The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there has been in the level of rough sleeping in the UK since 2010.
Mr Marcus Jones
Rough sleeping statistics for individual local authorities and England are published in Table 1 of the Department’s Rough Sleeping in England publications for each year. These are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government takes to provide drug harm reduction information for young people and parents.
Jane Ellison
FRANK provides impartial, reliable and confidential information and advice about drug use. Public Health England (PHE) updates FRANK to reflect new and emerging patterns of drug use and is currently considering how best to enhance the service to remain in line with young people’s media habits and strengthen situational advice to reduce risks to young people.
Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug and alcohol education prevention and treatment services to young people and parents. PHE supports local authorities in this work by providing a range of supportive guidance and materials, as well as bespoke data, value for money tools, topical briefings, and advice on good practice.
PHE is supporting a range of prevention and information programmes for young people and parents, including jointly funding Mentor UK’s Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service which is a web-based platform for sharing information and resources aimed at schools and practitioners working in drug and alcohol prevention.
PHE also provides Rise Above, an online social marketing programme that aims to reduce the uptake of risky behaviours, including drug taking, by young people aged 11-16. It aims to give them the skills required to make better decisions in ‘risky’ situations to delay and prevent them from engaging in exploratory behaviours.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-09-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that work status is routinely recorded in health records.
Nicola Blackwood
This matter is under consideration as part of work on the forthcoming Green Paper on work and health.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home fire safety checks were completed by fire and rescue services in 2013-14.
Mike Penning
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.
Fire and rescue services reported that they undertook around 627,000 Home Fire Safety checks during 2013-14.
Data are also collected on fire safety campaigns and initiatives. These include, but do not separate out, schools visits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many visits fire and rescue services made to schools in 2013-14.
Mike Penning
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.
Fire and rescue services reported that they undertook around 627,000 Home Fire Safety checks during 2013-14.
Data are also collected on fire safety campaigns and initiatives. These include, but do not separate out, schools visits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private prescriptions for (a) benzodiazepines, (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants were issued in 2013; and whether such private prescriptions are included in the analysis by the NHS of prescription costs.
George Freeman
Information is held by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on the numbers of original private prescriptions for controlled drugs that are listed in Schedules 2 or 3 to the Misuse of Drug Regulations 2001 (as amended) (“the 2001 Regulations”) and dispensed in the community in England by NHS community pharmacies. These pharmacies submit regular returns to the NHSBSA for monitoring purposes only with no cost information collected.
No benzodiazepine drugs are listed in Schedule 2 to the 2001 Regulations. The benzodiazepines, flunitrazepam, midazolam and temazepam are listed in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations. In 2013, the NHSBSA recorded 3,021 private prescriptions for these drugs, as defined within the British National Formulary Section 4.1.1 Hypnotics, Section 4.8.2 Drugs used in status epilepticus and Section 15.1.4 Sedative and analgesic peri-operative drugs. Other benzodiazepine drugs are listed in Schedule 4 to the 2001 Regulations. No “Z” drugs or antidepressants are listed in Schedules 2 or 3 to the 2001 Regulations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Public Health England and NHS England’s improvement framework for hepatitis C will be published.
Jane Ellison
A publication date for the hepatitis C framework has not yet been confirmed. While NHS England is progressing the hepatitis C framework, Public Health England continues working with NHS England and Operational Development Networks to establish a process of monitoring of treatment access and uptake.