133 question first answered 14/09/2022 10:37:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503425

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Coastal Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the potential merits of supporting maritime projects through the Levelling-Up and Shared Prosperity Funds.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The maritime sector is a crucial part of our heritage and modern economy. Officials from my department have consistently engaged with local authorities on the design and scope of both the Levelling Up Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).</p><p>While it is up to local authorities what they wish to support with their UKSPF allocation, both UKSPF and the Levelling Up Fund are able to support and benefit maritime organisations and projects across the UK.</p><p>My department is also forging ahead with delivering new Freeports across the UK - these are special areas centred on ports of all modes that will enjoy access to a generous suite of tax incentives, customs facilitations, public funding, and government support, helping them harness the power of private investment to spread jobs and prosperity.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 21/09/2022 16:38:52 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore