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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what account is being taken in the Draft Mental Incapacity Bill of measures to improve support for people with learning disabilities requiring help to reach decisions affecting their future health needs.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 2003

Reference

415 c1117W; 144958

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate on children at risk (home tutors on sex offenders register who have been cautioned)

Adjournment debate on children at risk (home tutors on sex offenders register who have been cautioned).

Lead member

John Baron

Answering member

Paul Goggins

Department

Home Office

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c1687-96

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will fund the service improvements for adults with learning disabilities set out in the White Paper, Valuing People. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Bob Blizzard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 December 2003

Reference

143503; 415 c875-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the targets for service improvements for adults with learning disabilities set out in the White Paper, Valuing People, to be achieved. - Inc ref to 'Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century' (Cm 5086)...

Asked by

Bob Blizzard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

143502; 415 c755-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring his Department has undertaken to ensure that the funding announced to support Valuing People and allocated to strategic health authorities and primary care trusts was spent on initiatives to support Valuing People; how the remaining capital element of the LDDF...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 November 2003

For answer on

8 December 2003

Answered on

8 December 2003

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring his Department has undertaken to ensure that the funding announced to support Valuing People and allocated to strategic health authorities and primary care trusts was spent on initiatives to support Valuing People; how the remaining capital element of the LDDF was spent in 2002-03; and for what reasons the decision was taken to change the way the capital fund was distributed for 2003-04. [140474] Dr. Ladyman: Capital allocations from the Learning Disability Development Fund (LDDF) are included in monthly returns which strategic health authorities (SHAs) make to the Department. It is for SHAs to monitor how individual primary care trusts and national health service trusts use the funds. Local authorities provide information to the Department about the use of the revenue element of the LDDF as part of their delivery and improvement statements. In 2002-03, the allocation of the LDDF capital was handled centrally. Learning disability partnership boards were invited to submit bids as part of their joint investment plans. £16.7 million of the £20 million available was allocated to support the development priorities for capital investment in the learning disability White Paper "Valuing People". It was not possible to spend the full amount because of the long lead in time on capital projects and the remaining £3.3 million was therefore used on other centrally funded projects. In accordance with our policy of decentralisation, it was decided to simplify the procedure for 2003-04 and enable decisions about the use of the money to be taken as closely as possible to the point of spending. The £20 million per annum LDDF capital was therefore distributed to SHAs as part of their three-year strategic capital allocations. This enabled us to issue their funds to them more quickly. Given the long lead in for many capital schemes, making three-year allocations should also enable the SHAs to make better use of the money. SHAs were informed about the change of procedure through the Chief Executive's Bulletin and a more detailed note setting out the priorities for use of the fund was included on the Department's web site.

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

140474; 415 c320W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review the implementation of the No Secrets guidance.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 December 2003

Reference

140639; 415 c12W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 03/2507

Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970: research and development work relating to assistive technology 2002: presented pursuant to c.44 1970 Section 22. DH. 2003.

Deposited by

Department of Health

Type

Deposited papers

Date

27 November 2003

Reference

DEP 03/2507

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and adolescents, (b) adults and (c) pensioners were treated by mental health trusts in West Sussex in each of the last six years. - Includes table.

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2003

For answer on

19 November 2003

Answered on

19 November 2003

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) children and adolescents, (b) adults and (c) pensioners were treated by mental health trusts in west Sussex in each of the last six years. [134773] Ms Rosie Winterton: The total number of admissions of patients with learning disabilities or mental illness resident in the west Sussex local authority is shown in the table. Number of admissions of patients under mental illness specialities and learning disabilities in west Sussex _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age group 0-14 15-59 60-74 75 Plus Unknown Total 1996-97 67 1,244 392 837 6 2,546 1997-98 51 1,158 346 726 0 2,281 1998-99 45 603 190 393 1 1,232 1999-2000 48 1,852 532 798 4 3,234 2000-01 312 1,765 483 645 10 3,215 2001-02 429 1,247 292 353 0 2,321 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1 From April 2002 a new trust called West Sussex Health and Social Care Trust came into existence, in the main this trust treats mental health patients in the West Sussex area. This was formed by the merger of three other trusts, or parts of them, namely Worthing Priority Healthcare, Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust (previously Chichester Priority Care Services) and Mid Sussex NHS Trust. 2 The figures shown are the numbers of admissions under mental health specialities and learning disabilities in these three trusts, over the years 1996-2002. This does not, however, guarantee that the patients being admitted are from the west Sussex area. 3 Admissions are defined as the first period of patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

134773; 413 c1121-2W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 03/2460

Table showing the number of NHS qualified learning disability nurses in primary care trusts in England as at 30 September 2002. DH. 2003.

