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1127516

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date	20/05/2019
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	Pathology
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 pathologists available to conduct post-mortem examinations for coroners.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	256259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Most post-mortem examinations are carried out by pathologists who specialise in histopathology. However, post-mortems are not a requirement of the Certificate of Completion of Training in histopathology, therefore, the number of histopathologists who are qualified to carry out post-mortem examinations for coroners is not held centrally.</p><p>Overall, in January 2019, there were 1,206 full time equivalent (FTE) consultant histopathologists in the National Health Service in England. This represents a 10% (119 FTE) increase compared to January 2010.</p><p>Health Education England has committed to attract and retain more histopathologists by 2021 as part of its Cancer Workforce Plan for England published in December 2017. In 2019, 100% of specialist histopathology training places were filled.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 256258 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:54:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1127515

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Pathology: Vacancies
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 he is taking to tackle the shortage of pathologists that can carry out post-mortem examinations for coroners.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	256258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Most post-mortem examinations are carried out by pathologists who specialise in histopathology. However, post-mortems are not a requirement of the Certificate of Completion of Training in histopathology, therefore, the number of histopathologists who are qualified to carry out post-mortem examinations for coroners is not held centrally.</p><p>Overall, in January 2019, there were 1,206 full time equivalent (FTE) consultant histopathologists in the National Health Service in England. This represents a 10% (119 FTE) increase compared to January 2010.</p><p>Health Education England has committed to attract and retain more histopathologists by 2021 as part of its Cancer Workforce Plan for England published in December 2017. In 2019, 100% of specialist histopathology training places were filled.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 256259 question first answered 23/05/2019 14:54:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1127514

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK’s official reserves are of (a) gold, (b) foreign currency and (c) other assets as at 31 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	256257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>As at end March 2019, the market value of the UK’s official reserves was $169.5 billion. This comprised of (a) $12.9 billion gold, (b) $129.5 billion foreign currency reserves and (c) $27.1 billion other assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/05/2019 12:50:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy