The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Murrison on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals have closed in each year since 2005.
Ben Gummer
The Department does not hold this information.
Category: Speeches
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Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will respond to the petition of Isabelle Garnett on the www.change.org website, entitled Help my son get the autism care he needs.
Alistair Burt
I met Isabelle and Robin Garnett on 15 March, together with the hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes). I was grateful for the opportunity to discuss Matthew’s care and the broader issues of ensuring that children and young people’s mental health services are transformed using the £1.4 billion funding being made available over the lifetime of this Parliament. It is crucial that children such as Matthew get the best possible care, based on the best clinical advice at all stages, with hospital stays kept to the minimum necessary and in the most appropriate setting to meet their needs.
On 22 March, Matthew transferred to a unit in Northampton where the specialist care he needs is available.
I have asked the Department, with NHS England and other partners, to consider urgently how we can best learn the lessons from the experiences of Matthew and his family, including whether this case raises broader systemic issues that need to be addressed.
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David Mackintosh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on average patient waiting times of the use of closed waiting lists at GP surgeries.
Alistair Burt
The Department has not assessed waiting times for appointments, as each practice decides how to operate in order to meet the contractual requirement to meet the reasonable needs of their patients. The needs of patients can vary considerably from one practice to another.
NHS England does not routinely collect data on either general practitioner (GP) appointment or GP registration waiting times. NHS England is currently establishing a new collection process to gather information on closed patient lists routinely. Therefore, it is not able currently to assess the impact of a practice closing their list on appointment waiting times.
Practices may only close their lists to new patients with the approval of NHS England.
NHS England works with GP practices to ensure patient lists remain open wherever possible. It is possible that the reasons for closing a practice list impact on the flow of appointments to existing patients e.g. with the sudden loss of a GP, but such effects will often be temporary.
Any patient struggling to find a practice accepting new patients can contact NHS England’s Customer Contact Centre for support.
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Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of uninsured vehicles in the UK; and how many vehicles were seized for unpaid insurance in each year since 2009-10.
Andrew Jones
Since 2011 the Government has had in place an insurance and compliance strategy, namely the Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) scheme operated by DVLA and the Motor Insurers Bureau, which aims to reduce the level of uninsured driving.
It is estimated that CIE has already helped reduce levels of uninsured driving from 1.4 million in 2010 to 1 million vehicles now.
The police have powers under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to seize a vehicle that is being used on a public road without motor insurance. How police enforce the law is an operational matter for their discretion.
The table below shows the number of vehicles seized by the police for driving without insurance.
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
vehicles seized
180,000
150,000
140,000
137,000
135,000
116,000
121,000
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Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-07-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people working for her Department or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and how many of those people are employed on zero-hours contracts.
Matt Hancock
All employees are by law required to be paid the National Living Wage. No directly employed or agency staff are employed on zero hour contacts.
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Catherine West – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-10-11.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications his Department has received for the Widening Access Tax Rebate Scheme for trainee psychologists in each year since the rebate scheme has been in operation.
Jane Ellison
HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information on the specific course undertaken so is unable to provide figures for the number of applications for trainee psychologists.
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Lord Black of Brentwood – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood on 2015-11-18.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to amend road traffic legislation to make it compulsory for drivers who run over a cat to report it to the police.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Government has no plans to amend the legislation.
The Highway Code advises drivers to report any accident involving an animal to the police, which I hope would lead to domestic animal owners whose animals are killed in road accidents being made aware of their loss.
The police also advise drivers that, if possible, they should make enquiries to ascertain the owner of domestic animals, such as cats, and advise them of the situation.
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Nigel Evans – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nigel Evans on 2016-01-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built in (a) the Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England and Wales since January 2009.
Brandon Lewis
Statistics on new build housing starts and completions in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England and Wales are published on the Department’s website at:
http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building
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Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-02-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries (a) closed, (b) opened and (c) merged in (i) London, (ii) each London borough and (iii) each Trust area in London in each year since 2010.
Alistair Burt
The information is not held in the format requested.
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Maggie Throup – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maggie Throup on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support NHS England plans to provide clinical commissioning groups relating to the transfer of obesity surgery commissioning responsibilities from NHS England after that transfer.
George Freeman
Although the transfer is effective from April 2016, the handover process will be agreed between specialised commissioning and individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), in line with their preparedness.
Specialised commissioning teams will continue to provide advice and support CCGs post-handover in line with the CCG’s need. CCGs already have mechanisms in place to monitor provider performance and quality through the existing quality assurance processes.