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105978

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are small, and the individuals might be personally identified, directly or in combination with other published information.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department does not operate an ‘Instant Rewards’ scheme. The Department does, however, operate an in-year bonus scheme, which has strict criteria, approval processes and budgetary control.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 16:58:06 question first ministerially corrected 10/11/2014 17:38:55 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 27280 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	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105979

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 438W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 17:47:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name 14 July 2014- Official Report column 438W (204278).docx title Hansard Extract 14 July 2014
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105981

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are small, and the individuals might be personally identified, directly or in combination with other published information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 16:21:58 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105990

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Departmental Freedom of Information performance statistics have been published by the Ministry of Justice since 2010. These include the number of requests that were declined in full. They are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 16:24:06 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105991

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are small, and the individuals might be personally identified, directly or in combination with other published information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 17:32:33 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105993

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department spent the following on iPhones in each of the financial years since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>Costs</p><p>(Exclude VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£357.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£750.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></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 10/11/2014 11:47:01 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

155505

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spends annually on language controls for nurses, midwives, dentists, dental care practitioners and pharmacy technicians.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	214386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>There is no annual Departmental spend around language controls for nurses, midwives, dentists, dental care practitioners and pharmacy technicians, as it is for individual National Health Service employers to ensure that all healthcare professionals have a sufficient knowledge of the English language to be able to perform the roles for which they are employed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), General Dental Council (GDC), the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) as the independent regulators of these healthcare professionals, have powers to carry out language controls for all international professionals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are currently consulting on proposals to give powers to the NMC, GDC, GPhC and PSNI to enable them to introduce similar language controls for all European Economic Area nurses, midwives, dentists, dental care professionals, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 19/11/2014 16:26:31 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

171630

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Dental Council
	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 of increases in the General Dental Council registration fee on availability of NHS dentists.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	219522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The increase in the General Dental Council (GDC) registration fee is not expected to impact on the availability of dentists for the National Health Service. All dentists must be registered with the GDC in order to practice whether this is for the NHS or privately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 09/01/2015 13:51:14 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

229128

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited more than six weeks for (a) an initial NHS hearing assessment and (b) a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	228784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of patients who waited more than six weeks for an initial NHS hearing assessment and a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years is not available. Audiology is not one of the key referral to treatment functions which are recorded as a data set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'operation on cochlea' by five year age brackets for the years 2013-14, and provisional data for April to November 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that FCEs are not the number of patients because one patient may have had more than one episode of care within the time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 <br> April to November<br> provisional</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-34</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-39</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-49</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-54</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-59</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-64</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65-69</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-74</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75-79</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80+</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre.<br> <br></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data for 2014-15 is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</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 grouped question UIN 228811 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:09:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

229147

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cochlear Implants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 769-70W, on cochlear implants, how many cochlear operations there were in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date; and what the ages were of the patients who had those operations.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	228811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of patients who waited more than six weeks for an initial NHS hearing assessment and a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years is not available. Audiology is not one of the key referral to treatment functions which are recorded as a data set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'operation on cochlea' by five year age brackets for the years 2013-14, and provisional data for April to November 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that FCEs are not the number of patients because one patient may have had more than one episode of care within the time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 <br> April to November<br> provisional</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-34</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-39</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-49</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-54</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-59</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-64</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65-69</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-74</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75-79</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80+</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre.<br> <br></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data for 2014-15 is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</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 grouped question UIN 228784 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:09:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney