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1122670

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	X-rays
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 his Department has made of whether hospitals frequently need to rely on the family members of patients to assist in x-ray procedures.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	247137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 13:40:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1122713

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to recognise Humanist marriages for the purpose of paying an NHS survivors pension to spouses of deceased pension holders.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	247003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Whilst Humanist marriage ceremonies do not have legal force in England and Wales, the NHS Pension Schemes do provide generous survivor benefits for cohabiting couples who are not legally married. The Department routinely considers making changes to NHS Pension Scheme rules to take account of developments in the law governing marriage and civil partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/04/2019 14:23:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1122716

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
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 non-disclosure agreements (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement have entered into with staff in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>There have been zero non-disclosure agreements issued by NHS England or NHS Improvement in the last five years as part of any settlement agreement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 11:08:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122717

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
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 non-disclosure agreements has each (a) NHS Trust and (b) Foundation Trust entered into with staff in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on how many non-disclosure agreements each National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust has entered into with either staff or doctors in each of the last five years is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 247101 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:18:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122718

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
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 non-disclosure agreements has each (a) NHS Trust and (b) Foundation Trust entered into with hospital doctors in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on how many non-disclosure agreements each National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust has entered into with either staff or doctors in each of the last five years is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 247100 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:18:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122719

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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' and Dentists' Review Body
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions the Government implemented in full the recommendations of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) in the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>During the last 20 years there was a two-year public sector pay freeze when the Government did not ask the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) to make any pay recommendations.</p><p>Of the remaining 18 years, the DDRB’s recommendations were accepted in full on 11 occasions.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/05/2019 14:16:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122720

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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' and Dentists' Review Body
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from the medical profession on confidence in the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>In the past 12 months my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has received both written and verbal representations from the British Medical Association about its confidence in the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB).</p><p>The Government has also received written representations from the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association.</p><p>There have also been some representations from individual doctors.</p><p>This Government remains committed to the continuing role of independent pay review bodies in the public sector to make recommendations on the remuneration of the staff groups covered by their remits. The DDRB is the longest established review body and we respect its independence and the valuable role it plays in taking evidence from all parties and making evidence-based recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 13:43:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122721

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of the ethnicity pay gap in medicine.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the level of the ethnicity pay gap in medicine. However, in October 2018, the Prime Minister announced a package of measures to make the workplace fairer for people from ethnic minorities, including a consultation on mandatory ethnicity pay reporting by employers with 250 or more employees. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who are running the consultation, have received over 300 detailed responses to the consultation, which closed on 11 January 2019. They will be setting out next steps in due course.</p><p>The consultation requested views on the best approach to collect and publish ethnicity pay gap data including methodological proposals that mirror the current mandatory gender pay gap reporting requirements.</p><p>In addition to the mandatory gender pay gap reporting, the Department of Health and Social Care commissioned a review into the gender pay gap in medicine which commenced in April 2018 and is chaired by Professor Dame Jane Dacre. The review aims to examine qualitative and quantitative evidence to go on to produce a series of implementable recommendations which are expected to be published in September 2019. Once the report has been received, the Department will consider whether there would be value in a similar review of the ethnicity pay gap.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 247105 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:11:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122722

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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: Equal Pay
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 potential merits of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association in its submission to the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration for an independent review to be undertaken of the ethnicity pay gap in medicine, modelled on the ongoing Dacre review into the Gender Pay Gap; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the level of the ethnicity pay gap in medicine. However, in October 2018, the Prime Minister announced a package of measures to make the workplace fairer for people from ethnic minorities, including a consultation on mandatory ethnicity pay reporting by employers with 250 or more employees. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who are running the consultation, have received over 300 detailed responses to the consultation, which closed on 11 January 2019. They will be setting out next steps in due course.</p><p>The consultation requested views on the best approach to collect and publish ethnicity pay gap data including methodological proposals that mirror the current mandatory gender pay gap reporting requirements.</p><p>In addition to the mandatory gender pay gap reporting, the Department of Health and Social Care commissioned a review into the gender pay gap in medicine which commenced in April 2018 and is chaired by Professor Dame Jane Dacre. The review aims to examine qualitative and quantitative evidence to go on to produce a series of implementable recommendations which are expected to be published in September 2019. Once the report has been received, the Department will consider whether there would be value in a similar review of the ethnicity pay gap.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 247104 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:11:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1122723

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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 and Care Workers: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings (i) he, (ii) Ministers of his Department and (iii) officials of his Department have had with trades unions representing health and social care workers in each of the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	247106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Departmental Ministers and officials have attended official and unofficial fora, including ad hoc meetings and discussions to engage with trades unions on a wide range of policies throughout the year.</p><p>The Department relies on and values the role trades unions and other stakeholders play in informing the development of health and social care policies. Good partnership working at a national and local level is vital in helping the National Health Service continuously improve the quality and safety of health and care services.</p><p>Regarding the NHS workforce, the NHS Social Partnership Forum established in 1998 is where health ministers, Departmental officials, trades unions and NHS Employers meet to discuss policies that affect the NHS workforce. Over the last 12 months (April 2018 to March 2019) there have been three Wider Group meetings (chaired by health ministers) and six Strategic Group meetings led by Departmental officials.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 14:50:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders