The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects applicants for payments under CAP to be able to register their identity using GOV.UK Verify as planned under the new CAP regime.
Matthew Hancock
Applicants can already register and sign in online for Rural Payments with GOV.UK Verify.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Leader of the House, how many ministerial corrections have been issued in the current session of Parliament by each Department.
Chris Grayling
Information on the issuing of ministerial corrections is not collated centrally. However, the information in the table below was provided by Parliamentary Search on 15 December 2015. It should be noted that the information relates to ministerial corrections given in both Houses to answered questions or written statements, as well as corrections to oral answers and other contributions. The information does not contain those occasions when Ministers wish to make a correction in terms which would not comply with the criteria relating to written ministerial corrections and therefore do so by means of a written ministerial statement.
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Department |
Ministerial Corrections |
|
Attorney General’s Office |
1 |
|
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |
8 |
|
Cabinet Office |
6 |
|
Department for Communities and Local Government |
1 |
|
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
8 |
|
Department for Education |
8 |
|
Department for Energy and Climate Change |
4 |
|
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
6 |
|
Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
3 |
|
Department of Health |
16 |
|
Home Office |
10 |
|
Department for International Development |
2 |
|
Ministry of Defence |
7 |
|
Ministry of Justice |
11 |
|
Department for Transport |
6 |
|
HM Treasury |
2 |
|
Wales Office |
1 |
|
Department for Work and Pensions |
4 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2015 to Question 15020, for what reason his Department’s outstanding spend data over £25,000 has not yet been published.
Matthew Hancock
The data is being compiled and will be published as soon as is practicable.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions Government departments have reported an information security breach since 2010.
Matthew Hancock
Information regarding information security breaches is held by individual departments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber attacks have been prevented on government systems in each year from 2010 to date.
Matthew Hancock
For security reasons we do not comment on specific details of cyber security attacks but we are continuously monitoring and managing the security risks to all HMG systems.
We take cyber security very seriously; since 2011 we have invested £860 million in a National Cyber Security Programme to protect the UK from cyber attack.We will invest £1.9b in cyber security over the next five years to protect the UK from cyber attacks. This ambitious level of investment will include: a programme of active cyber defence; creation of a National Cyber Centre and an ambitious skills programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that Health Education England implements the recommendations on the training of workforce contained in the report of the Independent Cancer Taskforce, Achieving World Class Cancer Outcomes.
Jane Ellison
NHS England is currently working with partners across the health system to determine how best to take forward the recommendations in the independent Cancer Taskforce’s report, Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015 to 2020, and has appointed Cally Palmer CBE as NHS National Cancer Director to lead on managing implementation. She is currently setting up a new Cancer Transformation Board to lead the roll-out of the recommendations of the new strategy, including on workforce, and a Cancer Advisory Group, chaired by Dr Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, will oversee and scrutinise their work.
We announced in September that Health Education England (HEE) is developing a new national training programme for an additional 200 staff to get the skills and expertise to carry out endoscopies by 2018. The content of the next mandate from the Government to HEE is currently being determined.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the NHS of the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in April 2017.
Ben Gummer
The apprenticeship levy will come into effect in April 2017. It will be payable by employers in the United Kingdom at 0.5% of pay bill. All employers will receive an allowance of £15,000 to offset against payment of the levy which means the levy will only be payable on pay bill in excess of £3 million per year. The NHS contribution to the levy will be dependent on individual NHS organisation’s pay bill at that time. The NHS is fully committed to the apprenticeship agenda and will use the levy contributions to grow the number of apprentices in the NHS.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurse consultants, (b) modern matrons and (c) community matrons were employed in the NHS in the (i) latest period for which figures are available and (ii) same period in 2009-10.
Ben Gummer
The following table shows the number of nurse consultants, modern matrons and community matrons employed in the National Health Service in England.
full-time equivalent
|
August 2010 |
August 2015 |
|
|
Nurse consultants |
1,007 |
882 |
|
Modern Matrons |
4,802 |
3,919 |
|
Community Matrons |
1,536 |
1,214 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre monthly workforce statistics
Data is not available for August 2009 as the monthly workforce statistics commenced in September 2009.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England, (c) NHS England and (d) each of his Department’s non-departmental public bodies spent on (i) iPads, (ii) iPhones, (iii) other smartphones and (iv) other tablet devices in each of the last five years; and how many of each such device were purchased in each such year.
Jane Ellison
Information about the number and cost of iPads, iPhones, other smartphones and other tablet devices purchased by the Department and its arm’s length bodies in each of the last five years is contained in the attached tables.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission has any plans to reduce the number of core services it inspects at NHS hospitals as a consequence of the changes to his Department’s budget announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
Ben Gummer
In January 2016, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will consult on its proposed strategy for inspection and regulation from 2016 to 2021. Following the consultation, the CQC will formally publish its strategy which will set out how it proposes to inspect hospital services including its approach to the inspection of core services.