The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) Lancashire are studying for a clinical pharmacy diploma.
Ben Gummer
The Department does not hold this information centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students in Lancashire studying a clinical pharmacy diploma are in receipt of a bursary.
Ben Gummer
Students undertaking clinical pharmacy diplomas are not eligible for NHS Bursary funding.
Health Education England (HEE), North West, provides a range of education support primarily focused around the required pre-registration year through the provision of salary support for hospital based trainees. HEE (North West) also supports access to funded continuing professional development for clinical pharmacists. The clinical pharmacy diploma, which is not a requirement in order to practice independently, is not funded in the North West by HEE in terms of either fees or bursaries.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers are working in Lancashire.
Alistair Burt
This information is not collected centrally.
Skills for Care, the partner in the sector skills council for social care, in England, collects information on the number social worker jobs in England.
Skills for Care estimates shows that there were a total of 390 social worker jobs in Lancashire in local authorities and the independent sector as at September 2015.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students studying allied health professions in Lancashire are in receipt of an NHS bursary.
Ben Gummer
The total cost of NHS bursaries paid to medical, nursing and midwifery and allied health professional (AHP) students in financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15, the latest year for which figures are available, is shown in the following table.
|
2010-11 £000 |
2011-12 £000 |
2012-13 £000 |
2013-14 £000 |
2014-15 £000 |
|
|
Medical |
19,826 |
19,530 |
20,573 |
21,001 |
20,909 |
|
Nursing and Midwifery |
399,366 |
385,371 |
349,453 |
320,586 |
301,307 |
|
Allied Health Professions |
50,296 |
50,275 |
52,759 |
55,697 |
58,129 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Notes:
The figures include all bursary elements (Basic Award, allowances and one-off payments) paid directly to students or to 3rd party providers of services for disabled students. Excludes tuition fees paid directly to Higher Education Institutions to meet the tuition fee liability of students studying medicine.
During the financial year of 2014-15 there were a total of 90 students studying an AHP course at the University of Central Lancashire who were in receipt of an NHS bursary. It is not possible to separately identify the number of bursary recipients at other AHP course providers in Lancashire, as these are campus based, with information captured as part of the figures for the main site, all of which fall outside of Lancashire. These figures are therefore excluded.
During the financial year 2014-15 there were a total of 773 students studying social work at the University of Central Lancashire and at Lancaster University who were in receipt of a social work bursary.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS bursaries for (a) doctors, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) allied health professionals in each year since 2010.
Ben Gummer
The total cost of NHS bursaries paid to medical, nursing and midwifery and allied health professional (AHP) students in financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15, the latest year for which figures are available, is shown in the following table.
|
2010-11 £000 |
2011-12 £000 |
2012-13 £000 |
2013-14 £000 |
2014-15 £000 |
|
|
Medical |
19,826 |
19,530 |
20,573 |
21,001 |
20,909 |
|
Nursing and Midwifery |
399,366 |
385,371 |
349,453 |
320,586 |
301,307 |
|
Allied Health Professions |
50,296 |
50,275 |
52,759 |
55,697 |
58,129 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Notes:
The figures include all bursary elements (Basic Award, allowances and one-off payments) paid directly to students or to 3rd party providers of services for disabled students. Excludes tuition fees paid directly to Higher Education Institutions to meet the tuition fee liability of students studying medicine.
During the financial year of 2014-15 there were a total of 90 students studying an AHP course at the University of Central Lancashire who were in receipt of an NHS bursary. It is not possible to separately identify the number of bursary recipients at other AHP course providers in Lancashire, as these are campus based, with information captured as part of the figures for the main site, all of which fall outside of Lancashire. These figures are therefore excluded.
During the financial year 2014-15 there were a total of 773 students studying social work at the University of Central Lancashire and at Lancaster University who were in receipt of a social work bursary.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics were employed by the London Ambulance Service in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
London Ambulance Service currently has a national and international campaign to recruit additional paramedics which seeks to address the fall in staffing over recent years.
The table below shows the Full Time Equivalent (FTE) numbers of ambulance paramedics at London Ambulance Service. This information is sourced from HSCIC Monthly Workforce Statistics, January 2016.
|
Date |
September 2011 |
September 2012 |
September 2013 |
September 2014 |
September 2015 |
|
Sum of Total FTE |
1,871 |
1,885 |
1,892 |
1,778 |
1,762 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target response times are for ambulances responding to C1 and C2 incidents.
Jane Ellison
Category C1 and category C2 are terms used by London Ambulance Service to describe the first two categories of green calls.
Green calls are lower acuity calls where there is still a need for an ambulance, but in slower time scales than life-threatening or more urgent calls. They are usually split into four categories and the response times for these are agreed and set locally.
Data on green call performance is not centrally held.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of pharmacies in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is provided in the following table.
Number of registered pharmacies in Great Britain, both National Health Service and private, for each of the last 10 years
|
As at 31 December |
|
|
2006 |
12,545 |
|
2007 |
12,844 |
|
2008 |
12,958 |
|
2009 |
13,224 |
|
2010 (as at 31 October) |
13,465 |
|
As at 31 March |
|
|
2011 |
13,500 |
|
2012 |
13,850 |
|
2013 |
14,186 |
|
2014 |
14,306 |
|
2015 |
14,367 |
|
2016 |
14,397 |
Source: For the years 2006 to 2009 the data is taken from archived records of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. From 2010 to 2016 the information has been provided by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Number of registered pharmacies in Northern Ireland, both NHS and private, for each of the last 10 years (as at 31 May)
|
2006 |
548 |
|
2007 |
530 |
|
2008 |
538 |
|
2009 |
539 |
|
2010 |
542 |
|
2011 |
543 |
|
2012 |
548 |
|
2013 |
548 |
|
2014 |
549 |
|
2015 |
552 |
Source: Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the cross-government definition of domestic violence and abuse to include people under 16 years old.
Karen Bradley
The Government takes domestic violence and abuse extremely seriously and recognises that young people can be victims in both the home and their relationships. In March 2013, the non-statutory definition of domestic violence and abuse was extended to include 16 and 17-year-olds.
In doing so the Government hopes to encourage young people to come forward and get the support they need, through a helpline or specialist service. Whilst domestic abuse against under 16s is captured by child abuse and existing child protection systems we continue to keep the non-statutory definition of domestic abuse under constant review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rebecca Long Bailey on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect Rwandans residing in the UK from assassination.
Mr John Hayes
It is long established Home Office policy not to comment upon matters of personal protective security.