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685680

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date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS bodies make timely payments to small business providers.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	908645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Central Government policy is to pay 80% of undisputed invoices within five days, and the rest within 30 days. The Department of Health publishes quarterly data showing its own performance against this target. For the last quarter available, the Department paid 98.4% within five days and 99.9% within 30 days. National Health Service bodies are required to disclose performance against the 30 day Better Payment Practice Code in their accounts.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/02/2017 16:20:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

678667

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the General Dental Council (GDC) is taking to manage cases that fall under section 6.1.3 in the GDC's standard for the dental team document.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	61790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentists in the United Kingdom and is responsible for dentist registration, and has provided the following information.</p><p> </p><p>The GDC is not taking specific steps to manage cases that fall under any particular standard. The GDC treats all allegations against registrants in the same way and applies the same questions in the fitness to practise process. The GDC reminds registrants of their responsibilities under particular standards, and about paying bills and professional fees on time.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/02/2017 11:35:19 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

678669

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many General Dental Council registered dentists have been prosecuted or been subject to fitness to practice judgements as a result of failing to pay dental laboratory accounts since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	61792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The General Dental Council is the independent regulator of dentists in the United Kingdom and is responsible for dentist registration.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/02/2017 11:42:29 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

669013

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS trusts provide prompt and accurate payments to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	58747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts are required to follow the advice within HM Treasury’s ‘Managing Public Money’ which sets out that they should include a clause in their contracts requiring contractors to pay their suppliers within 30 days. The Department has also developed standard ‘NHS Terms and conditions’ for use by NHS trusts and foundation trusts which reiterate these terms when procuring goods and services from suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health Group’s own Manual for Accounts sets out that NHS bodies must disclose their compliance with the Better Practice Payment Code target (to pay at least 95% of invoices, both for NHS and non-NHS suppliers within 30 days of receipt of an invoice) and detail their performance in their annual reports. The NHS Provider Regulators (NHS Improvement) has also raised awareness of compliance with the Code through its official monthly bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/01/2017 11:37:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker