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171266

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change was in expenditure per head of population aged 65 and over on adult social care services in each English local authority in 2009-10 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	219191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on expenditure per head of population aged 65 and over on adult social care services is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The attached table provides the net current expenditure per head of population who receive adult social care aged 65 and over, broken down by local authority and year. The last column shows the percentage change between 2009-10 and 2013-14.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Local authorities in England spent £6.7 billion on social care for people aged over 65 and over in 2013-14, compared with £7.4 billion in 2009-10. In 2013-14 the National Health Service transferred £859 million to social care but we are unable to include this investment in the overall spending figure as we do not hold information on how much of it was spent on people aged 65 and over.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The attached table provides a breakdown of expenditure on social care per head of population aged 65 and over broken down by local authority in 2009-10 and 2013-14. The table also details the percentage change and actual change between those two financial years. The figures do not include NHS transfer funding.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/01/2015 16:21:02 question first ministerially corrected 13/01/2015 14:57:52 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name Revised table PQ 219191.docx title Social care spend per head of population 2009-14 previous answer version 36913 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name 2014-12-22 PQ219191 Karen Buck Table on over 65 LA Expenditure.docx title Over 65 LA expenditure
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

175097

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospital Beds: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were from (a) St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals Trust and (b) Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each month since January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	221512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The data that is available is shown in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Patients</p></td><td><p>Days</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Patients: The number of patients whose transfer is delayed at midnight on the last Thursday of the month.</li><li>Days: The number of days delayed within the month for all patients delayed throughout the month.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Patients</p></td><td><p>Days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Patients: The number of patients whose transfer is delayed at midnight on the last Thursday of the month.</li><li>Days: The number of days delayed within the month for all patients delayed throughout the month.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/01/2015 16:57:42 question first ministerially corrected 26/01/2015 17:14:04 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb previous answer version 41239 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

63270

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices were (a) refurbished and (b) replaced in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	201710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, granting funding for the refurbishment and replacement of general practitioner premises was the responsibility of primary care trusts (PCTs). Information pertaining to this period is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for funding general practice premises development has now been transferred to NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 April 2013 and 1 April 2014, more than 100 business cases for premises development were approved by NHS England. NHS England <ins class="ministerial">will be publishing </ins><del class="ministerial">has now published</del> Principles of Good Practice <ins class="ministerial">later in the autumn. This </ins> <del class="ministerial">that</del> set<ins class="ministerial">s</ins> out how <del class="ministerial">area</del> teams should review and prioritise business case proposals, and since 1 April 2014 a further 46 business cases have been approved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/06/2014 14:49:17 question first ministerially corrected 11/09/2014 13:48:27 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb previous answer version 6377 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

167080

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sickle Cell Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spends on sickle cell anaemia; and what proportion this is of the total NHS budget.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Pat McFadden
	uin	216527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>There are an estimated 250,000 people with <ins class="ministerial">the</ins> sickle cell <ins class="ministerial">trait</ins> <del class="ministerial">anaemia</del> in the United Kingdom. The Department has made no estimation of the annual cost of treating sickle cell anaemia in the National Health Service nor does it hold information on the total NHS spend on sickle cell anaemia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does hold estimated costs for admitted patient care episodes as reported by Healthcare Resource Groups. In 2013-14 the total estimated figure for sickle anaemia was £23.8 million; in 2012-13 it was £21.9 million. This figure does not include other costs such as primary and social care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/12/2014 15:12:22 question first ministerially corrected 10/12/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 32239 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

167082

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sickle Cell Diseases
	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 annual cost to the NHS of treating sickle cell anaemia.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Pat McFadden
	uin	216529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>There are an estimated 250,000 people with <ins class="ministerial">the</ins> sickle cell <ins class="ministerial">trait</ins> <del class="ministerial">anaemia</del> in the United Kingdom. The Department has made no estimation of the annual cost of treating sickle cell anaemia in the National Health Service nor does it hold information on the total NHS spend on sickle cell anaemia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does hold estimated costs for admitted patient care episodes as reported by Healthcare Resource Groups. In 2013-14 the total estimated figure for sickle anaemia was £23.8 million; in 2012-13 it was £21.9 million. This figure does not include other costs such as primary and social care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/12/2014 15:12:22 question first ministerially corrected 10/12/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 32239 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

168663

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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, how many women were referred onwards to other care pathways after it was determined that they were being coerced into seeking an abortion in the last year for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
	tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
	uin	217763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department does <ins class="ministerial">not </ins>hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take the issue of coercion seriously and staff working in abortion clinics are experienced and highly skilled in discussing sensitive issues with women and identifying whether there is any coercion or other risks to the woman.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Women who present for an abortion will always have the opportunity to speak to a health professional on their own at some point during the consultation. Pathways should be in place to refer women to specialised services if coercion is identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/12/2014 16:55:05 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2014 17:10:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 33588 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

168664

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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, how many abortions were refused on the grounds on coercion in the last year for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	217766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department does <ins class="ministerial">not </ins>hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take the issue of coercion seriously and staff working in abortion clinics are experienced and highly skilled in discussing sensitive issues with women and identifying whether there is any coercion or other risks to the woman.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Women who present for an abortion will always have the opportunity to speak to a health professional on their own at some point during the consultation. Pathways should be in place to refer women to specialised services if coercion is identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/12/2014 16:55:05 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2014 17:10:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 33589 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

174220

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester
	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 hospitals in Greater Manchester meet the Government's A&E waiting time target.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&amp;E performance, and are involved in these meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million – the highest ever figure – available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2015 13:51:02 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2015 14:02:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 39987 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

174221

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in Greater Manchester on increased attendances in A&E over the winter and delayed discharges.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&amp;E performance, and are involved in these meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million – the highest ever figure – available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2015 13:51:02 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2015 14:02:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 39989 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

174223

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Monitor, the Care Quality Commission and NHS England on hospitals in Greater Manchester which have not met the Government's A&E waiting time target.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&amp;E performance, and are involved in these meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million – the highest ever figure – available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2015 13:51:02 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2015 14:02:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 39988 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne