The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the outcome of the Accelerated Access Review.
Nicola Blackwood
The Government expects to publish the review it commissioned on the independently chaired Accelerated Access Review this autumn. The Review team is currently considering publication dates.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish a list of all secondees to his Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what the role was of each of those secondees.
David Mowat
In line with privacy and data protection legislation as well as standing Cabinet Office instructions, the exact numbers and details of individual roles cannot be published. This is to prevent the personal identification of individuals either directly or in combination with other published information.
There have been two appointments in total into Senior Civil Servant roles as follows, during the years in question as follows:
|
Name |
Start date |
Grade |
End date |
Seconding Organisation |
Role |
|
Robin Furnell |
24/08/2015 |
SCS1 |
31/12/2016 |
Accenture |
Contract Management Function Implementation Lead |
|
Nicole Mather |
22/04/2014 |
SCS2 |
22/10/2016 |
Deloitte (formally seconded to BEIS and part-time to DH) |
Director – Office for Life Sciences |
During the same period of time, at lower grades the following table summarises the disclosable information
|
Company |
Numbers |
Grades of role |
|
PwC |
5 or fewer |
HEO and SEO |
|
Deloitte |
5 or fewer |
Analyst and G7 |
|
Ernst and Young |
5 or fewer |
G7 |
|
KPMG |
0 |
– |
|
Accenture |
0 |
– |
The above information does not include secondees to the Department’s agencies or arms’ length bodies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times his Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
David Mowat
The breakdown for the last three financial years 2013-14 to 2015-16 for both the Department’s cost and how many times it has used the services of Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers are all contained in the attached table.
Spend for all four firms is taken from cash receipted amounts against purchase orders in line with Crown Commercial Services definitions and is not comparable with consultancy costs data published annually by the Department, where all now reported as resource (accruals) based.
Any further information would incur disproportionate cost to provide.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients in hospitals who are medically fit for discharge on the latest date for which figures are available.
David Mowat
NHS England’s Monthly Situation Report collects data on the number of patients delayed on the last Thursday of each month and the total delayed days during the month, for all patients delayed throughout the month. This data is available by organisation, type of care and reason, for every local authority and NHS Trust in England. The attached link refers.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/2016-17-data/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of the NSPCC’s report, Transforming mental health services for children who have experienced abuse: A review of Local Transformation Plans, published in June 2016.
Nicola Blackwood
We appreciate the work done by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in preparing their report in advance of NHS England’s own qualitative analysis published on 22 August 2016. NHS England also produced a quantitative review in January 2016.
We have an ongoing dialogue with key stakeholders such as the NSPCC to discuss areas of shared interest such as how best we can ensure an effective response to those children and young people who have been abused, including those who have been sexually abused.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications to the NHS Low Income Scheme were granted in each year from 2008 to 2016; and how many apprentices are currently on the NHS Low Income Scheme.
David Mowat
The table below shows the number of applications to the NHS Low Income Scheme, and the certificates which were granted, in each year from 2008 to 2016:
|
Year |
HC1s Received |
HC2s Issued |
HC3s Issued |
|
2007/08 |
422,652 |
240,288 |
140,501 |
|
2008/09 |
445,608 |
252,037 |
148,018 |
|
2009/10 |
431,129 |
243,350 |
142,135 |
|
2010/11 |
433,075 |
249,193 |
139,375 |
|
2011/12 |
422,591 |
246,808 |
134,276 |
|
2012/13 |
399,375 |
229,618 |
122,580 |
|
2013/14 |
389,324 |
225,275 |
120,391 |
|
2014/15 |
385,131 |
214,975 |
113,964 |
|
2015/16 |
383,487 |
225,239 |
112,414 |
A HC2 certificate entitles the person (and their family) to full remission of the charge, whereas a HC3 certificate provides partial remission and indicates how much of the charge the person must pay.
Figures for apprentices who hold NHS Low Income Scheme certificates are not available, as information on who is an apprentice is not collected.
The overall cost to administer the NHS Low Income Scheme in the last three financial years are set out below. These figures represent the direct costs of the NHS Low Income Scheme service in England, Scotland and Wales. The figures do not include overheads associated with the wider infrastructure of the NHS Business Services Authority:
|
Year |
Cost (£) |
|
2015/16 |
1,469,034 |
|
2014/15 |
1,566,587 |
|
2013/14 |
1,594,957 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2016-09-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on businesses in Edinburgh of leaving the EU.
Mr David Gauke
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union and we are going to make a success of it. While it is clear that we do now face some economic challenges as a result of the referendum decision, the UK economy does so from a position of strength.
HM Government is monitoring economic developments closely and the independent Office for Budget Responsibility will produce an updated economic forecast alongside Autumn Statement 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Murray on 2016-09-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the potential cost to Scottish businesses of leaving the EU.
Mr David Gauke
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union and we are going to make a success of it. While it is clear that we do now face some economic challenges as a result of the referendum decision, the UK economy does so from a position of strength.
HM Government is monitoring economic developments closely and the independent Office for Budget Responsibility will produce an updated economic forecast alongside Autumn Statement 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-09-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average telephone waiting time was for members of the public trying to contact HM Revenue and Customs in the first six months of (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
Jane Ellison
HM Revenue and Customs publishes regular performance reports, including average speed of answer details, which are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ruth Smeeth on 2016-09-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions of community amateur sports clubs for operating incorrectly there have been in the last two years.
Jane Ellison
Rather than prosecute Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) for operating incorrectly, any club that does not meet the new regulations, introduced in April 2015, will be de-registered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and assessed for potential Capital Gains Tax charges on the deemed disposal and acquisition of assets.
Statistics are not kept on former CASCs that set up a charity that they subsequently register with HMRC. These new charities are required to simply register the charity with HMRC in the normal way.