The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-04.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to extend central government funding for Age UK Wirral beyond April 2016.
Mr Rob Wilson
As far as we have been able to ascertain Age UK Wirral has not received direct funding from central government during the financial year 2015/16.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to enable applicants who have suffered from a stroke, heart attack or any other major health scare to access a work capability assessment of medical assessment within a 90 minute journey.
Priti Patel
A home consultation can be offered, in particular where a claimant is unable to travel to a consultation as a result of their health condition or impairment. Home visits are offered when the claimant provides confirmation via their own health professional which indicates that they are unable to travel on health grounds or at a claimant’s request where the assessment provider’s health professional determines this is appropriate for their health condition or disability.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-01-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his global counterparts to achieve global abolition of the death penalty.
Mr David Lidington
I refer the Right hon. Member to my answer of 27 January (question 23192) to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins). https://wqa.parliament.uk/Questions/Details/29682
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households affected by the under-occupancy penalty in (a) Merseyside and (b) the UK; and what the average reduction in housing benefit award was for each such household.
Justin Tomlinson
The information requested regarding how many children live in households affected by the under-occupation penalty in Merseyside and the United Kingdom is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
The information requested regarding the average reduction in the housing benefit award for each such household is not available; but information is available for the weekly amount of spare room reduction amount (in bands) and is published at the link below:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:
http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-02-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of rickets there were among children and young people in each of the last 10 years.
Jane Ellison
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided a link to their annual publication for admitted patient care which contains data on hospital admissions where there is a diagnosis of rickets:
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB19124/hosp-epis-stat-admi-diag-2014-15-tab.xlsx
Data on earlier years can be found at:
The annual publication provides the total number of finished admission episodes and an age breakdown of finished consultant episodes.
This data only reflects cases that have resulted in a hospital admission. Cases of rickets may also be diagnosed in a primary care setting which do not result in a hospital admission. This data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-03-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a visitor to the UK from another European Economic area state who is not in possession of an EHIC card can register as a temporary patient with a GP practice and receive treatment free of charge.
Alistair Burt
Possession of a European Health Insurance Card is not required to register with a practice. Anyone can seek to register as a National Health Service patient with a general practitioner (GP) practice by approaching one directly and submitting a written and signed application. A practice cannot legally refuse to register someone because they do not possess identification or documents.
Individual GP practices can have a policy where they ask prospective patients to provide identification, however they must ensure that this is applied to all patients and not done in a discriminatory manner.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-05-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments have been cancelled or rearranged in each of the last five years; and what the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest period of time was before such an appointment was rearranged.
Priti Patel
Around 55% of all cancelled appointments are customer instigated cancellations.
On 1 March 2015, a new provider took over the Work Capability Assessment contract in which the Department had set a far higher target for face-to-face assessments than that for the previous contract holder. In order to achieve its target the new provider increased the number of assessments undertaken by 29% over that undertaken in the previous year. This led to more people being seen more quickly but with a subsequent rise in the number of cancellations.
Cancelled/Re-arranged Work Capability Assessments in the last five years are shown in the table below:
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Period |
Number of Cancelled Appointments |
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1 May 2011 to 30 Apr 2012 |
377,122 |
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1 May 2012 to 30 Apr 2013 |
509,653 |
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1 May 2013 to 30 Apr 2014 |
398,133 |
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1 May 2014 to 30 Apr 2015 |
333,990 |
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1 May 2015 to 30 Apr 2016 |
505,950 |
(Source: Centre for Health Disability Assessments)
Information on the shortest, average and longest period of time before appointments are re-arranged is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-06-08.
To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what the budget was for the out-of-hours taxi service for armed police officers working in the House in each of the last five years; and on how many occasions that service was used in each of those years.
Tom Brake
Prior to 1 April 2016 the House paid for all Metropolitan Police Staff (MPS) required by business to stay until 11pm or later. This included police officers, armed police and civilian security officers. Data is not held according to job role and, therefore, it is not possible to provide the data in the format requested.
Following a change that the MPS put in place to the police officer rosters as well as the new police contract which came into effect on 1 April 2016, police officers, including armed officers, no longer use late night transport paid for by the two Houses.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-07-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people working for her Department or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and how many of those people are employed on zero-hours contracts.
Rory Stewart
Direct employees
There are no staff directly employed by DFID who are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
Workers in agencies which report to DFID
There are no workers in agencies which report to DFID who are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
Outsourced workers
We encourage outsource partners to pay the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. None of our contracted workers are paid less than the National Living Wage and London Living Wage.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has for civilian enforcement officers within the context of its plans to outsource work to the private sector.
Dr Phillip Lee
HMCTS are considering a range of options about how best to deliver this service. The tender process will allow HMCTS to make informed decisions about what is in the best interests of the service and the taxpayer. No decision on the way forward for the Civilian Enforcement Office role has been made at the current time.