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709734

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date	09/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Direct Selling: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on trends in the level of doorstep crime in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	67378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold specific information on the number of ‘doorstep crimes’. These crimes will be recorded by police under the relevant offence that has been committed, for example burglary or theft.</p><p>If the crime is a fraud, then this will be recorded by Action Fraud rather than the police. Information on the number of door to door sales and bogus tradespeople frauds recorded by Action Fraud is published in the Office for National Statistics Publication ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending September 2016’ at the link below (Table A5):</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/03/2017 16:04:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

709759

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 21 year olds claim housing benefit in (a) the North East of England, (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (c) Middlesbrough and (d) Redcar and Cleveland.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	67374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Information on the caseload of 18-21 year olds claiming Housing Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance in the requested areas is available on <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">DWP Stat-Xplore</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/03/2017 15:04:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

709764

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 18 to 21 year olds claim the housing costs element of universal credit in (a) the North East of England, (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (c) Middlesbrough and (d) Redcar and Cleveland.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	67377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available. On 15th March 2017 we will be publishing further statistics on Universal Credit, which will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/03/2017 15:20:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

709773

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Direct Selling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to combat aggressive methods of door to door selling of items worth less than £42.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	67300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>There is legislation in place to protect consumers when buying goods and services at the door. Traders are prohibited from aggressive or misleading commercial practices, including harassment, coercion or undue influence, even where the amount sold is small. Aggressive methods of sale carry criminal penalties, such as an unlimited fine or up to two years in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers should report threatening or aggressive behaviour to their local police force and Citizens Advice. National Trading Standards treat doorstep crime as a matter of national strategic priority for Trading Standards Services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/03/2017 15:04:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

707252

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role her Department plans to play in developing and implementing the Government's carers strategy in respect of support provided to young carers.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	66283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced legislative changes to The Children Act 1989 (s17) to ensure that local authorities carry out an assessment, on request or on the appearance of need, of young carers’ need for support.</p><p>The Department for Education welcomed the Children’s Commissioner report and has just concluded the analysis of this, as well as recently published DfE-commissioned research. Officials are now considering the evidence and exploring various policy avenues which will help local authorities, schools and professionals to improve the identification and support of young carers and their families. This will lead to a contribution from Department for Education setting out our vision and future plans which will be part of the cross-government Carers’ Strategy led by the Department of Health and due to be published by Summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 66249 question first answered 08/03/2017 17:49:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

706668

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Carers
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 implications for her policies of the report by the Children's Commissioner for England on young carers, published in December 2016; and if she will provide additional support to councils in England to help them to (a) identify and (b) improve support for young carers.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	66249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced legislative changes to The Children Act 1989 (s17) to ensure that local authorities carry out an assessment, on request or on the appearance of need, of young carers’ need for support.</p><p>The Department for Education welcomed the Children’s Commissioner report and has just concluded the analysis of this, as well as recently published DfE-commissioned research. Officials are now considering the evidence and exploring various policy avenues which will help local authorities, schools and professionals to improve the identification and support of young carers and their families. This will lead to a contribution from Department for Education setting out our vision and future plans which will be part of the cross-government Carers’ Strategy led by the Department of Health and due to be published by Summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 66283 question first answered 08/03/2017 17:49:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

706749

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government plans to publish the new carers strategy.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	66131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department expects to publish the new national strategy for carers in the spring. No publication date has yet been set.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 07/03/2017 15:00:08 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

706762

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS budget was spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	66091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is supplied in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</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>Total commissioner spend on independent sector</p></td><td><p>5,320</p></td><td><p>5,669</p></td><td><p>6,467</p></td><td><p>8,067</p></td><td><p>8,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total National Health Service revenue expenditure</p></td><td><p>100,266</p></td><td><p>102,570</p></td><td><p>106,495</p></td><td><p>110,554</p></td><td><p>114,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend on independent sector as a percentage of total NHS revenue spend</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/03/2017 16:24:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

706763

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Orthopaedics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for orthopaedic operations in the last 12 months; and whether waiting times for such operations have reduced in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	66233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on referral to treatment waiting times to report performance against the right that patients have to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions. These data show that average median waiting times for patients on a waiting list to start trauma and orthopaedic treatment in admitted patient or outpatient settings were 7.4 weeks at the end of December 2015 and 8.1 weeks at the end of December 2016.</p><p>Maintaining waiting time performance is a key objective in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England for 2016-17. Both NHS England and NHS Improvement are providing support and challenge to National Health Service commissioners and providers to reduce waiting times for hospital treatment.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/03/2017 17:46:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

706769

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Knee Replacements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have waited longer than (a) two weeks, (b) five weeks, (c) 10 weeks and (d) 15 weeks between an assessment for knee replacement surgery and for that surgery taking place.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	66263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Information is collected representing the time from decision to admit to treatment for knee and hip replacement surgery. The latest available data is for 2015-16 and is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup> 1</sup> with an eligible time waited from decision to admit to treatment for main<sup>2</sup> or secondary<sup>3</sup> procedure for hip and knee replacements (and revisions) with waiting times (in days) of two and five weeks (14 - 35 days), between five and 10 weeks (36 - 70 days), between 10 and 15 weeks (71 - 105 days) and longer than 15 weeks (106 days and over) in England for 2015-16</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Waited (Days)</p></td><td><p>Hip operations (FAEs)</p></td><td><p>Knee operations (FAEs)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2-5 weeks (14-35 days)</p></td><td><p>8,826</p></td><td><p>9,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-10 weeks (36-70 days)</p></td><td><p>17,893</p></td><td><p>19,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-15 weeks (71-105 days)</p></td><td><p>16,220</p></td><td><p>18,992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 weeks and over (106 days and over)</p></td><td><p>20,941</p></td><td><p>27,169</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital, Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em></p><p> </p><ol><li>Total admissions with eligible time waited information</li></ol><p>The total number of eligible admissions includes waiting list, booked admissions and planned (elective) admissions. A waiting list admission is one in which a patient has been admitted electively into hospital from a waiting list, having been given no date of admission at the time a decision to admit was made. Booked admissions are those in which the patient was admitted electively having been given a date at the time it was decided to admit. Planned admissions are usually part of a planned sequence of clinical care determined mainly on clinical criteria, which, for example, could require a series of events, perhaps taking place every three months, six months or annually. A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Main procedure</li></ol><p>The first recorded procedure or intervention in each episode, usually the most resource intensive procedure or intervention performed during the episode. It is appropriate to use main procedure when looking at admission details, (eg time waited), but a more complete count of episodes with a particular procedure is obtained by looking at the main and the secondary procedures.</p><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Secondary procedure</li></ol><p>As well as the main procedure, there are up to 23 (11 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and three prior to 2002-03) secondary procedure fields in HES that show secondary procedures performed on the patient during the episode of care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 66264 question first answered 06/03/2017 17:52:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop