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808990

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget has been spent (a) in the private sector and (b) on contracts awarded to the private sector since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	120099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows National Health Service commissioner spend on non-NHS bodies including those from the private sector.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS Commissioners' spend on non NHS bodies by organisation type</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16 (restated)</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other independent sector<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>3,757</p></td><td><p>4,376</p></td><td><p>4,915</p></td><td><p>5,249</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Service Treatment Centres<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend on independent sector<sup>1,2</sup></p></td><td><p>4,144</p></td><td><p>4,757</p></td><td><p>5,320</p></td><td><p>5,669</p></td><td><p>6,467</p></td><td><p>8,067</p></td><td><p>8,818</p></td><td><p>9,007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary sector<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authorities<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>2,729</p></td><td><p>3,085</p></td><td><p>2,639</p></td><td><p>2,772</p></td><td><p>2,473</p></td><td><p>1,774</p></td><td><p>2,869</p></td><td><p>2,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devolved Administrations<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend on all non NHS bodies<sup>1,2,3,4,5</sup></p></td><td><p>7,427</p></td><td><p>8,436</p></td><td><p>8,556</p></td><td><p>8,984</p></td><td><p>9,450</p></td><td><p>10,367</p></td><td><p>12,232</p></td><td><p>12,746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total NHS revenue expenditure</p></td><td><p>94,422</p></td><td><p>97,469</p></td><td><p>100,266</p></td><td><p>102,570</p></td><td><p>106,495</p></td><td><p>110,554</p></td><td><p>114,730</p></td><td><p>117,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend on independent sector as a % of total NHS revenue spend</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The numbers above have been collected separately from audited accounts data and may include estimations.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Numbers shown in the table above have been adjusted to show the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) impact of the spending. This adjustment specifically relates to Continuing Health Care provisions which are attributed to expenditure in accounts as provisions arise but only impact on the DEL when paid.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>NHS England has carried out further validation work on the 2015/16 numbers previously reported and restated some categorisations.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>NHS England and the Department have made changes to the categories for 2016/17. The Voluntary Sector category now includes other not for profit organisations who have social objectives for the benefit of the wider community, such as Community Interest Companies. A new category has also been included for devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department adheres to transparent Government guidelines and publishes quarterly returns on Ministerial meetings with external organisations. The data for 2011 onwards is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p>Similar information for 2010 is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-of-health-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings-with-external-o" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/department-of-health-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings-with-external-o</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 120100 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:39:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

780545

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect that private sector usage of NHS premises and facilities has had on NHS waiting times in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	110355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect that private sector usage of National Health Service premises and facilities has had on NHS waiting times in the last three years. However, we would expect that any private work carried out in an NHS facility is undertaken outside of normal clinic and working hours so that the day-to-day business of the NHS is not affected.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/11/2017 15:47:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

759347

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS floor space was occupied by private providers in each of the last seven years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:21:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

752129

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2017 to Question 1736, whether his Department holds any information on how much the NHS has paid private healthcare companies for the provision of (a) eating disorder and (b) mental health services since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	5004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>This data is not collected in the format requested. NHS England directly commissions specialised services for mental health and eating disorders; including those for National Health Service services in the independent sector. Other services for eating disorders and mental health services are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/07/2017 10:38:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

748497

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on whether patients who receive NHS care from (a) Virgin Care and (b) other private providers of NHS Care should pay for any element of the treatment at point of delivery.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	3227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy is that National Health Service care is free at the point of delivery regardless of who provides it.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/07/2017 16:09:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

713804

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were transferred to a private hospital to undertake elective surgery in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/04/2017 12:49:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

685525

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to (a) plan no further capital developments using the Private Finance Initiative and (b) place no further NHS contracts with private health firms.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	63098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>Major investments in new hospital buildings are, in general, undertaken by National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts, not by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>In producing their business cases, those organisations choose their planned procurement and financing routes and they are expected to do so with due regard to value for money and affordability, given the specifics of the facility that they are seeking to have built.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury is responsible for the policy on the use of ‘Private Finance 2’ (PF2), the successor to the Private Finance Initiative. Only one PF2 scheme is currently being taken forward in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the commissioning of patient care, any decision about use of the private sector is for local NHS commissioners. We are clear that patients should be able to access the best possible treatments based on quality of care, not the type of provider.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/02/2017 12:20:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

605942

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of how much additional surgical and diagnostic capacity independent sector healthcare organisations are able to make available to NHS patients over the remainder of 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	49352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. Decisions about whether to use independent sector capacity are generally made at local level. Use of the independent sector will depend on a range of factors including the needs of individual local health systems, patient choice and availability of suitable independent sector capacity.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/10/2016 09:25:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

605943

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of its progress in implementing the commitment in the 2015 Spending Review to encourage long-term partnerships between the NHS and the private sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	49353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>We will continue to encourage long term partnerships between the National Health Service and the private sector in order to deliver responsive and innovative healthcare services while ensuring better value for taxpayers. It is right that these decisions are made locally by the NHS and not politicians. We are clear that patients should be able to access the best possible providers based on quality not the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioners can use a range of tools to secure services, including managing providers’ performance, extending and varying contracts, widening choice of qualified provider, and tendering. They will need to choose the right tools for different circumstances. Local conditions vary and there is no one-size-fits-all model for raising standards.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/10/2016 09:16:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

448327

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many companies which comprised a single person were paid for services by NHS trusts in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	24394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/02/2016 11:09:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith