Tag: Andrew Percy

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that all patients who are subject to the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 have all their rights discussed or explained to them before any treatment is carried out, as recommended by the Care Quality Commission’s sixth annual report, HC483, published on 14 October 2015.

Alistair Burt

The Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, which came into force in April 2015, provides statutory guidance on how functions under the Mental Health Act 1983 (the Act) should be carried out. All providers of mental health services under the Act have a duty to abide by both the provisions of the Act and the detailed guidance on how implement those provisions contained in the Code of Practice. That includes the duty of all such mental health providers to ensure their staff know and understand their responsibilities under the Act.

Empowerment and the involvement of patients are key principles underpinning the Act, and the Code of Practice is clear that detained patients must be informed of their rights; that it is the responsibility of those treating them to ensure that patients understand their rights; and that patients are aware that they are entitled to ask for the assistance of an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) to help them understand this information.

The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual report Monitoring the Mental Health Act 2014/15 indicates that CQC have already taken action where providers are failing to effectively monitor the Act, train staff and support patients and recommends that services use the findings of that report to make sure staff have the right skills and knowledge and decide what action needs to be taken to improve the care and support available for patients.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU, Africa and the Middle East on addressing the refugee crisis in the Middle East.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Foreign and Commonwealth Office ministers regularly discuss the migration and refugee crisis with their counterparts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The Supporting Syria and the Region Conference, co-hosted by the UK in London on 4 February, brought together over 60 countries, as well as international organisations, business, civil society, Syrians and people affected by the conflict. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) held bilateral talks with colleagues from a range of countries, and migration was a feature of many of those meetings. On 15 February, the Foreign Secretary attended the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, and discussed the crisis with ministers for foreign affairs from EU countries.
My right hon. Friend, the Member for Aylesbury (Mr Lidington) attended the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 16 February, where he discussed migration with Europe ministers from EU countries. Migration was on the agenda at the European Council on 18-19 February, attended by the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron). It was also the main focus of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels on 25 February, attended by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-02-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure children and families created via surrogacy are treated equally.

Jane Ellison

A search of the Department’s central correspondence system shows that the Department received 22 representations that made direct or indirect reference to the report `Surrogacy in the UK: Myth Busting and Reform’ since it was published in November 2015.

The Government has no current plans to change the legislation in respect of surrogacy arrangements.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-03-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on encouraging public procurement for British Steel.

Anna Soubry

BIS Ministers and officials have worked closely with my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service officials in developing the set of measures delivered through the Steel Procurement Working Group, including the issuing of steel-specific procurement guidance, the mapping of indicative quantities of steel for key projects and the updating of British standards for steel. This close working continues in the implementation of these measures, reporting to the Steel Council. On 3 April we announced we would extend the guidance to the wider public sector and we are setting up an approved list of steel suppliers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on treating people with inflammatory bowel disease in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five financial years.

Jane Ellison

The information is not available in the format requested.

Such information as is available on the cost to the National Health Service of treating inflammatory bowel disease is from reference costs, which are the average unit cost to NHS hospital trusts of providing defined services to patients in a given financial year. Reference costs for acute care are collected by Healthcare Resource Group (HRG), a secondary classification system which groups similar treatments that use similar resources. Reference costs are published annually, most recently for 2014-15.

The following table reflects the costs of treating patients who are admitted to hospital and does not include the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in outpatient or other settings outside of hospital. The costs are not comparable between years because of changes to the HRG design and to the underlying primary classification system for diseases.

Estimated total costs (£millions) to NHS hospitals of treating inflammatory bowel disease, 2010-11 to 2014-15

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Inflammatory bowel disease	207.3	147.1	73.0	78.8	82.9
Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease	12.1	8.4	9.7	10.6	10.9
Total	219.4	155.5	82.6	89.5	93.8

Source: Reference costs, Department of Health

Notes:

1. For each HRG or other currency in the reference cost collection, NHS hospital trusts submit a unit cost and amount of activity undertaken.
2. Costs are not comparable between years:
   1. changes to the HRG design in 2011-12 resulted in the removal of HRGs specific to procedures for inflammatory bowel disease. These costs are included in other HRGs and are no longer separately identifiable.
   2. revised clinical coding guidance introduced in 2012-13 with the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD-10), fourth edition, resulted in the transfer of significant activity (and therefore costs) associated with infectious gastroenteritis and colitis to other HRGs.
3. The following HRGs are included in the table:

2010-11

FZ37F Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 1 day or less

FZ37G Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more with Major Complications and Comorbidities (CC) with Interventions

FZ37H Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more with Major CC without Interventions

FZ37I Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more without Major CC with Interventions

FZ37J Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more without Major CC without Interventions

FZ14Z Complex Procedures for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

FZ15Z Major Procedures for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

FZ28A Endoscopic or Intermediate Procedures for Inflammatory Bowel Disease 19 years and over with CC

FZ28B Endoscopic or Intermediate Procedures for Inflammatory Bowel Disease 19 years and over without CC

FZ28C Endoscopic or Intermediate Procedures for Inflammatory Bowel Disease 18 years and under

PA27Z Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2011-12

FZ37F Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 1 day or less

FZ37G Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more with Major CC with Interventions

FZ37H Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more with Major CC without Interventions

FZ37I Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more without Major CC with Interventions

FZ37J Inflammatory Bowel Disease with length of stay 2 days or more without Major CC without Interventions

PA27Z Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2012-13

FZ37K Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 3+

FZ37L Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 0-2

FZ37M Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Single Intervention, with CC Score 4+

FZ37N Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Single Intervention, with CC Score 0-3

FZ37P Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 5+

FZ37Q Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 3-4

FZ37R Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 1-2

FZ37S Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 0

PA27Z Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2013-14 and 2014-15

FZ37K Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 3+

FZ37L Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Multiple Interventions, with CC Score 0-2

FZ37M Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Single Intervention, with CC Score 4+

FZ37N Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Single Intervention, with CC Score 0-3

FZ37P Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 5+

FZ37Q Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 3-4

FZ37R Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 1-2

FZ37S Inflammatory Bowel Disease without Interventions, with CC Score 0

PF27A Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with CC Score 1+

PF27B Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with CC Score 0

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve palliative and end-of-life care for LGBT people.

Ben Gummer

We are committed to ensuring that everyone who is at, or approaching, the end of life has access to high quality, compassionate care that is tailored to their individual needs and preferences.

Many people already receive excellent end of life care but, as shown by the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) recent review of inequalities in end of life care, A different ending: Addressing inequalities in end of life care, there is clearly more that can be done to ensure that all patients experience good quality care, regardless of their age, gender, race, condition, sexual orientation or gender identity.

We welcome the CQC’s review and we will work together with NHS England to use its findings, and those of the ACCESSCare: Advanced Cancer Care Equality Strategy for Sexual Minorities study, when it is published, to inform ongoing work to reduce inequalities in access to care.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to implement the Competition and Markets Authority’s recommendations in making all future auctions for renewable support contracts technology neutral.

Andrea Leadsom

The CMA recommendations are another step towards ensuring we have a competitive and effective energy market for consumers. We will now take action, along with Ofgem and other delivery bodies, to implement these recommendations.

The Competition and Markets Authority did not recommend making all future auctions for renewable support technology neutral.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2015-11-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of Ofcom’s programme to monitor and enforce the cancellation and termination arrangements of different providers; and what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers can easily leave their communications contracts in future.

Mr Edward Vaizey

In June 2015, Ofcom launched a monitoring and enforcement programme to assess the cancellation and termination arrangements of communications providers, and the impact these have on consumers’ ability to exit their communications service contract quickly, conveniently and without error. We will discuss with Ofcom any findings from its programme that show consumers have difficulty ending contracts, and work with them to identify whether action needs to be taken.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6371, whether he plans to reform the planning process to improve the ability of mobile network operators to deploy taller infrastructure in areas where connectivity is needed; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Edward Vaizey

Yes. Extensive and reliable mobile connectivity is vital for our modern economy, particularly in rural areas. The Government has undertaken a review of the planning system to assess what improvements should be made to support the deployment of mobile infrastructure. The outcome of that review will be announced shortly, I hope.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time was for a 101 call in each year since that service’s launch; and what the average response time was for 101 calls made to the Humberside Police from (a) North Lincolnshire and (b) East Yorkshire in the last 12 months.

Mike Penning

The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the average response times for 999 calls. Information on average 101 call waiting times since April 2014, provided by forces, including Humberside Police, can be found at: www.Police.uk

The Home Office does not hold information on call waiting times for individual forces which pre-dates April 2014 or about calls made to forces from local areas. This information is held by forces.

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