Deposited by

Department of Health

Type

Deposited papers

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

Dep 03/2460

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given to local authorities to help them determine the suitability of licensed (a) taxi and (b) private hire drivers to escort vulnerable people, including children, in the absence of an enhanced check. - Will write.

Asked by

Brian Iddon (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

133945; 413 c1043W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures within Valuing People are aimed at children; and what plans he has to expand its remit. - Includes ref to White Paper, Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century (Cm 5086), and Making Change Happen...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

138495; 413 c873W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many learning disability specialist nurses are employed in each primary care trust; what the ratio is of specialist learning disability nurses to (a) population and (b) patients receiving such specialist care in each primary care trust area. - Number of qualified...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

413 c868W; 138041;138042

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average funding offered by each county council and unitary authority to people who have been admitted to care homes was in 2002-03. - Inc table.

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

138161; 413 c797W;413 c796W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures aimed at children with learning disabilities will be included in the National Service Framework for children.

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

138494; 413 c605W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to the provision of services for people with learning disabilities since the publication of the White Paper, Valuing People; how this funding has been spent; and what funding remains unallocated.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 November 2003

For answer on

17 November 2003

Answered on

17 November 2003

Mr. Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to the provision of services for people with learning disabilities since the publication of the White Paper "Valuing People"; how this funding has been spent; and what funding remains unallocated. [138187] Dr. Ladyman: Over £3 billion a year is spent on health and social care provision for people with learning disabilities. The White Paper, "Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century" (Cm 5086), published in March 2001, which set out our proposals for improving services for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers, announced two new funds to support its proposals: the implementation support fund (ISF) from April 2001 and the learning disability development fund (LDDF) from April 2002. Funding has been allocated to support priorities set out in "Valuing People". Money from the £2.3 million ISF was fully allocated in both 2001-02 and 2002-03. We expect it to be fully allocated in 2003-04. Funding has been used to support a range of work, including: The development and support of advocacy services The setting up and support of the national forum of people with learning disabilities and its network of regional forums The preparation, publication, and dissemination of good practice guidance on a range of subjects The setting up and support of the Learning Disability Telephone Information and Helpline (funded jointly with MENCAP) Extension of the learning disability awards framework. The LDDF was introduced in April 2002. £2 million of the £22.6 million revenue element available in 2002-03 was used to support the "Valuing People" support team and its related activities. The remainder was distributed to health authorities on a pro-rata basis to be used as agreed through their partnership board, with their partner local authorities to support the following priorities for service change: Modernising day centres Completing the reprovision of the remaining long-stay hospitals to enable people to move to more appropriate accommodation Developing supported living approaches for people with learning disabilities living with older carers Promoting the further development of advocacy Supporting the wider introduction of person centred planning Enhancing leadership in learning disability services. In 2003-04, £2 million was again allocated for the "Valuing People" support team, with £21 million being distributed to primary care trusts to be used on the above priorities for service change. The capital element of the LDDF comprises £20 million a year to be used on the following priorities: Enabling local providers to develop specialist services for people with severe challenging behaviour Developing integrated health and social services facilities for children and people with severe disabilities and complex needs Developing supported living approaches for people with learning disabilities living with older carers Implementing the results of person centred planning for people currently living in national health service campuses. In 2002-03, bids were invited from learning disability partnership boards and £16 million of the available £20 million was allocated. In 2003-04, the £20 million capital was allocated direct to strategic health authorities as part of their strategic capital allocations.

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

138187; 413 c597-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatient beds have been available in London for patients with (a) mental health conditions and (b) learning disabilities in London in each year since 1997. - Including table.

Asked by

Lord Grayling (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 October 2003

For answer on

5 November 2003

Answered on

5 November 2003

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patient beds have been available in London for patients with (a) mental health conditions and (b) learning disabilities in London in each year since 1997. [133745] Mr. Hutton: The average daily number of in-patient beds in London for patients with mental health conditions and learning disabilities in national health service trusts in the London area are shown in the table. Average daily number of available beds, mental illness and learning disability sectors, London area1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mental illness Learning disability 1996-97 7,186 576 1997-98 7,300 569 1998-99 7,008 554 1999-2000 6,155 554 2000-01 6,401 488 2001-02 6,149 461 2002-03 6,321 158 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Reorganisation of NHS administrative boundaries may mean figures are not directly comparable. From 1996-97 to 2000-01, the figures are based on the number of beds reported by NHS trusts within the London Regional Office boundary. For 2001-02 and 2002-03, the figures are based on the number of beds reported by NHS trusts located within the five London strategic health authorities of North West London, North Central London, North East London, South East London and South West London. Source: Department of Health form KH03.

Date

5 November 2003

Reference

133745; 412 c691-2W;412 c691W

House

House of Commons

Rep and 3R:Sexual Offences Bill (HL) 2002/03

Sexual Offences Bill (HL). Report stage and third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Passed.

Lead member

Lord Blunkett

Answering member

Dominic Grieve

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

3 November 2003

Reference

412 c544-637

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 20th October, 411 c463W, on housing benefit, whether (a) his Department has responsibility for the implementation of the Care Standards Act 2000, (b) his Department has responsibility for the National Care Standards Commission that inspects and registers...

Asked by

Paul Truswell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 October 2003

For answer on

28 October 2003

Answered on

28 October 2003

Mr. Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 20 October 2003, Official Report, column 463W, on housing benefit, whether (a) his Department has responsibility for the implementation of the Care Standards Act 2000, (b) his Department has responsibility for the National Care Standards Commission that inspects and registers accommodation under the Care Standards Act 2000, (c) the form of registration applied under the Act has a direct bearing on whether residents are eligible for housing benefit and (d) his Department will liaise with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that people with learning disabilities capable of holding individual tenancies do not lose their entitlement to housing benefit as a result of the registration process. [135098] Dr. Ladyman: The Department has responsibility for the implementation of the Care Standards Act 2000. There was no intention through the Care Standards Act 2000 to widen the scope of regulation to new types of accommodation that had not previously been required to register as care homes under the Registered Homes Act 1984. Supported housing type establishments which did not need to register as care homes under the previous regulatory arrangements should not, therefore, need to register now. The National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) was established under the Act as part of the Government's reforms to modernise the regulatory system for care services and independent healthcare. The NCSC is an independent, non-departmental public body, acting at arm's length from the Department. It regulates statutory and independent sector care services in accordance with the regulations and national minimum standards that flow from the Care Standards Act, to ensure consistency and improve the quality of life and level of protection of some of the most vulnerable people in society. The interpretation and implementation of the regulations and standards is a matter for the NCSC, as the independent regulator, based on appropriate legal advice. It is for the NCSC, as the regulator, to satisfy itself that care home providers have complied with the regulations to ensure that care home residents' health, welfare and well-being are being protected. Providers have a right of appeal to the independent Care Standards Tribunal against the decisions of the regulator. It is, therefore, for the NCSC to decide whether a particular establishment needs to register as a care home. Statutory guidance was issued to the NCSC in August 2002, explaining in broad terms where registration as a care home is required and how to distinguish care homes from supported housing of various kinds. Providers have a right of appeal to the Care Standards Tribunal against the decisions of the NCSC. The Department of Work and Pensions has overall responsibility for the scope and structure of the housing benefit scheme. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. Pond) gave to him on 21 October 2003, Official Report, column 512W. We are aware that, in some cases, problems have arisen at a local level. The Department is liaising with the Department of Work and Pensions about these cases.

Legislation

Care Standards Act 2000

Date

28 October 2003

Reference

135098; 412 c214-5W;412 c222-3W

House

House of Commons

Warner, Lord

(a) How many people have been moved from long-stay hospitals to alternative accommodation since the publication of the Valuing People White Paper; (b) which long-stay hospitals continue to provide accommodation for people with a learning disability; and (c) how many people with a learning disability remain in long-stay hospitals and...

Asked by

Lord Adebowale (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

HL 4644; 653 c194-5WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions his Department has had with NGOs working with children and adults with learning disabilities in Iraq; what assessment he has made of the number of people suffering from learning disabilities in Iraq.

Asked by

Caroline Spelman (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

411 c685-6W;411 c691W; 133475;133553

House

House of Commons

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