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685680

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS bodies make timely payments to small business providers.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	908645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Central Government policy is to pay 80% of undisputed invoices within five days, and the rest within 30 days. The Department of Health publishes quarterly data showing its own performance against this target. For the last quarter available, the Department paid 98.4% within five days and 99.9% within 30 days. National Health Service bodies are required to disclose performance against the 30 day Better Payment Practice Code in their accounts.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/02/2017 16:20:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

678667

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the General Dental Council (GDC) is taking to manage cases that fall under section 6.1.3 in the GDC's standard for the dental team document.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	61790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentists in the United Kingdom and is responsible for dentist registration, and has provided the following information.</p><p> </p><p>The GDC is not taking specific steps to manage cases that fall under any particular standard. The GDC treats all allegations against registrants in the same way and applies the same questions in the fitness to practise process. The GDC reminds registrants of their responsibilities under particular standards, and about paying bills and professional fees on time.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/02/2017 11:35:19 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

678668

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many General Dental Council registered dentists have filed for bankruptcy since 2006; and how many dental practices with Limited status have filed for individual voluntary arrangements since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	61791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many General Dental Council registered dentists have filed for bankruptcy or how many dental practices with limited status have filed for individual voluntary arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 01/02/2017 10:53:59 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

678669

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many General Dental Council registered dentists have been prosecuted or been subject to fitness to practice judgements as a result of failing to pay dental laboratory accounts since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	61792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The General Dental Council is the independent regulator of dentists in the United Kingdom and is responsible for dentist registration.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/02/2017 11:42:29 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

669013

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS trusts provide prompt and accurate payments to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	58747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts are required to follow the advice within HM Treasury’s ‘Managing Public Money’ which sets out that they should include a clause in their contracts requiring contractors to pay their suppliers within 30 days. The Department has also developed standard ‘NHS Terms and conditions’ for use by NHS trusts and foundation trusts which reiterate these terms when procuring goods and services from suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health Group’s own Manual for Accounts sets out that NHS bodies must disclose their compliance with the Better Practice Payment Code target (to pay at least 95% of invoices, both for NHS and non-NHS suppliers within 30 days of receipt of an invoice) and detail their performance in their annual reports. The NHS Provider Regulators (NHS Improvement) has also raised awareness of compliance with the Code through its official monthly bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/01/2017 11:37:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

391848

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	University of York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts have been awarded to the University of York by (a) his Department and (b) NICE since 1999; and how much funding has been allocated through each such contract by (i) his Department and (ii) NICE since 1999.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	8145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Since 2004, the Department has awarded 107 contracts to the University of York, of which 105 are entirely research based. The total value of all contracts is £92.96 million. Information prior to 2004 is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2007 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has awarded 10 contracts to the University of York (this figure includes six contracts awarded to York Health Economics Consortium, which is based at the University). The total value of these contracts is £1.16 million. NICE does not hold information relating to contracts awarded prior to 2007.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/09/2015 10:54:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

386673

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what metrics are used to measure the performance of his Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry unit.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	4840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Medicines Pharmacy and Industry Group (MPIG) is part of the Department’s Innovation, Growth and Technology Directorate, and leads policy for the Department on pharmaceuticals, the medicines supply chain, and the role of pharmacies (including prescription charges). MPIG is responsible for:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the delivery of the medicines pricing schemes including the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme;</p><p> </p><p>- the delivery of frameworks for medicines procurement in secondary care;</p><p> </p><p>- sponsorship role for two of the Department’s arm’s length bodies;</p><p> </p><p>- the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; and</p><p> </p><p>- the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The key objective of MPIG is to support the safe, efficient and effective access to and use of medicines in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The delivery of MPIG against plan is assessed internally through the Department’s Quarterly Corporate Accountability Review system. The overall financial position and performance of the Department is published in the Departmental Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition the Department publishes, on a quarterly basis, the quarterly net payments and sales information relating to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pprs-quarterly-net-sales-and-payment-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pprs-quarterly-net-sales-and-payment-information</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/07/2015 13:54:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

348311

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Urgent and Emergency Care Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of progress by the NHS on implementation of the Keogh Review of urgent and emergency care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>On 3 June 2015, NHS England invited expressions of interest from organisations and partnerships across England to become vanguard sites for new care models focusing on urgent and emergency care. These sites will test new approaches to delivering urgent care and aim to improve the coordination of services and reduce pressure on accident and emergency departments. It is expected that about five million people will be covered by the initial phase of the vanguard sites, which could be rolled out across England in the next couple of years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across England as a whole, new urgent and emergency care networks are being developed. These will operate strategically, to improve the consistency and quality of urgent and emergency care by bringing together System Resilience Groups (SRGs) and other stakeholders to address challenges in the urgent and emergency care system that are difficult for single SRGs to address in isolation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2015 14:24:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

142228

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services
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 recent report by Healthwatch England entitled, Suffering in Silence, published in October 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	213739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Healthwatch England, and the local Healthwatch network, have an important role in the health and care system. They ensure the patient voice is heard nationally and locally and this includes how it feels to make a complaint about your healthcare as set out in <em>Suffering in Silence</em>. Local Healthwatch also signpost people to advice and support in making a complaint.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are legislative requirements in place which set out an overall framework on how complaints about health and care services should be handled. In response to <em>Hard Truths</em>, we initiated a wide-ranging programme of work dedicated to improving complaints handling involving stakeholders from across the health and care system. Healthwatch England is a key contributor to this work. Later this year we will set out what has been done to improve complaints handling in the context of our update on Hard Truths.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 18/11/2014 15:12:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

114567

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to clarify the law on abortion for the purpose of gender selection; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	213561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has consistently stated that abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal and repeated this in new guidance entitled <em>Guidance in Relation to Requirements of the Abortion Act 1967 - for all those responsible for commissioning, providing and managing services provision</em> which was published on 23 May this year. All independent providers are required to adhere to this guidance as part of their licensing conditions. A copy of this guidance is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/11/2014 16:49:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Abortion_Guidance_Document May 2014.pdf title Abortion Guidance May 2014
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker