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1141600

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Scottish Government counterpart and (b) social media companies on tackling online (i) abuse and (ii) extremist content in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	281487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>DCMS regularly engages with social media companies and the Scottish Government on a range of issues relating to online harms, including as part of the recent consultation on the Online Harms White Paper. The consultation closed on 1 July and the Government intends to publish its response before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/09/2019 10:27:07 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1141626

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefits decisions have been appealed in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	281666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Information on appeal outcomes in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments by several geographical areas is available on Stat-Xplore.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the percentage of initial Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions that have been appealed, by region and for Great Britain, is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table: Initial PIP decisions and appeals lodged by region, initial decisions in 2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Initial </strong> <strong>decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of initial decisions appealed</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,190</p></td><td><p>54,280</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>61,030</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>5,920</p></td><td><p>87,470</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p>48,920</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>109,170</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>5,880</p></td><td><p>82,980</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td><td><p>80,430</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>3,760</p></td><td><p>63,150</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2,820</p></td><td><p>47,490</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,560</p></td><td><p>77,680</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>4,740</p></td><td><p>72,050</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 49,380 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 784,690 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For Doncaster Local Authority, 4,790 initial PIP decisions were made in 2018-19, of which 5% have been appealed.</p><p>Notes</p><ul><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Percentages have been rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li><li>Appeals data up to March 2019. Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</li><li>The Local Authority and Government Office Region geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</li></ul><p>To provide the information requested across all other DWP administered benefits would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 281665 281667 question first answered 05/09/2019 14:34:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1510 label Biography information for Edward Miliband

1141627

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefits decisions have been appealed in each Government region in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	281667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Information on appeal outcomes in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments by several geographical areas is available on Stat-Xplore.</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the percentage of initial Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions that have been appealed, by region and for Great Britain, is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table: Initial PIP decisions and appeals lodged by region, initial decisions in 2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Initial </strong> <strong>decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of initial decisions appealed</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,190</p></td><td><p>54,280</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>3,460</p></td><td><p>61,030</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>5,920</p></td><td><p>87,470</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>3,220</p></td><td><p>48,920</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>109,170</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>5,880</p></td><td><p>82,980</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td><td><p>80,430</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>3,760</p></td><td><p>63,150</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2,820</p></td><td><p>47,490</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,560</p></td><td><p>77,680</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>4,740</p></td><td><p>72,050</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 49,380 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 784,690 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For Doncaster Local Authority, 4,790 initial PIP decisions were made in 2018-19, of which 5% have been appealed.</p><p>Notes</p><ul><li>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Percentages have been rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Appeals data taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li><li>Appeals data up to March 2019. Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</li><li>The Local Authority and Government Office Region geography relates to the origin of the claim (i.e. derived from claimant’s postcode) rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</li></ul><p>To provide the information requested across all other DWP administered benefits would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 281665 281666 question first answered 05/09/2019 14:34:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1510 label Biography information for Edward Miliband

1141632

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of mental illness is of (a) males in the richest decile and (b) females in the poorest decile.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/09/2019 11:50:59 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141640

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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: 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 information he holds on the incidence of (a) self harming, (b) eating disorders and (c) mental illness among (i) boys and (ii) girls in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/09/2019 11:50:06 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141641

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Depressive Illnesses: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate the average cost to the public purse of treating repeated episodes of depression by (a) drugs, (b) individual counselling and (c) mindfulness-based therapy in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to make such an estimate as reference costs are based on the cost of the average care pathway and are not broken down further by therapy type.</p><p>National Health Service providers submit reference costs annually. Reference costs detail the average unit cost to the NHS of providing defined services to NHS patients in England in a given financial year.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/09/2019 11:55:35 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141642

