Danny Chambers MP: written questions
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Mental Health and Suicide: MothersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle (a) mental health and (b) suicide rates among mothers in the twelve months postpartum.
Answer: Specialist community perinatal mental health services are established in all parts of England, but we recognise more is needed. Too many people with mental health issues, including mothers in the 12 months postpartum, are not getting the support or care t...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBipolar Disorder: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare professionals receive adequate training to (a) screen for bipolar disorder, (b) manage it effectively and (c) prevent the ina
Answer: The standard of training for general practitioners and other health care professionals is the responsibility of the independent statutory regulatory bodies, which set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses, and higher ed...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBipolar Disorder: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to create specialist services for people with bipolar disorder.
Answer: The Community Mental Health Framework set out a vision for transforming community mental health services. The vision is a whole person, whole population approach to community health services, with new integrated models between primary and secondary care t...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total health and social care budget was allocated to the public health grant in each of the last five years.
Answer: The proportion of the Department of Health and Social Care budget allocated to the local authority Public Health Grant over the last 5 years is shown in the table:2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Total PH Grant quantum (£m) (i) 3,1343,2793,3243,4...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on raising the public health grant allocated to local authorities.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has discussed the Department’s settlement for 2025/26 with my Rt Hon. Friend, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, as part of the Spending Review process.We will confirm 2025/26 local a...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDogs: Electronic Training AidsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban the (a) sale and (b) use of electric shock collars for dogs.
Answer: The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation and will bring forward plans in due course. Ministers will be considering available evidence around the use of hand-controlled e-collars and their effects on the...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAquariums and Zoos: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department last updated rules for (a) zoos and (b) aquariums on animal welfare.
Answer: The Secretary of State's Standards of Modern Zoo Practice were last updated in 2012. Defra is currently in the process of updating these standards, to ensure all animals in zoos and aquariums are kept in conditions that reflect latest best practice. The d...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAquariums: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last Ministerial visit to an aquarium in the UK took place.
Answer: All Ministerial visits should be declared on the ministerial transparency return which is published by Cabinet Office every quarter.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPenguins: AquariumsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the welfare of the Gentoo penguins at London aquarium.
Answer: The UK has some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world. Under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, all zoos in Great Britain must be licensed to appropriate welfare standards, as set out in the Secretary of State's Standards of Modern Zoo Practice. A...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
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