PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES - United Kingdom Parliament

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Written Answers
26 MARCH 2013
Written Answers
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(3) what assessment he has made of the possible link
between child mortality and poverty levels in Bradford.
[149460]
Dr Poulter: The infant mortality rate for Bradford,
deaths under one year, is higher than in England, with
7.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2009-11, compared
to a rate of 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in England
for the same period. The higher rate in Bradford to
some extent reflects the higher level of deprivation,
Bradford is ranked 26 out of 326 local authorities on
the English Indices of Deprivation, rank 1 being the
most deprived.
We have given a high priority to early year’s issues,
including reducing the inequalities in infant mortality.
The evidence-based Healthy Child Programme is the
key programme for pregnant women, mothers and children.
It seeks to prevent problems during pregnancy, at birth
and in the early years, and help reduce health inequalities.
We are increasing by 50% the number of health visitors
and doubling the number of places on the Family
Nurse Partnership programme to 13,000 by 2015. This
programme offers support to at-risk, first-time young
parents from early pregnancy until the child is two years
old.
Infant mortality is an indicator in both the NHS and
Public Health outcomes framework. The transfer of
public health responsibilities to local government will
improve the responsiveness of public health to local
challenges and needs. Public Health England will provide
national leadership and nationwide expertise on public
health issues, including work on tackling health inequalities
in the early years. Infant mortality and child mortality
link to poverty, as noted by Professor Sir Michael
Marrnot in his strategic review of health inequalities,
“Fair Society, Healthy Lives” (2010). Child mortality
covers deaths from ages’ one to 17 years. In Bradford,
the child mortality rate was 23.6 deaths per 100,000 of
people in the same age group for 2009-11. This compares
with a rate of 13.7 per 100,000 for England for the same
period.
We recognise the importance of tackling poor health
outcomes among children and young people. We established
a Children and Young Peoples Health Outcomes Forum
to consider these issues, and recently launched a pledge
to improve health of children and young people, improve
services from pregnancy to adolescence and beyond
and reduce avoidable deaths, as part of our response to
the recommendations of the Forum. The Royal Colleges,
health organisations and other relevant bodies have
signed up to this pledge.
Mental Health Services: Young People
Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health (1) how much each local authority in England
has spent on (a) Tier 1, (b) Tier 2, (c) Tier 3 and (d)
Tier 4 within children and adolescent mental health
services in each of the last three years; [150162]
(2) how much each local authority in England has
spent on children and adolescent mental health services
in each of the last three years for which figures are
available. [150163]
Norman Lamb: Provision for Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is included in both
the overall financial allocations made to the national
health service and in financial allocations made to local
authorities through the Local Government Revenue
Support Grant.
All current social care grants, including the old CAMHS
grant, were rolled into the Local Government Revenue
Support Grant (LGRSG) for the Spending review period
2011-15. The LGRSG is the main route by which local
authorities receive the majority of their funding for
local public service delivery, and is issued via the Department
for Communities and Local Government.
CAMHS funding is included in funding provided for
on-going personal social services. The funding for all
Department of Health revenue grants has been maintained
and will rise in line with inflation over the spending
review period (£767.02 million in 2011-12, £784.43 million
in 2012-13, £804.98 million in 2013-13 and £826.31 million
in 2014-15 for ongoing personal social services). Individual
elements of funding are not ring fenced. It is for
commissioners to decide how to use the resources available
to them to best meet the needs of their local populations.
The Department for Education has also made funding
available through the Early Intervention Grant to local
authorities and schools for a wide range of services for
children, young people and families including targeted
mental health support in schools. This grant is due to
finish at the end of the financial year. From April 2013,
this funding is being moved and the majority will be
paid as part of the Dedicated Schools Grant as part of
changes to give schools greater flexibility to respond to
the individual needs of their pupils.
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
Andrew Bridgen: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health how many representations, letters, emails and
other items of correspondence his Department received
expressing doubts, concerns or opposition towards
Mid Staffordshire Trust’s bid for foundation trust
status up to 30 June 2007. [149584]
Anna Soubry: Records are only available from August
2005. A search of the Department’s ministerial
correspondence database has identified one item of
correspondence logged before 1 January 2008 in relation
to Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust’s application to become
a foundation trust.
Andrew Bridgen: To ask the Secretary of State for
Health how many individual complaints his
Department received from members of the public on
care and treatment by Mid Staffordshire NHS
Foundation Trust and its predecessor in each month
between 1 April 2005 and 30 June 2007. [149585]
Dr Poulter: Records are only available from August
2005. A search of the Department’s ministerial
correspondence database has identified 31 individual
complaints about Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation
received between 1 August 2005 and 30 June 2007. The
following table shows the number of complaints split by
month received. These figures represent correspondence
received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence
unit only.