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1129970

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date	05/06/2019
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	Smoking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his policy paper, Smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England, published on 18 July 2017, what progress he has made on achieving the target to reduce the number of 15 year olds who regularly smoke from eight per cent to three per cent or less.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a strong track record of reducing harm caused by tobacco, based on a comprehensive approach to tobacco control aimed at preventing young people from taking up smoking and encouraging existing smokers to quit, including bans on smoking in public places, and on promotion and advertising of tobacco products.</p><p>The latest available date shows that the proportion of 15-year olds who regularly smoke was 7% in 2016, down from 8% in 2014. An update of this data will be published on 25 July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:00:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129975

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Representative Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath since it was introduced in 2006.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	260565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Under a resolution of the House, Representative Money is provided to opposition parties represented by Members who have chosen not to take the Oath.</p><p>The method of calculation for both Representative Money and Short Money is detailed in a comprehensive House of Commons Library briefing note on the subject: https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</p><p>Budget allocations for Representative Money since 2005-6 are published in Appendix 4 of this document.</p><p>There has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid since 2016-17 onwards and these are set out on the Parliament website at the following link:<br>https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/06/2019 16:32:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129988

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumer interest is central to the development of the pensions dashboard product.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	260556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Pension dashboards are a priority for this government and ensuring they are delivered in the interest of consumers is of the upmost importance to us.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Money and Pensions Service will convene an industry delivery group to oversee the development, delivery and governance of dashboards. On 3 June 2019, the Money and Pensions Service announced that Chris Curry from the Pensions Policy Institute will be the Principal of the industry delivery group, the most senior role within the group. As the Principal, he will identify and agree who in industry will sit on the delivery group to ensure they are best placed to deliver dashboards for the benefit of the consumer. The industry delivery group will be made up of stakeholders from across the industry, consumer groups, regulators and government.</p><p>Once the industry delivery group is up and running, what we expect to see from them in 2019 is to:</p><ul><li>create a roadmap for delivering the supporting architecture;</li><li>start to work with industry on agreeing data standards and schemes readiness to provide data and;</li><li>design a robust governance and security framework.</li></ul><p>In parallel we expect industry to start creating and testing consumer facing dashboards. This will help determine what information is necessary and show how it can be presented in a meaningful way that best meets the needs of the consumer. The industry delivery group must carefully consider how and when the first live dashboards are promoted to consumers.</p><p>We also set out in the government’s response to the consultation on pensions dashboards, the ten design principles which the industry delivery group must adhere to when designing the dashboard system to help ensure the privacy and security of individual’s data. These include that the system must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation and that the system must not include a central database.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/06/2019 15:47:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1129995

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Cancer: Screening
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 timeframe is for the roll-out of the national screening programme for cancer; and how many patients will initially be included in that programme.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	260532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service provides three national cancer population-based screening programmes as part of the Section 7a Public Health services, commissioned by NHS England on behalf of the Secretary of State.</p><p>During 2018, the NHS screened 3.2 million women for cervical abnormalities; 2.6 million people for bowel cancer; and 2.1 million women for breast cancer.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to modernising the Bowel Cancer screening programme to detect more cancers earlier by lowering the starting age for bowel screening from 60 to 50 over time and replacing the guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Test kit with the more sensitive Faecal Immunochemical Test for haemoglobin from summer 2019. It also confirmed that using human papillomavirus testing as the primary screen for cervical cancer will be implemented across England by 2020.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:16:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129996

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle the decline in the number of women taking up (a) breast and (b) cervical cancer screening.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	260533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Professor Sir Mike Richards has published his interim independent review of national cancer screening programmes in England.</p><p>The interim report makes two recommendations: that local systems across the country take immediate action to address the decline in screening uptake by implementing interventions for which a clear evidence base already exists; and that national stakeholders should ensure IT systems for general practitioner registrations and screening are fit for purpose.</p><p>The report notes that in order to encourage uptake in harder to reach groups, the Government needs to build the evidence base for other emerging interventions, paying particular attention to novel approaches that have been introduced locally and appear to be successful. Evaluation would be needed to determine whether they can be replicated on a wider scale. Professor Sir Mike Richards has committed to gathering further evidence on these and other interventions as the review progresses and will include specific work with faith and ethnic groups, experts on physical and learning disabilities and with LGBT+ communities on their specific concerns about screening, with a particular focus on the transgender community.</p><p>The Government awaits the final recommendations which will be reported in the summer 2019, and will consider these carefully, alongside the recommendations from the recent reports published by the Public Accounts Committee, the National Audit Office's investigation into screening and the national Cancer Strategy.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:43:04 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129997

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Cancer: Screening
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 clarify governance arrangements for cancer screening between the NHS, Public Health England and his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	260534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Officials from the Department and Public Health England have engaged with Professor Sir Mike Richards to ensure that his ongoing review gives consideration to the governance of all screening programmes.</p><p>The Terms of Reference for Professor Sir Mike Richards' Review include making recommendations, if needed, on how NHS England interacts with Public Health England and the Department to translate screening policy into implementation and on how screening programmes should be commissioned, delivered, performance managed and quality assured in the future.</p><p>Professor Sir Mike Richards published an interim report on 24 May on his emerging findings of the independent review of national screening programmes in England. However, the Government awaits the final recommendations which will be reported in summer 2019, and will consider these carefully, alongside the recommendations from the recent reports published by the Public Accounts Committee, the National Audit Office's investigation into screening and the national Cancer Strategy.</p><p>The findings of the review will be taken forward as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 16:13:33 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1130000

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Health Professions: Recruitment
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 his Department is taking to make the NHS an attractive place to work for doctors and nurses.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	260550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have joined and left National Health Service employment, as at September for each of the years specified and at December, the latest data, in the last year, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>26,125</p></td><td><p>25,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>23,444</p></td><td><p>27,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>24,394</p></td><td><p>32,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>29,447</p></td><td><p>28,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>31,703</p></td><td><p>30,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>33,099</p></td><td><p>33,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>32,762</p></td><td><p>32,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>30,424</p></td><td><p>33,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>31,580</p></td><td><p>32,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>35,369</p></td><td><p>33,698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>The latest data shows that more nurses and health visitors joined employment in the NHS than left.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors who have joined and left NHS employment, as at September for each of the years specified and at December,the latest data, in the last year, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>16,814</p></td><td><p>15,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>15,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>16,772</p></td><td><p>15,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>18,013</p></td><td><p>16,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>19,699</p></td><td><p>17,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>19,787</p></td><td><p>18,688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>18,322</p></td><td><p>16,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>19,482</p></td><td><p>16,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>20,806</p></td><td><p>18,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>20,961</p></td><td><p>18,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>Over the past 10 years, data consistently shows that more doctors joined employment in the NHS than left. NHS Improvement and NHS Employers are working in partnership to support trusts to improve retention of the nursing workforce. They offer targeted support to trusts to collaborate on key issues affecting retention such as flexible working, supporting new starters and older workers, and development and career planning.</p><p>Alongside these retention programmes, the NHS published its interim People Plan on 3 June. It sets out a plan of action to meet the health requirements of the population outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan. The Interim People plan puts NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and a key programme is to make the NHS the best place to work. It was developed by engaging widely with staff, patients, employers, professional organisations, regulatory bodies, voluntary sector, academia and other experts. A new offer for all NHS staff will be developed, which will be published in the final People Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260551 question first answered 10/06/2019 16:24:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130001

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Health Professions: Recruitment
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 trends in the level of (a) doctor and (b) nurse retention in the NHS over the last decade.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	260551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have joined and left National Health Service employment, as at September for each of the years specified and at December, the latest data, in the last year, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>26,125</p></td><td><p>25,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>23,444</p></td><td><p>27,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>24,394</p></td><td><p>32,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>29,447</p></td><td><p>28,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>31,703</p></td><td><p>30,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>33,099</p></td><td><p>33,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>32,762</p></td><td><p>32,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>30,424</p></td><td><p>33,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>31,580</p></td><td><p>32,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>35,369</p></td><td><p>33,698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>The latest data shows that more nurses and health visitors joined employment in the NHS than left.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors who have joined and left NHS employment, as at September for each of the years specified and at December,the latest data, in the last year, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>16,814</p></td><td><p>15,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>15,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>16,772</p></td><td><p>15,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>18,013</p></td><td><p>16,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>19,699</p></td><td><p>17,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>19,787</p></td><td><p>18,688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>18,322</p></td><td><p>16,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>19,482</p></td><td><p>16,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>20,806</p></td><td><p>18,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>20,961</p></td><td><p>18,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>Over the past 10 years, data consistently shows that more doctors joined employment in the NHS than left. NHS Improvement and NHS Employers are working in partnership to support trusts to improve retention of the nursing workforce. They offer targeted support to trusts to collaborate on key issues affecting retention such as flexible working, supporting new starters and older workers, and development and career planning.</p><p>Alongside these retention programmes, the NHS published its interim People Plan on 3 June. It sets out a plan of action to meet the health requirements of the population outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan. The Interim People plan puts NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and a key programme is to make the NHS the best place to work. It was developed by engaging widely with staff, patients, employers, professional organisations, regulatory bodies, voluntary sector, academia and other experts. A new offer for all NHS staff will be developed, which will be published in the final People Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260550 question first answered 10/06/2019 16:24:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130012

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure solar energy remains accessible and affordable to households.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	260695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Solar is a UK success story, having until now received 81% of the £5.9bn Feed in Tariff scheme, which has enabled 6.5 GW of new renewable generation across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Today, the Government launched its Smart Export Guarantee, which will ensure that all small-scale generators are paid for the power they export to the grid.</p><p> </p><p>Residential solar installations are now over 50% cheaper than in 2011, and alongside technologies such as batteries will help consumers export energy when the grid needs it - reducing their bills and making solar more accessible and affordable than ever.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/06/2019 16:23:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130055

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months due to alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	260696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on misconduct/gross misconduct investigations involving officers and staff annually for the 43 police forces in England and Wales, including outcomes following those investigations. The latest statistics can be found in the misconduct section of the “Police workforce, England and Wales” statistical bulletin: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2018</a></p><p>Equivalent data are available for the past 2 years. Data for previous years are not held.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the length of misconduct investigations, the length of suspensions, the outcome of suspensions, or the public cost of such suspensions.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 260697 260698 260699 260700 260701 260702 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:56:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts