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1130471

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Personal Health Budgets
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 extend top ups for personal health budgets for products other than wheelchairs.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	261171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS services are free of charge, except in limited circumstances sanctioned by Parliament. Increasing the number of areas where top-up payments for personal health budgets (PHBs) are allowed would risk creating a two-tier health service, undermining the core principle of the National Health Service, set out in the NHS Constitution, that treatment is provided free at the point of use, based on clinical need, not ability to pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the roll out of PHBs, and through Universal Personalised Care, NHS England has committed to offering PHBs to up to 200,000 people over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>From 6 April 2018 to 8 June 2018, the Department and NHS England consulted on five groups which we believe may benefit most from PHBs. On 21 February 2019, we announced our intention to extend the legal rights to a PHB to people eligible for Section 117 aftercare services, and people who access wheelchair services, whose posture and mobility needs impact their wider health and social care needs. PHBs will not be appropriate for everyone, however we will also continue to work with NHS England to further explore both the other groups we consulted on, and additional groups who we believe could also benefit from having a right to have a PHB. Any further extension will be based on evidence of effectiveness and clinical appropriateness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England will continue to support clinical commissioning groups in expanding their PHB offer outside of those groups which are offered a legal right.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 261172 question first answered 14/06/2019 11:01:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1130472

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Personal Health Budgets: Wigs
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 introduce personal health budgets for wigs.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	261172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS services are free of charge, except in limited circumstances sanctioned by Parliament. Increasing the number of areas where top-up payments for personal health budgets (PHBs) are allowed would risk creating a two-tier health service, undermining the core principle of the National Health Service, set out in the NHS Constitution, that treatment is provided free at the point of use, based on clinical need, not ability to pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the roll out of PHBs, and through Universal Personalised Care, NHS England has committed to offering PHBs to up to 200,000 people over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>From 6 April 2018 to 8 June 2018, the Department and NHS England consulted on five groups which we believe may benefit most from PHBs. On 21 February 2019, we announced our intention to extend the legal rights to a PHB to people eligible for Section 117 aftercare services, and people who access wheelchair services, whose posture and mobility needs impact their wider health and social care needs. PHBs will not be appropriate for everyone, however we will also continue to work with NHS England to further explore both the other groups we consulted on, and additional groups who we believe could also benefit from having a right to have a PHB. Any further extension will be based on evidence of effectiveness and clinical appropriateness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England will continue to support clinical commissioning groups in expanding their PHB offer outside of those groups which are offered a legal right.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 261171 question first answered 14/06/2019 11:01:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1105290

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Alopecia
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 he has made of the number of people who have been diagnosed with alopecia in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	237081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of people diagnosed with alopecia is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence states that alopecia is a relatively common condition, estimated to affect 15 in 10,000 people in the United Kingdom. Alopecia can present at any age, and males and females are affected equally.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the cost to the National Health Service regarding the provision of wigs for alopecia is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 237082 question first answered 02/04/2019 15:45:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1105291

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Alopecia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on providing wigs to patients diagnosed with alopecia in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	237082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of people diagnosed with alopecia is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence states that alopecia is a relatively common condition, estimated to affect 15 in 10,000 people in the United Kingdom. Alopecia can present at any age, and males and females are affected equally.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the cost to the National Health Service regarding the provision of wigs for alopecia is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 237081 question first answered 02/04/2019 15:45:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

927934

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Policy
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 main policy priority is for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	155744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care helps people to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. It published its single departmental plan on 23 May 2018 which sets out six high level objectives for 2018-19 and how it will achieve them. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-single-departmental-plan/department-of-health-and-social-care-single-departmental-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-single-departmental-plan/department-of-health-and-social-care-single-departmental-plan</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/06/2018 09:57:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

910176

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement
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 contractors currently employed by his Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	147411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Since December 2013 the Department has used a Call off Contract from the Crown Commercial Services Contingent Labour One framework RM960 for the hire of temporary workers. The following information has been provided by the suppliers on the call off contract Capita and Brook Street in relation to temporary workers used by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there are no temporary workers being paid daily £1,000 or more by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also uses various suppliers from the Crown Commercial Service Non-Medical Non-Clinical framework RM971 for the recruitment and hire of temporary workers. There is no central data captured to show daily payments made to these workers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2018 13:37:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

908959

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement
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 contractors have been employed by his Department for (a) up to one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	146182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department has since December 2013 used a Call off Contract from the Crown Commercial Services Contingent Labour One framework RM960 for the hire of temporary workers. The information below has been provided by the suppliers on the call off contract - Capita and Brook Street.</p><p> </p><p>Brook Street</p><p> </p><p>- temporary workers employed up to one year – 170</p><p>- temporary workers employed between one and five years – one</p><p> </p><p>Capita</p><p> </p><p>The data provided by Capita shows that the total number of temporary workers hired by the Department from December 2013 to April 2018 was 535.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to establish the continuous length of time each worker was hired from Capita to work for the Department due to the limitations of the available data.</p><p> </p><p>Information on temporary workers for periods prior to December 2013 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also uses various suppliers from the Crown Commercial Service Non-Medical Non-Clinical framework RM971 for the recruitment and hire of temporary workers. There is no central data captured to show lengths of service for these workers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/05/2018 12:58:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

904075

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
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	Chief Medical Officer: Official Cars
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 14th May 2018 to Question 141013 on Official Cars, how many times the Chief Medical Officer has used an official car and driver in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	143711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>During the last two financial years, the Chief Medical Officer has used an official car and driver the following number of times:</p><p> </p><p>2016/17 - Three</p><p> </p><p>2017/18 - Nil</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2018 14:24:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

897225

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Official Cars
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 job titles are of civil servants in his Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	141013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Within the Department, no civil servants have a designated official car or driver. The Chief Medical Officer has access to an official Government car and driver from a shared cross government service. This has been used on occasions where there has been a need to make confidential or sensitive telephone calls whilst travelling and where it would be inappropriate to do so whilst travelling on public transport.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2018 11:16:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759854

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p><strong>2015</strong>: DWP’s 2015 pay award was subject to the public sector pay constraint of a 1% cap on increases. 99.8% within grades AA to Grade 6 received an increase of 1%. A small number of individuals on the AA pay scale minimum received an increase of 2.5%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2016:</strong> Following the 2015 Spending Review, DWP received limited pay flexibility for operational grades (AA-HEO) to support the transformation of its service. In the 2016 pay award 78% of staff within these operational grades received a pay uplift greater than 1% but no more than 5%. 16% of staff received an uplift of less than 1%. Grades SEO to Grade 6 (5.8% of workforce) were not included within the pay flexibility and received uplifts of 1%.</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017:</strong> The 2017 pay award resulted in 78.5% of the workforce receiving pay uplifts greater than 1% but no more than 5%.15.4% of employees received an increase of less than 1%. For grades SEO to Grade 6 (6% of workforce) uplifts ranged from 0.75% to 3.25%.</p><p> </p><p>For Senior Civil Servants, 0.2% of the workforce, pay uplifts are governed by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/10/2017 12:21:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies