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1141622

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, what proportion of people who appealed benefits decisions in Doncaster in the last 12 months were successful.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	281662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information about the outcomes of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefit, typically on a person’s entitlement to benefit, or its rate of payment, can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by the independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to March 2019) indicate that since Personal Independence Payment was introduced, 4.1 million decisions have been made, and of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and December 2018, 4.1 million Employment and Support Allowance (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 281663 281664 question first answered 09/09/2019 08:45:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1510 label Biography information for Edward Miliband

1141623

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, what proportion of people who appealed benefits decisions were successful in their appeal in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	281663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information about the outcomes of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefit, typically on a person’s entitlement to benefit, or its rate of payment, can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by the independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to March 2019) indicate that since Personal Independence Payment was introduced, 4.1 million decisions have been made, and of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and December 2018, 4.1 million Employment and Support Allowance (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 281662 281664 question first answered 09/09/2019 08:45:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1510 label Biography information for Edward Miliband

1141624

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, what proportion of benefits appeals resulted in a decision being overturned in each Government region in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	281664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information about the outcomes of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefit, typically on a person’s entitlement to benefit, or its rate of payment, can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by the independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to March 2019) indicate that since Personal Independence Payment was introduced, 4.1 million decisions have been made, and of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and December 2018, 4.1 million Employment and Support Allowance (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 281662 281663 question first answered 09/09/2019 08:45:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1510 label Biography information for Edward Miliband

1141625

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 in Doncaster have been appealed in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Doncaster North
tabling member printed	Edward Miliband
uin	281665
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 281666 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

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

1141628

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Biodegradability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the Scottish Government's targets relating to the ending of biodegradable municipal waste being sent to landfill by 2021.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	281771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2019 16:31:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

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

1141633

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 recent assessment he has made of the effects of (a) unemployment and (b) poverty on levels of mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (2014) assessed various psychiatric disorders and considered a range of socioeconomic aspects, namely household type, employment status and benefit status. The data showed that people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance experienced particularly high rates of most disorders. The Survey’s report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey-survey-of-mental-health-and-wellbeing-england-2014" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey-survey-of-mental-health-and-wellbeing-england-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health Survey for England (2014) reported on the prevalence of being diagnosed with a mental illness, by household income and area deprivation. It found that men and women living in lower income households were more likely to report ever having been diagnosed with a mental illness than those living in higher income households. The Survey’s report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england-2014" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 17:58:07 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141634

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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of living in (a) an urban and (b) a rural environment on levels of mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Public Health England and the Local Government Association published the report, Health and Wellbeing in Rural Areas in 2017 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/1.39_Health%20in%20rural%20areas_WEB.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/1.39_Health%20in%20rural%20areas_WEB.pdf</a></p><p>The report highlights the variation in social factors that impact people in rural and urban areas, including factors that influence mental health and wellbeing.</p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published guidance to help policy makers assess the impact of policies on rural communities, recognising the specific issues faced by these communities at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/600450/rural-proofing-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/600450/rural-proofing-guidance.pdf</a></p><p>Scores from the General Health Questionnaire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometrics" target="_blank">psychometric</a> screening tool show that people living in greener areas experienced significantly lower levels of mental distress while life satisfaction scores show significantly higher levels of wellbeing among people living in greener areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 17:45:39 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane