Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 2 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The table below relates to NHS England’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | 43 | 26 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | £4.08 million | £2.52 million |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.99 million | £18.52 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | £6.36 million | £0 |
Total | 0 | 56 contracts valued at £13.43 million | 46 contracts valued at £21.09 million |
2014-15: In addition to the above mentioned 26 Phase 1 contracts that have already been awarded, it is estimated that a further 15 Phase 1 contracts will be awarded in this financial year. It is budgeted to award a total of 41 Phase 1 contracts with a total value of £4.08 million in 2014-15.
2015-16: Budgets for 2015/16 programmes have not yet been agreed by the NHS England Board.
The table below relates to the Department of Health SBRI Contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 13 | 23 | 0 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | £1.07 million | £2.96 million | 0 |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.63 million | £10.15 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 13 contracts valued at £1.07 million | 23 contracts valued at £5.59 million | 11 contracts valued at £10.15 million |
2012-13: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the East of England Strategic Health Authority. The Department also contributed £500,000 to a Phase 1 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2013-14: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2014-15: The Phase 2 figures relate to the number and value of contracts that are being offered and not yet signed.
2015-16: The Department is currently engaged in its financial planning process and budgets for the next financial year have not yet been allocated.
In 2010, the Government set an aspiration that at least 25% of central Government procurement spend would go to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), both directly and through the supply chain, by 2015. The Department agreed its own target of 18% to contributing to the Government’s aspiration. The Department’s total as at September 2014 stands at 17.2%, the target being that at least 18% of the Department’s and its arms-length bodies’ (ALBs) spend shall be awarded to SMEs by 2015.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value of new Phase 3 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England was in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The table below relates to NHS England’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | 43 | 26 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | £4.08 million | £2.52 million |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.99 million | £18.52 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | £6.36 million | £0 |
Total | 0 | 56 contracts valued at £13.43 million | 46 contracts valued at £21.09 million |
2014-15: In addition to the above mentioned 26 Phase 1 contracts that have already been awarded, it is estimated that a further 15 Phase 1 contracts will be awarded in this financial year. It is budgeted to award a total of 41 Phase 1 contracts with a total value of £4.08 million in 2014-15.
2015-16: Budgets for 2015/16 programmes have not yet been agreed by the NHS England Board.
The table below relates to the Department of Health SBRI Contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 13 | 23 | 0 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | £1.07 million | £2.96 million | 0 |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.63 million | £10.15 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 13 contracts valued at £1.07 million | 23 contracts valued at £5.59 million | 11 contracts valued at £10.15 million |
2012-13: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the East of England Strategic Health Authority. The Department also contributed £500,000 to a Phase 1 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2013-14: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2014-15: The Phase 2 figures relate to the number and value of contracts that are being offered and not yet signed.
2015-16: The Department is currently engaged in its financial planning process and budgets for the next financial year have not yet been allocated.
In 2010, the Government set an aspiration that at least 25% of central Government procurement spend would go to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), both directly and through the supply chain, by 2015. The Department agreed its own target of 18% to contributing to the Government’s aspiration. The Department’s total as at September 2014 stands at 17.2%, the target being that at least 18% of the Department’s and its arms-length bodies’ (ALBs) spend shall be awarded to SMEs by 2015.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England was in 2014-15 to date; and what the total (i) number and (ii) value is of such contracts it has budgeted to award in 2014-15.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The table below relates to NHS England’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | 43 | 26 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | £4.08 million | £2.52 million |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.99 million | £18.52 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | £6.36 million | £0 |
Total | 0 | 56 contracts valued at £13.43 million | 46 contracts valued at £21.09 million |
2014-15: In addition to the above mentioned 26 Phase 1 contracts that have already been awarded, it is estimated that a further 15 Phase 1 contracts will be awarded in this financial year. It is budgeted to award a total of 41 Phase 1 contracts with a total value of £4.08 million in 2014-15.
2015-16: Budgets for 2015/16 programmes have not yet been agreed by the NHS England Board.
The table below relates to the Department of Health SBRI Contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 13 | 23 | 0 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | £1.07 million | £2.96 million | 0 |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.63 million | £10.15 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 13 contracts valued at £1.07 million | 23 contracts valued at £5.59 million | 11 contracts valued at £10.15 million |
2012-13: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the East of England Strategic Health Authority. The Department also contributed £500,000 to a Phase 1 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2013-14: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2014-15: The Phase 2 figures relate to the number and value of contracts that are being offered and not yet signed.
2015-16: The Department is currently engaged in its financial planning process and budgets for the next financial year have not yet been allocated.
In 2010, the Government set an aspiration that at least 25% of central Government procurement spend would go to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), both directly and through the supply chain, by 2015. The Department agreed its own target of 18% to contributing to the Government’s aspiration. The Department’s total as at September 2014 stands at 17.2%, the target being that at least 18% of the Department’s and its arms-length bodies’ (ALBs) spend shall be awarded to SMEs by 2015.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of new Phase 1 Small Business Research Initiative contracts awarded by NHS England in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The table below relates to NHS England’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | 43 | 26 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | 0 | £4.08 million | £2.52 million |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.99 million | £18.52 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | £6.36 million | £0 |
Total | 0 | 56 contracts valued at £13.43 million | 46 contracts valued at £21.09 million |
2014-15: In addition to the above mentioned 26 Phase 1 contracts that have already been awarded, it is estimated that a further 15 Phase 1 contracts will be awarded in this financial year. It is budgeted to award a total of 41 Phase 1 contracts with a total value of £4.08 million in 2014-15.
2015-16: Budgets for 2015/16 programmes have not yet been agreed by the NHS England Board.
The table below relates to the Department of Health SBRI Contracts:
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Number of Phase 1 Contracts | 13 | 23 | 0 |
Value of Phase 1 Contracts | £1.07 million | £2.96 million | 0 |
Number of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Value of Phase 2 Contracts | 0 | £2.63 million | £10.15 million |
Number of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Value of Phase 3 Contracts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 13 contracts valued at £1.07 million | 23 contracts valued at £5.59 million | 11 contracts valued at £10.15 million |
2012-13: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the East of England Strategic Health Authority. The Department also contributed £500,000 to a Phase 1 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2013-14: In addition to the above, the Department contributed £500,000 to a Phase 2 SBRI competition that was led by the Technology Strategy Board.
2014-15: The Phase 2 figures relate to the number and value of contracts that are being offered and not yet signed.
2015-16: The Department is currently engaged in its financial planning process and budgets for the next financial year have not yet been allocated.
In 2010, the Government set an aspiration that at least 25% of central Government procurement spend would go to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), both directly and through the supply chain, by 2015. The Department agreed its own target of 18% to contributing to the Government’s aspiration. The Department’s total as at September 2014 stands at 17.2%, the target being that at least 18% of the Department’s and its arms-length bodies’ (ALBs) spend shall be awarded to SMEs by 2015.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on supporting young people moving from children's to adult's mental health services.
Answered by George Freeman
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (now the CLAHRC East of England) has funded a range of research on this topic. Details are available on the CLAHRC’s website at:
Details of outputs from a project on this topic are available on the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies website at:
http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/081613117
The NIHR is currently funding a £2 million programme of research on how health services can contribute most effectively to facilitating successful transition of young people with complex health needs from childhood to adulthood. This programme ends in April 2017.
The Department’s Policy Research Programme funds the Policy Research Unit in the Health of Children, Young People and Families at University College London. The unit is currently undertaking a research project to explore issues around expanding adolescent and young adult care and movement of transition point to 24 years of age.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the take up of childhood vaccinations in (a) Lambeth, (b) Greater London and (c) the UK for each ethnic group.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Childhood vaccination uptake data by ethnicity is not routinely collected. Accordingly it is not possible to provide any information relating to Lambeth and the United Kingdom for each ethnic group.
In relation to Greater London, a paper was published in 2013 which summarised the results of a specific one-off study to assess childhood vaccination uptake by ethnicity in London for children born between 2006-07 and 2010-11. The study covered nine London Primary Care Trust areas (Camden, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Ealing, Hounslow, Sutton and Merton). A copy of the study is attached.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the take up of childhood vaccinations in (a) Lambeth, (b) Greater London and (c) the UK among those subject to immigration control; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information on the immigration status of children being vaccinated is not routinely collected. The information requested is therefore not available.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the take up of the HPV vaccine in (a) Lambeth, (b) Greater London and (c) the UK for each ethnic group.
Answered by Jane Ellison
HPV vaccination uptake data by ethnicity is not routinely collected and collated nationally. Accordingly it is not possible to provide information relating to the take up of the HPV vaccine in Lambeth, Greater London and the United Kingdom for each ethnic group.
