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677631

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the claims process on the physical and mental health of personal independence payment claimants.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	61279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We have consulted and engaged widely, and continue to do so, with disabled people, carers and representative organisations to ensure the claiming process for PIP works smoothly and efficiently for all claimants, regardless of their condition or disability. In addition we have recently undertaken research with a range of PIP claimants examining their experiences of the PIP claims process. The results from this research are being analysed and will be published in due course<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 26/01/2017 15:58:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

708833

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has spent on legal fees in each of the last three years; and how much of that amount was spent on employee relations cases.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	66883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>We have been provided with the following information from Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust regarding the Trust’s expenditure on legal fees in each of the last three years; and how much of that amount was spent on employee relations cases.</p><p> </p><p>- In 2014/15, the Trust’s spend on legal fees was £158,275 of which £35,955 was spent on employee relations cases;</p><p>- In 2015/16, the Trust’s spend on legal fees was £178,261 of which £94,817 was spent on employee relations cases; and</p><p>- In 2016/17, the Trust’s most recent in-year figures that are available show that the spend on legal fees is £202,558, and from this £50,946 has been spent on employee relations cases.</p><p> </p><p>Legal fees figures include all solicitors’ invoices coded to the ‘legal/professional fees’ cost centre and may include fees for training or insurance excess payments not covered by the NHS Litigation Authority following litigation.</p><p> </p><p>The spend on employee relations cases includes advice on Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations regulations, pensions and the Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme as well as individual cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/03/2017 18:12:26 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

708834

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many settlement agreements Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has entered into in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	66884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>We have been provided with the following information from Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust regarding settlement agreements the Trust has entered into in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>- In 2014/15, 20 individuals exited the Trust under the Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS), one individual exited the Trust under compulsory redundancy and one individual exited the Trust under compulsory redundancy following a Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) dispute.</p><p> </p><p>- In 2015/16, 23 individuals exited the Trust under the MARS and four individuals exited the Trust under compulsory redundancy, one of which was a TUPE dispute</p><p> </p><p>- In 2016/17, there have been no settlement agreements.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/03/2017 17:38:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

709366

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations relating to employee relations, such as disciplinary grievance and dignity at work cases, have taken place relating to Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last three calendar years; and how many of those investigations resulted in (a) sanctions being given and (b) employees being dismissed by that Trust.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	67078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>We have been provided the following information from Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust regarding investigations relating to employee relations in each of the last three calendar years.</p><p> </p><p>- In 2014, there were 16 investigations relating to employee relations which included six dignity at work investigations and nine grievance investigations. Seven individuals were sanctioned and five employees were dismissed by the Trust as a result of these disciplinary investigations.</p><p>- In 2015, there were 16 disciplinary investigations, which included one dignity at work investigation and nine grievance investigations. Seven individuals were sanctioned and there were no dismissals as a result of these disciplinary investigations.</p><p>- In 2016, there were 21 disciplinary investigations, which included nine dignity at work investigations and six grievance investigations. Seven individuals were sanctioned and one employee was dismissed by the Trust as a result of these disciplinary investigations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/03/2017 17:29:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

720435

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to announce its final decision on the allocation of grant funding to flood risk management authorities in response to the floods of Boxing Day 2015.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	70668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>We are investing a record £2.5 billion to better protect 300,000 more properties from flooding by 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At Budget 2016, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £700 million increase in flood defence and resilience spending. £532m has been allocated to new defences, additional maintenance, new temporary defences and incident management equipment.</p><p> </p><p>Any further allocations will be made by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 20/04/2017 16:34:30 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

662927

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	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 adequacy of the time available for due diligence related to (a) finance, (b) IT, (c) estates, (d) clinical quality and (e) employees prior to the transition to the new contract for community services to Bridgewater NHS Trust in March 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	58638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We are informed by NHS Improvement of the following details in relation to the future provision of community services in Liverpool.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the contract for community health services in Liverpool for 2017/18 is £81.6 million. This matches the value of the contract for these services in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement and Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust both recognise the need for thorough due diligence. Any analysis of potential redundancies will take place during this process.</p><p> </p><p>The new contract will not be in place until 1 July 2017 to enable due diligence to be completed. This will enable NHS Improvement fully to assess the Full Business Case to be submitted by Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement will also have sight of the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report for the Trust and the Trust’s subsequent action plan and response. It will also have sight of the outcome of the clinical review in relation to Liverpool Community Healthcare NHS Trust being led by Dr Bill Kirkup which will have reported well within the timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The funding envelope was communicated to bidders in advance of their submissions. Both bidders were given the opportunity to resubmit their bids by NHS Improvement in October 2016. At this juncture, Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust revised its bid price.</p><p> </p><p>The current status of Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is that of ‘preferred provider’ and as such NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has not yet formally engaged the Trust in any contract discussions.</p><p> </p><p>Details around governance and financial risk sharing are still being worked on. Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is currently working on the details of the proposed governance and financial risk sharing arrangements between the Trust, Liverpool City Council and the Liverpool GP Provider Organisation. These will be shared as part of the Full Business Case submission. The contract would be let by NHS Liverpool CCG on behalf of all three commissioners of these services; Liverpool City Council, NHS England and NHS Liverpool CCG itself. The contract would be under the standard National Health Service contracting arrangements. The contract would be let to Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 58635 58636 58637 58639 question first answered 09/01/2017 18:05:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

662929

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of the contract won by Bridgewater NHS Trust for community health services in Liverpool; and if he will make an assessment of the likelihood of redundancies within those services in the first two years of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	58635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We are informed by NHS Improvement of the following details in relation to the future provision of community services in Liverpool.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the contract for community health services in Liverpool for 2017/18 is £81.6 million. This matches the value of the contract for these services in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement and Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust both recognise the need for thorough due diligence. Any analysis of potential redundancies will take place during this process.</p><p> </p><p>The new contract will not be in place until 1 July 2017 to enable due diligence to be completed. This will enable NHS Improvement fully to assess the Full Business Case to be submitted by Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement will also have sight of the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report for the Trust and the Trust’s subsequent action plan and response. It will also have sight of the outcome of the clinical review in relation to Liverpool Community Healthcare NHS Trust being led by Dr Bill Kirkup which will have reported well within the timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The funding envelope was communicated to bidders in advance of their submissions. Both bidders were given the opportunity to resubmit their bids by NHS Improvement in October 2016. At this juncture, Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust revised its bid price.</p><p> </p><p>The current status of Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is that of ‘preferred provider’ and as such NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has not yet formally engaged the Trust in any contract discussions.</p><p> </p><p>Details around governance and financial risk sharing are still being worked on. Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is currently working on the details of the proposed governance and financial risk sharing arrangements between the Trust, Liverpool City Council and the Liverpool GP Provider Organisation. These will be shared as part of the Full Business Case submission. The contract would be let by NHS Liverpool CCG on behalf of all three commissioners of these services; Liverpool City Council, NHS England and NHS Liverpool CCG itself. The contract would be under the standard National Health Service contracting arrangements. The contract would be let to Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 58636 58637 58638 58639 question first answered 09/01/2017 18:05:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

662940

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding in addition to the core contract value for community services in Liverpool has been agreed between Bridgewater NHS Trust and Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group to support transaction costs related to the transition between contracts; and in which years of that contract such funding will be available.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	58637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We are informed by NHS Improvement of the following details in relation to the future provision of community services in Liverpool.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the contract for community health services in Liverpool for 2017/18 is £81.6 million. This matches the value of the contract for these services in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement and Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust both recognise the need for thorough due diligence. Any analysis of potential redundancies will take place during this process.</p><p> </p><p>The new contract will not be in place until 1 July 2017 to enable due diligence to be completed. This will enable NHS Improvement fully to assess the Full Business Case to be submitted by Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement will also have sight of the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report for the Trust and the Trust’s subsequent action plan and response. It will also have sight of the outcome of the clinical review in relation to Liverpool Community Healthcare NHS Trust being led by Dr Bill Kirkup which will have reported well within the timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The funding envelope was communicated to bidders in advance of their submissions. Both bidders were given the opportunity to resubmit their bids by NHS Improvement in October 2016. At this juncture, Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust revised its bid price.</p><p> </p><p>The current status of Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is that of ‘preferred provider’ and as such NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has not yet formally engaged the Trust in any contract discussions.</p><p> </p><p>Details around governance and financial risk sharing are still being worked on. Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is currently working on the details of the proposed governance and financial risk sharing arrangements between the Trust, Liverpool City Council and the Liverpool GP Provider Organisation. These will be shared as part of the Full Business Case submission. The contract would be let by NHS Liverpool CCG on behalf of all three commissioners of these services; Liverpool City Council, NHS England and NHS Liverpool CCG itself. The contract would be under the standard National Health Service contracting arrangements. The contract would be let to Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 58635 58636 58638 58639 question first answered 09/01/2017 18:05:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

662941

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the change in financial value of the tendered contract for community services in Liverpool to £77 million was communicated to the bidders for that contract; and whether the bid for that contract from Bridgewater NHS trust was changed following that change in value.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	58636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We are informed by NHS Improvement of the following details in relation to the future provision of community services in Liverpool.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the contract for community health services in Liverpool for 2017/18 is £81.6 million. This matches the value of the contract for these services in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement and Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust both recognise the need for thorough due diligence. Any analysis of potential redundancies will take place during this process.</p><p> </p><p>The new contract will not be in place until 1 July 2017 to enable due diligence to be completed. This will enable NHS Improvement fully to assess the Full Business Case to be submitted by Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement will also have sight of the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report for the Trust and the Trust’s subsequent action plan and response. It will also have sight of the outcome of the clinical review in relation to Liverpool Community Healthcare NHS Trust being led by Dr Bill Kirkup which will have reported well within the timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The funding envelope was communicated to bidders in advance of their submissions. Both bidders were given the opportunity to resubmit their bids by NHS Improvement in October 2016. At this juncture, Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust revised its bid price.</p><p> </p><p>The current status of Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is that of ‘preferred provider’ and as such NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has not yet formally engaged the Trust in any contract discussions.</p><p> </p><p>Details around governance and financial risk sharing are still being worked on. Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is currently working on the details of the proposed governance and financial risk sharing arrangements between the Trust, Liverpool City Council and the Liverpool GP Provider Organisation. These will be shared as part of the Full Business Case submission. The contract would be let by NHS Liverpool CCG on behalf of all three commissioners of these services; Liverpool City Council, NHS England and NHS Liverpool CCG itself. The contract would be under the standard National Health Service contracting arrangements. The contract would be let to Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 58635 58637 58638 58639 question first answered 09/01/2017 18:05:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

662942

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proposed (a) governance and (b) financial risk-sharing arrangements are between Bridgewater NHS Trust, Liverpool City Council and the GP provider organisation relating to the new contract for community health services in Liverpool; and what contingency arrangements there are in the event of the failure of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	58639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We are informed by NHS Improvement of the following details in relation to the future provision of community services in Liverpool.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the contract for community health services in Liverpool for 2017/18 is £81.6 million. This matches the value of the contract for these services in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement and Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust both recognise the need for thorough due diligence. Any analysis of potential redundancies will take place during this process.</p><p> </p><p>The new contract will not be in place until 1 July 2017 to enable due diligence to be completed. This will enable NHS Improvement fully to assess the Full Business Case to be submitted by Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust. NHS Improvement will also have sight of the Care Quality Commission’s inspection report for the Trust and the Trust’s subsequent action plan and response. It will also have sight of the outcome of the clinical review in relation to Liverpool Community Healthcare NHS Trust being led by Dr Bill Kirkup which will have reported well within the timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>The funding envelope was communicated to bidders in advance of their submissions. Both bidders were given the opportunity to resubmit their bids by NHS Improvement in October 2016. At this juncture, Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust revised its bid price.</p><p> </p><p>The current status of Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is that of ‘preferred provider’ and as such NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has not yet formally engaged the Trust in any contract discussions.</p><p> </p><p>Details around governance and financial risk sharing are still being worked on. Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust is currently working on the details of the proposed governance and financial risk sharing arrangements between the Trust, Liverpool City Council and the Liverpool GP Provider Organisation. These will be shared as part of the Full Business Case submission. The contract would be let by NHS Liverpool CCG on behalf of all three commissioners of these services; Liverpool City Council, NHS England and NHS Liverpool CCG itself. The contract would be under the standard National Health Service contracting arrangements. The contract would be let to Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 58635 58636 58637 58638 question first answered 09/01/2017 18:05:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper