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  • Catherine McKinnell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Catherine McKinnell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Entry Level and (b) Higher Level Stewardship agreements in the Countryside Stewardship scheme (i) have expired and (ii) will expire in 2015.

    George Eustice

    Countryside Stewardship agreements do not start until 1 January 2016.

    a) As at 30 September, 7,824 Entry Level Stewardship agreements in the Environmental Stewardship scheme had expired in 2015, with a further 4,060 Entry Level Stewardship agreements due to expire by 31 December 2015.

    b) No Higher Level Stewardship agreements in the Environmental Stewardship scheme have expired or are due to expire in 2015.

  • Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Chris Stephens – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Stephens on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) the Taxpayers’ Alliance, (b) the Confederation of British Industry, (c) the Institute of Economic Affairs, (d) the Adam Smith Institute, (e) the Freedom Association, (f) the Politics and Economics Research Trust and (g) the Midlands Industrial Council in the last 12 months.

    Mr David Lidington

    Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries meetings with external organisations are published up to 31 March 2015 and can be accessed on Gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications

    Further publications of Ministerial and Permanent Secretaries meetings will be published in due course.

  • Sue Hayman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Sue Hayman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.

    Karen Bradley

    The previous Government signed the Istanbul Convention in June 2012. This Government remains committed to its ratification.

    The UK already complies with the vast majority of the articles through its comprehensive work to protect women and girls. However, primary legislation will be required to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before ratification.

    The Government is liaising with the devolved administrations about ratification, including any further legislative steps necessary. The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and will only commit to such ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that we comply with all articles.

  • Robert Neill – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Robert Neill – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Neill on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the boards of all relevant NHS organisations are responsible for ensuring adherence to the mandatory funding direction for NICE appraisals.

    George Freeman

    NHS England is specified in the 2014 Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulation Scheme agreement as the body responsible for ensuring there are no local barriers to ensuring access to technologies recommended in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal and highly specialised technology guidance.

    NHS England has advised that there are a range of initiatives which assist NHS England in this obligation:

    – NICE technology appraisalrecommendations are required to be incorporated automatically into relevant local medicines formularies;

    – providers are required to publish local medicines formularies;

    – the NICE Implementation Collaborative (NIC) examines barriers to the prompt implementation of NICE guidance;

    – an innovation scorecard is published quarterly by the Health and Social Care Information Centre and tracks uptake of many NICE-approved medicines by the NHS;

    – a joint NHS England and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry work programme on medicines optimisation is ongoing, which seeks to improve outcomes and value from all medicines;

    – NHS England works closely with Academic Health Science Networks to accelerate the adoption and diffusion of innovation.

    The Department’s analysis of medicines spend for the first year of the PPRS shows that branded medicines spend grew by 8.2%, with new medicines on the Innovation Scorecard seeing growth of 18.4%. Further details have been published on the Government’s website at:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-growth-in-branded-medicines-2013-to-2014

    Commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technology guidance within three months of NICE’s guidance being published. There is provision for this funding period to be extended where there are particular barriers to implementation within three months.

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  • Harry Harpham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Harry Harpham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harry Harpham on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the contents of the planned Clinical Commissioning Groups’ (CCG) Scorecard; and what steps he has taken to ensure that the CCG’s scorecard secures improved outcomes for people on the autism spectrum.

    George Freeman

    The King’s Fund published their report on a CCG scorecard, Measuring the Performance of Local Health Systems

    (http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/articles/measuring-performance-local-health-systems), on 12 October. The King’s Fund recommends that the scorecard should comprise a small number of headline indicators targeted at the public; a broader set of indicators on performance in delivering national priorities; and a wide set of indicators for local health systems to use for improvement.

    The Department will publish further details of how it will work with NHS England to implement the scorecard in due course.

  • Keith Vaz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Keith Vaz – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Keith Vaz on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in each county who have diabetes.

    Jane Ellison

    The information on estimates of people in each county who have diabetes is not available in the format requested. The table below shows the estimated number of people with diabetes for upper tier district authorities. The estimates ranges from 5.4% in the City of London, to 10.7% in Brent.

    Estimated ranges of people with diabetes for upper tier district authorities for 2014

    2014

    Number

    Prevalence

    England

    3,279,925

    7.5%

    Buckinghamshire CC

    28,986

    7.1%

    Cambridgeshire CC

    35,215

    6.7%

    Cumbria CC

    33,879

    8.0%

    Derbyshire CC

    48,864

    7.6%

    Devon CC

    52,629

    8.1%

    Dorset CC

    30,060

    8.7%

    East Sussex CC

    37,859

    8.6%

    Essex CC

    87,202

    7.2%

    Gloucestershire CC

    36,877

    7.4%

    Hampshire CC

    77,073

    7.1%

    Hertfordshire CC

    62,079

    6.8%

    Kent CC

    90,195

    7.5%

    Lancashire CC

    76,349

    7.8%

    Leicestershire CC

    40,535

    7.4%

    Lincolnshire CC

    48,338

    8.0%

    Norfolk CC

    59,406

    7.9%

    Northamptonshire CC

    41,475

    7.1%

    North Yorkshire CC

    39,207

    7.7%

    Nottinghamshire CC

    49,494

    7.5%

    Oxfordshire CC

    35,376

    6.6%

    Somerset CC

    36,052

    8.0%

    Staffordshire CC

    52,956

    7.6%

    Suffolk CC

    47,835

    7.7%

    Surrey CC

    62,828

    6.8%

    Warwickshire CC

    34,255

    7.5%

    West Sussex CC

    52,761

    7.8%

    Worcestershire CC

    36,287

    7.8%

    City of London LB

    693

    5.4%

    Barking and Dagenham LB

    9,942

    7.5%

    Barnet LB

    23,493

    8.2%

    Bexley LB

    13,716

    7.3%

    Brent LB

    21,497

    10.7%

    Bromley LB

    18,676

    7.2%

    Camden LB

    12,758

    6.1%

    Croydon LB

    23,737

    8.5%

    Ealing LB

    22,765

    8.8%

    Enfield LB

    19,233

    8.2%

    Greenwich LB

    13,330

    7.3%

    Hackney LB

    13,882

    8.1%

    Hammersmith and Fulham LB

    9,120

    6.5%

    Haringey LB

    14,316

    7.7%

    Harrow LB

    18,567

    9.6%

    Havering LB

    14,746

    7.5%

    Hillingdon LB

    16,509

    7.6%

    Hounslow LB

    16,311

    8.3%

    Islington LB

    10,389

    6.3%

    Kensington and Chelsea LB

    11,515

    7.6%

    Kingston upon Thames LB

    9,119

    6.2%

    Lambeth LB

    16,069

    6.6%

    Lewisham LB

    15,799

    7.1%

    Merton LB

    11,751

    6.6%

    Newham LB

    17,950

    10.1%

    Redbridge LB

    19,326

    8.8%

    Richmond upon Thames LB

    10,345

    6.3%

    Southwark LB

    16,709

    6.5%

    Sutton LB

    11,149

    6.9%

    Tower Hamlets LB

    14,360

    7.2%

    Waltham Forest LB

    14,919

    8.5%

    Wandsworth LB

    14,232

    5.8%

    Westminster LB

    15,354

    6.4%

    Bolton MD

    17,905

    8.4%

    Bury MD

    11,054

    7.5%

    Manchester MD

    27,051

    6.5%

    Oldham MD

    14,368

    8.4%

    Rochdale MD

    13,608

    8.4%

    Salford MD

    13,212

    6.9%

    Stockport MD

    17,225

    7.4%

    Tameside MD

    14,001

    7.9%

    Trafford MD

    12,732

    7.2%

    Wigan MD

    18,785

    7.4%

    Knowsley MD

    9,246

    7.7%

    Liverpool MD

    26,281

    7.1%

    St Helens MD

    11,119

    7.6%

    Sefton MD

    17,851

    8.0%

    Wirral MD

    19,508

    7.9%

    Barnsley MD

    14,456

    7.6%

    Doncaster MD

    18,782

    7.9%

    Rotherham MD

    16,434

    7.8%

    Sheffield MD

    33,060

    7.0%

    Gateshead MD

    12,158

    7.6%

    Newcastle upon Tyne MD

    16,034

    6.6%

    North Tyneside MD

    12,242

    7.3%

    South Tyneside MD

    9,982

    7.8%

    Sunderland MD

    17,552

    7.5%

    Birmingham MD

    72,576

    8.8%

    Coventry MD

    20,609

    7.9%

    Dudley MD

    20,361

    8.0%

    Sandwell MD

    22,244

    9.5%

    Solihull MD

    13,109

    7.7%

    Walsall MD

    18,340

    9.0%

    Wolverhampton MD

    19,090

    9.8%

    Bradford MD

    35,136

    8.5%

    Calderdale MD

    12,987

    7.7%

    Kirklees MD

    27,064

    8.1%

    Leeds MD

    45,596

    6.5%

    Wakefield MD

    20,763

    7.6%

    Hartlepool UA

    5,690

    7.6%

    Middlesbrough UA

    8,791

    7.7%

    Redcar and Cleveland UA

    9,121

    8.1%

    Stockton-on-Tees UA

    11,330

    7.1%

    Darlington UA

    6,314

    7.6%

    County Durham UA

    32,455

    7.6%

    Northumberland UA

    21,048

    8.0%

    Cheshire East UA

    22,235

    7.3%

    Halton UA

    7,168

    7.5%

    Warrington UA

    11,560

    7.0%

    Cheshire West and Chester UA

    19,617

    7.2%

    Blackburn with Darwen UA

    9,525

    8.9%

    Blackpool UA

    9,541

    8.4%

    Kingston upon Hull UA

    15,411

    6.8%

    East Riding of Yorkshire UA

    23,168

    7.8%

    North East Lincolnshire UA

    9,927

    7.7%

    North Lincolnshire UA

    10,872

    7.9%

    York UA

    10,873

    6.1%

    Derby UA

    15,433

    7.5%

    Leicester UA

    24,459

    9.5%

    Rutland UA

    2,379

    7.5%

    Nottingham UA

    16,958

    6.4%

    Herefordshire County UA

    12,831

    8.4%

    Telford and Wrekin UA

    9,834

    7.4%

    Shropshire UA

    19,867

    8.0%

    Stoke-on-Trent UA

    15,358

    7.9%

    Bath and North East Somerset UA

    9,907

    6.4%

    Bristol UA

    23,189

    5.9%

    North Somerset UA

    14,094

    7.6%

    South Gloucestershire UA

    14,422

    6.3%

    Cornwall UA

    37,893

    8.1%

    Plymouth UA

    14,805

    6.7%

    Torbay UA

    9,947

    8.6%

    Bournemouth UA

    10,006

    7.1%

    Poole UA

    9,052

    7.6%

    Swindon UA

    11,443

    6.7%

    Wiltshire UA

    27,724

    7.2%

    Peterborough UA

    10,850

    7.6%

    Luton UA

    12,685

    8.2%

    Bedford UA

    10,228

    7.7%

    Central Bedfordshire UA

    14,494

    6.7%

    Southend-on-Sea UA

    10,646

    7.7%

    Thurrock UA

    8,951

    6.7%

    Medway UA

    14,548

    7.0%

    Bracknell Forest UA

    5,833

    6.1%

    West Berkshire UA

    8,445

    6.7%

    Reading UA

    7,789

    6.0%

    Slough UA

    9,181

    8.8%

    Windsor and Maidenhead UA

    8,256

    6.9%

    Wokingham UA

    8,408

    6.1%

    Milton Keynes UA

    13,397

    6.7%

    Brighton and Hove UA

    13,933

    6.3%

    Portsmouth UA

    10,862

    6.1%

    Southampton UA

    12,622

    6.0%

    Isle of Wight UA

    10,614

    8.5%

    Source: Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory Diabetes Prevalence Model

    Diagnosed diabetes prevalence across the four nations of the United Kingdom are taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and represents all patients age 17 and older who have been diagnosed with diabetes and included on general practitioner registers.

    In 2013/14, QOF showed that there were 3.3 million people aged 17 years and older with diagnosed diabetes with equals 6.2% of this age group. The break down by country can be found in the following table:

    Diagnosed diabetes across the four nations of the United Kingdom -2013/14

    Number

    %

    England

    2,814,004

    6.2%

    Wales

    177,212

    6.9%

    Scotland

    259,986

    5.9%

    Northern Ireland

    81,867

    5.3%

    United Kingdom

    3,333,069

    6.2%

    Source: Quality and Outcomes Framework (Health and Social Care Information Centre)

    Public Health England’s diabetes prevalence model estimates total diabetes prevalence for England and for all local authorities and clinical commissioning groups in England. The model reflects the prevalence of diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) and adjusts for the age, sex, ethnic group and deprivation pattern of the local population.

    The estimated total diabetes prevalence using the diabetes prevalence model is 7.5% in England in 2014.

  • Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which agency is tasked with ensuring that mothers, infants and children are provided with adequate protection and support for appropriate feeding during emergencies; and if he will publish his Department’s policy or guidance documents to outline the steps to be taken in that direction.

    Jane Ellison

    Local emergency responders including Police, Fire and Rescue Service, Ambulance Service and Local Authorities are required under the Civil Contingences Act 2004 to assess the likelihood and impact of emergencies occurring in their local area, and to put in place appropriate plans to respond to these emergencies. This includes arrangements to evacuate and shelter large numbers of people, including vulnerable groups such as mothers with young infants. The Government publishes guidance on evacuation and shelter for local responders (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274615/Evacuation_and_Shelter_Guidance_2014.pdf) which includes advice on the care and provision for vulnerable people.

    “

  • Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies patients in Greenwich and Woolwich constituency waited less than 28 days for treatment in the last 12 months.

    Alistair Burt

    The information is not collected in the format requested.

    The following attachment, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies contains referrals assessed in 28 and 90 days or less and referrals that waited 28 and 90 days or less to enter treatment, as a proportion of all referrals assessed between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014, for England and NHS Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group.

    Data is not published at constituency level.

  • Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Tulip Siddiq – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department’s response to e-petition No. 104334, what the evidential basis is of the statement that (a) if you are admitted to hospital on a weekend, you have 16 per cent. greater chance of dying and (b) the average earnings for a hospital consultant are £118,000.

    Ben Gummer

    The 16% figure is taken from a study published in 2012 in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine entitled ‘Weekend hospitalization and additional risk of death: an analysis of inpatient data’ by Freemantle et al. The authors analysed all hospital admissions in 2009-10 and found that patients admitted to hospital on a Saturday had a 11% increased chance of dying compared to a Wednesday, and patients admitted on a Sunday had a 16% increased chance of dying compared to a Wednesday.

    This analysis has recently been updated by the study’s authors to look at 2013-14 admissions. The latest study, published in the British Medical Journal in September 2015, found that patients admitted to hospital on a Saturday had a 10% increased chance of dying compared to a Wednesday, and patients admitted on a Sunday had a 15% increased chance of dying compared to a Wednesday.

    The figure of average hospital consultant earnings is an estimate of the derived average earnings of consultants per full time equivalent, and is based on data covering the 2013/14 financial year. The figure was published as part of evidence submitted by the NHS Employers organisation to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists Remuneration ahead of their report published in July, ‘Contract reform for consultants and doctors and dentists in training – supporting healthcare services seven days a week’. The evidence is publicly available here:

    http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/pay-and-reward/pay/medical-pay/ddrb-evidence—in-detail

    “

  • Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 40 in (a) England and (b) Greenwich and Woolwich constituency were offered a referral to a fertility specialist prior to commencement of their cancer treatment in the last three years.

    Jane Ellison

    The information requested is not collected.