Tag: Poulter

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to ensure that standards of animal (a) welfare and (b) traceability are maintained when the UK leaves the EU.

George Eustice

Animal welfare and traceability are a priority for this Government and and we have a manifesto commitment to include measures to improve animal welfare in future agriculture policy. We are currently considering the impacts of the decision to leave the EU, including for existing legislation and how appropriate standards are best delivered in the future.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many domestic customers (a) Scottish Power, (b) SSE, (c) E.on, (d) British Gas, (e) EDF, (f) Npower, (g) First Utility, (h) Ovo and (i) Cooperative Energy each have.

Andrea Leadsom

Ofgem publishes market share of energy suppliers based on monthly domestic customer numbers as part of its yearly Great Britain and Northern Ireland National Reports to the European Commission, most recently published in 2014. In this report smaller suppliers including First Utility, OVO and Co-operative Energy are grouped together as ‘Other Suppliers’.

GB Domestic Energy Suppliers’ Market Share, December 2013

Supplier	Electricity Market Share	Gas Market Share
British Gas	24%	39%
SSE	18%	15%
E.on	16%	13%
EDF	13%	9%
Scottish Power	12%	9%
RWE npower	12%	10%
Other Suppliers	5%	5%

First Utility, OVO and Co-operative Energy have released customer numbers on their websites. First Utility claim to have over 800,000 customers in July 2015, OVO claim to currently have 500,000 customers, while Co-operative Energy claim to have over 200,000 customers. The majority of these Customers will take both electricity and gas from their supplier.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of carer’s allowance were in receipt of (a) attendance allowance and (b) personal independence payment in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors from (a) EU countries and (b) countries outside the EU have applied to practice medicine in the UK in each year since 2000.

Mr Philip Dunne

Information on doctors applying to practice medicine in the United Kingdom is not held centrally; this is collected by the General Medical Council.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the average annual energy bill for domestic customers of (a) Scottish Power, (b) SSE, (c) Eon, (d) British Gas, (e) EDF, (f) NPower, (g) First Utility, (h) Ovo and (i) Cooperative Energy in 2014.

Andrea Leadsom

DECC collect data from the energy companies in order to provide estimates of the average annual domestic bills. Data is provided in confidence and therefore DECC do not disclose this data. DECC do not calculate or publish estimates of average annual bills by supplier.

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the funding criteria will be for the social investment outcomes fund; and whether NHS providers of alcohol and drug addiction services will be able to apply for that funding.

Mr Rob Wilson

In the spending review the Chancellor announced £80m for a new social outcomes fund to support the creation of locally developed social impact bonds tackling a range of social problems. The Cabinet Office has responsibility for the fund. The detailed criteria for the fund is being developed, but it will provide a portion of outcome payments for locally commissioned social impact bonds where some of the benefits and savings generated fall to central government.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK medical students entered undergraduate training in each year since 2000.

Mr Philip Dunne

Information on the number of United Kingdom medical students is not held centrally; this is collected by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the expected average frequency of evening and weekend work by junior doctors under the proposed changes to junior doctors’ contracts.

Ben Gummer

NHS Employers’ evidence to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration – “Reform of national contracts for consultant doctors and doctors and dentists in training”¹ – published in December 2014 during the hon. Member’s tenure as a Minister, included a profile of how the hours worked by doctors in training were spread across the week.

We have evidence that hospital leaders consider the junior doctors’ contract to be a significant barrier to delivering more seven-day services. NHS Providers’ written evidence to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration on contract reform for consultants and doctors and dentists in training² stated that the junior doctor contract is still a significant source of barriers to seven day working and reform of the junior doctor contract is also required to support trusts to deliver more seven-day services. In particular, the pay banding system for junior doctors needs to be reviewed. There were concerns from employers that the banding system is too complicated, can create “perverse incentives” for junior doctors and hospital management, and means that providing more seven-day services is unfeasible, since more junior doctors would be working outside core hours and receive premiums under the current banding system. NHS Providers also believe that more hours in a day and more days of the week need to be defined as core hours, as the current arrangement does not support the delivery of more seven-day services or reflect the needs and expectations of today’s patients.

Future working patterns are for individual employers to determine. The evidence on doctors’ working patterns has not altered since the hon. Member was a Minister for Health.

¹ http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/pay-and-reward/pay/medical-pay/ddrb-evidence—in-detail/consultants-and-junior-doctors-contract-reform-submission-of-evidence-to-the-ddrb

² http://www.nhsproviders.org/resource-library/written-evidence-ddrb-special-remit/

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government department will have responsibility for the management of the social investment outcomes fund.

Mr Rob Wilson

In the spending review the Chancellor announced £80m for a new social outcomes fund to support the creation of locally developed social impact bonds tackling a range of social problems. The Cabinet Office has responsibility for the fund. The detailed criteria for the fund is being developed, but it will provide a portion of outcome payments for locally commissioned social impact bonds where some of the benefits and savings generated fall to central government.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Poulter on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the career destinations of doctors who completed foundation training in August 2016 were.

Mr Philip Dunne

The UK Foundation Programme Office collects data on the intended career destinations of second year foundation doctors who have completed their foundation training.

The information for doctors who completed foundation training in August 2016 is not yet available.