The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on external management consultants’ pay in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 to date.
Mr Philip Dunne
We do not hold the information in the format requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Drew Hendry on 2015-10-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of benefit sanctions on mental health.
Priti Patel
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 2 November 2015 to Questions 901923, 901929 and 901937.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-11-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Andrea Leadsom
The cost of SCS recruitment from 2010 to 2015 can be found in the table below. Data is taken from central finance records. Every effort has been made to exclude non SCS recruitment costs from the figures but where the grade recruited cannot be identified these figures have been included. Costs include charges provided by recruitment agencies and executive search agencies.
As part of its long-term economic plan, this Government has reduced the size of the Civil Service by 22%, adjusting for Machinery of Government changes that moved staff into and out of the Civil Service since the 2010 General Election, representing a significant increase in efficiency and productivity that helped save taxpayers £2.8 billion last year alone.
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Year |
Cost £ |
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2010-11 |
84,338.00 |
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2011-12 |
267,268.90 |
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2012-13 |
306,901.53 |
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2013-14 |
365,847.87 |
|
2014-15 |
176,080.25 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Oates on 2015-12-07.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 1 December (HL3716), what legal redress is available to patients denied access to mental health care by public health authorities that fail to comply with the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 on equal priority for mental and physical health.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The Government is committed to achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health and we expect people to have access to appropriate care and treatment based on their needs. We have implemented the first waiting times for mental health to improve access to mental health services. If individuals are dissatisfied with the services they are receiving, they may raise their concerns using local complaints procedures and if necessary with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2016-01-18.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the financial aid commitments made by them to foreign countries at the Paris Climate Summit will be met from the overseas aid budget, or from which other sources; and what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that the funds provided are used exclusively for the purpose intended.
Baroness Verma
The Government will provide £5.8 billion over the next five years to support developing countries using the UK’s International Climate Fund (ICF), which is channeled through DFID, the Department of Energy & Climate Change, and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. All ICF support is Official Development Assistance (ODA). The UK is proud to be a 0.7% donor and is promoting climate smart development across the aid portfolio.
We have rigorous programme design processes and robust monitoring and evaluation arrangements for ODA spending, including the ICF. We also use independently reviewed methodologies and key performance indicators to track impact and the value for money of ICF interventions. The Independent Commission on Aid Impact gave the ICF a positive assessment in December 2014, saying it was well on the way to achieving its ambitious objectives.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nusrat Ghani on 2016-02-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are registered at each GP surgery in Wealden constituency; what the capacity of each such surgery is; and how many such surgeries are oversubscribed.
Alistair Burt
NHS England advises that the Wealden constituency includes practices from two clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) – High Weald Lewes Havens CCG and Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG.
NHS England advises that surgeries do not have a specific maximum number of patients allowed to register at a general practitioner (GP) surgery. If a practice considers that it has too many patients registered, or wishing to register, then it may request a temporary list closure, try and recruit more GPs/nurses, or may extend its premises.
NHS England confirms that none of these surgeries currently have closed lists.
NHS England has provided the information as shown in the following tables.
GP practices in the High Weald Lewis Havens CCG area, with current list sizes (number of registered patients)
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Ashdown Forest Health Centre |
9,705 |
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Beacon Surgery |
10,638 |
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Bird-In-Eye Surgery |
7,761 |
|
Buxted Medical Centre |
10,602 |
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Groombridge and Hartfield Medical Group |
5,099 |
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Heathfield Surgery |
12,512 |
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Manor Oak Surgery |
3,466 |
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Rotherfield Surgery |
7,376 |
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Saxonbury House Surgery |
9,236 |
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The Meads |
8,366 |
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Wadhurst Medical Group |
8,802 |
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Woodhill Surgery |
3,237 |
Source: NHS England. Validated but unpublished information on GP practice list sizes from an approved statistical collection.
GP practices in Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG area, with current list sizes (number of registered patients)
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Downlands Surgery, Polegate |
10,539 |
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Manor Park Surgery, Polegate |
6,740 |
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Bridgeside Surgery, Hailsham |
5,827 |
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Hailsham Medical Group |
13,067 |
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Quintins Medical Centre, Hailsham |
6,699 |
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Herstmonceux Health Centre |
3,804 |
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Crescent Medical Centre, Hailsham |
1,540 |
|
Stone Cross Surgery |
11,817 |
Source: NHS England. Validated but unpublished information on GP practice list sizes from an approved statistical collection.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Sharon Hodgson on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people left school without a Grade C in GCSE English and maths in each region in each of the last five academic years.
Nick Gibb
The number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 without at least a grade C in GCSE English and maths in 2014/2015 can be deduced from Table LA1 of the local authority tables published in the “Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England 2014 to 2015” statistical first release.[1] This table shows the percentage of pupils who achieved an A*-C in English and mathematics GCSEs including equivalents, including the total number of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each local authority and region – from which the number and percentage of pupils not achieving a grade C in English and mathematics can be determined. Equivalent information for the previous four academic years is published in Table 15 in 2013/14[2] and Table 16 of the releases for earlier years.[3][4][5]
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2014-to-2015 (Local authority tables: SFR 01/2016)
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014 (Subject and LA tables: SFR 02/2015)
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011 (Additional tables: SFR 02/2012)
[4] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012 (Additional tables: SFR 02/2013)
[5] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised (Subject and LA tables: SFR 01/2014)
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority received from the Planning Enforcement Fund in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Brandon Lewis
The Department received six applications for enforcement grants before the deadline for submitting applications and all were successful.
Two grants were made in the financial year 2014-15 to Staffordshire County Council (£8,010) and Stratford-on-Avon District Council (£3,200).
Four grants were made in the financial year 2015-16 to Bath and North East Somerset Council (£7,993.75), London Borough of Camden (£8,184.50), Chelmsford City Council (£2,755) and South Gloucestershire Council (£3,291.66).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how much funding was allocated by her Department to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (i) Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command and (ii) each Counter-Terrorism Unit in the UK in each year since 2009-10.
Mike Penning
The Home Office does not publically provide a breakdown of Counter-Terrorism Police funding or resources by police force for security reasons.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2016-06-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2016 to Question 36436, what progress she has made on (a) reflecting on the recommendations of other parties on the rollout of independent child trafficking advocates and (b) that rollout.
Karen Bradley
The Government is committed to introducing appropriate support for trafficked children. It is important we get these structures right, given the significant risks to these children. We are working with a broad range of interested parties as well as Parliamentarians to further develop an approach so that we deliver an improved service for trafficked children. I will update Parliament in due course.