Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library data showing the (a) number of people living with HIV, (b) number of HIV deaths and (c) level of HIV prevalence in (i) England, (ii) each parliamentary constituency and (iii) each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Public Health England (PHE) has developed Fingertips, a rich source of indicators across a range of health and wellbeing themes that have been designed to support the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and commissioning to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. The sexual and reproductive health profiles for local authorities can be found in the following link:
Data at parliamentary constituency level is not available for any measure as requested.
It is estimated that for 2014 (the most recent year for which figures are available) there are 103,700 people living with HIV (includes both diagnosed and undiagnosed infection) in the United Kingdom; a breakdown for England only is not available. Further breakdown by local authority is not available.
Table 1 below shows the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV, numbers of death in people with HIV, number people accessing HIV care and HIV testing in England and proportion of adults diagnosed with a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count below 350 cells, for 2014.
England | |
New HIV diagnoses (all ages) | 5,559 |
Deaths in people with HIV (all ages) | 518 |
Accessing HIV care (all ages) | 78,317 |
HIV tests performed in sexual health clinics (all ages) (2015) | 1,129,456 |
HIV self-sampling service (all ages) (November 2015 – July 2016 only) | 15,631 |
HIV tests performed in antenatal settings (all ages) | 693,570 |
Proportion of people with CD4 count below 350 cells within 91 days of diagnosis (all ages) | 40% (1,748/4415) |
Note:
I. Data is not included on additional HIV tests undertaken in England such as on blood donors, tests conducted by general practitioners that are not on pregnant women, tests undertaken by private practitioners or pharmacies, etc.
II. New HIV diagnoses are not synonymous with new HIV infections; people can and do live with an undiagnosed HIV infection for many years before they are diagnosed.
III. The proportion of people diagnosed with a CD4 count.
IV. Numbers accessing care at the local authority level are restricted to age groups 15-59 years to be consistent with British HIV Association HIV testing guidelines.
V. Data on HIV testing in sexual health clinics represent the total number of HIV tests performed and not the number of people tested for HIV. HIV testing data exclude people accessing sexual health clinics located in England who are residents in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or abroad.
VI. The figure presented for the HIV self-sampling service represents the total number of kits returned for testing and are provisional. Data are available from November 2015, when the service began to mid July 2016. Data presented are for period November 2015 to January 2016 available from conference presentation by Guerra et al 0O38:
Local Authority data are owned by local commissioners and not published nationally.
VII. Deaths include all-cause mortality, including non-HIV related deaths.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were newly diagnosed with HIV in (a) England, (b) each parliamentary constituency and (c) each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Public Health England (PHE) has developed Fingertips, a rich source of indicators across a range of health and wellbeing themes that have been designed to support the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and commissioning to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities. The sexual and reproductive health profiles for local authorities can be found in the following link:
Data at parliamentary constituency level is not available for any measure as requested.
It is estimated that for 2014 (the most recent year for which figures are available) there are 103,700 people living with HIV (includes both diagnosed and undiagnosed infection) in the United Kingdom; a breakdown for England only is not available. Further breakdown by local authority is not available.
Table 1 below shows the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV, numbers of death in people with HIV, number people accessing HIV care and HIV testing in England and proportion of adults diagnosed with a cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count below 350 cells, for 2014.
England | |
New HIV diagnoses (all ages) | 5,559 |
Deaths in people with HIV (all ages) | 518 |
Accessing HIV care (all ages) | 78,317 |
HIV tests performed in sexual health clinics (all ages) (2015) | 1,129,456 |
HIV self-sampling service (all ages) (November 2015 – July 2016 only) | 15,631 |
HIV tests performed in antenatal settings (all ages) | 693,570 |
Proportion of people with CD4 count below 350 cells within 91 days of diagnosis (all ages) | 40% (1,748/4415) |
Note:
I. Data is not included on additional HIV tests undertaken in England such as on blood donors, tests conducted by general practitioners that are not on pregnant women, tests undertaken by private practitioners or pharmacies, etc.
II. New HIV diagnoses are not synonymous with new HIV infections; people can and do live with an undiagnosed HIV infection for many years before they are diagnosed.
III. The proportion of people diagnosed with a CD4 count.
IV. Numbers accessing care at the local authority level are restricted to age groups 15-59 years to be consistent with British HIV Association HIV testing guidelines.
V. Data on HIV testing in sexual health clinics represent the total number of HIV tests performed and not the number of people tested for HIV. HIV testing data exclude people accessing sexual health clinics located in England who are residents in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or abroad.
VI. The figure presented for the HIV self-sampling service represents the total number of kits returned for testing and are provisional. Data are available from November 2015, when the service began to mid July 2016. Data presented are for period November 2015 to January 2016 available from conference presentation by Guerra et al 0O38:
Local Authority data are owned by local commissioners and not published nationally.
VII. Deaths include all-cause mortality, including non-HIV related deaths.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timeline are of review of blood donations policy.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) decided at its meeting in January 2016 to carry out a review of deferral criteria for blood donors in relation to risks both from sexually transmitted diseases and from infections potentially transmitted by other routes, for example, tattooing or intravenous drug use.
The process will fully involve stakeholders (who can share thinking with and seek feedback from their communities), and will be incremental, with published progress reports and any intermediate advice. The terms of reference will be published once approved by SaBTO.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of Operational Resilience Capacity Planning for 2014-15; and what the status is of the retained funding for flu vaccinations for clinicians in the independent sector.
Answered by Jane Ellison
In April 2015, NHS England advised System Resilience Groups that all resilience initiatives started in response to the 2014-15 document should continue, and were also informed of new resilience planning priorities for the coming year. A copy of the letter is attached.
For this year, funding was given to NHS Employers to support flu vaccination communications aimed at staff working in care homes, and to work with National Health Service trusts with low staff vaccination uptake by providing support networks and events.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to meet demand for school places in Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
As announced at the Spending Review, the Government is investing £23 billion in school buildings to create 600,000 new school places, opening 500 new free schools and addressing essential maintenance needs. This commitment reflects our bold ambitions for education and provides a firm basis from which to deliver our goal of securing educational excellence in every corner of the country.
Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them to do so is one of this Government’s top priorities. We allocate basic need funding to local authorities to help create new school places where they are needed. Leeds has been allocated £73 million of basic need funding for the period 2015-18. Leeds also received £99 million between 2011 and 2015, helping to create 8,800 new school places between 2010 and 2014.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to fund influenza vaccinations for clinical staff in the independent and voluntary sector in 2014-15; and how much of that funding was spent on (a) residential, (b) domiciliary and (c) other community care services.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Funding is not provided centrally for the vaccination of health and social care workers. Flu vaccination for all health and social care workers, including clinical staff working in the independent and voluntary sector is an occupational health issue and is the responsibility of the employer.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contribution staff at the Department for International Development office in East Kilbride have made to the delivery of UK development policy over the last twelve months.
Answered by David Mundell
The 600 plus staff in DFID’s office in East Kilbride are an intrinsic part of the UK Government team delivering our £9.8 billion international development effort. They make a crucial contribution to improving the lives of millions of people in some of the poorest communities in the world.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to each region for providing congenital heart disease services.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information on the amount of funding allocated to each region for providing congenital heart disease services and to each National Health Service trust for children's congenital heart disease services is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to each NHS Trust for children's congenital heart disease services in each year since 1995.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information on the amount of funding allocated to each region for providing congenital heart disease services and to each National Health Service trust for children's congenital heart disease services is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Stuart Andrew (Conservative - Pudsey)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps a local authority must take to revise a housing target provisionally set out in its local plan.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Local Plans must be based on robust and up-to-date evidence and consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework. To revise a housing target an authority will need to take account of policy requirements in the Framework, planning guidance, and bring forward proposed changes in line with existing legal and procedural requirements. Planning policy is clear that Local Plans should be regularly reviewed to ensure that they are up to date, and planning guidance that wherever possible housing needs assessments should be informed by the latest available information.