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1488258

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Midwives
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 age profile was of the NHS midwifery workforce in (a) England and (b) each region of England in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	34893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but excludes staff working in primary care, general practitioner surgeries, local authorities and other providers.</p><p>The attached table shows the age profile of midwives by headcount working in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England and NHS regions as of 31 March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/07/2022 09:44:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Table_PQ34893 age profile of midwives in England (1).docx title TABLE previous answer version 13295 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487832

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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: Consultants
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 his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	33700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is collected by financial year. The following table shows expenditure on externally contracted consultancy services in the core Department in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. Fully audited data for 2021/22 will be available later this year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£171,613,000</p></td><td><p>£15,203,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A table showing the suppliers contracted for each consultancy service in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/07/2022 16:30:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE 33700 - Suppliers by Financial Year.docx title TABLE
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1483485

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis centres in England did not provide at least 85 per cent of their patients with psychological support at their annual review, in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	25891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>However, tables showing the number of centres where the percentage of adult cystic fibrosis patients and child cystic fibrosis patients seen by a clinical psychologist within 12 months prior to latest annual review was less than 85% in each year since 2016/2017 are attached.</p><p>This data has been submitted to NHS England on a voluntary basis during the pandemic. From April 2022, providers were asked to resume such reporting.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan previous answer version 10197 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan 12736 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/07/2022 10:15:48 question first ministerially corrected 14/07/2022 12:33:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ25891 Data Tables.docx title TABLE
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1483498

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Doctors: 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 the average retirement age for NHS England doctors was for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	25940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>This information is not collected in the format requested. National Health Service doctors includes hospital doctors and general practitioners (GPs), which are accounted for separately. There are also two types of retirement; age retirements and voluntary early retirements, which have different average retirement ages.</p><p>The attached table shows the average retirement ages for age retirements and voluntary early retirements for hospital doctors and GPs from the 1995 Section of the NHS Pension Scheme. The 1995 Section has a retirement age of 60 years old. Age retirements are taken at or beyond 60 years old and voluntary early retirements are taken before the age of 60 years old. The table also shows the volume of each type of retirement which demonstrates the proportions age and voluntary early retirements. As an individual may choose to claim their pension for a number of reasons, it is not possible to isolate the impact of a single factor on retirement rates.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 15/07/2022 10:37:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ25940 final redraft attachment (1).docx title TABLE previous answer version 10763 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1467186

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions
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 women received Hormone Replacement Therapy prescriptions for (a) utrogestan, (b) body-identical oestrogen patches and gels, (c) non-body-identical oestrogen, (d) non-body identical progestogens and (d) the testosterone products (i) testogel, (ii) testim and (iii) tostran in each of the last ten years by Parliamentary constituency or the lowest available administrative level if that data is not available.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	11760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows items dispensed in the community at clinical commissioning group level in England from 2015/16 to 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/07/2022 15:52:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ11760 Data.xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1465062

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Dental Services
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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS dentists across the country broken down by Clinical Commissioning Groups.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	6865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of private dentists is not held. A table showing the number of dentists undertaking National Health Service activity in each clinical commissioning group in England in 2020/21 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/05/2022 08:26:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE PQ6865-Number of dentists with NHS activty by CCG level.xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1464401

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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 Professions: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of medical professionals from overseas seeking employment in the UK have taken the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the United Kingdom which sets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. The GMC is responsible for operational matters, including investigating complaints received about medical professionals and the administration of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the percentage of non-UK qualified doctors obtaining registration using the PLAB pathway was 42% in 2019; 40% in 2020; and 40% in 2021. The information on the number of overseas medical professionals is not held in the format requested. However, the attached table shows the number of failed sittings of part one and part two of the PLAB test by medical professionals from overseas in each of the last five years, by country of where the primary medical qualification was obtained.</p><p> </p><p>As of 20 May 2022, there are 10,741 doctors with a current booking to sit the PLAB1 and 7,831 doctors with a PLAB2 exam place.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the information on the number of complaints resolved within six months is not available in the format requested. The GMC's internal target is for complaints to be resolved within 12 months. Of the complaints the GMC received in 2018 which did not meet the GMC’s internal 12-month closure target, 370 or 4.3% related to doctors with a non-UK primary medical qualification. Of complaints received in 2019, this was 460 or 5.2% and 354 or 4.2% in 2020. This includes all potential outcomes of a complaint – from closure at triage if the complaint did not meet the threshold for investigation, to full investigation with an outcome at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5376 5378 5379 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:41:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Table for PQ 5376 - PLAB fail numbers - formatted (1).xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1464403

