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1063625

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date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending entitlement to discounted (a) prescriptions, (b) eye tests and (c) dental treatment to (i) apprentices earning the apprentice rate of the minimum wage and (ii) all other apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	222612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has extensive arrangements in place to help people access prescriptions, eye sight tests and dental treatment. This includes a broad range of National Health Service charge exemptions for certain medical conditions and related to age or entitlement to certain social security benefits. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions.</p><p> </p><p>Apprentices on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges, dental treatment charges and the cost of sight tests, glasses and contact lenses through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On prescription charges, to support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the low-income scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 11:43:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1063663

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining majority ownership of Royal Bank of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	222650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that, as a matter of principle, firms best succeed under private ownership. Returning RBS to the private sector is the right policy for taxpayers, customers, and the wider economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intervened in RBS to maintain stability at the height of the financial crisis. RBS was never a speculative investment made to generate a profit, and it is right that private investors, not taxpayers, should bear the risk of companies such as RBS.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s policy remains to return the financial sector assets acquired during the crisis to private ownership, when it represents value for money to do so, and market conditions allow.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/02/2019 15:59:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1063680

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Birds: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the Natural England licensing process in protecting endangered species of birds.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	222667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Natural England has an ongoing programme of reviewing and, where appropriate, reforming the licensing system. Detailed reviews of the General and Class Licences were undertaken in 2014 and 2008/9, including public consultation on proposed changes. A number of changes were made after the 2008/9 consultation, and fewer more minor changes following the 2014 consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Licences to take action against bird species are only granted if there are no other satisfactory solutions and there is no detrimental impact on the conservation status of native wild bird populations and protected species. This effect, including the cumulative effect of other licences, is considered for each individual licence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/02/2019 13:16:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1062050

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall satisfaction rate is among claimants for universal credit (a) full service and (b) live service.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	221994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-13/220801/" target="_blank">220801</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We no longer differentiate between live and full service as the number of live service cases is reducing rapidly, and because both services operate within the same policy framework.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/02/2019 17:18:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1062072

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services and Prescriptions: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much revenue has been generated by issuing penalty charge notices for people not in receipt of the qualifying benefit to receive free prescriptions and dental treatment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	222000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Information provided by the NHS Business Services Authority on income from penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued in England, in respect to prescriptions and dental treatment, in each calendar year since 2014, is provided in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Dental PCN Income (£)</p></td><td><p>Prescription PCN Income (£)</p></td><td><p>Total PCN Income (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,326,330.28</p></td><td><p>525,666</p></td><td><p>9,851,996.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>9,009,223.12</p></td><td><p>7,312,277</p></td><td><p>16,321,500.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15,542,912.60</p></td><td><p>13,835,118</p></td><td><p>29,378,031.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>17,086,583.83</p></td><td><p>18,252,198</p></td><td><p>35,338,782.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13,840,674.71</p></td><td><p>23,839,078</p></td><td><p>37,679,753.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total 2014-18</p></td><td><p>64,805,724.54</p></td><td><p>63,764,338.72</p></td><td><p>128,570,063.26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>NHS Business Services Authority assumed responsibility for the Prescription Exemption Checking Service on 17 September 2014, accordingly no data is held prior to this.</li><li>Cleansing of PCN data is responsible for minor variation from previously published figures.</li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/02/2019 17:33:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead