The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on NHS waiting lists to receive a liver transplant.
Nicola Blackwood
As at 20 October 2016 there were 550 people on the active liver transplant list.
Waiting list figures can fluctuate daily as patients are removed or added to the transplant list as their condition improves or deteriorates.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has given NHS trusts on the use of Office for National Statistics population projections for service planning.
David Mowat
It is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to commission services to meet the needs of their populations, which will include services provided by National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts in most instances.
The NHS Operational Planning and Contractual Guidance (authored by NHS England and NHS Improvement) provides guidance for CCGs to help commissioning. The Department would expect commissioners to take a range of information into account including population projections.
A copy of the NHS Operational Planning and Contractual Guidance can be found at the following address:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans for an opt-out system for organ donation across the UK.
Nicola Blackwood
There are currently no plans for an opt-out system for organ donation in England. Since 2008 donation in the United Kingdom has increased by 68% and transplants by 47%, by increasing the number of specialist nurses and strengthening the donation infrastructure. 2015/16 saw the highest ever deceased donor rate in the UK with 1,364 deceased donors resulting in 3,529 transplants.
We continue to support work to further increase donation and transplantation rates, particularly promoting collaborative working amongst organisations and raising awareness of donation in the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities to become donors.
NHS Blood and Transplant launched a new UK–wide organ donation and transplantation strategy in July 2013. Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 identifies the action being taken to increase organ donation and transplantation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the members of the neuroscience clinical reference group of NHS England.
David Mowat
Clinical Reference Groups (CRG) are currently undertaking a process of recruitment. Once all appointments have been made, a full list of members for each CRG will be published on NHS England’s website. However, for the Specialised Neurosciences CRG, the Chair and Lead CRG Commissioner have been confirmed as Adrian Williams and Jacquie Kemp respectively.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jenny Chapman on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have (a) registered for and (b) attended events as part of the Better Health Programme.
Mr Philip Dunne
This information is not available centrally. The Better Health Programme is a locally-led programme run by the National Health Service in Darlington, Durham and Tees. Information on the number of people who registered for and attended engagement events can be obtained from the NHS locally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Double on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children coming to the UK as refugees from Calais are under 18 years olds.
Mr Robert Goodwill
All individuals are referred to the UK authorities by the French non-governmental organisation, France terre d’asile and are then interviewed by French and UK officials.
Where credible and clear documentary evidence of age is not available, trained officials will use criteria including physical appearance and demeanour to assess age as part of the interview process.
Where we believe someone is significantly over the age of 18, they will be refused transfer to the UK as a child. The Home Office does not use dental x-rays to determine an individual’s age; the British Dental Association has described them as inaccurate, inappropriate and unethical.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female unaccompanied children arrived in the UK seeking asylum in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Home Office publishes the Immigration Statistics release each quarter.
The requested information is available in table as_08, in volume 3 of the asylum data tables:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546760/asylum3-q2-2016-tabs.ods
A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April to June 2016, is available from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june2016/asylum
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to reduce homophobic hate crimes since January 2016.
Sarah Newton
The Home Office was part of the steering group of an Equalities and Human Rights Commission project to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime, which ended earlier this year.
As a result, we have committed to work with organisations such as the anti-violence charity Galop to develop resources that specifically meet the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) communities. We are also sharing existing good practice, including across the LGBT Hate Crime Network which was established by the project and is made up of over 30 groups across the country.
The cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan, developed following consultation with a number of LGBT groups, contains actions designed to tackle hate crime against LGB&T people. This includes an assessment of the levels of homophobic bullying in schools, renewed CPS legal guidance on homophobic, biphobic and transphobic crime and funding for community groups who are working to tackle hate crime, including homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Mactaggart on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how potential victims of trafficking whose type of exploitation is recorded as unknown in the National Referral Mechanism Statistics, end of year summary 2015, published on 11 February 2016 were identified; and if she will make a statement.
Sarah Newton
Potential Victims who are recorded in the National Referral Mechanism Statistics (NRM) statistics as having suffered an unknown type of exploitation are identified and referred through the same process as other victims. The breakdown of agencies who referred them to the NRM are included in published statistics, data for which is derived from initial referral forms. An ‘unknown’ categorisation can result from missing or incomplete information on this form, which may be collected at a later stage as part of the ongoing assessment and safeguarding of the potential victim concerned.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the unaccompanied children that have arrived in the UK from Calais under the Dublin III Regulation are (a) male and (b) female.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The process of transferring unaccompanied children from Calais to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation is an ongoing operational matter and the Home Office will provide an update in due course.