Some studies conducted in England have demonstrated lower vaccination uptake in non-white ethnic groups. Sacks et al1 reported 3-dose HPV vaccination coverage among young women attending sexual health services across England of 72% among the White ethnic group, 56% in the Asian ethnic group and 55% in the Black ethnic group. Bowyer et al2 showed that among young girls attending school in London, those from non-white ethnic backgrounds were significantly less likely to report having received all three doses of the HPV vaccine than those from the white ethnic group.
1Sacks RJ, Copas AJ, Wilkinson DM, Robinson AJ. Uptake of the HPV vaccination programme in England: a cross-sectional survey of young women attending sexual health services. Sex Transm Infect 2014 Jun;90(4):315-21.
2Bowyer HL, Dodd RH, Marlow LA, Waller J. Association between human papillomavirus vaccine status and other cervical cancer risk factors. Vaccine 2014 Jul 23;32(34):4310-6.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prisoners had mental health difficulties upon arrival in adult prison in each year from 2005 to 2014 to date.
Answered by Norman Lamb
Health assessments are undertaken during an individual’s reception into prison or a youth offender institution. This includes a mental health assessment, which identifies any treatment and support needed. Information on the proportion of people with mental health difficulties entering prison or a youth offender institution is not available centrally.
The Government is rolling out liaison and diversion services in police stations and courts across England, commissioned by NHS England and with full coverage by 2017. Funding for these services in 2014-15 is £25 million. These services identify offenders with vulnerabilities, including mental health problems, in order to facilitate referral into relevant treatment services as soon as possible.
Since April 2013, NHS England has commissioned health services within prisons and young offender institutions. As in the community, prison mental health services are provided through a combination of primary care and specialist teams and most prisoners’ needs can be met by primary care. Care for prisoners’ more serious mental health conditions is usually provided by specialist in-reach teams, but if prisoners’ need psychiatric inpatient care they can be transferred to a secure mental health hospital if they meet the criteria to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
For offenders leaving custody, National Health Service guidance sets an expectation that prisoners are either registered with a general practitioner (GP) practice before they leave or are provided with the necessary information to register with a GP on release and, where possible, provided with support in doing so. This will help facilitate continuity of care on release.
Released prisoners can access the full range of mental health services available in the community. Offenders with identified mental health problems, who need secondary mental health services, are subject to the Care Programme Approach (CPA) during their stay in prison and on release. CPA enables the planning of treatment and continuity of mental health care for the individual. On release from prison, offenders needing CPA should have a care plan and, pre-release, the prison mental health in-reach team should inform and share information with the individual's GP to ensure continuity of care.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided to prisons to offer care to prisoners with mental health problems.
Answered by Norman Lamb
Health assessments are undertaken during an individual’s reception into prison or a youth offender institution. This includes a mental health assessment, which identifies any treatment and support needed. Information on the proportion of people with mental health difficulties entering prison or a youth offender institution is not available centrally.
The Government is rolling out liaison and diversion services in police stations and courts across England, commissioned by NHS England and with full coverage by 2017. Funding for these services in 2014-15 is £25 million. These services identify offenders with vulnerabilities, including mental health problems, in order to facilitate referral into relevant treatment services as soon as possible.
Since April 2013, NHS England has commissioned health services within prisons and young offender institutions. As in the community, prison mental health services are provided through a combination of primary care and specialist teams and most prisoners’ needs can be met by primary care. Care for prisoners’ more serious mental health conditions is usually provided by specialist in-reach teams, but if prisoners’ need psychiatric inpatient care they can be transferred to a secure mental health hospital if they meet the criteria to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
For offenders leaving custody, National Health Service guidance sets an expectation that prisoners are either registered with a general practitioner (GP) practice before they leave or are provided with the necessary information to register with a GP on release and, where possible, provided with support in doing so. This will help facilitate continuity of care on release.
Released prisoners can access the full range of mental health services available in the community. Offenders with identified mental health problems, who need secondary mental health services, are subject to the Care Programme Approach (CPA) during their stay in prison and on release. CPA enables the planning of treatment and continuity of mental health care for the individual. On release from prison, offenders needing CPA should have a care plan and, pre-release, the prison mental health in-reach team should inform and share information with the individual's GP to ensure continuity of care.