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1058636

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted-out health assessments for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	909128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring claimants receive high quality assessments. Providers are closely monitored against a range of measures including through independent audit to improve accuracy and decision making. We are seeing continuous improvement in PIP assessment quality and recent data shows both PIP providers meeting quality expectations. We continually look to improve the efficiency of the assessment process by working closely with health assessment providers and the disabled people the Department supports.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/02/2019 16:37:48 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1052200

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for employment tribunal claims to reach their first hearing in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	215214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) can only provide data for the period 1 April 2018 to 30 September 2018.</p><p>The average length of time for employment tribunal claims to reach their first hearing from 1 April 2018 to 30 September 2018 is:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Single claims<sup>1</sup> </strong>30 weeks</p><p> </p><p><strong>All claims<sup>2</sup> </strong>31 weeks</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary to appoint additional judges to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal. We expect a further 54 salaried employment judges to take up positions from April 2019 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This information provides the average length of time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>3 A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaints (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>4 All data were taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available.</p><p>5 “Data Source: Employment Tribunal Central database”.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 14:51:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1042335

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 206393 on Drugs, how many and what proportion of those contract agreements (a) have and (b) have not been signed off.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	209368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Department’s ‘no deal’ European Union exit medicines supply contingency planning, a tender process to procure additional warehouse space to store stockpiled medicines within the mainland United Kingdom, including ambient, refrigerated and controlled drug storage, was undertaken in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Contract agreements for additional storage capacity have now been signed with three companies. There are no outstanding contracts still to be signed.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/01/2019 17:27:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1039558

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 6 of the NHS Long-Term Plan, whether the right of every patient to have an online digital GP consultation will be added to the NHS constitution.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, no decision has been taken to whether the right of every patient to have an online general practitioner consultation will be added to the NHS Constitution. The ultimate decision about what is included in the NHS Constitution rests with the Department and may be subject to parliamentary agreement.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:23:54 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1039559

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 6 of the NHS Long-Term Plan, what estimate has he made of the proportion of online GP consultations that will be carried out by private providers that do not currently provide NHS services.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, no estimate has been made. The proportion will depend on the preferences of patients and the extent to which existing providers of primary care take up the opportunity to offer online general practitioner consultations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:19:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038959

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people currently work in the civil contingencies secretariat.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Contingencies Secretariat sits within the wider National Security Secretariat. The budget<br>for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) for 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 is set out<br>in the table below;</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>£11.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>£15,4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>£16.9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The current delegated headcount for CCS is 94. This is the maximum number of staff paid out of the CCS budget, it does not include staff working in or with the Secretariat paid for by other departments or programmes.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/01/2019 10:12:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038960

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Contingencies Secretariat: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the civil contingencies secretariat budget was for (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Contingencies Secretariat sits within the wider National Security Secretariat. The budget for the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) for 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 is set out in the table below;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>£11.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>£15,4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>£16.9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The current delegated headcount for CCS is 94. This is the maximum number of staff paid out of the CCS budget, it does not include staff working in or with the Secretariat paid for by other departments or programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/01/2019 10:14:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038961

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS 111
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls to 111 were abandoned in each month in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The volume of NHS 111 calls which were abandoned after at least 30 seconds connection time to the NHS 111 service from January to December 2018 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Volume of calls abandoned after at least 30 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>75,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>88,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>113,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>45,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>43,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>46,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>62,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>41,646</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>37,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>44,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>50,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>57,375</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England, NHS 111 minimum data set</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:30:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038962

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Private Patients
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of income from private patients at each NHS Trust for each of the last ten years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The question is interpreted as requesting detail regarding the level of income generated from the treatment of private patients by each National Health Service trust. This is presented in the attached tables for the financial years 2010-11 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2010-11 the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts did not report ‘income from private patients’ as a specific line item and thus comparable information for prior years is unable to be provided.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 11:58:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name PQ207218 - Data tables.docx title PQ207218 attached document
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038963

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses employed in the NHS per head of population for each of the last ten years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	207219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, the following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England in the last 10 years as at September each year, full time equivalent:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>September-2008</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2009</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2010</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2011</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2012</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2013</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2014</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2015</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2016</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2017</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2018</p></td><td><p>285,674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:12:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders