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175664

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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

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

174985

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Economic Situation: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase job creation and economic growth in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Supporting economic growth in the north of England is vital to the long term success of our economy</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All LEPs in the North of England have benefitted from investment and devolution of powers, freedoms and flexibilities through Growth Deals and City Deals. In addition the Government recently agreed devolution of further powers with both Sheffield and Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:16:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 41192 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis