Tag: Stephen McPartland

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2016-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy for patients to be able to choose a location convenient to them for receiving radiotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement.

Jane Ellison

It is a National Cancer Peer Review measure that all cancer patients are managed by a cancer-type specific multi-disciplinary team (MDT). This MDT agrees, oversees and co-ordinates the full range of care the patient receives, and considers the importance of ensuring that any cancer treatment is viewed as part of each patient’s whole cancer pathway, including clinical and supportive care. In certain circumstances, a patient may choose to have some aspects of their care delivered by a different team at a different hospital, particularly if they wish to stay with family or friends in a different part of the country to where they live whilst they receive their radiotherapy treatment. In these circumstances, the patient’s care is referred from the local MDT to the chosen MDT during this period.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to (a) regulate freelance tutors and (b) ensure that such tutors have an enhanced DBS check in order to safeguard children.

Edward Timpson

It is the responsibility of any school or parent to assure themselves that they are entirely satisfied as to the suitability of any freelance tutor they might choose to employ before they engage them. Private tutors have several options open to them to enable them to obtain appropriate checks in order to provide employers with the assurances they might need. For example, employment agencies are required to process DBS checks for all tutors working with children.

It is of course a serious criminal offence to seek to work with children in regulated activity after having been barred from doing so.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2016-06-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of patients with severe asthma being referred to a specialist by their GP over the last three years.

Jane Ellison

No such assessment has been made.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to (a) regulate freelance sports coaches (b) ensure that such coaches have an enhanced DBS check in order to safeguard children.

Edward Timpson

It is the responsibility of a parent to assure themselves that they are entirely satisfied as to the suitability of any freelance coach they might choose to employ before they engage them. Private tutors and coaches have several options open to them to enable them to obtain appropriate checks in order to provide employers with the assurances they might need. For example, employment agencies are required to process DBS checks for all tutors working with children

It is of course a serious criminal offence to seek to work with children in regulated activity after having been barred from doing so.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2016-07-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the effect of high car parking charges on the viability of town centre economies; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Percy

The department does not centrally collect data on high parking charges. Local authorities are responsible for setting local parking charges taking account of local circumstances.

We want local authorities to adopt policies that support local town centres, and have recently consulted on "Strengthening Local Government Transparency". The consultation included a proposal to increase the amount of information local authorities would need to publish on parking thereby helping local communities to better understand what revenues were being raised from parking.

The intention of this proposed change would be to encourage a better local dialogue between communities and the local authorities that represent them about what appropriate parking charge levels should be.

We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and will publish our response in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pupils are known to be (a) victims, (b) perpetrators of domestic assaults; and if he will make a statement.

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 Stephen McPartland on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the employment rate for disabled working people in each year from 2010 to 2016; and if he will make a statement.

Chris Skidmore

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 Stephen McPartland on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the National Group on Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable People has made on establishing a Child Sexual Exploitation Response Unit; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley

The actions which stemmed from the National Group’s work have been incorporated into a cross-Whitehall CSA Programme which includes the actions from the “Tackling CSE” report published in March 2015, and the WeProtect Summit in December 2014.

Good progress is being made across the range of commitments in the CSA Programme, including that to establish a new national response unit to help local areas when child sexual exploitation is a particular concern. The Government will publish a progress report on all actions within the Programme one year on from the publication of “Tackling CSE”.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2016-09-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of a liver transplant was in the last year.

Nicola Blackwood

NHS England advises that the overall cost of operations for 2015-16 is currently being finalised. However, based on 2014-15 financial information, the average cost per operation in that year was £67,131.

These figures are for the United Kingdom as liver transplantation is a service that NHS England commissions on behalf of England and the three devolved nations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen McPartland on 2016-01-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a local authority’s revenue surplus from off-street car parking may be used for general purposes or is restricted in the same manner as an on-street parking revenue surplus.

Mr Marcus Jones

A local authority’s revenue from civil enforcement in off-street car parks is restricted and can only be spent on off-street parking, transport and environmental improvements.