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176057

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 221805, what estimate he has made of the number of service personnel who have suffered mental illness in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of UK Armed Forces personnel who were assessed as having a mental health condition, either at one of the military Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMH) or one of the facilities contracted by Ministry Of Defence (MOD) to provide in-patient treatment, from 2007 to 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year (FY)</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel assessed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>3,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>3,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4,943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>5,159</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Up to the end of FY2011-12, data was sourced from DCMH returns. From FY 2012-13 onwards, additional figures were obtained from the electronic patient record held on the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP). DMICP records include mental healthcare treatment provided at other facilities, such as local military primary health centres.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has compiled central records of personnel with mental health conditions since 2007. To identify mental health assessments prior to 2007 would require a search of individual medical records and would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/02/2015 16:21:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176060

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines what constitutes a veteran.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>A veteran is defined as someone who has served for at least one day in Her Majesty's Armed Forces, whether as a Regular or Reservist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2015 16:54:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 42447 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176082

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of houses that have been insulated in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of retro-fit installations of cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and solid wall insulation through Government schemes since the beginning of April 2010. It does not cover measures installed outside of Government schemes or as part of the construction of the property. Figures covering installations up to the end of December 2014 will be published on 19 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1: Installations of cavity wall, loft and solid wall insulation through Government schemes in Great Britain, by year, 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2014</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>Cavity wall insulation</em></p></td><td><p><em>Loft insulation</em></p></td><td><p><em>Solid wall insulation</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>April 2010 to March 2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>April 2011 to March 2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>April 2012 to March 2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>April 2013 to March 2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>April 2014 to September 2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Green Deal, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Insulation Levels in Great Britain, Quarterly Report: to September 2014. Cavity wall and loft insulation figures rounded to nearest ten thousand.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 03/02/2015 16:16:34 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 42451 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176119

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of practising doctors in the UK in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of practising doctors in the United Kingdom in each year since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the regulatory body for doctors and holds a register of all doctors registered to practise in the UK. Doctors must be registered with the GMC to work as a doctor in any healthcare setting, not just the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table taken from the annual NHS workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), shows the total number of doctors (including general practitioners) working in the NHS in England at 30 September each year. The latest available statistics are for 2013 and were published on 25 March 2014. The next census will be published by the HSCIC on 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HSCIC also publishes provisional monthly NHS hospital and community health service (HCHS) workforce statistics for directly employed staff (not general practitioners) in the NHS in England. The latest data for October 2014 shows there are 104,920 hospital doctors working in the NHS in England, a 10% increase since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of health services in the UK is a devolved issue. Information on the number of practicing doctors in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland may be available online at the following addresses:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Wales: <a href="http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/?lang=en" target="_blank">wales.gov.uk/topics/health/?lang=en</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Scotland: <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health" target="_blank">www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland: <a href="http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index.htm" target="_blank">www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 02/02/2015 16:11:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Doctors in England between 2010-13.xlsx title Doctors in England between 2010-13
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176151

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of refuges for women victims of domestic violence that have closed in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>This Department does not make estimates of the number of refuge places for those fleeing domestic abuse. Decisions on the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic abuse are for local authorities. We expect local authorities to commission services based on the needs of their communities, taking account of locally available data sources.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Government does not directly fund domestic abuse refuges this Government has provided £6.5 billion to help vulnerable people through housing related support. A proportion of this money will be used by local authorities to commission refuge services. In addition we have made over £500 million available since 2010 to local authorities and the voluntary sector to prevent and tackle homelessness and rough sleeping including support for victims of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2014 we made available £10 million (2014-16) for local authorities, working with specialist domestic abuse service providers, to stop the closure of refuges and improve and grow existing provision. We also issued new statutory guidance that makes clear the practice of providing refuge to support only to local victims is unacceptable and which set out clear standards that refuges services should meet.</p><p> </p><p>The dynamics of domestic abuse mean that accommodation can play an important role in the resolution of interpersonal abuse and conflict. This is why the homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world for families with children and for vulnerable people who become homeless through no fault of their own.</p><p> </p><p>We also fund UKRefugesOnline a UK wide database of domestic violence services which supports the national 24 hour free phone domestic violence helpline. This service enables those working with victims of domestic violence to identify appropriate services and potential refuge vacancies around the country so that victims can get the help they need as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this Government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of funding for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services until 2015. This funding is used to part-fund 54 multi-agency risk assessment conference co-ordinators and 144 independent domestic violence advisers. We have piloted and rolled out Clare's Law and domestic violence protection orders; extended the definition of domestic abuse to cover controlling behaviour and teenage relationships; run two successful campaigns to challenge perceptions of abuse; and placed Domestic Homicide Reviews on a statutory footing to make sure lessons are learned from individual tragedies. More recently we have added an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill at Commons Committee stage to create a new offence of domestic abuse. The amendment closes the gap in the current legal framework to capture repeated or continuous coercive and controlling behaviour, specifically where that behaviour takes place in an ongoing intimate partner or inter-familial relationship.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/02/2015 16:28:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175664

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in (a) the borough of Barnsley and (b) the UK in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 29/01/2015 09:59:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 222073 ONS 22.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Cervical Cancer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175682

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Stewart McLaughlin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department recently further delayed publication of the investigation into the case of Corporal Stewart McLaughlin; and what date his Department plans to publish the findings of that investigation.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>I am sure the hon. Member will understand that we need to be certain our examination of this case is thorough. To that end, records have been examined at a number of locations, including the National Archive, the Ministry of Defence Medals Office and the Parachute Regiment Regimental Archives. The Under Secretary of State for Defence, my noble Friend Lord Astor of Hever, will discuss the results of the investigation with Corporal McLaughlin's family shortly.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/01/2015 16:40:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175777

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of places in refuges for women fleeing domestic violence in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>This Department does not make estimates of the number of refuge places for those fleeing domestic abuse. Decisions on the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic abuse are for local authorities. We expect local authorities to commission services based on the needs of their communities, taking account of locally available data sources.</p><p> </p><p>Government does not directly fund domestic abuse refuges, however, this Government has invested £6.5 billion to help vulnerable people through housing related support. A proportion of this money will be used by local authorities to commission refuge services. In addition we have made over £500 million available since 2010 to local authorities and the voluntary sector to prevent and tackle homelessness and rough sleeping including support for victims of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2014 we made available £10 million (2014-16) for local authorities, working with specialist domestic abuse service providers, to stop the closure of refuges and improve and grow existing provision. We also issued new statutory guidance that makes clear the practice of providing refuge to support only to local victims is unacceptable and which set out clear standards that refuges services should meet.</p><p> </p><p>The dynamics of domestic abuse mean that accommodation can play an important role in the resolution of interpersonal abuse and conflict. This is why the homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world for families with children and for vulnerable people who become homeless through no fault of their own.</p><p> </p><p>We also fund UKRefugesOnline a UK wide database of domestic violence services which supports the national 24 hour free phone domestic violence helpline. This service enables those working with victims of domestic violence to identify appropriate services and potential refuge vacancies around the country so that victims can get the help they need as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this Government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of funding for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services until 2015. This funding is used to part-fund 54 multi-agency risk assessment conference co-ordinators and 144 independent domestic violence advisers. We have piloted and rolled out Clare's Law and domestic violence protection orders; extended the definition of domestic abuse to cover controlling behaviour and teenage relationships; run two successful campaigns to challenge perceptions of abuse; and placed Domestic Homicide Reviews on a statutory footing to make sure lessons are learned from individual tragedies. More recently we have added an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill at Commons Committee stage to create a new offence of domestic abuse. The amendment closes the gap in the current legal framework to capture repeated or continuous coercive and controlling behaviour, specifically where that behaviour takes place in an ongoing intimate partner or inter-familial relationship.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 29/01/2015 13:47:01 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175233

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the services currently available to military personnel suffering from mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>We take the mental health of our personnel very seriously, and are committed to ensuring that help is available for everyone who needs it. The Defence Medical Services (DMS) have in place a variety of measures to identify, assess and treat issues at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p>The effectiveness of these services is measured by a variety of formal processes. Our facilities are subject to regular Health Governance Assurance visits, from both internal Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials and independent external bodies such as the Healthcare Commission, in 2008, and its successor the Care Quality Commission, in 2011. Both of the latter organisations visited a representative selection of MOD's Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs), and reported favourably on the care and treatment which they provided.</p><p>Internally, the DCMHs regularly undertake patient satisfaction surveys, and carry out audits of patient care to ensure that they adhere to the guidelines set out by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). We also ensure that all staff are appropriately registered and subject to regular appraisals. We are always looking for ways to develop our governance processes, and recently devised mental health dashboards (in conjunction with Defence Statistics) to enable more effective analysis of individual patient data, including clinical improvement and occupational fitness.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/01/2015 16:56:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

175312

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of suicides within prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Every death in custody is a tragedy, and the Government is committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves. Building on this, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has put in place additional resources for safer custody work in prisons and at regional level. These staff support safer custody work in prisons and share good practice across establishments. NOMS will be conducting a review of the operation of the Assessment Care in Custody &amp; Teamwork (ACCT) process in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Young adults are a particularly challenging and vulnerable group, and that is why we have commissioned an independent review into the deaths of 18 to 24-year-olds in prison custody. This review will report in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>Strenuous efforts are made to learn from every self-inflicted death, and we have accepted and acted on the vast majority of recommendations from recent investigations by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>Data on deaths in custody is published quarterly in the Safety in Custody Statistics Bulletin, available at <a title="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics" href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/01/2015 16:38:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis