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HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesYes, it absolutely does fit into it. We have increased the number of maternity staff by about 14% since 2010, and the long-term workforce plan is all about making spaces for 1,000…15 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 RatesI have specifically investigated infant mortality rates. If you look at it, you see the increase is in pre-24-week term cases. Post 24 weeks, the number of cases has remained…15 Nov 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality RatesAgain, noble Lords will know that housing, to my mind, is key to so much of that, and the whole building programmes and the million extra houses are a key part of that. If you…15 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingMy noble friend makes an excellent point. My understanding is exactly in this vein: £7 million was paid in match funding to children’s hospices in exactly the way he mentioned. As…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingAs I said, it is a responsibility for all of them, but I will happily give the noble Baroness a detailed reply so that it is very clear exactly what they are doing to make sure…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingFirst, I absolutely recognise the noble Lord’s point that 80% of hospices’ funding comes through charities, so they represent an excellent resource for us. That is why we are…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsMy Lords, this year we are investing £121 million in community support for autistic people and people with a learning disability. This will support reductions in the numbers of…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsI thank the noble Lord for his kind words about me; I understand the situation. The Government are committed to implementing those changes and we are looking for opportunities to…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingYes, absolutely. Again, there is a balance we are trying to get over here, because we are all agreed on the importance of what they are trying to do. At the same time, we believe…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingMy noble friend is correct; it is a long-term part of the statutory requirements of all ICBs to provide palliative care, so it is written into that NHSE mandate. It has to review…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsI and the whole House would agree with my noble friend that having the right people making the right assessments on the right place for those people to be treated is key to all…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingAs I mentioned, it is a statutory requirement for every ICB. NHS England is responsible and is reviewing those arrangements in all 42 trusts. At the same time, this is an element…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsI think we are all agreed on the action; there was was an intensive and involved process by the whole House when it came to agreeing the action. That is why I am keen to ensure…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingAs I said, we absolutely agree on the vital role of it all. The amount of funding that we placed there a few years ago was £15 million, so it has gone up by about 67%. It is…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingThe Government and NHS England recognise the vital role that hospices play in delivering high-quality, personalised palliative and end-of-life care for all ages. The children and…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsI thank the noble Baroness for her report and the meeting that we had to follow it up. Probably the best way forward on this is that a lot of things we are doing and can do can be…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsI will come back in more detail on the contractual arrangements, but the point that the noble Baroness raises on making sure that there are no perverse incentives to do that has…14 Nov 2023HANSARDAutism: In-patient Care in Mental Health HospitalsYes, I have some personal experience here and I know how vital it is to find out early, so you can put together the tools. I have seen some really interesting things. The Bradford…14 Nov 2023HANSARDChildren’s Hospices: FundingYes, it is. I was surprised to find out that, for instance, the number of young people living with life-limiting conditions was 33,000 in 2001-02 and is over 90,000 today. That is…14 Nov 2023