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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 Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of expenditure by his Department on the NHS was spent on mental health services in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The information available is in the following table. Information on National Health Service mental health expenditure is not available prior to the introduction of the mental health investment standard from 2015-16. Before the introduction of the mental health investment standard, the NHS was not required to report mental health spend separately.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Departmental expenditure (£ billions)</p></td><td><p>NHS mental health expenditure (£ billions)</p></td><td><p>Mental health expenditure as a percentage of total Departmental expenditure %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>100.4</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>102.8</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>105.2</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>109.8</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>113.3</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>117.2</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>120.6</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>125.2</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>130.4</p></td><td><p>12.1<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>Planned spend. Actual spend is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/09/2019 11:43:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141723

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission an urgent review of maternal care in response to the findings of the MBRRACE-UK maternal deaths and morbidity statistics 2014-16 relating to increased maternal mortality rates for women from BAME communities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	281788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department is funding the Maternal and Neonatal Policy Research Unit at the University of Oxford to investigate the factors associated with the excess perinatal mortality experienced by black, Asian and minority ethnic babies; and identify the factors associated with the excess risk of maternal death for black and South Asian women.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan outlines plans to reduce health inequalities and address unwarranted variation in maternity care. This work is led by NHS England through the Maternity Transformation Programme.</p><p>Targeted and enhanced continuity of care from the same midwife, or group of midwives can significantly improve outcomes for women. The NHS Long Term plan sets out that 75% of black women will receive continuity of carer from midwives by 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 05/09/2019 11:45:30 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1141755

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Social Services: Apprentices
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 the Government is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships in social care in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	281590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are an important entry route into the social care sector, offer an excellent opportunity for employers to upskill existing staff and train new staff as part of high-quality training programmes, and provide clear career progression routes through the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Social care workforce policy is a devolved matter. We fund our delivery partner Skills for Care to support the sector in England in recruiting apprentices at local and national levels.</p><p> </p><p>There were around 550 apprenticeship starts in social care in Lincolnshire in 2017/18. Skills for Care’s Locality Managers offer support and signposting to employers and run workshops and networking events to support the uptake of apprenticeships. The Lincolnshire Care Association provide bespoke support to employers in accessing funding for apprenticeships and ran two symposium events in November 2018 and February 2019. Social care providers in Lincolnshire, supported by the local authority, have also been heavily involved with the first cohorts of the new Nursing Associate apprenticeship. The very first entry on the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register of Nurse Associates was trained and works in social care in Lincolnshire.</p><p> </p><p>There were 38,300 apprenticeship starts in social care in England in 2017/18. Skills for Care distribute financial support to employers through the Workforce Development Fund, including access to funding to support employees undertake apprenticeships. Skills for Care also publish information and guidance and run regular networking and information events across the country, to support employers in recruiting apprentices. Skills for Care also supports the Institute for Apprenticeships in carrying out regular reviews of social care apprenticeship standards to ensure standards are fit for purpose and meet the demands of the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/09/2019 11:46:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1141762

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria and Pakistan: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the persecution of Christians in (a) Pakistan and (b) Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	281597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the persecution of Christians, as we are about those of other faiths or beliefs, in many parts of the world. The former Foreign Secretary commissioned an Independent Review into the subject, led by the Bishop of Truro, and the Government has accepted all of its recommendations.</p><p>Officials and Ministers regularly raise the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Pakistani Government. The former Foreign Secretary discussed the treatment of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi during his visit to the UK in June 2019. Minister of State, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised our concerns with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister on 19 February. We have also supported projects in Pakistan to promote greater tolerance and religious freedom and, in November 2018, announced a new £12m fund to bolster the work of civil society and NGOs to promote respect, and the value of religious diversity and tolerance.</p><p>The UK is committed to supporting Nigeria in upholding the right to freedom of religion or belief, as protected by its constitution. The recent escalation in intercommunal violence has affected multiple states of Nigeria and communities of all religions. We regularly engage faith-based organisations and raise our concerns with the Nigerian government. In northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa seek to undermine the right to freedom of religion by attacking both Muslims and Christians who do not subscribe to their extremist views. The UK remains committed to supporting Nigeria in tackling the insurgency through a substantial and increasing package of security, humanitarian and development support.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/09/2019 14:15:03 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes