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61918

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Bedford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on funding for the transition to a two-tier school system in Bedford Borough.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	904217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>We are not aware of any representations made on this matter<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/06/2014 16:55:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

227781

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend the School Admissions Code to allow schools to take into account the length of time a child has been on a waiting list in instances when that length of time has been longer than one year and that child matches that school's admissions criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	227943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently has no plans to amend the School Admissions Code in this respect.</p><p> </p><p>It is government policy that all school places must be allocated in accordance with each school's oversubscription criteria. Such criteria are determined following consultation with the local community and reflect local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2015 13:44:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

177482

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Schools Admissions Code precludes admissions authorities from taking into account how long a child has been on the waiting list for a school place.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	223093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code requires that all school places, including those offered to pupils on a school’s waiting list, are allocated strictly in accordance with a school’s published admissions criteria. This ensures fairness and transparency in the process and means that those applying for admission to a school understand from the outset their likelihood of gaining a place. It also means that there is no incentive for those who do not closely match a school’s admissions criteria, to remain on a waiting list while occupying a place at an alternative school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 15:43:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

637387

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Africa: Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to countries in Africa to improve their capacity to trade.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	907179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>My Department’s core mission is and will always be to combat poverty. Post-Brexit, Britain can be a global leader in helping developing countries build their access to international markets and in ensuring that it is the poorest that benefit from these trading relationships. In taking this leadership role, we will be doing something that we can rightly be proud of, whilst also creating the UK’s trading partners of tomorrow.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/11/2016 17:05:36 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

521335

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	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	Child Support Agency: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure was incurred by the Child Support Agency in making ex-gratia or special payments as a result of poor service or errors by that agency in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	38136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The information on the total amount paid as ex-gratia or special payments across child maintenance in the last three years is in the attached table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£'000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>£847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016 *</p></td><td><p>£941</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes -</strong></p><p>These amounts include payments made across the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service for the following:</p><p>Ex-gratia – Actual Financial Loss</p><p>Ex-gratia – Consolatory</p><p>Compensation for Delay</p><p> </p><p>*The figure for 2015/16 is draft and subject to audit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/06/2016 12:28:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1134883

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	Medicine: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of medical school places to help create a sustainable workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	269780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already committed to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places for domestic students. The first 630 places were taken up in September 2018 and the remaining additional places will have been made available by universities by 2020/21. By 2020, five new medical schools will have opened in England to help deliver the expansion.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan set out the need to ensure a sustainable overall balance between supply and demand across all staff groups. For doctors, it also focussed on reducing geographical and specialty imbalances. Subsequently, the interim NHS People Plan set out the action we will take now and over the long term to meet the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership, and changes in demand for health care. Actions include reviewing what further expansion in undergraduate medical places will be needed, in light of future plans made locally by sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems; and the establishment of a national programme board to address geographic and specialty shortages in doctors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 269779 question first answered 04/07/2019 14:08:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1134882

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	NHS: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the speciality staff workforce in the NHS (a) throughout the UK and (b) in regions with high vacancy rates.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	269779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has already committed to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places for domestic students. The first 630 places were taken up in September 2018 and the remaining additional places will have been made available by universities by 2020/21. By 2020, five new medical schools will have opened in England to help deliver the expansion.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan set out the need to ensure a sustainable overall balance between supply and demand across all staff groups. For doctors, it also focussed on reducing geographical and specialty imbalances. Subsequently, the interim NHS People Plan set out the action we will take now and over the long term to meet the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership, and changes in demand for health care. Actions include reviewing what further expansion in undergraduate medical places will be needed, in light of future plans made locally by sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems; and the establishment of a national programme board to address geographic and specialty shortages in doctors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 269780 question first answered 04/07/2019 14:08:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1134881

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	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	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 he is taking to increase the recruitment of doctors from overseas through the Medical Training Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	269778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Medical Training Initiative enables up to 1,000 international medical and dental graduates per year to enter the United Kingdom to experience training and development in the National Health Service for up to two years before returning to their home country. The Government keeps the number of doctors able to participate in this scheme under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 04/07/2019 14:16:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1133559

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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	Doctors: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings on recruitment of the Royal College of Physicians annual census Focus on physicians: 2017–18 census (UK consultants and higher specialty trainees).
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	267243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Royal College of Physicians’ report ‘Focus on physicians: census of consultant physicians and higher specialty trainees 2017-18’ is a valuable source of information for medical workforce planning in England. The NHS Long Term Plan and the subsequent interim NHS People Plan set out the action we will take now and over the long term to meet the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership. They were developed on the basis of the advice and experience of stakeholders including the Royal College of Physicians. Since the report was published in June 2018 action has been taken to address some of the findings of the report.</p><p>The Government has already committed to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places opening five new medical schools across England in the process. The interim NHS People Plan sets out that we will review what further expansion in undergraduate medical places will be needed, in light of future plans made locally by sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan included the commitment to exploring the potential to expand the Medical Training Initiative so that more medical trainees from developed and developing countries can spend time working and learning in the National Health Service. The Plan also commits to a national programme board, which will be established to address geographic and specialty shortages in doctors, including developing new staffing models for rural and coastal hospitals and planning for the distribution of the increased medical graduates entering the NHS from 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 13:06:25 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1133358

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Doctors: Training
	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 an adequate number of doctors are trained to meet future needs.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	266890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The interim NHS People Plan sets out the action we will take now and over the long term to meet the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership, and changes in demand for health care.</p><p>The Government has already committed to having 5,000 additional doctors in general practice, and to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places. The first 630 places were taken up in September 2018 and the remaining additional places will have been made available by 2020/21. By 2020, five new medical schools will have opened in England to help deliver the expansion.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 12:58:19 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin