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577536

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date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Certificates: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department or the NHS issues to GP practices on charging patients for a medical certificate demonstrating their fitness to take part in sporting events abroad.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	45480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who hold contracts with NHS England to provide primary medical services for the National Health Service. Under the terms of their contract, GPs are required to provide certain medical reports or complete certain forms, such as those required to support a claim for incapacity benefit, free of charge to their registered patients.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of contractual requirements, GPs also provide a variety of other services which successive governments have regarded as private matters between the patient and the GP providing these services. Whether or not to provide these services is a matter for individual GPs. They may decline to provide them or charge a fee for doing so. Where GPs intend to charge for services to patients, the British Medical Association advises them to forewarn patients, at the earliest opportunity, of the likely level of fees.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 12/09/2016 14:40:13 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

577633

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	e-Petitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of Government responses to e-petitions.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	45404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The new e-petitions system has been running for over a year now and the Government is pleased with the level of engagement that it has prompted among the public.</p><p> </p><p>Individual Departments are responsible for the content and timeliness of responses to e-petitions, however the Leader's office has general Government oversight of e-petitions. My predecessor reminded Cabinet colleagues of the importance of quality and timely responses to e-petitions at the beginning of the second session. I will be writing to Cabinet colleagues this week with a similar reminder.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/09/2016 16:28:15 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

576761

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what further legislative proposals she plans to bring forward to tackle nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	45311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We are taking forward a range of legislative measures to tackle nuisance calls, which will increase consumer protection and choice by strengthening the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law. Specific actions include; strengthening the ICO's direct marketing guidance by giving it statutory status; a proposal to extend the ICO’s powers of compulsory audit to more of the organisations that generate nuisance calls; and exploring the options for enabling the ICO to hold company directors to account for breaches of the direct marketing rules.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 44827 question first answered 12/09/2016 11:46:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

576830

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent from the public purse on printing and postage of employees' payslips in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will take steps to ensure that NHS employees receive their payslips electronically.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	45227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department contracts for the NHS Electronic Staff Record system. This contract includes printing and despatch of employee payslips to a single distribution point at each National Health Service organisation in England at a total price of £1.9 million (data relates to the period September 2015 – August 2016). This price reduces by around 20% each year within the contract.</p><p> </p><p>The Electronic Staff Record solution already provides electronic payslip access via a facility called Employee Self Service.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/09/2016 16:13:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

576908

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Law: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to (a) improve public awareness of the law and (b) make it easier for the law to be understood by people without legal expertise.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	45310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Information is provided on the ‘crime, justice and the law’ section of the GOV.UK website to help the public be aware of their rights and the law. In addition, the legal services regulators have a duty to promote public understanding of citizens’ legal rights and duties. The regulators have established the “Legal Choices” website, which provides information to help with decisions on whether and how to seek legal advice and the available services the public might choose.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 12/09/2016 15:52:25 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias