The below Parliamentary question was asked by Antoinette Sandbach on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35453, if he will place in the Library a copy of the surveys referred to in that Answer.
Mr Robert Goodwill
All survey information will be published in due course and it would not be appropriate to publish partial information at this time as this could be misleading to the public.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Mackintosh on 2016-06-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist London Midland in tackling fare evasion on the West Coast Mainline.
Claire Perry
The Department funded a ticketless travel survey in Summer 2015 that highlighted to London Midland where there is lost revenue across their network. London Midland are obliged to maximise revenue in the franchise and it is in their interests to reduce ticketless travel. The public consultation that closed in February 2016 for the new West Midlands franchise asked for views on how ticketless travel can be improved for the next franchise that is due to commence in October 2017.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrea Jenkyns on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on patient care of junior doctors taking five days of strike action per month until the end of 2016.
Mr Philip Dunne
We were encouraged by the British Medical Association’s (BMA) announcement that it is suspending the rolling programme of five continuous days of industrial action from October to December, which it had previously announced and which would have removed urgent and emergency care from some of our most vulnerable patients.
We have urged the BMA to remove all threat of further industrial action so we can work constructively with junior doctors to address their wider concerns and better recognise their vital importance to the National Health Service.
Prior to the BMA’s announcement, NHS England, working with NHS organisations, had assessed the impact of the industrial action on cancelled operations and outpatient services and had developed plans to mitigate the impact of the industrial action.
Had the BMA continued with their proposed industrial action, based on the levels of disruption during the previous two day all out strike, an initial estimate was that around 25,000 operations and 250,000 outpatient appointments would be cancelled during each five day strike period.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public health funerals were there in each London borough in each year since 2010.
Mr Marcus Jones
The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect the information requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Byford on 2016-02-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, and which, councils in England have followed the example of Hampshire and set up locally sourced food supplies for their schools or other council-run organisations.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Department does not hold information on the number of councils that have set up locally sourced food supplies for school and other council-run organisations. However we encourage councils to use local goods and services in any of their procurement and commissioning activity, and to be open and transparent to their local community.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all primary school children are IT literate by the end of Key Stage 2.
Nick Gibb
The new computing curriculum, introduced in September 2014 and compulsory for ages 5-16, has a greater focus on how computers work including the basics of computer science as well as covering digital literacy and the application of information technology. In primary school, pupils will be looking at topics such as: creating and debugging programs; using technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content; and using technology safely, respectfully and responsibly. Through studying these topics, pupils are gaining insight into how the digital technologies that they use every day actually work, allowing them to become active creators, not just passive consumers.
The Government has spent more than £4.5 million over the past three years to support schools in delivering high quality computing teaching. This includes £3 million for Computing At School to build a national network of over 10 regional university centres and 300 ‘Master Teachers’ in Computer Science whom schools can commission to provide training for their teachers. A further £1 million was given to Computing At School to create online resources (Barefoot Computing) targeting primary school teachers specifically to help develop their computing subject knowledge, deliver in-school workshops, and set up computing self-help groups.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Johnson on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what further plans he has to extend the scope for police officers to give evidence via video link during trials.
Mr Shailesh Vara
Use of video in criminal cases provides efficiencies which benefit all criminal justice agencies, and support victims and witnesses. In particular video links allow police officers to give evidence to the court from a police station, rather than attending a courthouse, making significant savings in working hours for the police.
The use of video within Police Forces is well established for the giving of evidence. HMCTS is also working with Police Forces to extend the use of video to applications for search warrants and other warrants.
The Government is investing over £700m to modernise the courts and tribunals. This investment will not only mean an extension in the extent of video usage by police, but also an increase in benefits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2016-05-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Work and Health Programme meets the needs of people with arthritis.
Priti Patel
Development of the Work and Health Programme design is well underway, including engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. The Department has commenced the commercial process for the programme by releasing the Prior Information Notice for potential providers on 28 April.
Decisions on what the information reporting requirements will be for people with a disability or health condition are yet to be made.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger on 2016-06-27.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS England’s stillbirth care bundle will be reviewed to assess whether it is having an impact on reducing stillbirths among multiple pregnancies; and what plans they have to update it if further improvements are required.
Lord Prior of Brampton
The Saving Babies Lives care bundle covers all types of pregnancy, including multiple pregnancies. The care bundle will be evaluated so that it can be developed and refined to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice.
The Maternity Transformation Programme Board will drive forward the implementation of the National Maternity Review, Better Births, published in February this year. It will also include work to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths in England. The formation of the Board marks a clear step forward towards delivering the vision laid out in the National Maternity Review, ensuring that key organisations work together to improve maternity services. Better Births makes recommendations on the use of data including the development of a set of national indicators to aid data comparison. NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement this and the report’s other recommendations, and as part of this are considering the case for a national dashboard. A copy of both Better Births and the Saving Babies Lives care bundle are attached.
The Board held its first meeting on 8 June 2016 and is chaired by Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Board members and the organisations they represent are detailed in the following table.
NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement the vision set out in Better Births, the report of the National Maternity Review. These plans are likely to include commissioning guidance.
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Person |
Organisation |
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Sarah-Jane Marsh |
Chair |
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Jane Cummings |
Senior Responsible Officer, Chief Nursing Officer |
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Keith Willett |
Deputy Chair, Medical Director for Acute Care, NHS England |
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Matthew Jolly |
Clinical lead (obstetrics) / workstream lead (data) |
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Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent |
Clinical lead (midwifery) |
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Dame Julia Cumberlege |
Stakeholder Reference Group Chair / Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework Panel Chair |
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Flora Goldhill |
Department of Health / workstream lead (best practice for safer care) |
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Wendy Reid / Bill Irish |
Health Education England / workstream lead (workforce) |
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Viv Bennett |
Public Health England / workstream lead (public health) |
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Ruth May |
NHS Improvement (Director of Nursing) |
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Mike Durkin |
NHS Improvement (Director of Patient Safety) |
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Jimmy Walker |
Care Quality Commission |
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Lauren Hughes |
NHS England /workstream lead (local transformation) |
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James Sanderson |
NHS England / workstream lead (choice and personalisation) |
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Simon Medcalf |
NHS England / workstream lead (perinatal mental health) |
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Tom Denwood |
NHS Digital / workstream lead (technology) |
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Martin Campbell |
NHS England / workstream lead (pricing) |
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David Richmond |
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
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Cathy Warwick |
Royal College of Midwives |
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Nigel Acheson |
Regional delivery lead / Regional Medical Director, South |
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Roz Lindridge |
Clinical Networks maternity lead / East Midlands Associate Director, Clinical Networks and Senate |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department has for measuring the effectiveness of the National Stroke Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
David Mowat
The National Stroke Strategy remains valid and implementation of it continues. There are, therefore, no current plans to renew the national stroke strategy. Action is being taken to ensure the progress made on stroke continues. This includes;
– publication of the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy in 2013, which includes many stroke specific strategic ambitions;
– a CVD expert forum, hosted by NHS England, to coordinate delivery of the work which was initiated in the CVD Outcomes Strategy; and
– NHS England’s National Clinical Director for stroke working with the Strategic Clinical Networks, Urgent and Emergency Care Networks, clinical commissioning groups, Sustainability and Transformation Plans, voluntary agencies and individual providers to support better commissioning and provision of stroke care.
More generally, the NHS Five Year Forward View recognises that quality of care, including stroke care, can be variable and that patients’ needs are changing and new treatment options are emerging. The Five Year Forward View sets out high level objectives to address these issues.
There has been no formal evaluation of the National Stroke Strategy. However there is a continuous evaluation of the quality of stroke care via the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP). This measures most of the key indicators defined as important in the strategy and findings are available on the SSNAP website:
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