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1658158

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date	05/09/2023
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: Consultants
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 hourly pay for NHS consultants is (a) on a typical day and (b) when covering strike action.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Within the NHS Staff Earnings Estimates collection, NHS England publishes annual earnings estimates for staff working in Hospital and Community Health Services. This shows the estimated average annual full-time basic pay for National Health Service consultants is £105,484 for the 12 months to March 2023, giving an average hourly basic pay for NHS consultants of £50.57 per hour.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on the average hourly pay for NHS consultants when covering strike action.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/09/2023 16:50:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1658159

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introudce a cap on the cost of agency workers in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Agency Rules include price caps on the total amount a trust can pay per hour for an agency worker. Trusts should not pay more than this amount except in exceptional patient safety circumstances.</p><p>Additionally, the 2023/24 NHS Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance states that NHS England must reduce agency spending across the National Health Service to 3.7% of the total pay bill in 2023/24</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/09/2023 16:48:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1658160

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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: Regulation
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 adequacy of the number of healthcare professional regulators; and if he will take steps to consolidate them.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>In 2021 the Government commissioned a review of the number of healthcare regulators, considering whether opportunities exist for simplifying the landscape. There are no current plans to reduce the number of healthcare professional regulators, but the Government is committed to reforming the system of regulation for healthcare professionals in the UK, making it faster, fairer, more flexible, and less adversarial.</p><p>A modernised regulatory framework will be introduced first for anaesthesia associates and physician associates, who will be brought into regulation under the General Medical Council by the end of 2024, before the reformed legislation is rolled out to doctors, and to the professions regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Health and Care Professions Council over the following couple of years.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/09/2023 16:52:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1658161

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
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: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of people directly employed by, (b) freelancers and (c) consultants in each of the health and care regulators in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information regarding the number of people employed, or the basis of that employment, within each health and care regulator. Healthcare regulators are independent from the Government.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/09/2023 11:48:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1658293

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Shipley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the development process for the Shipley Eastern Relief Road.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (the Council) submitted a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for the Shipley Eastern Congestion Relief Scheme in October 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has informed the Council that this scheme can be considered for possible government investment under the current Major Road Network/ Large Local Majors programme, subject to a commitment being made by the Council that it can provide a funding contribution of a minimum of 15% of scheme costs. This commitment is needed in order for the Department now to progress its consideration of whether to approve the SOC, but no such commitment from the Council has yet been received.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 11/09/2023 14:40:05 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1657957

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Surgery: Shipley
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 referrals for elective surgery were made by each GP surgery in Shipley constituency and funded through the NHS which were made to (a) the NHS and (b) independent health providers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	197441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 11/09/2023 15:53:30 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1655878

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192042 on Public Sector: Crimes of Violence, if she will take steps to ensure that information on the number of assaults of other public service workers is separately identifiable in the Police recorded crime and outcomes statistics.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Currently only assaults on Police and Emergency Workers are captured as a separate classification within the Home Office’s police recorded crime and outcomes statistics.</p><p>There is an ongoing review of the rules governing how crime is recorded by the police in England and Wales and this will consider the case for introducing additional classifications to better understand the impact of crime across other areas such as retail workers and public sector workers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:56:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656122

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charity Commission: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Charity Commission have previous experience in the industry that they regulate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Charity Commission does not hold information on how many employees have experience in the charity sector.</p><p>Schedule 1 to the Charities Act 2011 states that the Board of the Charity Commission must collectively have knowledge and experience of charity law, charity accounts and finances, and the operation and regulation of charities. Biographies of the current board members are available on Gov.uk.</p><p>As part of the fair and open process to recruit board members, candidates are assessed on their experience in different sectors, their commitment to the charity sector, and their understanding of the Charity Commission’s work and the importance of effective, independent, proportionate, and impartial regulation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/09/2023 16:14:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656123

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofsted have previous experience in the sector that they regulate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The role of Ofsted’s chair and non-executive board is to determine strategic priorities, objectives and targets for Ofsted, and to provide challenge and support in relation to the inspectorate’s overall work and performance.</p><p>Board members are appointed by the Secretary of State and recruitment processes follow the public appointment guidelines. All board members have the appropriate strategic and corporate expertise to perform their roles effectively. That includes board members with experience of working in the sectors in which Ofsted operates, as well as other relevant experience, including of other regulators, other services and third sector organisations that support children and young people. Ofsted’s board membership is set out here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted/about/our-governance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted/about/our-governance</a>.</p><p>Recruitment of Ofsted’s employees is a matter for Ofsted, as a separate government department. I have therefore asked His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to the hon. Member for Shipley directly on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2023 16:00:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1656124

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Agency: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Environment Agency have previous experience in the sectors that they regulate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	195830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs appoints members to the Environment Agency board based on the skills and experience they bring from a wide range of sectors, including finance, business, regulation, and agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency attracts and recruit’s employees with a wide range of skills and experiences also from a range of sectors. However, the information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/09/2023 12:18:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies