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964565

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date	03/09/2018
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has any targets to increase the availability of mental health care training opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government asked Health Education England (HEE) to work across all health bodies to develop a Mental Health Workforce plan, which was published in July 2017. ‘Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England’ sets out concrete steps to deliver 21,000 new posts (professional and allied) across the mental health system, with the expectation that 19,000 of these places will be filled by staff employed directly by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The document is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health" target="_blank">https://hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health</a></p><p> </p><p>Health Education England will take this plan into account as it continues to commission mental health care training for professions such as clinical psychology, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) professionals, general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.</p><p> </p><p>The expansion target for adult IAPT professionals is 4,500 between 2016 and 2021. For children and young people’s IAPT professionals, HEE will recruit and train 1,700 new professionals and train 3,400 existing NHS staff between 2016 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Across the NHS, there will be an extra 10,000 training places for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:39:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964566

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	NHS: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department has spent on promoting NHS recruitment opportunities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Amount spent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£2 million – the Department’s contribution to a national National Health Service recruitment campaign</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/09/2018 11:00:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964567

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	NHS and Social Services
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 meetings he has had with local authority leaders to discuss improved co-operation between the NHS and social services.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns. The returns covering 2017 and 2018 could be found in the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The return covering April to June 2018 has not yet been published but is expected to be soon.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministers in the Department regularly meet with representatives of local authorities including the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services – during these meetings a range of topics are discussed, including integration of health and social care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/09/2018 13:59:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964568

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Football: Finance
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 meetings he has had with the Premier League in the last 12 months to discuss funding for grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with the Premier League to discuss a variety of matters, including to ensure a healthy proportion of their broadcasting revenues goes to funding grassroots football. For example, up to 2019 the grassroots is benefitting from £100million a year investment from the Premier League. We negotiated this commitment, which is double the previous amount, and is set out in &quot;Sporting Future&quot; the Government's strategy for sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 11/09/2018 14:14:25 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964569

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill which closed on 31 Jan 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The summary of consultation responses on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, including the Government's next steps, was published on 7 August 2018 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-animal-welfare-sentencing-and-recognition-of-sentience-bill-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-animal-welfare-sentencing-and-recognition-of-sentience-bill-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/09/2018 12:05:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964570

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Gratuities: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government‘s consultation identified a range of tipping practices used by employers. The Government is considering next steps and reserves the right to take further legislative action if restaurants do not pay their staff fairly. Any action must benefit workers and not place extra burden on those businesses that do pay their staff fairly.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:23:53 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964571

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for a final decision on an asylum application in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/09/2018 12:12:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964572

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	NHS: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to NHS (a) IT systems and (b) cyber security since the cyber attack in May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The National Health Service is putting in place robust measures to protect IT systems against cyber-attacks. Since May 2017 the Government has invested £60 million to support NHS providers to improve their security position, with a further £150 million pledged up until 2021 to improve the NHS’s resilience against attacks.</p><p><br> The Department published its progress report in February 2018 entitled ‘Securing cyber resilience in health and care: progress update’. The report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/securing-cyber-resilience-in-health-and-care-progress-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/securing-cyber-resilience-in-health-and-care-progress-update</a></p><p> </p><p>Key actions taken since February 2018 include:</p><p>- signing a Windows 10 licensing agreement with Microsoft which will allow local NHS organisations to save money, reduce potential vulnerabilities and help increase cyber resilience;</p><p>- enhancing the capability of the Cyber Security Operations Centre boosting the national capability to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks through the procurement of IBM as a specialist partner;</p><p>- launching the Data Security and Protection Toolkit which provides an accessible dashboard enabling trusts to track their progress in meeting the 10 Data Security Standards;</p><p>- agreeing plans to implement the recommendations of the Chief Information Officer for Health and Care’s review of the May 2017 WannaCry attack;</p><p>- provided specialist face to face security training (System Security Certified Practitioner - SSCP) for over 100 staff; and</p><p>- in May 2018 the Network and Information Security Regulations came into force which requires operators of essential services (including some NHS healthcare providers) to put appropriate security measures in place and to report significant incidents that occur.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:56:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964573

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Dental Services
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 adequacy of the (a) level and (b) quality of the provision of dentistry services by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has a legal duty to commission National Health Service dental services to meet the needs of the local population and to help patients who cannot find a local dentist.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Nationally, access to NHS primary care dental services remains high. In the 24 month period ending 30 June 2018, 22.1 million adults were seen by an NHS dentist and in the 12 month period ending 30 June 2018, 6.9 million children were seen by an NHS dentist.</p><p> </p><p>The January to March 2017 general practitioner patient survey results were published in July 2018. These showed that 59% of adults questioned had tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the past two years and of those trying to get an appointment, 93% were successful.</p><p> </p><p>Access has improved greatly over recent years but we know inequalities remain.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England are continuing to test a new way of providing NHS dental services which aims to further improve oral health and increase access. NHS England’s Starting Well programme is also aiming to improve access for young children, most at risk of tooth decay, who are not currently under the care of a dentist.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the quality of NHS dental services the Care Quality Commission inspects NHS dental practices against set standards and the General Dental Council is responsible for individuals’ professional standards. In addition to this the dental contract reform programme is testing a Dental Quality and Outcomes Framework which will be used to drive standards up even further.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 14:14:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

964574

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Influenza: Vaccination
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 plans to take to ensure that the NHS has an adequate supply of flu vaccines in autumn 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	169020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) provides flu vaccines centrally for the children’s flu programme so that eligible children are offered either the nasal spray Fluenz Tetra or an inactivated flu vaccine for those children for whom Fluenz Tetra is unsuitable. Centrally purchased flu vaccines are carefully monitored by PHE to ensure there is equitable distribution across England and sufficient in-date vaccine for patients who present throughout the season.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners and other providers are directly responsible for the flu vaccine supplies used to deliver the national flu programme to the other eligible groups.</p><p> </p><p>Information on who is eligible is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/who-should-have-flu-vaccine.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/who-should-have-flu-vaccine.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE maintains some oversight to help facilitate a constant supply of vaccine, liaising with vaccine manufacturers to ascertain whether there are any manufacturing problems which could impact the running of the programme at a national level.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 16:03:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby