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165806

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce the number of patients attending A&E departments.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
	uin	906240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>We are providing an additional £700 million to help the National Health Service cope with winter pressures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further, the Prime Minister’s £50 million Challenge Fund is currently improving general practitioner access for over 3 million patients across England. This includes offering evening and weekend appointments, as well as better use of technology. By January, 7.5 million patients will be covered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/11/2014 12:16:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 30058 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

171991

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Greater London
	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 performance of the London Ambulance Service in the year to 1 November 2014 in relation to Category A response time targets in (a) London and (b) Enfield; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	219692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The NHS Trust Development Authority advise that London Ambulance Service has seen increases in demand, including in Enfield, and that this has put pressure on services. To address this, the Trust is already taking forward a number of measures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are giving a record £700 million package of support for the National Health Service in winter, including £15 million to the London Ambulance Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Official ambulance data are routinely published at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a> .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 219691 question first answered 12/01/2015 14:56:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 37626 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

171992

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Greater London
	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 performance of the London Ambulance Service between 1 September and 30 November 2014 in relation to Category A response time targets in (a) London and (b) Enfield.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	219691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The NHS Trust Development Authority advise that London Ambulance Service has seen increases in demand, including in Enfield, and that this has put pressure on services. To address this, the Trust is already taking forward a number of measures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are giving a record £700 million package of support for the National Health Service in winter, including £15 million to the London Ambulance Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Official ambulance data are routinely published at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a> .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 219692 question first answered 12/01/2015 14:56:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 37625 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

175737

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures apply to independent sector places when there has been a failure to comply with the requirements of the revised Procedures for the Approval of Independent Sector Places for the Termination of Pregnancy and his Department's Guidance in Relation to the Requirements of the Abortion Act, both published in May 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
	uin	222044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Failure to comply with the Required Standard Operating Procedures is considered on a case by case basis. Investigations into breaches of the Abortion Act are a matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/02/2015 17:56:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 41932 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

223300

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultancy reports he has commissioned into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon has been completed; and when copies of each completed report were delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225294 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47105 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223301

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected target dates are for completion of the reports commissioned from consultants into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when he expects copies of reports to be delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47106 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223302

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy firm has been commissioned to review the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when each such firm started its work in each area.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	225295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225294 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47107 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

437933

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Department of Health: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press, communication and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England, (c) NHS England, (d) Monitor, (e) the Care Quality Commission, (f) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (g) NHS Blood and Transplant, (h) the NHS Litigation Authority, (i) the Trust Development Authority, (j) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, (k) the Human Tissue Authority, (l) the NHS Business Service Authority, (m) Health Education England and (n) the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; how many of those employees are paid more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and communication by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	19915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Below are details of communications headcount and spend for the organisations requested.</p><p>On headcount, to ensure consistency, all organisations have provided information according to the following criteria for public relations (PR) and communications staff:</p><br /><p>- Press and PR</p><p>- Stakeholder relations</p><p>- Campaigns (including marketing and strategic communications)</p><p>- Digital Communications (not IT/digital service teams)</p><p>- Internal Communications</p><br /><p>On communications spend, we have provided figures for 2014/15, which is the most recent year for which figures are available.</p><br /><p>The figures on spend are split between major communications and marketing spend costs (submissions of above £100,000 which are assessed through the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group process) and the remaining admin and minor programme spend costs. Major programme spend costs cover budgets for public information campaigns – such as smoking cessation, blood and organ donor recruitment, dementia friends, cancer diagnosis and immunisation campaigns.</p><br /><p>The figures on major campaign programme spend (in column three below) reflect the amount of money requested in the Cabinet Office submission. In some instances, the final spend on communications was lower, as some of the budget was reappropriated for operational requirements or was unused and returned to central budgets.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of Communications Staff</p></td><td><p>Major campaign programme spend (Activity over £100,000 approved in 2014/15)</p></td><td><p>Admin (staff / non-staff) and minor programme spend 2014/15 (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>106.5</p></td><td><p>1,129,507</p></td><td><p>6,968,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>115.5</p></td><td><p>57,162,157*</p></td><td><p>8,134,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>9,721,465</p></td><td><p>3,292,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1,697,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td><td><p>6,671,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NICE</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>2,427, 944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood &amp; Transplant</p></td><td><p>124.59</p></td><td><p>4,862,257</p></td><td><p>8,689,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>315,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust Development Authority</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>926,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation &amp; Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>381,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>291,454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td><td><p>1,028,800</p></td><td><p>823,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>2,219,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1,987,441</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>*See breakdown of Public Health England campaign spend in table below</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Public Health England Campaign Spend in 2014/15</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smokefree (tobacco control) includes Stoptober and January Health Harms campaigns</p></td><td><p>£11,580,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PHE Smokefree Cars</p></td><td><p>£1,400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Be Clear on Cancer</p></td><td><p>£11,685,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroke- ACT Fast</p></td><td><p>£975,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change4life</p></td><td><p>£11,514,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Start4life</p></td><td><p>£3,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rise Above</p></td><td><p>£1,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH PHE Dementia Friends Campaign</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIV Prevention England 14/15</p></td><td><p>£550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Health Information Family Planning Association</p></td><td><p>£262,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care &amp; Support Reforms Phase 1</p></td><td><p>£1,950,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dementia Friends Phase 2</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seasonal Flu Campaign</p></td><td><p>£1,868,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PHE Alcohol Campaign</p></td><td><p>£1,825,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PHE, Seasonal Flu, respiratory and hand hygiene 2014/15</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£54,779,248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We can provide information on staff paid in different salary bands. However, due to differing bands between organisations and differing geographical weighting, this does not allow us to provide figures for the number of employees paid more than £50,000 and £100,000.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2016 17:54:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 36446 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

442695

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what proportion of patients spent more than four hours in A&E departments from decision to admit to admission in each A&E department in London in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	20946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested. The attached table includes data showing the percentage of patients who attended accident and emergency (A&amp;E) and subsequently waited four hours or more to be admitted once a decision to admit them had been taken. These data are given for the following periods:</p><p>- quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2010/11;</p><p>- each week between 07 November 2010 and 05 July 2015; and</p><p>- each month between July 2015 and October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/01/2016 16:29:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ20946 Table.xlsx title Patients who attended A&E and waited 4 or more hrs previous answer version 38271 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

443290

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of elective operations were cancelled in (a) England and Wales, (b) London and (c) each health trust in England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	21601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>Information on cancelled elective operations is published quarterly. The attached table shows how many elective operations were cancelled in England, London and each health trust in England in each quarter since 2010. Information on the number of cancelled elective operations as a percentage of elective admissions is only published for England.</p><br /><p>The number and proportion of cancelled operations remains low in the context of the millions of operations performed in the National Health Service each year. Compared to 2009/10, in 2014/15 there were 1.6 million more operations. The proportion of cancelled elective operations in the first two quarters of 2015/16 was 0.8% which is the same as the first two quarters of 2009/10.</p><br /><p>Health is a devolved matter in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/01/2016 16:36:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ21601 Table.xlsx title Cancelled elective operations previous answer version 38542 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan