The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of his Department undertook language classes at (a) his Department and (b) post in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2010.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I refer my rt hon. Friend to my answer of 10 February 2016 set out in PQ 25525.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost to GPs of and (b) average time taken per week by GPs for administration of the new Capita patient note transfer system.
Alistair Burt
Capita are improving the process for moving medical records between general practitioner (GP) practices. The changes will ensure that records can be fully tracked and traced through the movement process, to both increase the security of the record in transit and reduce the frustration for GP practices of waiting for records to arrive and not knowing where they are.
The service will continue to be provided to GPs for free.
In designing the new solution, Capita have engaged with GP practices via a stakeholder forum, user panels, observational studies and a National Engagement Team.
The user panels and observational studies have included consideration of any additional time taken to place medical records in secure pouches for transit. This needs to be considered against the time savings that GPs will make by no longer needing to chase records for which they are waiting, since they will be able to track these on the Capita system. Although we do not have a precise estimate, the studies indicate the new process takes a few seconds per record.
A national simulation was successfully completed during February 2016, and a live pilot is being undertaken in the West Yorkshire area during March 2016 to further test the solution ahead of national rollout.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims have been reported by members of the public in each year since 2010; and by what means such allegations were reported.
Priti Patel
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-04-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of British nationals with Syrian spouses still residing in Syria.
James Brokenshire
We have made no estimate of the number of British citizens with a Syrian spouse or partner residing in Syria. In 2015, 88 settlement visas were granted to the Syrian spouse or partner of a British citizen or person settled in the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-09-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 32920, where the allegations of fraudulent benefit claims are collected.
Caroline Nokes
There are a variety of ways that allegations of Benefit Fraud are received by the DWP including telephone calls to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline (NBFH), online and letter. Once an allegation has been received and, if it meets the required criteria containing enough information, a Fraud Referral Form (FRF) is completed which is then entered into the internal Fraud Referral and Information Management System (FRAIMS).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2015-12-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what formal guidance exists on the role of social care providers in helping to formulate discharge procedures within NHS hospitals.
Alistair Burt
The Care Act 2014 requires the National Health Service to notify local authorities whenever a hospital patient is likely to have care and support needs once they are discharged from hospital. This requirement was part of the wide ranging consultation on the draft regulations and guidance for implementation of the Act. The Care and Support Statutory Guidance sets out these procedures in more detail; they are designed to ensure that local authorities and the NHS work together to ensure that people have the correct support on leaving hospital.
In addition, NHS England’s guidance on Monthly Delayed Transfer of Care Situation Reports highlights the importance of the role of the multi-disciplinary team, including social workers, in determining patients’ on-going health and social care needs once they leave hospital.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence also recently published its guideline on transition between hospital inpatient settings and community or care homes for adults with social care needs. It aims to improve people’s experience of admission to, and discharge from, hospital by better coordination of health and social care services.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-01-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the (a) Egyptian Ambassador and (b) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on resuming flights to Sharm El Sheikh.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Government is working closely with the Egyptian authorities with a view to a resumption of flights as soon as possible. Ministers are keeping the position under close review. There have also been regular contacts between the Government and the Egyptian Ambassador to the UK to discuss the situation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-02-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Arabic speakers with an operational level (C1) examination pass and (b) Mandarin Cantonese speakers were employed by his Department in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2010.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I refer my rt hon. Friend to my answer of 10 February 2016 (PQ 25484).
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reflecting NHS Trust fines in remuneration packages of the managers responsible for the Trust at the time of the incidents in respect of which those fines arose.
Alistair Burt
We have taken steps to ensure that success and failure are not rewarded equally in NHS Boardrooms. We now require all executive pay above £142,500 in National Health Service trusts for new appointments to include at least 10% of basic pay dependent on meeting individual performance targets which are set locally but could include targets set by clinical commissioning groups so that failure to meet them could trigger both a fine and a loss of basic pay for the leaders of the trust. The guidance to NHS trusts from NHS Improvement recommends that this “earn-back” arrangement should also apply to other executive posts in the trust. We also request this from NHS foundation trusts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many allegations of fraudulent benefit claims made by members of the public led to (a) benefits being stopped and (b) prosecutions in each of the last five years.
Priti Patel
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.