Tag: Andrew Gwynne

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-10-17.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the matching requirement for the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme.

Jane Ellison

The Small Charitable Donations and Childcare Payments Bill relaxes the eligibility criteria for the Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme. These changes will ensure that the Scheme operates effectively and flexibly for a greater number of charities and a greater number of donations.

The Government has no plans to extend the Gift Aid matching requirement.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors there were in each month since May 2010.

Ben Gummer

The attached table shows how many health visitors there were in each month in England from May 2010 to September 2015, which is the latest available figure from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s monthly workforce statistics. Data from April 2012 onwards is taken from the Health Visitor Minimum Data Set and also includes numbers of health visitors employed by organisations that do not use the Electronic Staff Record but do provide NHS-funded services, such as local authorities.

Full-time equivalent figures are used as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many portions of milk have been reimbursed by his Department under the nursery milk scheme in each month of the last 10 years.

Jane Ellison

The Nursery Milk Scheme allows for the reimbursement of the cost of providing portions of one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five attending childminders or private and local authority nurseries for at least two hours a day. The Scheme covers England, Scotland and Wales; Northern Ireland has its own arrangements. The Department holds information relating to the number of portions of milk reimbursed in respect of claims from eligible settings in Great Britain since January 2009 and this information is in the following table.

Date	Total Portions (1/3 pints) Claimed
January 2009	18,123,707
February 2009	17,637,807
March 2009	21,558,309
April 2009	17,371,970
May 2009	16,221,249
June 2009	13,432,093
July 2009	15,464,454
August 2009	11,467,147
September 2009	16,389,034
October 2009	20,382,597
November 2009	16,079,212
December 2009	17,391,428
January 2010	15,680,452
February 2010	24,496,820
March 2010	33,011,644
April 2010	22,567,652
May 2010	17,782,066
June 2010	21,798,146
July 2010	21,923,309
August 2010	23,117,196
September 2010	15,810,902
October 2010	20,081,579
November 2010	23,160,564
December 2010	20,662,622
January 2011	23,048,244
February 2011	25,351,169
March 2011	26,415,006
April 2011	22,494,397
May 2011	18,211,857
June 2011	24,807,226
July 2011	24,435,096
August 2011	20,694,290
September 2011	15,889,141
October 2011	20,655,967
November 2011	21,672,552
December 2011	24,047,889
January 2012	23,045,503
February 2012	25,555,512
March 2012	29,047,089
April 2012	26,723,281
May 2012	21,223,680
June 2012	23,990,408
July 2012	23,634,192
August 2012	23,634,192
September 2012	10,813,985
October 2012	18,973,780
November 2012	22,527,849
December 2012	21,635,603
January 2013	20,907,751
February 2013	27,996,321
March 2013	23,764,641
April 2013	23,390,936
May 2013	20,100,589
June 2013	21,982,896
July 2013	23,393,113
August 2013	22,317,209
September 2013	13,218,322
October 2013	22,600,819
November 2013	25,334,664
December 2013	24,340,053
January 2014	20,978,012
February 2014	26,176,219
March 2014	26,673,043
April 2014	22,229,447
May 2014	20,175,242
June 2014	22,182,139
July 2014	26,207,194
August 2014	20,259,095
September 2014	13,121,733
October 2014	22,573,963
November 2014	26,413,799
December 2014	24,221,524
January 2015	24,901,748
February 2015	25,079,913
March 2015	25,432,666
April 2015	25,831,561
May 2015	19,519,236
June 2015	23,815,213
July 2015	27,758,159
August 2015	20,262,151
September 2015	16,068,770
October 2015	25,258,995
November 2015	26,127,900
December 2015	28,076,574

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 11110, how much the NHS spent on cancer services in each year since 2012-13; and what the year-on-year change in that amount was in real terms.

Jane Ellison

Overall National Health Service expenditure on cancer services is not available for 2013-14 or 2014-15. NHS England has published clinical commissioning group (CCG) level expenditure on cancer for 2013-14, which was estimated to be £2.8 billion. CCGs are currently in the process of preparing estimates of expenditure for cancer services in 2014-15.

CCG expenditure is a proportion of overall NHS expenditure, as NHS England commissions some cancer services directly. NHS England is currently reviewing the data on direct commissioning expenditure and plans to publish this when finalised.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-11-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) forecast reduction in cases of and deaths from infection by Group C meningococcal disease as a result of the introduction of the meningitis C vaccine to the UK schedule in 1999, (b) number of meningitis C vaccinations administered in each year since that programme began and (c) cost of delivering that programme in each year since 1999.

Jane Ellison

Deaths have fallen from 110 in 1998/99 to an annual average of 3 deaths over the last 10 years. Annual MenC cases and deaths have therefore been respectively 97% and 96% lower in the last 10 years than in the year before vaccination was available.

Routine immunisation programmes with MenC containing vaccines have changed since 1999 and this has affected the ability to collect estimate annual numbers of doses administered for each vaccine offered but currently around 96% of infants receive MenC vaccine and 93% of one year olds receive their MenC-Hib booster in England by their second birthday. Coverage data are not routinely collected on the third dose in adolescence (currently MenACWY vaccine) which began in the 2013-2014 school year.

The administrative costs for the MenC programme are included in the global sum payment to general practitioners (managed by NHS England) which covers the costs of providing essential and additional primary care services.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-12-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will maintain patient access to technologies considered through commissioning through evaluation programmes during that evaluation.

George Freeman

There are two main phases for any treatments entered into NHS England’s Commissioning through Evaluation (CtE) programme.

During the first phase, an agreed number of patients are recruited to the scheme within just a few participating centres across England. This enables patients to benefit from the skills and expertise in each centre, within an evaluation programme, whilst detailed clinical and patient experience data are collected.

Once the total number of patients have been treated, the scheme enters an analysis phase. Whilst any patients already treated under the scheme will continue to receive appropriate follow up care, no new patients will be funded by NHS England during the analysis phase.

This ensures that NHS England directs the majority of public funds to evidence based care and also means that dedicated CtE programme funding can then be redirected to support patient recruitment in another area of specialised care where further evaluation data is needed.

This represents a continuation of NHS England’s published policy position for the treatment concerned (i.e. that the treatment is not routinely commissioned by the National Health Service).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what projects his Department plans to fund through the £40 million allocated to the Health and Work Innovation Fund.

Priti Patel

The Work and Health innovation fund will be used to build an evidence base for what works to improve employment and health outcomes.

This evidence base will enable the Work and Health Unit to develop proposals for Longer Term reform across Work and health Systems The Unit is currently working with partners including NHS England to develop these proposals.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has an insurance policy in place for civilian residents on the land around RAF Northolt to cover possible damage to their properties.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence does not purchase insurance policies in the UK but accepts its own risks and acts as its own insurer.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget was for the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

Public Health England (PHE) was formed on 1 April 2013; below are budgets for the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) for each year since PHE’s formation. The RIPL was previously part of the Health Protection Agency, whose functions transferred to PHE.

2013/14 (Actual)	2014/15 (Actual)	2015/16 (Budget)
£3,491,300	£3,667,600	£3,465,300