The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Type 2 diabetics manage their condition with (a) insulin injections and (b) insulin tablets.
Jane Ellison
Information is not collected centrally on the number of people prescribed a medicine or the medical condition being treated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects the revised Carr-Hill formula to be applied to GP contracts in 2017-18.
Alistair Burt
NHS England is working with the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC), NHS Employers, the Department and academic partners on the review to develop a formula that better reflects the factors that drive workload, such as age or deprivation.
It is intended that the review of the Carr-Hill formula will inform the 2017-18 GP contract. This would be subject to agreement with the GPC. NHS England does not intend to publish the outcome of the technical review until agreement has been reached to apply the revised formula.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reflecting NHS Trust fines in remuneration packages of the managers responsible for the Trust at the time of the incidents in respect of which those fines arose.
Alistair Burt
We have taken steps to ensure that success and failure are not rewarded equally in NHS Boardrooms. We now require all executive pay above £142,500 in National Health Service trusts for new appointments to include at least 10% of basic pay dependent on meeting individual performance targets which are set locally but could include targets set by clinical commissioning groups so that failure to meet them could trigger both a fine and a loss of basic pay for the leaders of the trust. The guidance to NHS trusts from NHS Improvement recommends that this “earn-back” arrangement should also apply to other executive posts in the trust. We also request this from NHS foundation trusts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £1 billion primary care infrastructure fund has been (a) committed to future projects and (b) spent by GP practices.
Alistair Burt
The Primary Care Transformation Fund is a multi-year programme and the first tranche of local estates and technology projects to improve general practitioner premises and supporting infrastructure across the country are already underway.
Clinical commissioning groups have commissioned the development of Strategic Estates Plans that include the individual estates and technology projects for years two to four, which are due for submission later in the spring. These will then be assessed during the summer and the allocations required to support them developed in the autumn – which will form part of the commitments to future projects.
Expenditure on 2015/16 projects will be finalised with the audit of NHS England’s national accounts, which is expected to complete in July.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to announce the net allocations from the primary care transformation fund.
Alistair Burt
The Primary Care Transformation Fund is a multi-year programme and the first tranche of local estates and technology projects to improve general practitioner premises and supporting infrastructure across the country are already underway. Expenditure on 2015/16 projects will be finalised with the audit of NHS England’s national accounts, which is expected to complete in July.
Clinical commissioning groups have commissioned the development of Strategic Estates Plans that include the individual estates and technology projects for years two to four, which are due for submission later in the spring. These will then be assessed during the summer and the allocations required to support them developed later this year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward proposals to extend crown indemnity to GPs.
Alistair Burt
The Department is working with NHS England on a number of steps that form part of a longer term consideration on primary care indemnity cover. This will: look at the historical position on indemnity provision; consider carrying out a scoping exercise on general practitioner (GP) indemnity; and include wider consultation with GPs, patients, defence lawyers, claimant lawyers, medical defence organisations, the NHS Litigation Authority and commercial insurance organisations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of other EU member states who were convicted of an offence in the UK had previous convictions in their country of origin in each of the last five years.
Karen Bradley
Such data is not aggregated in national reporting systems, which would mean this question can only be answered through a disproportionately expensive manual case search to collate the data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Imran Hussain on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the protection of minors applying for indefinite leave to remain on the settlement protection route whilst their applications are decided.
James Brokenshire
UK Visas and Immigration has taken significant steps to enhance support and protection for minors who apply for indefinite leave to remain. Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 requires the Home Office to carry out its existing functions in a way that takes into account the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the UK.
As part of its commitment to Section 55, all UK Visas and Immigration employees have received training in order to assist them to identify potential vulnerable minors during the consideration of indefinite leave to remain applications.
UK Visas and Immigration has also implemented a vulnerable minor, and adult, policy along with a National Referral Mechanism for potential victims of human trafficking, a web link to the internal guidance is below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-of-trafficking-guidance-for-competent-bodies
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each constabulary have been (a) convicted and (b) disciplined for sexual offences in the last five years.
Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the number of police officers convicted or disciplined for sexual offences.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions Border Force Cutters seized contraband goods while on patrol in UK waters in each of the last six years; and what the (a) volume and (b) type of goods intercepted was in each such case.
James Brokenshire
Border Force does not provide seizure information specific to ports or mode of activity as to do so is likely to compromise border security.
Such information in the public domain is highly likely to inform those who seek to defraud or smuggle, how and where to target their activity in order to evade border controls.