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registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each surplus building and piece of land owned by his Department is worth; where each such building and piece of land is located; and which such building and piece of land he intends to dispose of.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	221099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department owns the following sites, which are deemed surplus to requirements and are earmarked for sale. Valuations are shown, where they are available and appropriate to disclose; values have been excluded where disclosure could potentially compromise commercial negotiations. For the remainder of the sites, valuations have not yet been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to these sites, the Department retained ownership of several strips of land adjoining sites previously sold where benefit from future development may be gained. Decisions on these retained ”ransom strips” are made as and when development on the adjoining areas is proposed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Site and Location</p></td><td><p>Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Ashton Rd, Lancaster</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Peasley Cross, St Helens</p></td><td><p>Under negotiation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Rooley Avenue, Bradford</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds, Former St Mary's Hospital</p></td><td><p>Nominal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strip of land at Darklands Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick Cottage, Ankle Hill, Melton Mowbray</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burial Grounds, South Rauceby, Nr Sleaford</p></td><td><p>Nil value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Eaves Lane, Bucknall, adjoining Bucknall Hospital.</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land adjoining Princess Royal Hospital, Telford.</p></td><td><p>£200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Somerby Drive, Shrewsbury - adjoining Shelton Hospital</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Racecourse Lane, Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Harp Close Meadow, Waldingfield Road, Sudbury, Suffolk</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingsley Green, Radlett, Herts.</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Little Plumstead, Norfolk Phase 2</p></td><td><p>£2,575,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Mollands Lane, South Ockendon, Essex</p></td><td><p>Nominal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meacham Clinic, Stratford Rd, Wolverton. Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>£380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ropewalk House, 32 Kings Lane, St Neots</p></td><td><p>£252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 Ambleside, Streatham</p></td><td><p>£529,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>67 Warwick Road, Kensington</p></td><td><p>£1,222,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hazel Court, St John's Hill, Battersea</p></td><td><p>£1,672,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edward Wilson House, Battersea</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N3 Site - Carlton Gate, Elmfield Way, London W9</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Mandeville Bucks. Stadium</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Michael's Hospice, Basingstoke</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at Bob Dunn Way, Dartford</p></td><td><p>£850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abbey Road, Ilford</p></td><td><p>Being determined</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oaklands, Plymouth</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halcyon House, Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farm Lane House, Plymouth</p></td><td><p>£226,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land at the rear of 3 &amp; 5 Spurfield Cottages, Exminster</p></td><td><p>Commercial in confidence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land to rear of 1-4 Farm Lane cottages, Exminster</p></td><td><p>Being determined - dependent on planning.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/01/2015 15:54:01 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

174232

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to NHS trusts on the sharing with children's centres (a) the names and addresses of new parents and (b) other live birth data.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	221063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Statutory guidance on children’s centres (Department for Education (DfE), April 2013) states:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) effectively with children’s centres and any other early years outreach services it may operate on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>A joint statement issued by DfE and the Department of Health states:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health is working with partners such as the Health and Social Care Information Centre, Public Health England and NHS England to explore the practical issues involved in providing regular and timely updates of bulk data on live births to local authorities. Work is focused on considering the legal and practical implications of how this might best be achieved and further information will be made available in due course<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/01/2015 15:22:25 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

173929

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there were in the NHS excluding London (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in each of the previous six years.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Dame Tessa Jowell
uin	220878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/01/2015 16:08:26 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2015 16:16:23 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Table PQ220878 Vacancy data.xlsx title Vacancy data 2009-10 A&E Consultants previous answer version 39309 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	159 label Biography information for Baroness Jowell

173930

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there are in (a) London and (b) England; and how many such vacant posts there are in each category in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Dame Tessa Jowell
uin	220879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/01/2015 16:08:26 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2015 16:55:53 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Table PQ220878 Vacancy data.xlsx title Vacancy data 2009-10 A&E Consultants previous answer version 39310 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	159 label Biography information for Baroness Jowell

173931

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Property Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Simon Holden, Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, has been paid for home to office travel expenses since taking up the post; for what reasons he is allowed to claim for such expenses; what salary he receives; and which other staff members at NHS Property Services claim for travel expenses.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	220913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden’s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company’s head office in London and many of the company’s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company’s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company’s staff, including the Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/" target="_blank">www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden’s travel expenses, and those of the company’s other executive directors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company’s non-executive directors is published in the Company’s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Non-Executive Director</p></td><td><p>Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robin Williams<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>50-55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charles Howeson<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>35-40</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Douglas Blausten<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>30-35</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin West</p></td><td><p>20-25</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Kane</p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rachel Kentleton<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>Pro rata – Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3 </sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 – 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4 </sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pay levels of the company’s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company’s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company’s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Charles Siddons is the company’s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company’s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 220914 220915 220916 question first answered 20/01/2015 16:14:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

173932

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect the four per cent year-in-year efficiency savings requirement has had on (a) staffing levels, (b) patient care and (c) waiting times in NHS trusts.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	220912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The 2010 Spending Review protected health funding in real terms. However, in order to continue to meet rising demands from an ageing population while improving services, NHS Leaders estimated that up to £20 billion of efficiency savings would be required over the four years from 2011-12 to 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS is on track to deliver these efficiency savings, having reported around £15 billion of efficiencies in the first three years, all of which are being reinvested into frontline care and have enabled the NHS to continue to meet rapidly rising demands whilst improving the quality of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are now over 17,200 more professionally qualified clinical staff since May 2010 including:</p><p> </p><p>- over 9,000 more doctors;</p><p> </p><p>- over 3,300 more nurses, midwives and health visitors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In contrast, the number of central administrative staff has fallen by over 20,200.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS is experiencing high demand for many services from a growing, ageing population with complex health needs. Performance against quality measures remains high. We have put in place robust year-round operational resilience planning and performance management, backed by additional funding, to help the NHS continue to perform against the access standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/01/2015 16:32:03 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

173933

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Property Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each non-executive director of NHS Property Services has been paid in each year since it was established; and who authorises pay increases for non-executive directors.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	220916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden’s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company’s head office in London and many of the company’s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company’s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company’s staff, including the Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/" target="_blank">www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden’s travel expenses, and those of the company’s other executive directors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company’s non-executive directors is published in the Company’s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Non-Executive Director</p></td><td><p>Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robin Williams<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>50-55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charles Howeson<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>35-40</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Douglas Blausten<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>30-35</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin West</p></td><td><p>20-25</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Kane</p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rachel Kentleton<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>Pro rata – Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3 </sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 – 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4 </sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pay levels of the company’s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company’s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company’s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Charles Siddons is the company’s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company’s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 220913 220914 220915 question first answered 20/01/2015 16:14:18 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

173934

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Property Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role was performed by Charles Siddons at NHS Property Services; what salary and benefits he received in that role; what process took place to select him for that role; and what the job description is for that role.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	220914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden’s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company’s head office in London and many of the company’s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company’s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company’s staff, including the Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/" target="_blank">www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden’s travel expenses, and those of the company’s other executive directors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company’s non-executive directors is published in the Company’s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Non-Executive Director</p></td><td><p>Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robin Williams<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>50-55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charles Howeson<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>35-40</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Douglas Blausten<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>30-35</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin West</p></td><td><p>20-25</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Kane</p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rachel Kentleton<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>Pro rata – Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3 </sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 – 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4 </sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pay levels of the company’s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company’s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company’s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Charles Siddons is the company’s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company’s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 220913 220915 220916 question first answered 20/01/2015 16:14:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

173935

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Property Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role was performed by Tim Litherland at NHS Property Services; what salary and benefits he received in that role; what process took place to select him for that role; and what the job description is for that role.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	220915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden’s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company’s head office in London and many of the company’s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company’s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company’s staff, including the Chief Executive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/" target="_blank">www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden’s travel expenses, and those of the company’s other executive directors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company’s non-executive directors is published in the Company’s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Non-Executive Director</p></td><td><p>Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robin Williams<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>50-55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charles Howeson<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>35-40</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Douglas Blausten<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>30-35</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin West</p></td><td><p>20-25</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chris Kane</p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>15-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rachel Kentleton<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>10-15</p></td><td><p>5-10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>Pro rata – Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3 </sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 – 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4 </sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pay levels of the company’s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company’s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company’s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Charles Siddons is the company’s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company’s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 220913 220914 220916 question first answered 20/01/2015 16:14:18 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

174022

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect that the recently announced reductions in staffing levels at the Dudley Group of Hospitals will have on (a) patient care and (b) waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	221034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for the local National Health Service to plan its workforce, and to ensure it has the appropriate staff in place to provide high quality care for its patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/01/2015 10:09:33 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley