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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the trends in the incidence of dental caries among school children (a) in Bolton and (b) nationally since 2010.

Dr Daniel Poulter

There has been only one published survey of dental caries among schoolchildren which includes the Bolton area since 2010. This is the National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England: oral health survey of five-year-old children 2012, A report on the prevalence and severity of dental decay. This can be found at the following link:

www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/survey-results5.aspx?id=1

A comparison of selected findings from the survey, and from the previous survey of five year old children in England, published in 2009, the NHS Dental Epidemiology Programme for England, Oral Health Survey of 5 year old Children, 2007/2008 can be found at the following link:

www.nwph.info/dentalhealth/survey-results.aspx?id=1

The comparisons are supplied in the following table:

Bolton Local Authority area	2008	2012
Number of children examined	298	262
Mean number decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft)	1.91	1.85
Proportion of children with lifetimes caries experience (% dmft>0)	46.3%	43.4%

National (England)	2008	2012
Number of children examined	139,727	133,516
Mean number decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft)	1.11	0.94
Proportion of children with lifetimes caries experience (% dmft>0)	30.9%	27.9%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to co-ordinate healthy eating initiatives among the homeless.

Jane Ellison

The Department supports the Inclusion Health programme which champions the health and health care of vulnerable groups, including homeless people. The programme seeks to improve the health data for these groups, and set out practical steps for assessing needs (for example, through Joint Strategic Needs Assessments) and commissioning services. We are also involved in funding work in this area through the Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund to improve hospital discharge arrangements for people who are homeless (£10 million in 2013-14) and £40 million capital fund for hostel refurbishment with a focus on improving health outcomes (2014-15).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the five most common causes of admission to hospital have been for (a) children and (b) adults in Bolton since 2010.

Jane Ellison

The information is shown in the attached table.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in Bolton North East constituency in each of the last three years.

Mr David Gauke

Table 1: Bolton North East constituency Working Tax Credit entitlement

Tax Year	Total WTC entitlement
2010-11	£19 million
2011-12	£18 million
2012-13	£176 million

These figures have been rounded to the nearest £ million.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) teachers in Bolton Local Education Authority took early retirement on the grounds of ill-health in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.

Mr David Laws

Between April 2010 and March 2013 there were seven teachers who retired on ill-health grounds from publicly-funded schools in Bolton local authority.

Given the very small number of people involved, the statistics provided have not included a grade or year split to avoid disclosing data on specific individuals.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that overcrowding on trains is (a) regulated and (b) effectively monitored.

Stephen Hammond

Capacity provided by franchised rail operators is monitored by the Department through regular passenger counts. The results enable the Department to liaise with operators where capacity problems are identified, and to ensure that potential solutions are investigated.

It is for the rail industry to plan to fully deploy available rolling stock to best meet passenger demand, and take all reasonable steps to minimise any crowding.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Bolton North East constituency and (b) Bolton have received pension credit since 2010.

Steve Webb

Statistics on pension credit are available from 100% data and are published on the Department’s website at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/pc/tabtool_pc.html

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to release statistics on the number of refusals by the Legal Aid Agency to pay legal aid in cases settled before the permission stage.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The Legal Aid Agency records information on the outcome of each application for a discretionary payment in respect of remuneration for work on applications for permission for judicial review, where a case concludes before a decision on permission is taken by the court. The Government is considering the best way of publishing this information.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that funds devolved to the budgets of police and crime commissioners for victims’ services are allocated according to crime rates.

Damian Green

Funding for the commissioning of victims’ services has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners using a transparent formula based solely on population data. One of the reasons we are moving to a local commissioning model is to allow Police and Crime Commissioners to provide services tailored to meet local needs. The population based formula ensures that funding is allocated according to where the victim lives, and therefore where they will likely seek the support of victims’ services. Additionally the relatively low variation in distribution of population between areas year on year means these proportions should remain relatively stable over time.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on funding available for victims’ services of devolution to police and crime commissioners.

Damian Green

From 1 October 2014 the majority of support services for victims of crime will be commissioned at the local level by democratically elected and publicly accountable Police and Crime Commissioners and this Government is making more money than ever before available to ensure that victims receive the vital support they require.

PCC’s with their knowledge of local victims’ needs are uniquely placed to ensure that available funding is targeted where most required to help victims of crime to both cope with and, where possible, recover from the impacts of crime.

PCCs are also ideally placed to co-commission with other local commissioners such as Health or Local Authorities, thereby reducing duplication and achieving better value for money.