The below Parliamentary question was asked by Craig Whittaker on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HSA4 forms submitted in each month since 2010 are pending completion.
Jane Ellison
The information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is made available for independent scientific evaluation and analysis; and if he will make it his policy to receive and consider the conclusions of that analysis prior to deciding whether the culls should be extended to other areas subsequently.
George Eustice
The outcome of the monitoring of the second year of culling will be made publically available when the culls have concluded and the analyses completed. This information will be taken into account in making decisions on rolling out culling in further areas.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that he receives independent scientific advice on the safety, effectiveness and humaneness of the second year of the badger cull pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
George Eustice
Natural England, as the independent licensing authority, is the most appropriate organisation to continue carrying out the field monitoring of cage trapping and shooting to ensure that licence conditions and best practice guidance requirements are complied with. The outcome of this monitoring, together with the outcome of post-mortem examinations carried out by trained vets will be made publically available after the culls are completed, and will inform the decisions made about next steps.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish in full all monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
George Eustice
The outcome of the monitoring of the second year of the pilot culls will be published after culling has concluded and the analysis is completed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the running costs are for each of the academic health science networks.
Norman Lamb
The information requested is not available.
NHS England advise us that individual funding levels and programme costs vary between Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs). NHS England budget allocations are not their sole source of income and AHSNs are seeking to supplement this funding through participation in strategic investment programmes and match-funding initiatives. Core running cost are for AHSNs to determine independently and may also be subject to change through the year.
Further information on AHSN work programmes and business plans can be found on their websites:
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AHSN |
Website |
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East Midlands |
www.emahsn.ac.uk |
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Eastern |
www.eahsn.org.uk |
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Imperial College Health Partners |
www.imperialcollegehealthpartners.com |
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Greater Manchester |
www.gmahsn.org |
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Kent, Surrey and Sussex |
www.kssahsn.net |
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North East and North Cumbria |
www.ahsn-nenc.org.uk |
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North West Coast |
www.nwcahsn.nhs.uk |
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Oxford |
www.oxfordahsn.org |
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South London |
www.kingshealthpartners.org/info/southlondonahsn |
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South West Peninsula |
www.swahsn.com |
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UCL Partners |
www.uclpartners.com |
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Wessex |
www.wessexahsn.org |
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West Midlands |
www.wmahsn.org |
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West of England |
www.weahsn.net |
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Yorkshire and Humber |
www.yhahsn.org.uk |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on consultancy workers in 2013-14.
Jane Ellison
Public Health England (PHE) has incurred no expenditure with professional consultancy firms of the nature described in the Cabinet Office definition of Consultancy.
However, PHE sought approval under the Department’s Professional Services approvals route for £8.1million of contingent labour where the daily rate of the individuals concerned was more than £220 per day. This involves approval by the Chief Executive of PHE, by the Department’s Procurement and by the Department’s Financial Approvals Panel.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department’s agencies, non-departmental public bodies or sponsored bodies have developed their own global health strategies.
Jane Ellison
In addition to the cross-Government global health strategy, Health is Global: An outcome framework for global health 2011-2015, published in 2011, Public Health England is developing a global health strategy.
This will complement, and will be consistent with, Health is Global.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on the development and implementation of its Global Health Strategy since its inception.
Jane Ellison
Public Health England’s (PHE) Global Health Strategy is currently in development.
Development of the strategy has been undertaken by PHE’s in-house global health and international teams. The following table shows PHE’s spend on the development of its Global Health Strategy:
|
Expense |
Cost (£) |
|
Staff time attributed to strategy development * |
41,783.63 |
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Travel expenses |
348.05 |
|
Off-site meeting in UK |
1,407.71 |
|
Total ** |
43,539.39 |
Notes:
*Staff time includes the contribution from a consultant in public health plus employer related costs. This excludes other staff contributions for which time allocation is not captured.
**Excludes telephony costs and minor refreshments costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost of international travel undertaken for official purposes by (i) directors of Public Health England and (ii) members of its advisory board has been since 1 April 2012.
Jane Ellison
The purposes of Public Health England’s (PHE) international travel include:
– to provide expert advice to international agencies such as the World Health Organization and to the Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom (UK);
– to co-ordinate the global preparedness for serious health threats that might affect the UK;
– to provide advice and support to other national public health agencies on public health incidents and initiatives to improve health;
– to contribute to humanitarian responses; and
– to present PHE contributions at international scientific conferences.
The cost of international travel undertaken for official purposes is as follows:
(i) Directors of PHE: £12,458.57
(ii) Members of PHE’s Advisory Board since April 2013: £817.74
International travel has been defined as the cost of transportation wholly outside the UK or tickets to/from a destination outside the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Love on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the five most common causes of infant mortality have been over the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Mr Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.