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61086

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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 training places for general practice were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	200007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department set up Health Education England (HEE) to deliver a better health and healthcare workforce for England. HEE is responsible for ensuring a secure workforce supply for the future balancing need against demand, taking into account factors such as the age profile of the existing workforce, the impact of technology, and new drugs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has recognised the need to increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce and between September 2010 and September 2013, the number of full time equivalent GPs has risen by 1,051. Additionally, the Department has included in the HEE mandate a requirement that “HEE will ensure that 50% of trainees completing foundation level training enter GP training programmes by 2016”.</p><p> </p><p>Further work is being undertaken by HEE to improve applications and fill rate in to GP training to support the mandate target of 3,250 appointments into GP training by 2016 in England. This includes a review of the GP recruitment process, developing a pre-GP year to give exposure to prospective GP applicants of the specialty and careers advice for foundation doctors and medical students.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the contribution the GP workforce makes in the NHS, HEE will also undertake additional work on GP recruitment and retention, return to practice and reducing attrition rates, all of which will play a part in increasing the GP workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The following table indicates the number of posts commissioned and filled and the fill rate for GP training in England for the last five years. The numbers of posts have been increased for 2014 to 2,946 to support the government’s mandate requirement for HEE to increase GP training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Posts Commissioned</p></td><td><p>Posts Filled</p></td><td><p>% Filled</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,732</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>102.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,672</p></td><td><p>2,658</p></td><td><p>99.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,687</p></td><td><p>2,669</p></td><td><p>99.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,761</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td><td><p>99.17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,946</del> <ins class="ministerial">3,043</ins></p></td><td><p>2,630</p></td><td><p>89.27%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: HEE data</p><p> </p><p>Deferment resulting from factors such as maternity leave can cause a higher than 100% fill rate in some years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/06/2014 16:44:34 question first ministerially corrected 14/10/2014 10:52:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 1687 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	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

48600

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police cautions were issued in Copeland constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	196695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice</p><p> </p><p>Simple cautions (previously police cautions) are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that serious offences should always be brought to court, and to ensure that there is increased public confidence in the justice system, last year announced changes to stop the use of cautions for indictable only offences and certain serious either way offences unless there are exceptional circumstances and a senior police officer, as well as the CPS for certain cases, has agreed that a caution should be administered.</p><p>The MOJ guidance on Adult Simple Cautions was amended in November last year to reflect these changes, and we are legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions around their use.</p><p> </p><p>Information on cautions is not held by parliamentary constituency. This information may be on the police record, which can only be obtained at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 8009 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

48969

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 460W, on NHS England, with reference to the people referred to in the Answer who have taken up jobs at NHS England from his Department, what their job titles and salary levels (a) were at his Department and (b) are at NHS England.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	197187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the attached table. <br><br>It should be noted that the size and scope of the new NHS England director roles were formally evaluated and the salary reflects the significantly more complex nature of each role compared to the previous roles at the Department. In any case, the posts concerned are not directly comparable, particularly in salary terms, since one body employs staff on civil service pay and conditions and the other employs on National Health Service pay and conditions of service.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ197187 - Job Titles and Salary Levels.docx title Job Titles and Salary Levels
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49273

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, how much NHS England spent on tendering for clinical services in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	197353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that it does not hold information on spend on tendering for clinical services. Staff payroll costs will form the majority of the cost of any tendering process and it is not possible to determine what proportion of each individual staff member's time is spent on this work.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49274

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Clinical Commissioning Groups, (c) Commissioning Support Units and (d) Monitor spent on consultancy workers in the last financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	197320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>As final year accounts have not yet been produced for Monitor or for NHS England, it is not at this time possible to give actual spend figures for 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

57944

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology his Department uses to calculate workforce requirements for (a) community physiotherapists, (b) podiatrists and (c) occupational health therapists; and what future projection he has made of staffing levels in such professions.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	198814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) was established to ensure a greater connection between the needs and demands of local employers and education and training commissions.HEE holds information contributing to, and are responsible for, the secure supply of the England NHS funded workforce.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 09/06/2014 13:25:13 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

61085

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many roles exist within the Economic Regulation Unit in his Department; what the job title is of each such role; and what the salary level is of each such role.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	200006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>There are 12 posts within the Economic Regulation Unit (ERU) at the Department. ERU comprises a deputy director, four senior policy advisors, two policy advisors, one policy officer, three policy support officers and a junior analyst.</p><p> </p><p>The pay bands represented are one SCS1, four grade sevens, two senior executive officers, one higher executive officer, three executive officers and a fast streamer.</p><p> </p><p>Salary ranges for the posts within the ERU are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Department Of Health Payscales : London-Based Posts As Of 1 April 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Minimum</p></td><td><p>Maximum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>Deputy Director</p></td><td><p>62,000</p></td><td><p>117,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>Senior Policy Advisors</p></td><td><p>48,799</p></td><td><p>61,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>Policy Advisors</p></td><td><p>37,175</p></td><td><p>45,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>Policy Officer</p></td><td><p>29,992</p></td><td><p>37,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>Policy Support Officer</p></td><td><p>24,938</p></td><td><p>30,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fast Streamer</p></td><td><p>Junior Analyst</p></td><td><p>29,992</p></td><td><p>41,546</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/06/2014 14:18:09 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

43373

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department gives to teachers and teaching support staff on supporting children with type one diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	192297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>Non-statutory guidance, ‘Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years Settings, is available to schools to help them manage medicines and supporting children with medical needs.</p><p>From September 2014, there will be a new duty, (introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014), on governing bodies of maintained schools (and proprietors of academies) to make arrangements to support pupils at school with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance. The guidance (upon which we have consulted publicly) will set out the requirements on schools to support children with medical conditions, which we would expect them to apply to conditions like diabetes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

43374

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training schemes his Department has in place to enable teachers to support children who have type one diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	192298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The training of school staff to support pupils with medical conditions is a matter for schools. However, the Department for Education fully expects them to be aware of and understand the needs of pupils with medical conditions such as diabetes, and to put arrangements in place to provide effective support. This should include ensuring that school staff receive suitable training.</p><p>From September 2014, there will be a new duty, (introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014), on governing bodies of maintained schools (and proprietors of academies) to make arrangements to support pupils at school with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance. The guidance (upon which we have consulted publicly) will set out the requirements on schools to support children with medical conditions, which we would expect them to apply to conditions like diabetes. The guidance will set out expectations in respect of staff training.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49469

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that fathers have appropriate access to or custody of their children following separation or divorce in cases where there is no risk to the child.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	197515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that a father's role in his child's life is a very important one and legislation in the Children and Families Act 2014 reflects the importance of children having a continuing relationship with both of their parents following family separation, as long as it is safe and in the child's best interests.</p><p>We are also strengthening the way in which breaches of child arrangement orders are handled. Cases which are breached within the first 12 months of an order being made will in future return to court quickly and, wherever possible, to the judge who made the original order. Courts will also be able to make full use of powers to direct a parent who is in breach of an order to participate in an activity, for example a parenting programme, to address their behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed