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1134972

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Judaism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) children and (b) schools have covered the Battle of Cable Street at Key Stage 3 in the 2018-19 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The history curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom and flexibility to use specific examples from history to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world. Schools and teachers themselves can determine which examples and topics to use to stimulate and challenge pupils and reflect key points in history.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there is scope within the citizenship curriculum to highlight relevant key historical events. A high-quality citizenship education helps to provide pupils with knowledge, skills and understanding to prepare them to play a full and active part in society. The Department expects schools to go beyond the core knowledge set out in the shorter programmes of study to deliver other aspects of citizenship. Schools themselves are best placed to determine the most effective way of including these challenges within the school curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/07/2019 15:59:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134973

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of IR35 legislation ahead of the introduction of Off-Payroll tax.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>A consultation on the detail of extending reform of the off-payroll rules closed in May and the Government will publish its response in due course. The Government is considering the responses to that consultation, which will be taken into account in the design of the draft Finance Bill legislation which will be published on 11 July.</p><p> </p><p>The off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) are designed to ensure that individuals who work like employees pay broadly the same income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) as employees, regardless of the structure they work through. The rules have been in place since 2000.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC data shows non-compliance with these rules is widespread. To address this, the Government is extending the previous reforms for the public sector to all medium and large organisations from April 2020. This reform will ensure better compliance with the rules. It does not introduce a new tax.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have measured the impact of reforming the off-payroll rules in the public sector and estimate the reform has already raised an additional £550 million in income tax and NICs in the first 12 months since it was introduced. HMRC also published independent research into the impact of these reforms in May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/07/2019 16:05:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134974

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle stakeholders' concerns on the Check Employment Status for Tax tool ahead of the introduction of the Off-Payroll tax.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) service was rigorously tested against known case law and settled cases, and HMRC stand by the result if it is used in accordance with its guidance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continue to enhance CEST in response to stakeholders’ concerns. Improvements will be made to language and presentation and include guidance to ensure questions are clearly understood. Changes are being tested with tax specialists and users of the service to ensure they meet individuals’ and businesses’ needs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/07/2019 15:48:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134975

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking as part of the loneliness strategy to ensure that community cohesion is considered in the assessment process for prospective Garden Communities.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Prospective garden communities were required to outline how they would achieve ten design qualities in their proposals. These qualities help create places that support cohesive communities, and proposals were assessed against these criteria.</p><p>More broadly, we included tackling loneliness as a theme at our national design quality conference in February and are currently developing proposals around housing and placemaking for phase 2 of the loneliness strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2019 15:14:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134572

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 announcement, Government review confirms local authorities will continue to commission public health services, published by his Department on 7 June 2019, when he plans to publish the proposals in relation to the review of the commissioning arrangements for sexual and reproductive health set out in paragraph 2.4 of the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the outcome of the review, confirming that local authorities will continue to take the lead in commissioning sexual and reproductive health, school nursing and health visiting services, at his Royal Society of Medicine lecture on 6 June.</p><p>The review consulted a range of stake-holders. Stakeholder forums were organised by the National Aids Trust and the Public Health Systems Group, to which many organisations were invited to express their views. Officials from the Department also met with a number of organisations, and the review received a number of written submissions.</p><p>The forthcoming Prevention Green Paper will provide an opportunity for people to give us their views on more we can do to encourage local authorities and National Health Service bodies to work well together in commissioning health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 269040 269041 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:44:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134574

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 announcement, Government review confirms local authorities will continue to commission public health services, published by his Department on 7 June 2019 and paragraph 2.4 of the NHS Long Term Plan, in what form will the consultation into the proposals to improve co-commissioning developed in relation to the commissioning arrangements for sexual and reproductive health be conducted.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the outcome of the review, confirming that local authorities will continue to take the lead in commissioning sexual and reproductive health, school nursing and health visiting services, at his Royal Society of Medicine lecture on 6 June.</p><p>The review consulted a range of stake-holders. Stakeholder forums were organised by the National Aids Trust and the Public Health Systems Group, to which many organisations were invited to express their views. Officials from the Department also met with a number of organisations, and the review received a number of written submissions.</p><p>The forthcoming Prevention Green Paper will provide an opportunity for people to give us their views on more we can do to encourage local authorities and National Health Service bodies to work well together in commissioning health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 269039 269041 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:44:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134575

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 paragraph 2.4 of the NHS Long Term Plan, what public consultation his Department undertook with the sexual and reproductive health sector on the review of the commissioning arrangements for sexual and reproductive health.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the outcome of the review, confirming that local authorities will continue to take the lead in commissioning sexual and reproductive health, school nursing and health visiting services, at his Royal Society of Medicine lecture on 6 June.</p><p>The review consulted a range of stake-holders. Stakeholder forums were organised by the National Aids Trust and the Public Health Systems Group, to which many organisations were invited to express their views. Officials from the Department also met with a number of organisations, and the review received a number of written submissions.</p><p>The forthcoming Prevention Green Paper will provide an opportunity for people to give us their views on more we can do to encourage local authorities and National Health Service bodies to work well together in commissioning health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 269039 269040 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:44:35 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134576

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the Public Health Grant in (a) the current Spending Review Period and (b) the next Spending Review on the (i) level of quality of drug treatment services and (ii) number of drug-related deaths.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	269042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is concerned by the number of drug-related deaths, which is largely caused by an ageing cohort of heroin users. We are supporting local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths. In October, the Home Office announced that there would be a major independent review of drug misuse. This will look at a wide range of issues, including the system of support and enforcement around drug abuse, to better inform our thinking about what more can be done to tackle drug harms including deaths. The review will inform our thinking about what more can be done to mitigate the harm caused through drug use.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities will receive £3.1 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health, including drug addiction. We are investing over £16 billion in local authority public health services over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review until 2020/21. Public health funding for 2020 onwards, including for addiction services, will be considered carefully in the next Spending Review, in the light of the available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 269034 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:13:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1134242

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
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	Care Homes: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes are rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission in (a) Liverpool, (b) the North West and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	268458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has provided the following data:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Number of active care homes with latest overall rating as ‘Inadequate’</p></td><td><p>Total active care homes</p></td><td><p>Percentage<sup>1</sup> of active care homes by latest overall rating</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool Local Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Region</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>1,915</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>15,668</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: <sup>1</sup>Percentages for each latest overall rating are as a proportion of total active care homes, including homes with no published rating to date.</p><p>The data provided can be used in accordance with the Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information by acknowledging the CQC as the data source.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/06/2019 09:57:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1129803

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Health: Research
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 estimate his Department has made of the amount UK Research and Innovation has spent on research into (a) physical health conditions and (b) mental health conditions in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	259959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>We are increasing spending on R&amp;D by £7 billion over 5 years by 2021-22. This will be the largest increase ever.</p><p> </p><p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a partner organisation of BEIS, funds research relating to health. Funding decisions are based on the quality of the proposals, with researcher-led proposals welcomed into any aspect of human health, with the primary considerations being research excellence and importance to health.</p><p> </p><p>Within UKRI, the Medical Research Council (MRC) is the primary, but not exclusive, funder of medical research. Over the last five years, MRC has provided the following health funding:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>MRC Health Research (HRCS)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18 (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Health Categories</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>617,605,780</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>625,128,039</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>723,428,975</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>599,790,930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>585,079,573</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which Mental Health</p></td><td><p>30,240,645</p></td><td><p>31,222,399</p></td><td><p>30,585,328</p></td><td><p>28,557,922</p></td><td><p>39,879,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which Neurological</p></td><td><p>79,901,444</p></td><td><p>79,832,753</p></td><td><p>109,809,894</p></td><td><p>80,286,626</p></td><td><p>74,631,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Prevention Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,587,238</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,479,417</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,348,094</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,157,949</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30,297,781</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which Mental Health</p></td><td><p>815,707</p></td><td><p>587,725</p></td><td><p>453,152</p></td><td><p>391,856</p></td><td><p>415,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which Neurological</p></td><td><p>17,006</p></td><td><p>22,812</p></td><td><p>25,047</p></td><td><p>33,037</p></td><td><p>36,383</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note this does not represent the MRC’s entire research spend as some investments, such as infrastructure and underpinning research are not included in the analysis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Research relating to mental health is funded by all UKRI councils. As well as UKRI, other government bodies fund health research, such as the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The UK Clinical Research Collaboration undertakes UK Health Research Analysis. An analysis of data for 2018 is expected to the published in summer 2019. The most recent report (in 2014) included data from seven of UKRI’s nine councils as well as other government departments and charitable organisations. The report and data are available at <a href="https://hrcsonline.net/reports/analysis-reports/" target="_blank">https://hrcsonline.net/reports/analysis-reports/</a></p><p> </p><p>Further related initiatives include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In May 2019, the UK Prevention Research Partnership (an alliance of 12 major funders of health research, including four UKRI councils, health and social care departments across the four UK nations and charities) invested over £25 million into addressing challenges regarding non-communicable disease and poor mental health and wellbeing. Further information can be found at <a href="https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/25-million-funding-awarded-to-leading-disease-prevention-projects/" target="_blank">https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/25-million-funding-awarded-to-leading-disease-prevention-projects/</a></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>UKRI Mental Health Networks support prevention alongside targeted mental health care</li></ul><p> </p><p>On 5 December 2018, the government announced up to £79 million of Industrial Strategy funding for a new programme of research that will harness the power of artificial intelligence and big data to dramatically change the way major diseases are detected, diagnosed and treated. The funding, which forms part of the government’s Life Sciences Sector Deal 2, will support the establishment of a landmark cohort of up to five million people to take part in research aimed at revolutionising early detection and diagnosis of a range of diseases, including Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The programme will bring together the NHS, industry and leading charities including Alzheimer’s Research UK, Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 259960 259961 259962 question first answered 12/06/2019 14:21:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 121630 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger