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1484168

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Mileage Allowances
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 impact of higher fuel costs on NHS staff using their own vehicles to travel to patients; and whether he plans to support NHS staff with any additional fuel costs.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	26771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The reimbursement of travel costs for community nurses and other National Health Service staff is addressed by the NHS Terms and Conditions, jointly agreed by employers and the NHS trades unions. The current rate for staff who use their vehicles to make journeys in the performance of their duties is 56 pence per mile, above the HM Revenue and Customs’ approved mileage rate of 45 pence per mile. This rate reduces after 3,500 miles to 20 pence per mile. The NHS Terms and Conditions sets out the process for reviewing the rate of reimbursement every six months, including reviewing fluctuations in fuel prices.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Staff Council recently published a statement to facilitate local discussions on temporary options, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/009%20NHS%20SC%20-%20Joint%20statement%20on%20reimbursement%20of%20travel%20costs%20in%20England%20MAY%202022.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/009%20NHS%20SC%20-%20Joint%20statement%20on%20reimbursement%20of%20travel%20costs%20in%20England%20MAY%202022.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The statement includes a commitment for the NHS Staff Council to write to the Department to seek a remit to undertake and set out the scope for a possible review. We will respond in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2022 08:44:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1484170

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Health Services: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the complaints procedure for incidents of workplace racism in medical settings, as recommended in the British Medical Association’s report entitled Delivering racial equality in medicine, published in June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Formal complaints procedures are conducted at individual National Health Service trust and provider level. Through the NHS People Plan, NHS England and NHS Improvement have launched a training programme for Freedom to Speak Up Guardians to improve understanding of inequality experienced by ethnic minority staff and to seek their views.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 25851 question first answered 04/07/2022 14:25:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1484188

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Staff
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 20 June 2022 to Question 18920 on Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing, how many staff employed by the civil service report to (a) the three full-time equivalent and (b) the one 0.5 full-time equivalent staff referred to.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	26774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There are no members of staff reporting to the three full-time equivalent staff. There are 14 members of staff reporting to the one 0.5 full-time equivalent member of staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2022 08:45:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1484189

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Staff
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 officials in his Department are employed to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment overseas.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	26775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There are 1.5 full-time equivalent members of staff overseeing the storage of personal protective equipment overseas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2022 08:29:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1484323

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Retirement
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 the NHS is taking to process the backlog of retirement applications of NHS workers, so that former NHS staff can access their retirement benefits as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	26715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority, which administers the NHS Pension Scheme, received an increase in retirement applications for April 2022 compared to the previous year. While the majority of applications were processed within the timeframes expected, some delays were experienced due to the need for complex manual calculations. The volume of applications has returned to the levels usually received, although as the majority of staff currently retiring have benefits in both the 1995/2008 and the 2015 schemes, more manual calculations are still required.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority has increased the number of staff available to undertake these calculations and issued guidance to scheme employers to ensure that members are informed of the progress of their application prior to the employer submitting their application. Where manual calculations are required, as the member has the option of receiving the smaller 2015 Scheme pension as a lump sum, the NHS Business Services Authority is limiting any financial impact by ensuring 1995/2008 Scheme benefits are paid immediately, while options for payment of 2015 Scheme benefits are discussed with the member. This ensures the payment of the majority of a member’s benefits is not delayed.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2022 08:47:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1484379

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Doctors and Nurses
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 for the number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses working in Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	26700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest available data in March 2022 shows there were 810 full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors and 1,700 FTE nurses working in the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2022 08:48:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484405

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the report on the Policy Assessment on the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	26760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to publish a report relating to the internal policy assessment on these Regulations. The Department is considering the emerging evidence to ensure that the policy continues to protect National Health Service resources, while maintaining a humanitarian approach to the provision of healthcare. This assessment considers the effect on the most vulnerable migrants and overseas visitors, pregnant women and new mothers, as well as destitute migrants. It also focussed on ensuring that we continue to meet our obligations under the Equality Act 2010 with regards to individuals or groups with protected characteristics, including but not limited to race, disability, sex and gender and maternity.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26761 question first answered 04/07/2022 14:14:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1484406

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's assessment of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2020 includes consideration of those Regulations' impact on (a) all equalities groups and (b) the health access and outcomes of Black Asian and minority ethnic pregnant women and new mothers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	26761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to publish a report relating to the internal policy assessment on these Regulations. The Department is considering the emerging evidence to ensure that the policy continues to protect National Health Service resources, while maintaining a humanitarian approach to the provision of healthcare. This assessment considers the effect on the most vulnerable migrants and overseas visitors, pregnant women and new mothers, as well as destitute migrants. It also focussed on ensuring that we continue to meet our obligations under the Equality Act 2010 with regards to individuals or groups with protected characteristics, including but not limited to race, disability, sex and gender and maternity.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26760 question first answered 04/07/2022 14:14:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1484411

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Private Sector
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 total number of operations paid for by the National Health Service that were performed in private hospitals in (a) 2015 and (b) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	26703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made as this data is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26704 question first answered 04/07/2022 14:18:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484412

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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: Private Sector
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 total number of patients who have received treatment funded by the National Health Service through private hospitals in (a) 2015 and (b) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	26704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>No specific estimate has been made as this data is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26703 question first answered 04/07/2022 14:18:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett