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156997

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bayer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Bayer plc in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	215403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings with officials are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</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 25/11/2014 17:33:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

101419

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum GPs there are in (a) Walsall South constituency and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	212376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally. This is because each general practitioner practice provides their own service/staffing arrangements so the information could only be gathered by asking all the individual practices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Neither Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group of the local NHS England Area Team have the locum numbers for the constituency (Walsall) and there is no national data available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/11/2014 16:26:11 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

101910

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances Alternative Provider Medical Services contracts are used by NHS England; and how many such contracts were used in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	212784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>General Medical Services (GMS) contracts are used in circumstances where at least one contractor is to be a General Medical Practitioner - there is provision for others to be partners in GMS contracts such as a National Health Service employee or a health care professional, providing services under the NHS Act 2006, but at least one partner must be a general practitioner (GP).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contracts are used where NHS England wants to offer the contract to a wider range of providers. These contracts may be held by independent or voluntary sector providers and other NHS providers as well as GP contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the numbers of practices by contract type for the years requested. 2014 data is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>GMS</p></td><td><p>4,554</p></td><td><p>4,538</p></td><td><p>4,581</p></td><td><p>4,458</p></td><td><p>4,345</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>APMS</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 212785 question first answered 04/11/2014 16:20:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

101911

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances General Medical Services contracts are used by NHS England; and how many such contracts were used in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	212785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>General Medical Services (GMS) contracts are used in circumstances where at least one contractor is to be a General Medical Practitioner - there is provision for others to be partners in GMS contracts such as a National Health Service employee or a health care professional, providing services under the NHS Act 2006, but at least one partner must be a general practitioner (GP).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contracts are used where NHS England wants to offer the contract to a wider range of providers. These contracts may be held by independent or voluntary sector providers and other NHS providers as well as GP contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the numbers of practices by contract type for the years requested. 2014 data is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>GMS</p></td><td><p>4,554</p></td><td><p>4,538</p></td><td><p>4,581</p></td><td><p>4,458</p></td><td><p>4,345</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>APMS</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>271</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 212784 question first answered 04/11/2014 16:20:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155491

	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	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	214219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of buildings sold by the Department since 2010 is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Buildings Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 17/11/2014 17:33:56 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62921

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not operate any telephone lines with the prefix0843. The Department has one telephone line with prefix 0845 and no calls were made to this number in the last 12 months. There is no alternative number charged at BT local rates available. This number is only used by the internal Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response Team and is not available to members of the public.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has two telephone lines with prefix 0844. 08448920111 National Poisons Information Service and 08448920909 UK Teratology Information Service. Both numbers are not in use for the general public. The number of calls made to these numbers in the last 12 months are 25,584 and 3,541 respectively. There are no alternative BT lines for these numbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/06/2014 16:16:51 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

89694

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what timetable his Department plans to phase-out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance on customer service lines published in December 2013 and (b) 03 and 08, where 03 is the primary number under a dual numbering system.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	207452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department will comply with the Cabinet Office timetable and guidelines regarding the use of non-geographical 0845, 0844 and 0843 numbers and treat the use of 03 prefix as a default policy position for the provision of core public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/09/2014 10:17:45 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

64345

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Energy
	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 his Department's consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	202706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department's consumption in kWh of gas and electricity in each month since June 2010 are detailed in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p>Gas Consumption</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>kWh</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>383,308</p></td><td><p>375,498</p></td><td><p>410,643</p></td><td><p>300,833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>334,299</p></td><td><p>291,491</p></td><td><p>268,638</p></td><td><p>231,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>214,194</p></td><td><p>342,759</p></td><td><p>135,620</p></td><td><p>171,941</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>184,049</p></td><td><p>238,429</p></td><td><p>52,692</p></td><td><p>135,238</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>270,592</p></td><td><p>179,116</p></td><td><p>96,602</p></td><td><p>144,629</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>275,325</p></td><td><p>172,324</p></td><td><p>82,137</p></td><td><p>162,901</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>404,226</p></td><td><p>191,563</p></td><td><p>249,232</p></td><td><p>187,581</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>549,699</p></td><td><p>315,677</p></td><td><p>365,295</p></td><td><p>378,302</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>814,163</p></td><td><p>448,970</p></td><td><p>430,231</p></td><td><p>500,407</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>644,972</p></td><td><p>497,774</p></td><td><p>537,957</p></td><td><p>504,784</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>554,519</p></td><td><p>549,609</p></td><td><p>521,341</p></td><td><p>460,338</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>623,455</p></td><td><p>475,765</p></td><td><p>542,183</p></td><td><p>399,659</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Electricity Consumption</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>kWh</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>775,333</p></td><td><p>727,906</p></td><td><p>743,420</p></td><td><p>734,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>828,597</p></td><td><p>817,660</p></td><td><p>737,329</p></td><td><p>743,728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>1,058,570</p></td><td><p>879,532</p></td><td><p>758,422</p></td><td><p>708,423</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>1,119,452</p></td><td><p>861,447</p></td><td><p>828,709</p></td><td><p>1,011,360</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>1,007,127</p></td><td><p>848,332</p></td><td><p>827,468</p></td><td><p>834,372</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>950,584</p></td><td><p>845,520</p></td><td><p>740,170</p></td><td><p>725,554</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>915,324</p></td><td><p>824,037</p></td><td><p>813,384</p></td><td><p>729,868</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>928,702</p></td><td><p>809,542</p></td><td><p>735,035</p></td><td><p>712,812</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>949,551</p></td><td><p>812,427</p></td><td><p>732,011</p></td><td><p>709,999</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>920,671</p></td><td><p>842,769</p></td><td><p>811,067</p></td><td><p>779,265</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>814,015</p></td><td><p>820,963</p></td><td><p>727,292</p></td><td><p>689,548</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>895,910</p></td><td><p>820,483</p></td><td><p>746,071</p></td><td><p>738,869</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Gas and Electricity Costs</p><p> </p><p>The Department's previous way of processing energy bills, makes it difficult to provide meaningful and relevant monthly costs for earlier years but the annual expenditure for 2009-12 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£160,572</p></td><td><p>£1,253,708</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£117,690</p></td><td><p>£862,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£139,343</p></td><td><p>£1,145,671</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table outlines the monthly costs of gas and electricity consumption in the Department's buildings from April 2012-13 to March 2013-14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>£18,380</p></td><td><p>£13,986</p></td><td><p>£85,855</p></td><td><p>£92,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>£10,562</p></td><td><p>£9,197</p></td><td><p>£95,095</p></td><td><p>£89,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>£6,290</p></td><td><p>£6,368</p></td><td><p>£88,712</p></td><td><p>£85,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>£8,236</p></td><td><p>£5,205</p></td><td><p>£96,871</p></td><td><p>£121,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>£5,399</p></td><td><p>£5,480</p></td><td><p>£94,554</p></td><td><p>£99,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>£6,193</p></td><td><p>£6,105</p></td><td><p>£84,633</p></td><td><p>£87,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>£12,764</p></td><td><p>£ 7,748</p></td><td><p>£86,575</p></td><td><p>£87,917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>£15,734</p></td><td><p>£13,337</p></td><td><p>£82,322</p></td><td><p>£86,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>£17,416</p></td><td><p>£16,644</p></td><td><p>£80,016</p></td><td><p>£86,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>£18,246</p></td><td><p>£17,817</p></td><td><p>£90,733</p></td><td><p>£90,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>£19,580</p></td><td><p>£15,973</p></td><td><p>£77,247</p></td><td><p>£82,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>£20,512</p></td><td><p>£14,369</p></td><td><p>£63,457</p></td><td><p>£65,760</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures relate to buildings occupied by departmental staff, where the Department is directly responsible for payment of gas and electric bills and can provide monthly consumption figures. This covers Richmond House, Skipton House, Wellington House, Premier House and Premier Buildings (vacated in November 2012).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/07/2014 13:27:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

50139

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland to discuss recent developments in South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	198124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland has had these issues debated in the House on more than one occasion, most recently at a Westminster Hall Debate on 5 November 2013. He has also had several meetings with Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service (NHS) regulator, Monitor, is continuing to investigate the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust and the results of its investigation will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

61387

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: North East
	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 quality of provision of primary care in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	200222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made centrally. NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of primary care health services and for securing the best possible outcomes for patients.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/06/2014 13:24:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop