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HANSARDAdult Social CareI thank ADASS for its report. The outcomes we are seeing show a number of things: as well as the £8.1 billion investment we put in, we have brought down waiting lists for…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareThat is a good point. We have given the CQC responsibility for measuring local authority provision of care. Overall, we are seeing a high satisfaction rate—89%—and the number of…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareThe department carries out regular assessments of the financial pressures facing adult social care. Since the spending review, the Government have made available up to £8.1…22 Nov 2023HANSARDAdult Social CareI do not have the figures for those 12 years, but I will happily send them to the noble Lord.22 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983Yes. The data, and fundamentally understanding what is beneath it, is key to all this. We have put an executive lead on each trust board to look at exactly these sorts of issues,…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983The noble Baroness is absolutely correct. With the mental health units to detect problems early, we are now at around 35%; last year it was only 25% but in the next 18 months or…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983We are committed to improving the care and treatment of people detained under the Mental Health Act, including taking forward non-legislative commitments such as culturally…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983I understand the frustration and disappointment about the fact that the Bill has not been brought forward. I am keen to focus on what we can do in the meantime. Of course the Bill…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983I appreciate the feeling that our response on minimal standards—in our reply, I think, to the report by the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins —did not go far enough to make sure that…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983I thank my noble friend for her question and for her work on this. The advanced choice documents are a perfect example, like a birth plan, of where people can put in place what…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983We are all agreed on the intent behind what we were trying to do with the Bill. On learning difficulties and autism, the most important thing we are trying to do is to make sure…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983Yes. I have tried to get into this further, and my understanding is that lot of the trouble is that there is often a fear from black and ethnic-minority people of the existing…21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983Yes. I am happy for the noble Lord to come to the round table and put those points himself as well.21 Nov 2023HANSARDMental Health Act 1983My noble friend is absolutely correct, and from personal experience I know the importance of getting that early diagnosis right. I am quite happy to write in detail exactly what…21 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesThe Government are committed to tackling disparities for parents and babies. We are addressing this through the National Health Service three-year delivery plan for maternity and…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesThe database from which all the evidence and data have come has just been published. That is exactly why we are publishing the database: so that we can understand the reasons…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesI thank the noble Baroness for her Question and for her work in this space. I have tried to delve into the numbers. It seems that roughly half the reasons why black and ethnic…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesYes, absolutely. One main reason for that is that in London there is generally a more ethnically representative mix of staff, who are better placed to understand and work in that…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesThat is specifically what the Best Start for Life programme is all about. It is a joint Department of Health and DfE £300 million initiative focused on the 75 most deprived areas…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesYes. Obviously, we want to find every group and then understand the targeted action around them. Noble Lords will have often heard me say that one of the most effective bits of…15 Nov 2023