The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-01-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 6.32 of his Department’s publication, Living Well for Longer: One year on, published in March 2015, what assessment he has made of the effect of the time taken to publish the hepatitis improvement framework on (a) members of the South Asian population and (b) other people in England with hepatitis C.
Jane Ellison
No such assessment has been made.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
Mr Edward Vaizey
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer to PQ 27946
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department’s wellness strategy is.
Mr Desmond Swayne
DFID seeks to create a workplace where we protect the health, safety and wellbeing of staff, optimise the opportunity to promote a healthy workforce, maintain safe systems of work and proactively support the physical and emotional wellbeing of staff. These principles are reflected throughout DFIDs HR Policies and approach to People Management.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department’s wellness strategy is.
Justin Tomlinson
DWP recognises the importance of good health and wellbeing and the positive impact this has on employee morale, engagement and performance.
We have in place a comprehensive range of policies and measures to encourage and help employees.
Particular interventions include:
An Occupational Health service which supports employees during periods of ill health and absence, enabling them to remain in work/return to work more quickly.
An Employee Assistance Programme which offers immediate support for employees on a wide range of issues.
We also provide employees with access to a range of advice on our dedicated Wellbeing site.
And we have a longstanding, active network of 2,000 volunteer Wellbeing Champions, who arrange and deliver a large number of local events.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
Andrea Leadsom
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my rt. hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on Monday 29 February 2016 to Question 27946:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
Mrs Theresa Villiers
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer given by my hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, on 29 February 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-03-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on the illegal dog trade.
George Eustice
The Government takes the illegal movement of dogs seriously and it is committed to working with the Devolved Administrations, delivery bodies, enforcement agencies and non-government organisations to tackle this issue.
Whilst there have been no recent Ministerial meetings on the illegal movement of dogs, Defra’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has recently discussed the issue with his Devolved Administration counterparts, including the Northern Ireland CVO.
Additionally, there have been discussions on this issue between other Defra officials and officials within the Northern Ireland Devolved Administration.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to reduce re-offending.
Andrew Selous
Reducing reoffending is a priority for the Ministry of Justice, to cut crime and improve public safety. The Ministry of Justice does not analyse the overall cost to the public purse of reoffending. However, the National Audit Office (NAO) has produced analysis in the past.
Reoffending has been too high for too long which is why we are investing £1.3bn over the next five years to transform the prison estate and give prisoners the help they need to turn their lives around. We have also changed the way offenders are managed in the community with almost all now receiving targeted support on release. This will help reduce reoffending, cut crime and make our streets safer.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-07-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP consultations there were in each clinical commissioning group area in each year since 2012-13.
David Mowat
Figures for the number of general practice consultations in each clinical commissioning group in each year since 2012-13 are not held centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-01-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask NHS England to publish the (a) work completed by, (b) current work programme of and (c) future topics that are due to be considered by the Clinical Reference Group on Vascular Disease.
Jane Ellison
It is for NHS England to determine what information it publishes in relation to the work of the Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) and it has advised that the CRG work programmes will not be published. However, it has provided the following information on the work of the CRGs on interventional radiology and vascular disease respectively.
The CRG on interventional radiology has, in conjunction with the hepatobiliary and cancer programmes, produced clinical policy on selective interventional radiotherapy (SIRT), and the commissioning through evaluation programmeon SIRT to collect further evidence on effectiveness.This work is continuing.
The CRG’s current work programme is to support work across the medical and surgical CRGs where policy and service specifications include interventional radiological procedures.
The role of CRGs across specialised imaging, interventional radiology and Positron emission tomography–computed tomography is being reviewed. Once this is agreed, the work programme for 2016/17 will be developed.
NHS England has previously published a service specification and polices for vascular disease, which can be found at:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-a/a04/
It has also developed quality metrics.
The CRG on vascular disease work programme for 2015/16 includes:
– reviewing policies in line with changing practice;
– revision of the service specification has been produced;
– assessing specialised providers against the key quality indicators within the service specification; and
– working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on technology appraisals relating to specialised vascular services.
NHS England is currently working with stakeholders to identify potential areas to be included within the 2016/17 work programme for the CRG on vascular disease.
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