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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies have been undertaken on the assistance that people with severe learning difficulties and their carers receive in order to take short-term breaks. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

158090; 367 c177W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if doctors are required to consult parents and carers before making decisions affecting people with a severe learning disability.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

158080; 367 c176W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parents over the age of 60 years care for children with severe learning difficulties. - Includes fact that information is not held centrally.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

158089; 367 c178W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with severe learning difficulties live with their parents. - No figures given.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

158088; 367 c177W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

John Denham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c841

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

1st supplementary on same.

Asked by

Huw Edwards (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c841

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

Answered by

John Denham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c841

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will make a statement about coordination of health and social services policy to support carers.

Asked by

Huw Edwards (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c841; 156289

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what response the Inland Revenue has made to the representations from foster carers' organisations and the Department of Health regarding its proposals for taxing payments to foster carers.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 April 2001

Reference

157067; 366 c239W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, What action he is taking to increase support for older carers. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figures.

Asked by

Paul Goggins (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 April 2001

Reference

366 c87W;366 c87-8W; 154894

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many carers in Shrewsbury and Atcham will gain from the carer premium; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Paul Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 March 2001

Reference

154651; 365 c698W

House

House of Commons

2R:National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2000/01

National Lottery (Amendment) Bill.Second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committed to a Standing Committee.

Lead member

Ian Gibson

Answering member

Baroness Hoey

Department

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Debates on bills

Date

23 March 2001

Reference

365 c579-99, 612-22

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what were the costs of urinary incontinence products (a) to the NHS, including surgery and appliances, and (b) to the social services, including cost of carers, in the last 12 months for which figures are available. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Doug Naysmith (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

153547; 365 c138W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what strategies he has in place to improve services for people with learning disabilities. - Includes figures and refs to "Valuing People; A New Strategy For Learning Disability For the 21st Century", in Library. Also "Nothing About Us Without Us", "Learning Difficulties...

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 March 2001

For answer on

20 March 2001

Answered on

20 March 2001

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what strategies he has in place to improve services for people with learning disabilities. [154823] Mr. Hutton: I am today publishing "Valuing People: A New Strategy For Learning Disability For the 21{st} Century", which sets out cross-Government proposals for improving the life chances of people with learning disabilities. This is the first White Paper on learning disability for 30 years and sets out an ambitious and challenging programme of action for improving services for a particularly vulnerable and socially excluded group in our society. Copies have been placed in the Library. Our proposals are based on four key principles: civil rights, independence, choice, and inclusion. Valuing People takes a life-long approach, beginning with an integrated approach to services for disabled children and their families and then providing new opportunities for a full and purposeful adult life. It has cross-Government backing and its proposals are intended to result in improvements in education, social services, health, employment, housing, and support for people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. We are establishing a new Learning Disability Development Fund of up to £50 million a year to support the proposals for adults in the White Paper. Up to £30 million a year of this will be revenue funding and £20 million capital. The fund will be introduced from April 2002 and will be targeted on the priorities set out in the White Paper. We are also setting up an Implementation Support Fund of £2.3 million a year for three years from April 2001 to provide central support for key aspects of the White Paper. Priorities for the Implementation Fund, which includes £300,000 a year from the Home Office Active Community budget, include developing independent advocacy services and establishing a National Learning Disability Information Centre and Helpline in partnership with Mencap. We will be setting up a Learning Disability Taskforce to take forward the implementation of the White Paper and an Implementation Support Team to promote good practice and share practical experience. We are also publishing: an accessible version of the White Paper; "Nothing About Us Without Us", a report from the Learning Disability Service Users Advisory Group; "Learning Difficulties and Ethnicity", a report commissioned from the Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds; and "Family Matters, Counting Families In", a report on the particular needs of family carers. Copies will be placed in the Library. I should like to pay particular tribute to the people with learning disabilities who helped us develop "Valuing People". This is the first occasion on which people with learning disabilities have taken part in developing Government policy; their contribution has been invaluable and has helped us understand the problems they and their families face every day.

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

365 c140-1W; 154823

House

House of Commons

Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century.

Type

White papers; Command papers

Notes

DEB;CH 1 FEB 2002; Received 20.03.01

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

Cm 5086

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total cost to individuals and their carers of urinary incontinence products on which VAT is levied in the last 12 months for which figures are available. - No figures collected.

Asked by

Doug Naysmith (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 March 2001

Reference

364 c655W; 153549

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the membership of the task force formed to study Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy; and if he will make a statement. - Including fact that steering group has been formed and list of members.

Asked by

David Hinchliffe (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 January 2001

For answer on

12 March 2001

Answered on

12 March 2001

Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the membership of the task force formed to study Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy; and if he will make a statement. [146327] Mr. Hutton: We have not formed a task force to study Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy. However, the Griffith's review (Review Of The Research Framework In The North Staffordshire National Health Service Trust) recommended that the Department convene an expert and inter-disciplinary panel to review methods of identification of children who have either had illnesses induced or fabricated by their carer. In response to this recommendation, which the Government accepted, a steering group has been formed to develop draft guidance for public consultation. This guidance is being developed within the framework of our interagency guidance on child protection "Working Together to Safeguard Children" (1999). The group is chaired by Mr. Bruce Clark, a senior official of the Department, and in addition to the external members listed, comprises administrative officials, together with medical, nursing and health advisers, from the Department of Health, the Department for Education and Employment, the Home Office and the National Assembly for Wales. The external members include: Dr. G Adshead--Royal College of Psychiatry Ms I Charles-Edwards--English National Board of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Mr. J Fox--Association of Chief Police Officers Ms S Hensman--Royal College of Nursing Ms D Kinnair--Community Practitioner and Health Visitors Association Ms S Smallman--United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Dr. D Sowden--Royal College of General Practitioners Mr. A Webb--Association of Directors of Social Services.

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

146327; 364 c418W

House

House of Commons

Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 3) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/859 (Negative instrument). Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

Department

Department of Social Security

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

9 March 2001

Reference

SI 2001/859

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he is taking to ensure that carers who have an underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance but who do not receive any payment due to the overlapping benefits rules are made aware that they may qualify for income support...

Asked by

Karen Buck (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2001

Reference

364 c295-6W; 152332

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he plans to take to ensure that carers who will become entitled to invalid care allowance as a result of the new package of measures for carers being introduced in April are made aware of their potential entitlement and...

Asked by

Karen Buck (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2001

Reference

364 c295W; 152331

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Year

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher