Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to make employment a clinical commissioning group outcome indicator; and if he will make a statement.

All of the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) outcomes indicators are chosen on the basis that they contribute to the overarching aims of the five domains in the NHS Outcomes Framework.

The indicators are developed through three routes:

- The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence makes recommendations on indicators to NHS England;

- NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) also directly develop indicators; and

- Where new indicators are introduced to the NHS Outcomes Framework, consideration is given by NHS England and the HSCIC as to whether these are measurable at CCG level.

The CCG Outcomes Indicator Set 2014-15 includes an indicator on the proportion of adults in contact with secondary mental health services who are in paid employment. The potential for other employment-related indicators will be considered as part of the future development of the CCG Outcomes Indicator Set.