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937472

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date	09/07/2018
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	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, pursuant to the announcement of 6 July 2018 on investment in new ambulances for the NHS, what steps he is taking to ensure that those ambulances are made in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	162000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government recently announced funding for 256 new ambulances across five ambulance trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The procurement will ensure that a fair and transparent process is undertaken which takes into account value for money and other social considerations as permitted by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The procurement of new ambulances is constituted of two elements- the purchase of the base vehicle and conversion into the ambulance, according to the required specification.</p><p> </p><p>Purchase of the base vehicles is currently undertaken by individual ambulance trusts, using Crown Commercial Services framework contracts. Through this process, the ambulance trusts receiving funding are planning to purchase either Fiat or Mercedes base vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The conversion- which typically constitutes a much larger cost than purchase of the base vehicle- is contracted by individual trusts. Currently trusts use six converters and four of the six are United Kingdom registered companies, based upon the contracting arrangements put in place by ambulance trusts locally.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Carter of Coles is currently undertaking an independent review of the operational productivity of ambulances services, including the effectiveness of fleet and variations in ambulance specification and procurement. This review is due to conclude and make recommendations shortly. Any of the 256 ambulances which are not planned to be operational by winter will be procured under arrangements which reflects any changes made in response to Lord Carter’s recommendations, which will require one specification of ambulance to be used by all ten ambulance trusts.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/07/2018 11:27:44 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

934741

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Midland Metropolitan Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has he made on restarting work on the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	160684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the answer I gave in reply to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=150571" target="_blank">150571</a>, Ministers across Government are determined to finish construction as quickly as possible and to do this in a way that secures best value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>Following the decision that a contractual solution should now be considered, we remain in active discussions with all relevant parties to restart the project as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/07/2018 14:37:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

918394

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 139949, when work on the Midland Metropolitan Hospital is planned to restart.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	150571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the Midland Metropolitan Hospital project. Ministers across Government are determined to finish construction as quickly as possible in a way that secures best value for the tax payer. We are in active discussions with all relevant parties to restart the project as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The lenders that finance the private finance initiative company put forward a proposal to restart the project. That would have involved a further contribution of public capital. Ministers concluded that this proposal was not acceptable to the Government, for a number of reasons, and that only a contractual solution could be considered.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/06/2018 15:56:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

895485

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Midland Metropolitan Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he is making on coordinating the restart of work on the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	139949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>We are determined to finish construction as quickly as possible and to do this in a way that secures best value for the tax payer. We are in active discussions with all relevant parties to restart the project as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/05/2018 16:06:05 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar