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1014363

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	Air Ambulance Services
	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 ensure that air ambulance trusts are adequately resourced.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	907857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the vital role air ambulances play in getting those with life-threatening injuries and illnesses to the expert hospital care they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget announced £10 million of capital funding support to air ambulance charities, helping to maintain these critical services for patients in need.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/11/2018 16:00:15 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1012472

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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: Loans
	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 his Department has made of the average (a) repayment and (b) associated interest payments for Department of Health loans to NHS Trusts in (i) London, and (ii) England in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	194780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides loans to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts for both capital investment and to support revenue expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>Interim revenue loans are provided to NHS providers to help protect the continuity of patient services and to ensure those organisations in financial deficit or distress have time and space to develop plans for return to a sustainable financial path.</p><p> </p><p>Interest rates on loans vary based on the purpose of the loan and provider’s circumstances. The same interest rates are applied to NHS trusts and foundation trusts irrespective of region.</p><p> </p><p>National Loan Fund rates are applied to normal course of business loans which includes capital investment. For those that are in receipt of interim financial support, the interest rates charged on loans are either 1.5%, 3.5% or 6%. The 6% rate is reserved for those trusts in Financial Special Measures (FSM). However, those that deliver three months of NHS Improvement benchmarked performance while in FSM are reduced to 3.5% on further loans. Interest earned on loans by the Department is not lost to the NHS - it is channelled back into the NHS through the annual funding allocation made through the NHS England Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of loan repayments and interest paid in London and England in each year since 2015-16 are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£66,731,745</p></td><td><p>£25,218,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£190,921,276</p></td><td><p>£19,100,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£275,996,532</p></td><td><p>£8,497,917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£204,785,254</p></td><td><p>£90,458,829</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£641,465,713</p></td><td><p>£63,883,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£816,627,333</p></td><td><p>£32,722,964</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194777 194778 194779 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:15:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1012470

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what interest rates are applied to loans given by the Department of Health to NHS (a) Trusts and (b) Foundation Trusts in Greater London.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	194779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides loans to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts for both capital investment and to support revenue expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>Interim revenue loans are provided to NHS providers to help protect the continuity of patient services and to ensure those organisations in financial deficit or distress have time and space to develop plans for return to a sustainable financial path.</p><p> </p><p>Interest rates on loans vary based on the purpose of the loan and provider’s circumstances. The same interest rates are applied to NHS trusts and foundation trusts irrespective of region.</p><p> </p><p>National Loan Fund rates are applied to normal course of business loans which includes capital investment. For those that are in receipt of interim financial support, the interest rates charged on loans are either 1.5%, 3.5% or 6%. The 6% rate is reserved for those trusts in Financial Special Measures (FSM). However, those that deliver three months of NHS Improvement benchmarked performance while in FSM are reduced to 3.5% on further loans. Interest earned on loans by the Department is not lost to the NHS - it is channelled back into the NHS through the annual funding allocation made through the NHS England Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of loan repayments and interest paid in London and England in each year since 2015-16 are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£66,731,745</p></td><td><p>£25,218,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£190,921,276</p></td><td><p>£19,100,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£275,996,532</p></td><td><p>£8,497,917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£204,785,254</p></td><td><p>£90,458,829</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£641,465,713</p></td><td><p>£63,883,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£816,627,333</p></td><td><p>£32,722,964</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194777 194778 194780 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:15:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1012469

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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: Loans
	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 his Department has made of the average interest rate applied to Department of Health loans to NHS (a) Trusts and (b) Foundation Trusts in (i) London and (ii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	194778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides loans to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts for both capital investment and to support revenue expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>Interim revenue loans are provided to NHS providers to help protect the continuity of patient services and to ensure those organisations in financial deficit or distress have time and space to develop plans for return to a sustainable financial path.</p><p> </p><p>Interest rates on loans vary based on the purpose of the loan and provider’s circumstances. The same interest rates are applied to NHS trusts and foundation trusts irrespective of region.</p><p> </p><p>National Loan Fund rates are applied to normal course of business loans which includes capital investment. For those that are in receipt of interim financial support, the interest rates charged on loans are either 1.5%, 3.5% or 6%. The 6% rate is reserved for those trusts in Financial Special Measures (FSM). However, those that deliver three months of NHS Improvement benchmarked performance while in FSM are reduced to 3.5% on further loans. Interest earned on loans by the Department is not lost to the NHS - it is channelled back into the NHS through the annual funding allocation made through the NHS England Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of loan repayments and interest paid in London and England in each year since 2015-16 are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£66,731,745</p></td><td><p>£25,218,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£190,921,276</p></td><td><p>£19,100,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£275,996,532</p></td><td><p>£8,497,917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£204,785,254</p></td><td><p>£90,458,829</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£641,465,713</p></td><td><p>£63,883,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£816,627,333</p></td><td><p>£32,722,964</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194777 194779 194780 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:15:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1012468

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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: Loans
	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 support NHS (a) Trusts and (b) Foundation Trusts with outstanding loans from his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	194777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides loans to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts for both capital investment and to support revenue expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>Interim revenue loans are provided to NHS providers to help protect the continuity of patient services and to ensure those organisations in financial deficit or distress have time and space to develop plans for return to a sustainable financial path.</p><p> </p><p>Interest rates on loans vary based on the purpose of the loan and provider’s circumstances. The same interest rates are applied to NHS trusts and foundation trusts irrespective of region.</p><p> </p><p>National Loan Fund rates are applied to normal course of business loans which includes capital investment. For those that are in receipt of interim financial support, the interest rates charged on loans are either 1.5%, 3.5% or 6%. The 6% rate is reserved for those trusts in Financial Special Measures (FSM). However, those that deliver three months of NHS Improvement benchmarked performance while in FSM are reduced to 3.5% on further loans. Interest earned on loans by the Department is not lost to the NHS - it is channelled back into the NHS through the annual funding allocation made through the NHS England Mandate.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of loan repayments and interest paid in London and England in each year since 2015-16 are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£66,731,745</p></td><td><p>£25,218,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£190,921,276</p></td><td><p>£19,100,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£275,996,532</p></td><td><p>£8,497,917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan repayments</p></td><td><p>interest paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£204,785,254</p></td><td><p>£90,458,829</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£641,465,713</p></td><td><p>£63,883,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£816,627,333</p></td><td><p>£32,722,964</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194778 194779 194780 question first answered 27/11/2018 17:15:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1012346

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will take steps to suspend from the medical register individuals who have been allowed to join that register because they claimed to have a qualification from another country which exempted them from taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board exam until that qualification has been independently verified.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	194652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>It is a function of the General Medical Council (GMC), the independent regulator of doctors across the United Kingdom, to maintain a register of doctors in the United Kingdom. Where appropriate, it is for the GMC to investigate complaints about doctors on their register and assess whether they should be referred to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, who determine whether any sanction should be applied with respect to their registration.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC is currently reviewing the qualification of currently licensed doctors, who applied for registration via a route allowing graduates of medical schools in certain Commonwealth countries to obtain registration based on their qualification alone. This route to registration ceased in 2003.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/11/2018 17:18:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1012344

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	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 are being taken to verify the qualifications of the approximately 3,000 individuals who were allowed to join the medical register because they claimed to have a qualification from another country which exempted them from taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board exam; and how long that process is estimated to take.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	194651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194647 194648 194649 question first answered 27/11/2018 18:27:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1012341

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	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 of the approximately 3,000 individuals who were allowed to join the medical register because they claimed to have a qualification from another country which exempted them from taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board exam are employed in the NHS in each (a) health trust and (b) medical discipline.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	194649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194647 194648 194651 question first answered 27/11/2018 18:27:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1012340

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the medical discipline was of each of the approximately 3,000 individuals who were allowed to join the medical register because they claimed to have a qualification from another country which exempted them from taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board exam.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	194648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194647 194649 194651 question first answered 27/11/2018 18:27:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1012339

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health trusts have employed the approximately 3,000 individuals who were allowed to join the medical register because they claimed to have a qualification from another country which exempted them from taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board exam.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	194647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 194648 194649 194651 question first answered 27/11/2018 18:27:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney