The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many children have been stillborn in each region in each of the last 10 years.
Mr Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions the Government has had with the governments of Australia and New Zealand on the proposed introduction of an annual change to Australian and New Zealand citizens for use of the NHS.
Alistair Burt
On 6 April 2015 the United Kingdom introduced an immigration health surcharge for non-European Economic Area nationals who come to the UK to temporarily reside for a period of over six months. At the time Australian and New Zealand nationals were granted a temporary exemption and we entered into a series of discussions with both the Australian and New Zealand Government on the introduction of the surcharge for its nationals. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health wrote to both the Australian Minister for Health and New Zealand High Commissioner confirming introduction of the surcharge on 17 December 2015. Introduction of the surcharge for Australian and New Zealand nationals was publicly announced by the Home Office on 4 February 2016 and subject to Parliamentary approval, it will come into effect from 6 April 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-03-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances he has received that (a) construction of a new station in Curzon Street and (b) other construction activity in Birmingham will comply with air quality limit values for nitrogen dioxide.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Environmental Statement and Supplementary Environmental Statements for the Phase One hybrid Bill fully assessed the impact on air quality from HS2 construction activity for the proposed Curzon Street Station and for other areas in Birmingham. That assessment concluded that there would be no significant effect on the air quality in these areas.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by The Lord Bishop of Coventry on 2016-04-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assurances they have sought from, and been given by, the government of Iraq that Iraqi security forces and affiliated militias involved in counter-Daesh efforts abide by international humanitarian law and are held accountable for any violations thereof.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
We consistently underline with the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government the importance of ensuring that all security forces respect International Humanitarian Law, human rights and fundamental freedoms.
We are concerned by reports alleging that the Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish Security Forces, Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces and militias have committed human rights abuses and violations.
Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi has committed to investigating allegations of human rights abuses and violations and holding those responsible to account. He has also consistently intervened in security operations to prevent civilian casualties and damage to property.
The Kurdistan Regional Government has undertaken to investigate all allegations made against Kurdish Security Forces. The Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani has recently issued a decree which emphasised the importance of the Kurdish Peshmerga abiding by international and national legal principles.
We will continue to call on states and non-state actors engaged in armed conflict to respect International Humanitarian Law and act in accordance to their obligations under it.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Patrick Grady on 2016-05-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 19 April 2016, Official Report, column 782, how much of the £10 million in support for Libya will be counted towards (a) the Official Development Assistance target of 0.7 per cent of GNI, (b) the NATO defence spending target of 2 per cent GNI and (c) jointly towards both targets.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
I can confirm that the vast majority of the £10 million allocated under the Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund (CSSF) for Libya in 2016/17 will qualify as Official Development Assistance (ODA). It is likely that some of the allocation for Libya – whether ODA or non ODA – will count towards the NATO defence spending target of 2 per cent of Gross National Income, but we would expect this to be small. It will not be possible to provide precise figures until the end of the financial year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-06-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts operate in West Sussex; and what the responsibilities are of each such trust.
Jane Ellison
NHS England and the three local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Mid and West Sussex (Coastal West Sussex CCG; Crawley CCG; and Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG) are responsible for commissioning a comprehensive health service for patients in this area.
The CCGs in this area are able to commission services from a range of providers, depending on the services they require. The following Trusts operate in West Sussex, and the websites describe the specific services they provide:
– Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust:
https://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/departments/
– Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation:
http://www.westernsussexhospitals.nhs.uk/services/
– Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:
http://www.qvh.nhs.uk/our-services/
– Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust:
http://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/services/all-services.htm
– Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust:
http://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/find-service
– South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust:
http://www.secamb.nhs.uk/our_services.aspx
– Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust:
http://www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-of-services/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Aberdare on 2016-09-14.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the finding of the recent British Red Cross research report Are prehospital deaths from trauma and accidental injury preventable? that up to 59 per cent of pre-hospital deaths from injury, many of them occurring on UK’s roads, could have been prevented with basic first aid, whether they are considering making attendance at a first aid course mandatory in order to acquire a driving licence in the UK.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
There are no plans to make attendance at a first aid course mandatory to acquire a driving licence. It would restrict people’s mobility and access to jobs and education that a driving licence often unlocks.
Driver’s knowledge of first aid is already tested as part of the driver theory test and many professional drivers take first aid training. The Department is providing support for a not-for-profit training programme for drivers in administering first aid.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2015-10-29.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the recent statement of the UNHCR that, under a 2003 United Kingdom–Cyprus memorandum, the United Kingdom is responsible for resettling Syrian refugees who arrive at a United Kingdom military base in Cyprus.
Lord Bates
Those migrants who seek asylum will have their claims considered by the Cypriot authorities on behalf of the Sovereign Base Authorities (SBA). There is no obligation to allow those recognised as refugees to take up residence in the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Reynolds on 2015-11-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses’ training places were available in each region in each year since 2009; how many (a) agency nurses and (b) nurses from outside the UK were used by the NHS in each year since 2009; and what the cost to the NHS was of both such categories of nurses in each of those years.
Ben Gummer
Non-medical training numbers are collected as part of the quarterly multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns that are submitted to the Department by Health Education England (HEE). Prior to the establishment of HEE in 2013/14 these were submitted to the Department by the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) as part of their quarterly Financial Information Management Systems (FIMS) monitoring returns. The table below shows the number of nurse training places available in each SHA from 2009/10 to 2012/13.
|
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
|
|
NHS North East |
1,095 |
1,045 |
1,000 |
992 |
|
NHS North West |
3,630 |
3,358 |
3,082 |
3,066 |
|
NHS Yorkshire and Humber |
2,299 |
2,278 |
1,848 |
1,805 |
|
NHS East Midlands |
1,735 |
1,660 |
1,462 |
1,430 |
|
NHS West Midlands |
2,597 |
2,557 |
2,102 |
2,102 |
|
NHS East of England |
1,889 |
1,717 |
1,536 |
1,494 |
|
NHS London |
3,992 |
3,695 |
3,401 |
3,088 |
|
NHS South East Coast |
1,335 |
1,281 |
1,169 |
1,123 |
|
NHS South Central |
1,175 |
1,237 |
1,108 |
1,153 |
|
NHS South West |
1,590 |
1499 |
1,361 |
1,293 |
|
Total planned |
21,337 |
20,327 |
18,069 |
17,546 |
Source: SHA quarterly FIMS monitoring returns
The following table details the information collected by HEE in relation to available nurse training places from 2013/14 to 2015/16, broken down by Local Education and Training Boards (LETB).
The disaggregated data for 2013/14 is not held within the format requested. The published national workforce plan for 2013/14 stated that there would be 18,009 training commissions available for nursing.
|
LETB Region |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
North East |
1,105 |
1,089 |
|
|
North West |
3,415 |
3,322 |
|
|
Yorkshire and Humber |
2,010 |
2,059 |
|
|
West Midlands |
2,157 |
2,192 |
|
|
East Midlands |
1,613 |
1,661 |
|
|
East of England |
1,783 |
2,015 |
|
|
North West London |
820 |
917 |
|
|
North, Central and East London |
1,201 |
1,280 |
|
|
South London |
1,138 |
1,171 |
|
|
Kent, Surrey and Sussex |
1,126 |
1,209 |
|
|
Thames Valley |
768 |
795 |
|
|
Wessex |
941 |
1,011 |
|
|
South West |
1,368 |
1,432 |
|
|
Total |
18,009 |
19,445 |
20,153 |
Source: Multi-professional education and training budget monitoring returns
The Department does not collect data centrally on the number of agency nurses working in the NHS. This information may be held locally at Trust level.
The Department started to collect financial data from NHS trusts and foundation trusts in respect of net temporary and agency staffing costs specifically from 2013/14. Available data on spending nationally on all agency staff in England is set out in the table below. We are not able to separately identify total spending with agencies on nurses from centrally held data.
Total cost to the NHS of temporary staff in 2013/14 and 2014/15
|
2013/14 £000s |
2014/15 £000s |
|
|
Total NHS Providers |
2,605,378 |
3,355,723 |
Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 2014/15
The Department does not hold information on the total cost to the NHS of nurses from outside of the United Kingdom working in the service. The information provided in the table below shows the number of declared non-British nurses working in the NHS in England dating back to 2009. Non-British nursing numbers working in the NHS in England covers hospital and community health services in the NHS but not primary care.
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
|
Non-British |
40,034 |
41,642 |
40,911 |
40,030 |
40,330 |
43,258 |
|
Proportion of non-British nurses as % of the nursing workforce |
14.4% |
14.3% |
13.8% |
13.3% |
13.0% |
13.5% |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 11.10 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how the £55 billion budget for High Speed 2 has been split between phase 1 and phase 2 of that project.
Mr Robert Goodwill
Spending Review 2015 set out a long-term budget of £55.7bn (2015 prices) for delivering HS2. Of this, approximately £27.2bn has been apportioned to Phase One and £28.5bn to Phase Two.