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1060650

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help achieve the 95 per cent four hour A&E waiting time target in (a) Lewisham borough and (b) London.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	220972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is working closely with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to achieve delivery of the 95% four hour accident and emergency (A&amp;E) standard. Several steps are in place to support the Trust, including monthly oversight meetings between NHS Improvement’s senior leadership team and the Trust’s chief executive team to review performance; provision of NHS Improvement staff for on-site support to review long-stay patients and discharge those who are medically fit to be discharged; and work with mental health providers and the London Ambulance Service to support appropriate placement of mental health patients as well as improve patient handover performance. The Trust also received £500,000 of capital to develop and open a crisis café at the University Hospital Lewisham site, to help prevent avoidable mental health attendances at A&amp;E.</p><p>There are multiple actions underway to support reductions in waiting times for patients in London Emergency Departments. The London Urgent and Emergency Care programme and the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team provide dedicated expertise and support to several trusts<ins class="ministerial"><sup>1</sup></ins>. In addition, circa £26 million of extra capital investment was allocated to trusts across London to increase beds, emergency department capacity, same day emergency care and acute mental health services ahead of winter.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>1</sup>Lewisham and Greenwich, Kings’ College Hospital, Hillingdon, London North West, Imperial, Barking Havering and Redbridge, Barts, Whittingdon, North Middlesex and University College London Hospital.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 15:18:21 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2019 16:45:31 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond previous answer version 103655 answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

48879

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department have been employed on zero-hour contracts in each of the last two years up to the most recent period for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	196958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of direct employees of the Department and its 6 Executive agencies who are on zero hours contracts is 9. All are qualified engineers.</p><p> </p><p>There are no direct employees on zero-hour contracts in the Department's arms length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

49607

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, column 785W, on conditions of employment, what estimate he has made of the number of indirect employees of his Department who are on zero-hour contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	197650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department employs no individuals via contingent labour contracts on a zero hour basis.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

43994

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will estimate the number of private hire cabs granted their licence by one local authority operating predominantly in a different local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
	uin	192894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold this information as licensing enforcement is a matter for local licensing authorities. The crucial point about the lawful operation of private hire vehicles is that a licensed private hire operator must, when fulfilling a booking, use vehicles and drivers licensed by the same local licensing authority as granted the operator licence. Actual journeys can start outside, or go beyond, or be wholly outside, the local authority's boundary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1124587

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Injury Benefits Scheme
	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 applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme have been made in each year since 2002; and what proportion of those applications have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	250442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The following table shows the number of applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme received by the NHS Business Services Authority in each scheme year since 2002.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is not held in the format requested on the number of successful applications, and it would incur disproportionate cost to the NHS Business Services Authority to interrogate individual member records to produce this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:33:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1124589

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Injury Benefits Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the permanent injury benefit system under the NHS injury benefits scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	250444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no recent assessment of reviewing the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme. A partnership review of the Scheme was conducted by NHS Employers and Trade Unions of the NHS Injury Benefit provisions in 2013, and new arrangements came into force from 1 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:21:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1124590

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Injury Benefits Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the NHS Business Services Authority in processing applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS injury benefits scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	250445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Injury Benefits Scheme covers NHS workers with injuries or diseases contracted through their employment before 31 March 2013.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority will process Injury Benefits applications received up to and including 30 March 2018 but only in respect of injuries or diseases occurring on or before 30 March 2013. An exception to this rule is that the NHS Business Services Authority will process Injury Benefit applications received by 30 March 2038 for applicants who can provide evidence that there has been a delayed onset of their symptoms, such that application was not possible before 30 March 2018.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority has always had a dedicated team to process Injury Benefit applications, and the Department is content with the efficacy of their administration.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 14:10:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

43908

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what agreement his Department has reached with the Welsh Government regarding the funding of electrification of the Great Western Line to Swansea and the Valleys lines.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	192659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Welsh and UK Governments agreed in 2012 to fund the electrification of the Valley Lines and the South Wales Main Line between Cardiff and Swansea. That agreement still stands and Network Rail is developing plans for electrification.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

43909

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to develop the North Wales line from Crewe to Holyhead in conjunction with the building of High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	192660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such assessment has been made. The opening of High Speed 2 will release capacity for train services on existing lines, including on the West Coast Main Line. Precise details of stopping patterns will be resolved when the relevant rail franchises are let in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we will shortly announce a transparent and participatory process to consider long-term issues, opportunities and options for rail services on HS2 corridors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Welsh Government who are developing a business case for the electrification of the North Wales Main Line.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 192658 192661 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

43910

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of whether the London to Holyhead line will become a local stopping service following the building of High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	192661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such assessment has been made. The opening of High Speed 2 will release capacity for train services on existing lines, including on the West Coast Main Line. Precise details of stopping patterns will be resolved when the relevant rail franchises are let in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we will shortly announce a transparent and participatory process to consider long-term issues, opportunities and options for rail services on HS2 corridors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also working with the Welsh Government who are developing a business case for the electrification of the North Wales Main Line.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 192658 192660 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams