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1713924

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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	GP Practice Lists: Lancaster and Wyre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the GP to patient ratio in Wyre.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	23755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>In March 2024, the median general practice patient ratio in Wyre was 5.1 full time equivalent doctors in general practice per 10,000 registered patients.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2024 08:22:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1713925

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for children with SEND in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	23756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>Lancashire were last inspected under the previous Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) framework and were issued with a Written Statement of Action (WSoA) with 12 areas of significant weakness. Following their revisit inspection, published in August 2020, Lancashire were moved onto an Accelerated Progress Plan (APP) for five areas of significant weakness which were deemed to have not made sufficient progress. A department Case Lead, alongside a NHS England and a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) adviser, worked with the local authority and monitored their progress against the APP. After a series of reviews and data analysis, in 2021 the decision was taken that based on the evidence provided, that Lancashire had demonstrated clear and sustained progress against the areas highlighted in the accelerated progress plan.</p><p> </p><p>As with all local areas, the department has continued to provide support and challenge to Lancashire through their regional case lead, who seeks regular assurance, through conversations with SEND leads, that they are sustaining the progress made. The department also analyses Lancashire’s position through the annual SEN2 data publication, assessing their data performance and using this information to shape discussions. This progress will be assessed in the next Ofsted and CQC inspection, with all local authorities due to be inspected by the end of 2027.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 03/05/2024 13:40:48 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1713929

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy for carers who work less than 16 hours a week to be eligible to access 30 hours of free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	23757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>To be eligible for the working parent entitlement, which includes the current 30 hours offer, parents will need to earn the equivalent of 16 hours a week at National Minimum Wage, which is £183 per week or £9,518 per year in 2024/25, and less than £100,000 adjusted net income per year. A parent on carer’s leave, or in receipt of certain benefits, may be eligible provided their partner is working and meets the eligibility criteria. Currently, there are no plans to change the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>All 3 and 4 year olds are eligible for the universal 15 hour free entitlement, regardless of their parents’ circumstances. This is available the term after a child turns three and is available for 38 weeks a year. Further information on the entitlement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 03/05/2024 13:42:51 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1700279

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: 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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure hospitals follow the NICE guidelines on Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	21115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>It is the duty of clinicians to keep themselves appraised of best practice, in particular guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The Department is working with NHS England to develop an e-learning course on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, for healthcare professionals, with the aim of supporting staff in providing better care and improving patient outcomes. This has involved feedback and input from the ME Research Collaborative Patient Advisory Group. The Medical Schools Council will promote the NHS England e-learning package on ME to all United Kingdom medical schools, and encourage medical schools to provide undergraduates with direct patient experience of ME. The NICE’s guidance NG206 states that people with ME should undertake a dietetic assessment by a dietitian with a special interest in ME, if they are losing weight and at risk of malnutrition.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 21116 question first answered 17/04/2024 14:04:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1700280

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: 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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure hospitals develop treatment pathways for Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome patients at risk of starvation.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	21116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>It is the duty of clinicians to keep themselves appraised of best practice, in particular guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The Department is working with NHS England to develop an e-learning course on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, for healthcare professionals, with the aim of supporting staff in providing better care and improving patient outcomes. This has involved feedback and input from the ME Research Collaborative Patient Advisory Group. The Medical Schools Council will promote the NHS England e-learning package on ME to all United Kingdom medical schools, and encourage medical schools to provide undergraduates with direct patient experience of ME. The NICE’s guidance NG206 states that people with ME should undertake a dietetic assessment by a dietitian with a special interest in ME, if they are losing weight and at risk of malnutrition.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 21115 question first answered 17/04/2024 14:04:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1697486

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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	Holiday Parks: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the potentially misleading marketing of homes on holiday parks as residential properties on consumers.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	19630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>We expect that the marketing of all properties accords with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which prohibits misleading omissions of key information about the property.</p><p>Estate agents’ compliance with the law is overseen by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team, who can issue warning or banning orders to agents who fail to comply.</p><p>Consumers should make sure they are clear about any restrictions on the property before purchasing, informed by checks on the property title carried out by their conveyancing solicitor before contracts are exchanged.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/03/2024 13:14:53 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1697487

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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	Holiday Parks: Park Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of people living permanently in holiday park homes.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	19631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/03/2024 12:40:00 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1696715

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Sodium Valproate: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing interim payments to victims of sodium valproate.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	19086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/03/2024 14:58:00 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1696199

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
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	Nurses: Mental Health
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 she has made of the mental health and wellbeing of student nurses in England.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	18729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The health and wellbeing of all National Health Service staff is taken seriously, and there is a wide range of support in place to aid the health and wellbeing of NHS staff. This includes a Health and Wellbeing Guardian role to ensure board level scrutiny, and that there are tools and resources to support line managers in holding meaningful conversations with staff to discuss their emotional and psychological health and wellbeing. The support package also includes access to regional mental health and wellbeing hubs.</p><p>In 2023, NHS England published a strategy to grow occupational health and wellbeing, setting out a roadmap for the NHS and partner organisations to work together to develop and invest in occupational health and wellbeing services for staff over the next five years. To ensure there is a long term sustainable approach to supporting staff, the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has tasked integrated care boards with developing and implementing plans to invest in occupational health and wellbeing services.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/03/2024 17:58:13 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1695709

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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	Acute Beds: North West
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 average (a) cost per adult and (b) length of stay was for an acute hospital bed day in the Lancashire and South Cumbria integrated care system in the 2022-2023 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	18493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. NHS England published the general and acute length of bed stay data for 2022/23, with data available at trust level but not an integrated care system level, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2022-23" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2022-23</a></p><p>The length of stay in an adult intensive care unit hospital bed and an elderly care hospital bed is not collected centrally by the Department, or published by NHS England. NHS England publishes the median total time spent in accident and emergency, from arrival to admission, transfer, or discharge, and again with data available at trust level but not an integrated care system level, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/provisional-accident-and-emergency-quality-indicators-for-england/january-2024-by-provider" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/provisional-accident-and-emergency-quality-indicators-for-england/january-2024-by-provider</a></p><p>The information requested on average daily costs by acute trust and integrated care system is not collected centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 18494 18495 18496 18497 question first answered 19/03/2024 17:15:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith