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Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS sites charge for parking and have not introduced concessionary arrangements that are clearly signposted for patients and the public.

Alistair Burt

Results from the 2015 Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) collection shows that 31% of NHS sites charge for car parking. Of those sites that charge, over 86% currently provide car parking charge concessions.

The following tables identify the hospital sites that charge, but do not offer concessions, or that offer them but do not prominently display that information.

It should be noted that the information supplied was collected from NHS organisations and has not been amended centrally.

Of the Hospital sites that charge for car parking, the following do not offer concessions

Trust	Site
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	Bassetlaw Hospital Mental Health Wards
Mersey Care NHS Trust	Brain Injuries Unit Mossley Hill Hospital
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Calderdale Hospital (Dales)
Anglian Community Enterprise CIC	Clacton Hospital
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust	Cotswold House, Savanake Hospital
Sussex Community NHS Trust	Crawley Hospital
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Department Of Psychiatry
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Dove Ward
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust	Edgware Community Hospital
Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust	Elgar Unit
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust	Gosport War Memorial Hospital
Kent Community Health NHS Trust	Gravesham Community Hospital
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	Hammersmith & Fulham Mhu
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust	Hertfordshire & Essex Hospital
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Horsham Hospital – Iris Ward
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre
South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	Lakeside Unit
Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust	Malvern Community Hospital
South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	Maudsley Hospital
Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust	Medway, Gillingham
Norfolk And Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Mental Health Services – Woodlands
Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Manchester Mental Health And Social Care Trust	Park House – North Manchester General Hospital
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust	Paulton Birth Centre
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust	Pembridge Palliative Care Centre
Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust	Pershore Hospital
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust	Petersfield Hospital
The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Royal Surrey County Hospital
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Savernake Hospital
Kent Community Health NHS Trust	Sevenoaks Hospital
South West London And St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	Springfield University Hospital
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	St Anne’s Centre & Emi Wards, St. Leonards-On-Sea
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	St Bernards Wing
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping
Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust	St. Michael’s Hospital
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	Sussex Orthopaedic Centre
Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust	Thanet Mental Health Unit, 164 Ramsgate Road, Margate
Tees, Esk And Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust	The Briary Unit
Devon Partnership NHS Trust	The Cedars (Exeter)
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Princess Royal Hospital
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Royal Alexandra Hospital For Sick Children
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Royal Sussex County Hospital
Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Sussex Eye Hospital
South West London And St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	Tolworth Hospital
Devon Partnership NHS Trust	Torbay Hospital
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	Wexham Park Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust	Whipps Cross University Hospital
Mersey Care NHS Trust	Windsor Clinic (Aintree University Hospital)
Devon Partnership NHS Trust	Wonford House Hospital
Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Yeatman Hospital
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Woodlands, St. Leonards-On-Sea

The following Hospital sites offer concessions but do not prominently publicise them

Trust	Site
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	Amersham Hospital
Basildon And Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Basildon Hospital
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Bradford Royal Infirmary
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	Calderdale Royal Hospital
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust	Central Middlesex Hospital
The Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Christchurch Hospital
Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust	City Care Centre
North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Clacton & District Hospital
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Clifton Hospital
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust	Croydon University Hospital
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust	Cumberland Infirmary
County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust	Darlington Memorial Hospital
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust	Ealing Hospital
Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	East Surrey Hospital
Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust	Evesham Community Hospital
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Freeman Hospital
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Friarage Hospital
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust	Frome Birth Centre (Frome Community Hospital)
Plymouth Community Healthcare (CIC)	Glenbourne
Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust	Good Hope Hospital
Guy’s And St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust	Guy’s Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	Hammersmith Hospital
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust	Heatherwood Hospital
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Hexham General Hospital
Sussex Community NHS Trust	Horsham Hospital
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust	Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust	Intermediate Care Unit, Alexandra Wing, Broadgreen Hospital
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust	Ipswich Hospital
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Kidderminster Hospital
Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	King George Hospital
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Kings College Hospital
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust	Louth Community Hospital
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust	Manor Hospital
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust	Meadow House
Medway NHS Foundation Trust	Medway Maritime Hospital
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust	Melbury Lodge
Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust	Musgrove Park Hospital
Norfolk Community Health And Care NHS Trust	Norwich Community Hospital
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Nottingham City Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust	Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust	Oswestry Maternity Unit
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Poole Hospital
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Princess Royal University Hospital
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
South West London And St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	Queen Mary’s Hospital
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Queen Victoria Hospital
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	Queen’s Medical Centre
Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust	Rotherham District General Hospital
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust	Royal Blackburn Hospital
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust	Runcie Unit
Woking Hospices	Sam Beare Hospice
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust	Skegness Hospital
Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust	Solihull Hospital
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Southend Hospital
North Bristol NHS Trust	Southmead Hospital
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust	St Georges At Queen Mary’s Hospital
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust	St Peters
Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust	St. Ann’s Hospital
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	St. Luke’s Hospital (Rae)
Care And Support Partnership (Seqol)	Swindon Intermediate Care Centre
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	The Alexandra Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Churchill Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust	The Horton Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust	The John Radcliffe Hospital
Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust	The Robertson Centre
Your Healthcare	Tolworth Hospital
Torbay And Southern Devon Health And Care NHS Trust	Totnes Hospital
University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust	University Hospital
The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust	University Hospital Lewisham
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust	West Cumberland Hospital
Weston Area Health NHS Trust	Weston General Hospital
Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	Weymouth Community Hospital
Virgin Care Services Ltd	Woking Community Hospital
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Workington Community Hospital
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust	Wycombe Hospital
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Yeovil District Hospital

November 3, 2022

Rosie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to encourage restraint in increases in senior NHS executive’s pay.

Alistair Burt

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all Chairs of NHS organisations on 2 June 2015 setting out a range of measures to ensure executive pay is proportionate and justifiable. He asked the Chairs urgently to review their policies on executive pay; to seek the views of Ministers before making any executive appointment paid more than £142,500 per year; to advise him of all current executive pay more than £142,500 and to provide a justification; to ensure that the HM Treasury guidance on off-payroll executive appointments is followed rigorously. He also announced his intention of introducing a limit on the rates payable to off-payroll interim executives; of introducing a national framework for deciding executive pay throughout the NHS; of clamping down on executives who retire and then return to NHS employment so that they do not gain financially from this; and set out his expectation that new redundancy terms should apply to all executive staff. We are taking this work forward.

November 3, 2022
Helen Hayes – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Hayes on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the ceiling for agency nurse spending for each NHS trust will be made publicly available from 2015-16.

Alistair Burt

Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority currently have no plans to make publically available the ceilings for agency nurse spending for each trust in 2015-16. However, if members of the public wish to know this information then they can approach individual trusts for this information.

The ceiling levels are available at the following website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nursing-agency-rules

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November 3, 2022
David Amess – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from non-European Economic Area countries granted Tier 2 visas between 6 April 2012 and 5 April 2013 and employed on an annual salary of less than £35,000 are employed by (a) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Essex teaching hospitals.

Ben Gummer

This information is not collected centrally.

November 3, 2022
David Amess – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on proposals that Tier 2 visa immigrants from outside the European Economic Area must be earning £35,000 or more to qualify for indefinite leave to remain in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

James Brokenshire

The Home Office has received various representations on the £35,000 settlement threshold for Tier 2 (the skilled worker category) since it was announced in 2012.

The Government announced in 2012 that from 6 April 2016 Tier 2 visa holders who apply for settlement in the UK will be required to meet a minimum annual salary requirement of £35,000. Prior to the announcement, both the Home Office and the independent Migrant Advisory Committee carried out a consultation on the changes. PhD level roles and those in shortage will be exempt from the £35,000 threshold.

The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012, which includes details of relevant consultation. The impact assessment is available on the gov.uk website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf.

November 3, 2022
Fiona Mactaggart – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Mactaggart on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister’s press release, PM’s Extremism Taskforce: tackling extremism in universities and colleges top of the agenda, dated 17 September 2015, what evidence was used to identify the six hate preachers named in that press release; and if she will publish the evidence which demonstrates that Dr Salman Butt had expressed views at a university contrary to British values.

Karen Bradley

The Home Office has information on 70 events held on university campuses in 2014 involving speakers who are considered by the Home Office to have previously expressed views contrary to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Dr Salman Butt is the chief editor of Islam21c, a publication that hosts material contrary to British values, and has himself expressed views of concern in this publication and on social media, appearing to compare homosexuality to paedophilia as a sin and supporting FGM. He has spoken alongside CAGE and used social media to support CAGE’s position on Mohammed Emwazi (‘Jihadi John’), which has been to try to justify his resort to violence.

November 3, 2022
Gavin Newlands – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gavin Newlands on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many driving licences were incorrectly revoked from people who were suspected of living illegally in the UK in each of the last five years.

James Brokenshire

The Immigration Act 2014 only granted this power in July 2014. Since the Home Department commenced the referral of driving licences of people with no valid leave in the UK to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) in July 2014, over 12,500 driving licences have been revoked. So far only 283 driving licences have been reinstated.

November 3, 2022
Rushanara Ali – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rushanara Ali on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support economic growth in the Palestinian Territories.

Mr Desmond Swayne

DFID is promoting private sector development which contributes to state and peacebuilding in the Occupied Palestinian Territories by supporting fiscal sustainability, and reducing unemployment and poverty. DFID’s focus is on increasing growth and employment in key sectors, such as manufacturing, tourism, IT, and agriculture. Our support is channelled through the Palestinian Market Development Programme which seeks to improve the competitiveness of the Palestinian private sector, and through our support to the Office of the Quartet which attempts to make it easier to trade by removing movement and access restrictions.

November 3, 2022
Liam Byrne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the recommendations of the report on children in military custody published by his Department in June 2012 have been implemented.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Since the publication of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded independent report on Children in Military Custody in June 2012, there has been some progress on the issue of children held in military detention.

Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv held roundtable meetings with Israeli officials, most recently on 19 May. These meetings confirmed that progress is being made including a pilot to use summons instead of night-time arrests, changes to standard operating procedures on methods of restraint, and steps to reduce the amount of time a child can be detained before seeing a judge. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv continue to push for further progress with Israeli officials.

On 2 June, the Minister of State, my noble Friend the right hon. Baroness Anelay of St Johns met the Israeli Military Advocate General and the Israeli Ambassador to London where the issue of child detention was discussed. She made clear that while we welcome improvements, we continue to push for the full implementation of changes and to encourage further changes in practice.

November 3, 2022
Gregory Campbell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications for his Department’s policy are of the recent study funded by the Institute of Cancer Research and published in Nature Medicine of bowel cancer being regarded as four district diseases.

Jane Ellison

The Independent Cancer Taskforce published its report Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes A Strategy for England in July this year. The report proposes six strategic priorities for the next five years. These include rolling out a molecular diagnostics service which is nationally-commissioned and regionally delivered, enabling more personalised prevention, screening and treatment. NHS England is now working with partners across the health system to consider how best to take forward the taskforce’s proposals.

November 3, 2022