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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 Professions: Migrant Workers
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 medical professionals from overseas have failed (a) part one and (a) part two of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test in each of the last five years, by country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the United Kingdom which sets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. The GMC is responsible for operational matters, including investigating complaints received about medical professionals and the administration of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the percentage of non-UK qualified doctors obtaining registration using the PLAB pathway was 42% in 2019; 40% in 2020; and 40% in 2021. The information on the number of overseas medical professionals is not held in the format requested. However, the attached table shows the number of failed sittings of part one and part two of the PLAB test by medical professionals from overseas in each of the last five years, by country of where the primary medical qualification was obtained.</p><p> </p><p>As of 20 May 2022, there are 10,741 doctors with a current booking to sit the PLAB1 and 7,831 doctors with a PLAB2 exam place.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the information on the number of complaints resolved within six months is not available in the format requested. The GMC's internal target is for complaints to be resolved within 12 months. Of the complaints the GMC received in 2018 which did not meet the GMC’s internal 12-month closure target, 370 or 4.3% related to doctors with a non-UK primary medical qualification. Of complaints received in 2019, this was 460 or 5.2% and 354 or 4.2% in 2020. This includes all potential outcomes of a complaint – from closure at triage if the complaint did not meet the threshold for investigation, to full investigation with an outcome at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5374 5378 5379 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:41:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Table for PQ 5376 - PLAB fail numbers - formatted (1).xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1464405

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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 Professions: Migrant Workers
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 medical professionals from overseas are waiting to take the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test as of 19 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the United Kingdom which sets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. The GMC is responsible for operational matters, including investigating complaints received about medical professionals and the administration of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the percentage of non-UK qualified doctors obtaining registration using the PLAB pathway was 42% in 2019; 40% in 2020; and 40% in 2021. The information on the number of overseas medical professionals is not held in the format requested. However, the attached table shows the number of failed sittings of part one and part two of the PLAB test by medical professionals from overseas in each of the last five years, by country of where the primary medical qualification was obtained.</p><p> </p><p>As of 20 May 2022, there are 10,741 doctors with a current booking to sit the PLAB1 and 7,831 doctors with a PLAB2 exam place.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the information on the number of complaints resolved within six months is not available in the format requested. The GMC's internal target is for complaints to be resolved within 12 months. Of the complaints the GMC received in 2018 which did not meet the GMC’s internal 12-month closure target, 370 or 4.3% related to doctors with a non-UK primary medical qualification. Of complaints received in 2019, this was 460 or 5.2% and 354 or 4.2% in 2020. This includes all potential outcomes of a complaint – from closure at triage if the complaint did not meet the threshold for investigation, to full investigation with an outcome at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5374 5376 5379 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:41:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Table for PQ 5376 - PLAB fail numbers - formatted (1).xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1464406

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
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 Professions: Migrant Workers
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 complaints against medical professionals from overseas were not resolved within six months in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	5379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of all medical doctors practising in the United Kingdom which sets and enforces the standards all doctors must adhere to. The GMC is responsible for operational matters, including investigating complaints received about medical professionals and the administration of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) tests.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the percentage of non-UK qualified doctors obtaining registration using the PLAB pathway was 42% in 2019; 40% in 2020; and 40% in 2021. The information on the number of overseas medical professionals is not held in the format requested. However, the attached table shows the number of failed sittings of part one and part two of the PLAB test by medical professionals from overseas in each of the last five years, by country of where the primary medical qualification was obtained.</p><p> </p><p>As of 20 May 2022, there are 10,741 doctors with a current booking to sit the PLAB1 and 7,831 doctors with a PLAB2 exam place.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC has advised that the information on the number of complaints resolved within six months is not available in the format requested. The GMC's internal target is for complaints to be resolved within 12 months. Of the complaints the GMC received in 2018 which did not meet the GMC’s internal 12-month closure target, 370 or 4.3% related to doctors with a non-UK primary medical qualification. Of complaints received in 2019, this was 460 or 5.2% and 354 or 4.2% in 2020. This includes all potential outcomes of a complaint – from closure at triage if the complaint did not meet the threshold for investigation, to full investigation with an outcome at a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5374 5376 5378 question first answered 27/05/2022 09:41:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name FORMATTED TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Table for PQ 5376 - PLAB fail numbers - formatted (1).xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies