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1091204

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied for universal credit; and how many of those claimants received an advance payment.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest available information on the number of Universal Credit claims is published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Internal data shows that for February 2019, around 60% of eligible new claims to Universal Credit Full Service received an advance payment. Subject to some fluctuation, this rate of advance take-up has been broadly consistent. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and are using it where they need this help.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/03/2019 14:59:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091202

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the tort of negligence in medical malpractice to address the rising cost of clinical negligence claims.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report which challenged the Government to publish a co-ordinated strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is working jointly with the Department of Health and Social Care, the Treasury, Cabinet Office, NHS Resolution and others, to respond to the challenge from NAO in the report <em>Managing the Costs of Clinical Negligence in Trusts</em> to publish a co-ordinated strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs. We are looking at all the drivers of costs, as challenged by NAO, and a wide range of options are being considered. We will update the House when we are in a position to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Justice Council (CJC) is expected to report shortly on proposals to extend fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in clinical negligence cases up to £25k damages. The Government will consult before implementing any extension of FRC following the CJC report.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 234134 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:18:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091203

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will work with the Civil Justice Council to fix recoverable costs for clinical negligence claims above £25,000 and below £250,000.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report which challenged the Government to publish a co-ordinated strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is working jointly with the Department of Health and Social Care, the Treasury, Cabinet Office, NHS Resolution and others, to respond to the challenge from NAO in the report <em>Managing the Costs of Clinical Negligence in Trusts</em> to publish a co-ordinated strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs. We are looking at all the drivers of costs, as challenged by NAO, and a wide range of options are being considered. We will update the House when we are in a position to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Justice Council (CJC) is expected to report shortly on proposals to extend fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in clinical negligence cases up to £25k damages. The Government will consult before implementing any extension of FRC following the CJC report.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 234133 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:18:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091403

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Business: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to help export businesses prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Our priority is securing a deal with the European Union as this will avoid disruption to our global trading relationships. Until that deal is in place, we must prepare for all eventualities. The Government has set out what issues business, including exporting businesses, need to consider in a no-deal scenario and the Public Information Campaign directs business to that information on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s frontline International Trade Advisers are regularly updated with the latest GOV.UK updates and information to help SMEs across England prepare for leaving the EU. International Trade Advisers are using this information to ensure SMEs are promptly referred to the latest available EU Exit business readiness information, including the HMRC Partnership Pack. My Department is also working closely with our counterparts in the Devolved Administrations to ensure that similar guidance is available to SMEs in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In addition my Department continues to work closely with BEIS and HMRC to ensure that the published Public Information Campaign guidance is widely circulated. My Department has briefed Business Representative Organisations, including the BCC and CBI, on the support available to help companies prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Other Government Departments are also supporting this cross-Government effort to help SMEs as they prepare for leaving the EU. This includes a BEIS business readiness bulletin for trade associations, business representative bodies and business intermediaries and HMRC webinars for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 234190 question first answered 28/03/2019 14:05:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091405

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support his Department is putting in place for small and medium export businesses to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Our priority is securing a deal with the European Union as this will avoid disruption to our global trading relationships. Until that deal is in place, we must prepare for all eventualities. The Government has set out what issues business, including exporting businesses, need to consider in a no-deal scenario and the Public Information Campaign directs business to that information on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade’s frontline International Trade Advisers are regularly updated with the latest GOV.UK updates and information to help SMEs across England prepare for leaving the EU. International Trade Advisers are using this information to ensure SMEs are promptly referred to the latest available EU Exit business readiness information, including the HMRC Partnership Pack. My Department is also working closely with our counterparts in the Devolved Administrations to ensure that similar guidance is available to SMEs in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In addition my Department continues to work closely with BEIS and HMRC to ensure that the published Public Information Campaign guidance is widely circulated. My Department has briefed Business Representative Organisations, including the BCC and CBI, on the support available to help companies prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Other Government Departments are also supporting this cross-Government effort to help SMEs as they prepare for leaving the EU. This includes a BEIS business readiness bulletin for trade associations, business representative bodies and business intermediaries and HMRC webinars for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 234188 question first answered 28/03/2019 14:05:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091200

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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: Negligence
	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 potential cost of clinical negligence claims to NHS Resolution over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution have provided the following information which covers spend specifically attributed to clinical negligence, principally pay-outs pertaining to claims received under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts. The figures also include clinical negligence pay-outs relating to Department-funded indemnity schemes in respect of legacy bodies such as primary care trusts and regional health authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Costs in the context of HM Treasury-defined budgeting arrangements are defined as the amount expected to be paid in relation to settling claims in that financial year, including damages payments, claimant legal costs, and defence legal costs, and are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>The costs reported do not include NHS Resolution administration or costs incurred locally by NHS providers in dealing with claims such as their own administration costs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Department of Health Scheme for Clinical Liabilities (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Existing Liabilities Scheme (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Regional Health Authorities Scheme (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Total (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2,433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2,410</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2,710</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>The costs have been estimated on the basis of a personal injury discount rate (PIDR) of minus 0.75%. However, The Civil Liability Act 2018 includes a new way of setting the PIDR rate. A review of the PIDR rate has been announced and therefore the figures provided here may change.</p><p>NHS Resolution reviews its five-year forecasts annually and any changes in the underpinning actuarial assumptions are likely to result in revised projections. The figures quoted should therefore be considered as broad estimates based on latest available information and subject to change in the future.</p><p>The figures provided in this reply do not include claims brought against general practitioners.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/03/2019 12:46:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091201

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice and Civil Justice Council on reforming the tort of negligence in medical malpractice to address the rising cost of clinical negligence claims on NHS Resolution.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report which challenged the Government to publish a co-ordinated strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is working jointly with the Ministry of Justice, the Treasury, Cabinet Office, NHS Resolution and others, to respond to the challenge from the NAO in their ‘Managing the Costs of Clinical Negligence in Trusts’ report to publish a co-ordinated strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs. We are looking at all the drivers of costs, as challenged by the NAO, and a wide range of options are being considered. We will update the House when we are in a position to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Justice Council (CJC) is expected to report shortly on proposals to extend fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in clinical negligence cases up to £25,000 damages. The Government will consult before implementing any extension of FRC following the CJC report.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/03/2019 12:41:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091205

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Travel: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of the Public Health England review into the provision of travel vaccinations on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The joint Departmental, NHS Business Services Authority, NHS England and Public Health England review of vaccinations for travel purposes has concluded. The review’s conclusions, and the clinical and public health rationale for offering free vaccinations on the National Health Service for cholera, hepatitis A, polio and typhoid when recommended for the purposes of travel, will be released in summer 2019. Current policy on vaccinations for the purposes of travel remains the same.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/03/2019 12:46:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091207

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Asthma: Prescriptions
	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 clinical rationale is to charge people with asthma for their prescription charges when people with many other long-term conditions are exempt from paying.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment on the effect of prescription charges on the young people with asthma and on the incidence of asthma attacks in England. The Department has made no estimate of the number of people with asthma who have missed their medication due to the cost of a prescription. Extensive arrangements are in place to help people afford NHS prescriptions. These include a broad range of prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions, including the list of medical conditions that provides exemption from prescription charges. Children under 16, and students under the age of 19 and in qualifying full-time education are also exempt from prescription charges. People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 234139 234140 234141 question first answered 27/03/2019 12:44:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091208

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	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	Asthma: Prescriptions
	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 effect of prescription charges on young people with asthma.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	234139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment on the effect of prescription charges on the young people with asthma and on the incidence of asthma attacks in England. The Department has made no estimate of the number of people with asthma who have missed their medication due to the cost of a prescription. Extensive arrangements are in place to help people afford NHS prescriptions. These include a broad range of prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions, including the list of medical conditions that provides exemption from prescription charges. Children under 16, and students under the age of 19 and in qualifying full-time education are also exempt from prescription charges. People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 234138 234140 234141 question first answered 27/03/2019 12:44:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon