Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of personal independence payment assessments that have been video-recorded in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Sarah Newton
There is currently no option available for Personal Independence Payment claimants to have their assessments video recorded. However, as part of our commitment to improve the Personal Independence Payment assessment process, we are progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments. Following comprehensive work over the summer, we are designing a live pilot, due to begin later this year. The pilot will inform any wider full roll out decisions.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the consumption of UK (a) fruit and (b) vegetables.
Answered by Steve Brine
The Government recommends eating at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables a day as part of a healthy balanced diet.
The national food model the Eatwell Guide provides a visual representation of the types and proportions of the foods needed for a healthy, balanced diet, and depicts a diet rich in fruit and vegetables; the guide can be accessed here:
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/the-eatwell-guide/
In 2016, the Government’s 5 A Day campaign was refreshed with publication of a new set of 5 A Day logos by Public Health England. The 5 A Day message is embedded in the Eatwell Guide and communicated alongside other healthy eating advice including the Start4Life, Change4Life and One You campaigns, the NHS Choices website as well as Public Health England’s catering guidance.
The School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme provides 2.3 million children in Key Stage 1 with a portion of fresh fruit or vegetables each day at school; over 16,000 institutions are signed up to this scheme. Approximately 445 million pieces of fruit and vegetables are distributed to children annually. Schools are encouraged to use it as an opportunity to educate children about fruit and vegetables and to assist a healthy, balanced diet.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What steps he is taking to increase the provision of mental health services for children and young people.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
We are making an additional £1.4 billion available in order to transform services and ensure access to specialist mental health services for 70,000 additional children and young people by 2020/21 each year. Our recent joint health and education Green Paper will revolutionise provision of services in schools, bolster links between schools and the National Health Service and pilot a four week waiting time.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications to use the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey data have been (a) submitted and (b) granted.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 dataset is available for secondary research under End User Licence (EUL) in the UK Data Service (UKDS) archive.
The UKDS EUL terms and conditions require that:
- Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service into the researcher’s local environment;
- Researchers can only use data for statistical research under a set of conditions that limit and control purpose and behaviour. Conditions of use are set out within the current End User and Special User Licences; and
- Disclosure risk is managed by both the licence agreement with the researcher and the disclosure control applied within the design of the dataset.
To further protect respondent confidentiality in line with current NHS Digital policy, the APMS 2014 is available for secondary research applications through the UKDS portal via the NHS Digital Data Access Request Service (DARS) and is subject to further assessment criteria:
- The legal basis must be correct and appropriate; evidence of legal basis must cover all intended data flows and processing;
- The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must be met;
- Adequate security controls must be in place for each controller(s) and processor(s), covering all processing and storage locations;
- The application must provide a clear explanation of all intended purposes, and all processing activities;
- The data requested must be justified by the purpose, and align with the application;
- The application must evidence in plain English, the benefit to the health and social care system;
- Information Commissioner's Office registration for all controller(s)/processor(s) must cover the proposed data processing;
- The territory of use must be stated;
- Onward sharing of data must be limited to anonymous data, or sub-licenced to allow this;
- Data controller(s) must have an active data sharing framework contract in place;
- European Union or commercially funded applications must ensure adequate controls are in place; and
- Applications must demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act, Health and Social Care Act, Care Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.
NHS Digital is currently looking at technical and governance options for creating a completely anonymised APMS 2014 dataset by the end of the year, which would be subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.
Other survey datasets uploaded since November 2017 are available in two versions. The standard version can be accessed via the UKDS EUL terms and conditions, in the same way as APMS 2007.
There is also an enhanced version subject to the same process and terms and therefore criteria as the APMS 2014.
Applications for survey datasets uploaded before November 2017 are subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.
Eleven applications to use the APMS 2014 dataset have been made but one was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant. Four have been granted access. The remaining six are currently being processed within standard Service Level timescales. Applications to previous datasets were made direct to the UKDS archive.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the criteria used to assess applications for the use of Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey data differs from (a) other mental health-related datasets and (b) other physical health-related datasets in the UK Data archive.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 dataset is available for secondary research under End User Licence (EUL) in the UK Data Service (UKDS) archive.
The UKDS EUL terms and conditions require that:
- Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service into the researcher’s local environment;
- Researchers can only use data for statistical research under a set of conditions that limit and control purpose and behaviour. Conditions of use are set out within the current End User and Special User Licences; and
- Disclosure risk is managed by both the licence agreement with the researcher and the disclosure control applied within the design of the dataset.
To further protect respondent confidentiality in line with current NHS Digital policy, the APMS 2014 is available for secondary research applications through the UKDS portal via the NHS Digital Data Access Request Service (DARS) and is subject to further assessment criteria:
- The legal basis must be correct and appropriate; evidence of legal basis must cover all intended data flows and processing;
- The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must be met;
- Adequate security controls must be in place for each controller(s) and processor(s), covering all processing and storage locations;
- The application must provide a clear explanation of all intended purposes, and all processing activities;
- The data requested must be justified by the purpose, and align with the application;
- The application must evidence in plain English, the benefit to the health and social care system;
- Information Commissioner's Office registration for all controller(s)/processor(s) must cover the proposed data processing;
- The territory of use must be stated;
- Onward sharing of data must be limited to anonymous data, or sub-licenced to allow this;
- Data controller(s) must have an active data sharing framework contract in place;
- European Union or commercially funded applications must ensure adequate controls are in place; and
- Applications must demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act, Health and Social Care Act, Care Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.
NHS Digital is currently looking at technical and governance options for creating a completely anonymised APMS 2014 dataset by the end of the year, which would be subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.
Other survey datasets uploaded since November 2017 are available in two versions. The standard version can be accessed via the UKDS EUL terms and conditions, in the same way as APMS 2007.
There is also an enhanced version subject to the same process and terms and therefore criteria as the APMS 2014.
Applications for survey datasets uploaded before November 2017 are subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.
Eleven applications to use the APMS 2014 dataset have been made but one was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant. Four have been granted access. The remaining six are currently being processed within standard Service Level timescales. Applications to previous datasets were made direct to the UKDS archive.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for the assessment of applications to use the data compiled by the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 dataset is available for secondary research under End User Licence (EUL) in the UK Data Service (UKDS) archive.
The UKDS EUL terms and conditions require that:
- Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service into the researcher’s local environment;
- Researchers can only use data for statistical research under a set of conditions that limit and control purpose and behaviour. Conditions of use are set out within the current End User and Special User Licences; and
- Disclosure risk is managed by both the licence agreement with the researcher and the disclosure control applied within the design of the dataset.
To further protect respondent confidentiality in line with current NHS Digital policy, the APMS 2014 is available for secondary research applications through the UKDS portal via the NHS Digital Data Access Request Service (DARS) and is subject to further assessment criteria:
- The legal basis must be correct and appropriate; evidence of legal basis must cover all intended data flows and processing;
- The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must be met;
- Adequate security controls must be in place for each controller(s) and processor(s), covering all processing and storage locations;
- The application must provide a clear explanation of all intended purposes, and all processing activities;
- The data requested must be justified by the purpose, and align with the application;
- The application must evidence in plain English, the benefit to the health and social care system;
- Information Commissioner's Office registration for all controller(s)/processor(s) must cover the proposed data processing;
- The territory of use must be stated;
- Onward sharing of data must be limited to anonymous data, or sub-licenced to allow this;
- Data controller(s) must have an active data sharing framework contract in place;
- European Union or commercially funded applications must ensure adequate controls are in place; and
- Applications must demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act, Health and Social Care Act, Care Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.
NHS Digital is currently looking at technical and governance options for creating a completely anonymised APMS 2014 dataset by the end of the year, which would be subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.
Other survey datasets uploaded since November 2017 are available in two versions. The standard version can be accessed via the UKDS EUL terms and conditions, in the same way as APMS 2007.
There is also an enhanced version subject to the same process and terms and therefore criteria as the APMS 2014.
Applications for survey datasets uploaded before November 2017 are subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.
Eleven applications to use the APMS 2014 dataset have been made but one was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant. Four have been granted access. The remaining six are currently being processed within standard Service Level timescales. Applications to previous datasets were made direct to the UKDS archive.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 have been admitted to hospital as a result of overdosing on (a) paracetamol and (b) ibuprofenin in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Steve Brine
The data requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman, Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disoider Services are Failing Patients, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS organisations respond to complaints about breaches of patient safety in a coordinated, open and transparent way.
Answered by Philip Dunne
It is important for all complaints to National Health Service organisations to be robustly investigated, with responses sent that cover the issues raised in an open and sensitive manner. In order fully to learn from mistakes, it is vital that, where appropriate, there is effective co-operation and co-ordination across organisational boundaries.
The Department continues to work with system partners, including NHS England and NHS Improvement, to improve the handling of, and responses to, complaints and more general feedback across the healthcare system.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new Lower Thames Crossing on traffic congestion on the (a) A229 (b) A249 (c) M2 Junctions 3, 5 and 7.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Forecasts of traffic impacts across all routes affected by the Lower Thames Crossing including A229, A249 and M2 were included in the economic assessment that informed the selection of the scheme’s preferred route. This appraisal was reported in section 4 of the Post-Consultation Scheme Assessment Report Volume 5.
Highways England are now undertaking more detailed consideration of the traffic impacts of the proposals across the local and wider road network.
This further assessment will inform the detailed design of the scheme and will be published in 2018 ahead of the scheme’s statutory consultation.
Asked by: Helen Whately (Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect to date of his Department's steps to raise awareness of Meningitis; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Steve Brine
Public Health England (PHE) produces a range of training materials for immunisers, which includes information on vaccination programmes, training events and newsletters. It collaborates with charities to support their work to improve healthcare worker knowledge on meningococcal disease, including through the development and distribution of information aimed at all healthcare professionals.
In 2015-16, PHE spent £50,000 on media to raise awareness of the Meningitis ACWY immunisation. A wide range of communications with young people and their parents was undertaken. Media budgets for financial year 2016-17 are not yet finalised.
In 2016-17, PHE provided a £24,000 grant to Meningitis Research Foundation and Meningitis Now, to support their work to increase awareness and knowledge of meningitis and septicaemia symptoms amongst parents. Activities included: inserting 350,000 copies of ‘Babywatch’ and ‘Totwatch’ information materials into the ‘red book’ provided to all new mothers; distributing ‘Babywatch’ toolkit containing cards and posters to 500 maternity units and special care baby units; and a social media campaign to promote Meningitis Now’s ‘Meningitis Signs and Symptoms’ app.
Meningitis Now’s social media campaign generated almost 4 million opportunities to see their adverts (“impressions”) and there were 470,522 views of their videos about the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, with the majority of views coming from people new to the charity. This resulted in an 80% rise in downloads of the campaign app. The charity also had nearly 300 new orders for signs and symptoms cards.
Research conducted by PHE in 2016 showed a high level of awareness of meningitis. More than 80% of parents and 70% of 14-25 year olds reported that they had knowledge of meningitis.
The research commissioned by PHE confirmed that awareness of meningitis and septicaemia is high amongst parents but gave recommendations on how existing charity promotional materials could be improved to help parents.